HARRY POTTER QUIZ & ANSWERS

1. How many legs does a Hinkypunk have?  1

 

2. What creature was Rita Skeeter’s animagus?  A beetle

3. How many brothers does Ron Weasley have?  5

 

4. What is easily Neville’s best subject in school?  Herbology

5. Who wrote “Magical Theory?”  Albert Waffling

 

6. Which Quidditch team did Oliver Wood sign with when he left Hogwarts?  Puddlemere United

7. What does Ernie say the Azkaban guard gave him?  The Collywobbles

 

8. Where does Harry ask Sir Cadogan to lead him?  North tower

9. What happens when Harry quickly tries to polish his wand before Ollivander sees it?  Gold sparks

 

10. Which one of the Weasley boys has an earring?  Bill

11. What was Snape’s spell to guard the Sorcerer’s Stone?  A table of potions

                                                                                                        

12. What magic does Ron Weasley try to work on Scabbers on the Hogwarts express?  Turn him yellow

13. What is the third line in the Song of the Magical Egg?  And while your searching ponder this

 

14. Where in Gringott bank is the Sorcerer’s Stone? Vault 713

15. Who does Cedric have to save in the second task?  Cho Chang

 

16. What does Dumbledore tell Harry he sees in the Mirror of Erised?  Pair of socks

17. What curse did Voldemort use that killed Harry’s parents?  Adva Kedavra

 

18. What do you have to do to garden gnomes to make them leave?  Swing them by their feet and throw them  (accepted: make them dizzy)

19. Why does Madame Maxine get angry with Hagrid?  Because he suggests that she is half giant

 

20. What color is Alaster Moody’s magical eye?  Blue

21. What did Harry do when he saw Cho at the Quidditch world cup?  Slopped water down his shirt

 

22. Where is the Divination classroom?  North tower

23. Who did Hagrid borrow the flying motorcycle from?  Sirius Black

 

24. What house is Cho Chang from?  Ravenclaw

25. What is the nickname of the Weasley’s home?  The Burrow

 

26. What kind of hair does Hermione accidentally put in her polyjuice potion?  Cat hair

27. What is Filch afraid Harry knows about him?  That he is a squib

 

28. What spell did Lockhart try to put on Harry and Ron?  Obliviate  (did not accept just memory spell/charm)

29. What are the guards of Azkaban called?  Dementors

 

30. How many Gilderoy Lockhart books are on the required list for the second year?  7

31. In which room and which floor was Sirius Black locked in?  Flitwick’s office on the 7th floor

 

32. Who gave Neville his toad?  His uncle

33. What do you have to say to make the Marauder’s Map go blank?  Mischief managed

 

34. Who did Hermoine go to the Yull Ball with?  Victor Krum

35. According to Ron, two Neptunes in the sky is a sure sign of what?  A midget in glasses is being born

 

36. Who was James Potter’s best man at his wedding?  Sirius Black

37. How many tables are usually in the great hall?  5

 

38. How much did Fred and George Weasley bet on the Quidditch World Cup?  37 galleons, 15 sickles, and 3 knuts

39. How does Harry mark the door at the Department of Mysteries?  With x’s  ( accepted flagrate) (FYI:  Harry did not mark the doors; Hermoine did.)

 

40. What are the cauldrons of first-year students made of?  Pewter

41. How many questions were on Professor Lockhart’s first quiz?  54

 

42. What is the name of Hagrid’s giantess mother?  Fridwulfa

43. What is the name of Hagrid’s dog?  Fang

 

44. What are the few words, in order, that Dumbledore says before the banquet in the first year?  Nitwit!  Blubber!  Oddment!  Tweak!

45. What spell finally finished of the troll in the bathroom?  Wingardium Leviosa

 

46. What is Luna Lovegood’s nickname?  Looney Lovegood

47. Who does Hermoine kiss at the end of the Goblet of Fire?  Harry Potter

 

48. How did Dobby punish himself after he sealed the gateway to platform 9 3/4?  Ironed his hands

49. What is the name of the goblin that took Hagrid and Harry to Harry’s vault?  Griphook

 

50. In what order does Hagrid tap the bricks to get into Diagon Alley?  3 up, 2 across

51. About what age do unicorns grow horns?  4

 

52. What did Hagrid give to Harry at the end of the first book?  A photo album

53. Where did the Basilisk wound Harry?  In the arm

 

54. What two boys were able to be the boy in the prophocey?  Harry and Neville

55. Who is the Knight Bus driver?  Ernie Prang

 

56. Who was the only known maker of the Sorcerer’s Stone?  Nicholas Flamel

57. What creatures did Hagrid bring to his very fist lesson?  Hipogrifffs

 

58. What is the most haunted house in Britain?  Shrieking Shack

59. How often is Quidditch practice in Harry’s first year?  3 times a week

 

60. How long do lacewings have to be stewed for the polyjuice potion?  21 days

61. How many first years are allowed in a boat on the way to Hogwarts?  4

 

62.  Which teacher at Hogwarts was a dueling champion when he was young?  Professor Flitwick

63.  What color robes do the Griffindor Quidditch team wear?  Scarlet (accepted red and red and gold)

 

64.  Who is the ghost of Ravenclaw?  The Grey Lady

65.  For what was Salisar Slytherin famous for?  Speaking Parseltongue

 

66.  What is the name of the wizard instrument used to remind you of things you forgot?  remembrall

67.  What is Mrs. Malfoy’s first name?  Narcissa

 

68.  Who is the keeper of keys at Hogwarts?  Hagrid

69.  Who is the captain of the Slytherin Quidditch team?  Marcus Flint

 

70.   Who helped Harry figure out the riddle inside the egg for the second task?  Moaning Myrtle (accepted Cedrick Digory)

 

Thank you to everyone who participated.  I hope you had fun testing your knowledge of J. K. Rowling’s books.  The answers to this quiz are final.

Note:  I got most of these questions from http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/challenge/
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Thank you,
Randi Eskridge
Young Adult Librarian