Ultimate Harry Potter Trivia Quiz

If you've read all the Harry Potter books, and seen each of the eight movies, then you might consider yourself a Harry Potter expert. If that's the case, we're here to discover exactly how much you know about the boy wizard, Ron and Hermione, Hogwarts, Dumbledore and just about everything else related to sorcery with this collection of Harry Potter trivia questions and answers.

For example, do you remember what Severus Snape's Patronus is? How about Horcruxes — can you name them all? We'll give you a hint: There are seven in total. Speaking of Horcruxes, what does Harry use to destroy Tom Riddle's diary in the movie "Chamber of Secrets"?

If you guessed the answers to those Harry Potter trivia questions correctly without phoning a friend, feel free to add your name to the Hogwarts' honor roll, because you're clearly an ace. Better yet, sign up for a spot in the Triwizard Tournament, because you're totally ready to compete.

As long as we're on the subject, in "Goblet of Fire," what two schools competed in the Triwizard Tournament in addition to Hogwarts? The answer: Durmstrang and Beauxbatons.

For more Harry Potter trivia questions and answers, you'll simply need to read on. So, settle in with a mug of frosty butterbeer and a tasty treacle tart and let's get started.

Characters & Relationships

• What are Harry Potter's parents' names?

• Answer: Lily and James

• Who was Hermione's date at the Yule Ball?

• Answer: Viktor Krum

• Who is the head of the Hufflepuff House?

• Answer: Professor Pomona Sprout

• "Padfoot" is the nickname for which Harry Potter character?

• Answer: Sirius Black

• What does Dumbledore leave Harry in his will?

• Answer: The Golden Snitch

• What kind of owl is Hedwig?

• Answer: A snowy owl

• Tom Marvolo Riddle is an anagram for what?

• Answer: I am Lord Voldemort

• What is Severus Snape's patronus?

• Answer: A doe

• Actor Julie Walters portrays what character in the Harry Potter movies?

• Answer: Molly Weasley

• What is Ron Weasley's middle name?

• Answer: Bilius

• What is Draco Malfoy's mother's name?

• Answer: Narcissa Malfoy

• What are the names of Ron Weasley's twin brothers?

• Answer: Fred and George

• What is Hagrid's first name?

• Answer: Rubeus

• What is the name of the cat belonging to Hogwarts' caretaker, Argus Filch?

• Answer: Mrs. Norris

• What is the name of Hermione Granger's cat?

• Answer: Crookshanks

• How are Sirius Black and Bellatrix Lestrange related?

• Answer: They are first cousins

• Which Harry Potter character disguised himself as Scabbers, Ron Weasley's pet rat?

• Answer: Peter Pettigrew

• What is Hermione Granger's middle name?

• Answer: Jean

Hogwarts & Magic

• Who are the four makers of the Marauder's Map?

• Answer: James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew

• What form does Neville Longbottom's boggart take in "The Prisoner of Azkaban"?

• Answer: Severus Snape

• What magical bowl is able to display memories in a liquid, vapor form?

• Answer: A Pensieve

• What is the term for a child of one or two wizarding parents that has no magical ability?

• Answer: A squib

• Which spell banishes a boggart?

• Answer: The Riddikulus Spell

• What is Professor Remus Lupin's secret?

• Answer: He's a werewolf

• Vomit, laundry detergent and booger are flavors of what candy?

• Answer: Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans

• Actor Robbie Coltrane played what beloved character in the Harry Potter movies?

• Answer: Hagrid

• What spell instantly removes the wand from your challenger's hand?

• Answer: Expelliarmus

• Which Harry Potter character memorably said, "Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light"?

• Answer: Albus Dumbledore

• This notable Diagon Alley shop sells robes, uniforms and other school supplies.

• Answer: Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions

• During his fifth year, Harry was banned from going on a field trip to what popular wizarding destination?

• Answer: Hogsmeade

• In the books, what is Harry's favorite dessert?

• Answer: Treacle Tart

• Before Severus Snape, who was the the Potions master and Head of Slytherin House?

• Answer: Professor Horace Slughorn

• What concoction does Hermione give Harry and Ron to make them appear as Crabbe and Goyle in "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"?

• Answer: Polyjuice Potion

• Which actor portrayed Albus Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter movies ("The Sorcerer's Stone" and "The Chamber of Secrets")?

• Answer: Richard Harris

• What month, day and year is Harry Potter's birthday?

• Answer: July 31, 1980

• What is the name of the house elf who warns Harry Potter against returning to Hogwarts in "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"?

• Answer: Dobby

• What is Minerva McGonagall a professor of at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry?

• Answer: Transfiguration

• What position does Harry Potter play in Quidditch?

• Answer: Seeker

• The Hogwarts Express departs from what platform?

• Answer: 9 3/4

• What is the name of the shape-shifter that can appear in the likeness of a person's worst fear?

• Answer: Boggart

• What must one use to travel via the Floo Network?

• Answer: Floo powder

• In "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," Hagrid receives a promotion at Hogwarts. What is his new role?

• Answer: Care of Magical Creatures professor

• What are the four houses of Hogwarts?

• Answer: Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw

• What is the name of the wand shop in Diagon Alley?

• Answer: Ollivanders

• What is the name of the plant with healing properties whose scream is so piercing it can be fatal?

• Answer: Mandrake

• What does the Hogwarts' motto "Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus" mean?

• Answer: Never tickle a sleeping dragon

• What train station is home to the Hogwarts Express?

• Answer: King's Cross Station

• At what Diagon Alley store can Hogwarts students purchase their robes?

• Answer: Madam Malkin's

Books & Movies

• What does the Ministry of Magic use to send messages?

