Seven days of questions and answers

Harry Potter Trivia Answers Archive

Review earlier daily rounds, reveal the correct answer, and use the short explanation to learn the fact behind each question. Page 5 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. Which wizarding sport is played on flying broomsticks?

    Answer: Quidditch

    Quidditch is the broomstick sport played by two seven-person teams.

  2. Who originally owned the Sorting Hat?

    Answer: Godric Gryffindor

    Godric Gryffindor originally owned the Sorting Hat.

  3. Which Hogwarts house did Snape belong to?

    Answer: Slytherin

    Severus Snape belonged to Slytherin.

  4. Which defensive spell does Harry use especially often?

    Answer: Expelliarmus

    Harry uses it as a signature defensive spell.

  5. Which animal symbolizes Gryffindor?

    Answer: lion

    The lion symbolizes Gryffindor.

Daily round

  1. Which Hogwarts house values loyalty and hard work?

    Answer: Hufflepuff

    Hufflepuff is the Hogwarts house valuing loyalty and hard work.

  2. How many Chasers play on each team?

    Answer: three

    Each side fields three Chasers.

  3. Which Hogwarts house values courage and daring?

    Answer: Gryffindor

    Gryffindor is the Hogwarts house valuing courage and daring.

  4. Which subject does Hagrid teach?

    Answer: Care of Magical Creatures

    He teaches Care of Magical Creatures.

  5. Which hidden street contains shops for Britain’s wizarding community?

    Answer: Diagon Alley

    Diagon Alley is the hidden London street serving wizarding shoppers.

Daily round

  1. Which Hogwarts subject does Snape teach when Harry first arrives?

    Answer: Potions

    Snape teaches Potions during Harry’s first years at Hogwarts.

  2. Which incantation turns the wand light off?

    Answer: Nox

    Nox extinguishes the light.

  3. What is the name of Aragog’s mate?

    Answer: Mosag

    Aragog lives with his mate Mosag and their offspring in the Forbidden Forest.

  4. Which Hogwarts house did Voldemort join as a student?

    Answer: Slytherin

    Lord Voldemort belonged to Slytherin.

  5. What is the name of Voldemort’s snake?

    Answer: Nagini

    Voldemort’s snake and Horcrux is named Nagini.

Daily round

  1. What animal form does Snape’s Patronus take?

    Answer: a doe

    His Patronus takes the form of a doe.

  2. Which animal symbolizes Slytherin?

    Answer: serpent

    The serpent symbolizes Slytherin.

  3. On which floor is its concealed entrance?

    Answer: seventh floor

    The Room of Requirement's concealed entrance is on the seventh floor.

  4. Who buys Hedwig for Harry?

    Answer: Hagrid

    Hagrid buys her in Diagon Alley.

  5. Which bank stands in Diagon Alley?

    Answer: Gringotts Wizarding Bank

    Gringotts Wizarding Bank operates from a grand white building in Diagon Alley.

Daily round

  1. What alias is Buckbeak given while in hiding?

    Answer: Witherwings

    Buckbeak is renamed Witherwings while Sirius’s allies keep him hidden.

  2. What charm uses the words Expecto Patronum?

    Answer: Patronus Charm

    Patronus Charm uses the incantation Expecto Patronum.

  3. What is Dumbledore’s phoenix called?

    Answer: Fawkes

    His phoenix is named Fawkes.

  4. Who founded Gryffindor house?

    Answer: Godric Gryffindor

    Godric Gryffindor founded the Hogwarts house that bears his surname.

  5. Which incantation opens many ordinary locked doors?

    Answer: Alohomora

    Alohomora is the incantation used to open many locked doors.

Daily round

  1. Which enchanted hat assigns first-year students to houses?

    Answer: Sorting Hat

    Sorting Hat is the sentient headwear assigning students to houses.

  2. Which incantation summons a Patronus?

    Answer: Expecto Patronum

    Expecto Patronum is the incantation producing a defensive magical guardian.

  3. What objects did Voldemort use to conceal fragments of his divided soul?

    Answer: Horcruxes

    He was born Tom Marvolo Riddle.

  4. Which wizard owns Hedwig?

    Answer: Harry Potter

    Harry Potter owns Hedwig.

  5. Which student-rights organization does Hermione start?

    Answer: S.P.E.W.

    She starts the organization S.P.E.W..

Daily round

  1. Which Horcrux is destroyed with a basilisk fang in the Chamber of Secrets?

    Answer: Tom Riddle’s diary

    Harry destroys Tom Riddle’s diary with a basilisk fang in the Chamber of Secrets.

  2. What identifying memory does a Golden Snitch preserve?

    Answer: the first person who touched it

    A Golden Snitch has flesh memory and remembers the first person who touched it.

  3. How many players does each Quidditch team field?

    Answer: seven

    A Quidditch team fields seven players: three Chasers, two Beaters, one Keeper, and one Seeker.

  4. How many Horcruxes did Voldemort intend to create?

    Answer: six

    Voldemort intended to create six of them.

  5. Which pub provides an entrance to Diagon Alley?

    Answer: Leaky Cauldron

    Leaky Cauldron provides the entrance to Diagon Alley.