Harry Potter Quiz: 15 ultimate questions to knock you out

  • Question of

    Harry and Ron miss the train back to school in Book 2, so they fly to Hogwarts in Ron’s dad’s bewitched Ford Anglia instead. How does this misadventure end?

    • They land spectacularly on the front lawn at Hogwarts.
    • The car is spotted by Muggles up and down the countryside, and both Harry and Ron are disciplined by the Ministry of Magic.
    • They crash into the Whomping Willow.
    • The car ejects Harry
  • Question of

    Hogwarts students are excited when Professor Lockhart starts a dueling club. At the first meeting, Harry unwittingly reveals a mysterious and rare ability. What is this ability?

    • Harry is a Horcrux.
    • Harry can cast a Patronus charm.
    • Harry can speak Parseltongue.
    • Harry can cast Imperio
  • Question of

    Professor Gilderoy Lockhart is a fraud and a disaster at almost all spells. There is one type of charm at which he excels, however. What is it?

    • memory charms
    • summoning charms
    • the immensely difficult Homorphus charm, which Lockhart used to defeat the Wagga Wagga werewolf
    • Imperio
  • Question of

    In Book 2, Harry discovers a diary that used to belong to a Hogwarts student named Tom Riddle. According to the diary, which Hogwarts employee is the heir of Slytherin?

    • McGonagall
    • Hagrid
    • Snape
    • Tom riddle
  • Question of

    Hagrid was not, however, the heir of Slytherin. That person turned out to be Tom Marvolo Riddle himself, who came to be known by what name after he graduated from Hogwarts?

    • The Dark Lord
    • Voldemort
    • both of the above
    • None
  • Question of

    In Book 3, Harry nearly dies several times after catching a glimpse of which death omen?

    • the Grim
    • the Werewolf
    • The Thestral
    • Spider
  • Question of

    Third-year students at Hogwarts get to do two things they weren’t allowed to do previously. What are they?

    • visit Hogsmeade and become prefects
    • become prefects and start new subjects
    • start new subjects and visit Hogsmeade
    • Go to forest
  • Question of

    Hermione begs permission from Professor McGonagall to take an unusually heavy course load in her third year. What does McGonagall give her to help her get to all her classes?

    • Mandrake draught
    • A time-turner
    • Felix Felicis
    • Potion
  • Question of

    Harry and Ron each add only two classes to their course schedule: Care of Magical Creatures with Professor Rubeus Hagrid and Divination, with a professor who reminds Harry strongly of a “glittering insect”. Who is the Hogwarts Divination professor?

    • Aurora Sinistra
    • Pomona Sprout
    • Sibyll Trelawney
    • Snape
  • Question of

    Harry hasn’t had the best experience with his Defense Against the Dark Arts teachers, but in Year 3, he finally gets one who really knows his stuff. Who is he?

    • Professor Lockhart
    • Professor Lupin
    • Professor Grubbly-Plank
    • Professor McGonagall
  • Question of

    Harry finds himself infatuated with a girl for the first time in Book 4. What Quidditch position did Cho Chang play?

    • Seeker
    • Beater
    • Keeper
    • Catcher
  • Question of

    In Book 4, Harry received much unwanted attention from which Daily Prophet reporter?

    • Rita Skeeter
    • Barnabas Cuffe
    • Gilderoy Lockhart
    • Snape
  • Question of

    As bad as the Avada Kevadra (killing) curse is, the Cruciatus curse can be equally devastating, as Harry learns when he hears how Bellatrix Lestrange tortured Neville Longbottom’s parents. What happened to the Longbottoms?

    • They were driven insane and now live in a locked ward at St. Mungo’s.
    • They became Death Eaters.
    • They died, leaving Neville to be raised by his grandmother.
    • They survived
  • Question of

    How did Harry learn about the fate of Neville’s parents?

    • Hermione put two and two together and told Harry.
    • He overheard Neville talking in his sleep.
    • He saw the trial of Bartemious Crouch and the Lestranges in Dumbledore’s Pensieve
    • Neville told him
  • Question of

    Which horse-like creatures pull the school carriages at Hogwarts?

    • Thestrals
    • Centaurs
    • Hippogriffs
    • Deer