• Answer: Owl post

• What is the name of Harry Potter's hometown?

• Answer: Godric's Hollow

• What does Harry use to destroy Tom Riddle's diary, a Horcrux, in "Chamber of Secrets"?

• Answer: The fang of a basilisk

• How many players are there on a Quidditch team?

• Answer: 7

• In the book, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" which bridge do the Death Eaters destroy?

• Answer: Brockdale Bridge

• What is the original name of the J.K. Rowling book "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"?

• Answer: "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"

• After being destroyed by the Whomping Willow, Harry's Nimbus 2000 is replaced with what broom?

• Answer: The Firebolt

• What pub does the Knight Bus drop Harry Potter off at after he flees the Dursleys' in "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"?

• Answer: The Leaky Cauldron

• Actor Shirley Henderson plays which iconic character in the Harry Potter movies "Chamber of Secrets" and "Goblet of Fire"?

• Answer: Moaning Myrtle

• What is name of Voldemort's beloved snake and companion?

• Answer: Nagini

• Harry Potter and the Dursleys live on Privet Drive in Surrey. What is the house number?

• Answer: 4

• Whose wedding reception is violently interrupted by Death Eaters in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"?

• Answer: Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour

• Who was Draco Malfoy's date at the Yule Ball in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"?

• Answer: Pansy Parkinson

• In Harry Potter's first Quidditch match, how does he "catch" the snitch to win the game?

• Answer: In his mouth

• The deepest vaults of Gringotts Bank are protected by what?

• Answer: A dragon

• What are Voldemort's horcruxes (not including Harry Potter)?

• Answer: Tom Riddle's diary, Marvolo Gaunt's ring, Salazar Slytherin's locket, Helga Hufflepuff's cup, Rowena Ravenclaw's diadem, Nagini

• What defensive spell can be used to deflect spells cast by enemies and other wizards?

• Answer: The Protego spell

• Which Harry Potter character is dubbed "The Half-Blood Prince"?

• Answer: Severus Snape

• Who notably said, "The ministry has fallen. Scrimgeour is dead. They are coming," in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"?

• Answer: Kingsley Shacklebolt

• What animal is Harry Potter's patronus?

• Answer: The stag

• After missing the train, Harry and Ron use an enchanted car to fly to Hogwarts in "Chamber of Secrets." What make and model is the automobile?

• Answer: Ford Anglia

• In "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" Harry swims to the bottom of a frozen pond to retrieve what magical item?

• Answer: The sword of Gryffindor

• Who is the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor in "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"?

• Answer: Remus Lupin

• What position does Ron Weasley play on Gryffindor's Quidditch team in the movie "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"?

• Answer: Keeper (or goalie)

• During what major sporting event does Voldemort's "Dark Mark" appear in the sky in "Goblet of Fire"?

• Answer: The Quidditch World Cup

• Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot & Prongs are proud to present what notable magical item used in "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"?

• Answer: The Marauder's Map

• What nickname does Hagrid give the three-headed dog that stands guard over the Sorcerer's Stone?

• Answer: Fluffy

• This clever, magical accessory decides which house Hogwarts' students will be assigned to. What is it?

• Answer: The Sorting Hat

• How many presents does Dudley Dursley complain about not receiving on his birthday in "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"?

• Answer: 37

• What is the name of Albus Dumbledore's phoenix?

• Answer: Fawkes

• What is a wizard or witch that can turn into a specific animal at will called?

• Answer: Animagus

• What is Ron Weasley's biggest fear?

• Answer: Spiders

• In the "Order of the Phoenix," what kind of collectible plates does Dolores Umbridge display?

• Answer: Cat

• Hermione Granger's parents are Muggle-born and both work as what?

• Answer: Dentists

• What is the name of Hagrid's hippogriff?

• Answer: Buckbeak

• In "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", Ginny Weasley joins the Gryffindor Quidditch team playing what position?

• Answer: A Chaser

• Which Hogwarts' house does Luna Lovegood belong to?

• Answer: Ravenclaw

• What organization is responsible for governing the wizarding world?

• Answer: The Ministry of Magic

• Which American composer and conductor composed "Hedwig's Theme," otherwise known as the "Harry Potter Theme"?

• Answer: John Williams

• British actor John Cleese portrays what character in the Harry Potter movies "Sorcerer's Stone" and "Chamber of Secrets"?

• Answer: Nearly Headless Nick

• For which wizarding family was Dobby, the house elf, in servitude to?

• Answer: The Malfoys

• What year was the final movie, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2" released?

• Answer: 2011

• In the Harry Potter books, what are "squibs"?

• Answer: Children born to wizard parents that have no magical abilities or powers of their own

• In "Chamber of Secrets" who is the author of the autobiography "Magical Me"?

• Answer: Gilderoy Lockhart

• What is the name of Harry Potter's owl?

• Answer: Hedwig

• For the majority of the Harry Potter series, what kind of professor is Severus Snape?

• Answer: Potions

• What does Ron Weasley drink that nearly kills him in "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"?

• Answer: Poisoned mead

• What poltergeist appears only in the Harry Potter books and not the films?

• Answer: Peeves

• In order, what are the names of the seven Harry Potter books?

• Answer: "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets," "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"

Test Your Knowledge

Now that you've reviewed all these trivia questions, try challenging your friends to see who's the ultimate Harry Potter expert! These questions range from easy to difficult, covering all aspects of the wizarding world created by J.K. Rowling.

Remember, as Albus Dumbledore once said, "It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live." So after testing your knowledge, don't forget to enjoy the magic of the Harry Potter series all over again!