Characters
Who takes Muggle Studies, despite being muggle-born?
Hermione Granger
On which platform do students board the Hogwarts Express?
Platform 9 and 3/4
How are photographs in the wizarding world different from those in the muggle world?
They move
Which Hogwarts teacher is head of Gryffindor house?
Professor Minerva McGonnagal
Who is Hedwig?
Harry's snowy owl
How does Harry first learn he is wizard?
Hagrid tracks him down to tell him he is a wizard
The night Harry’s parents were murdered by Lord Voldemort, who brings Harry from his parents’ house to the Dursleys’ house? How did they travel there?
Rubeus Hagrid, on his flying motorbike
Where does Harry sleep at the Dursleys’ before he moves into Dudley’s second bedroom?
In the cupboard under the stairs
What object decides which Hogwarts house you will be a part of?
The Sorting Hat
Which Hogwarts teacher teaches Potions?
Professor Snape
What is the name of Ron’s rat?
Scabbers
Into which house was Harry originally meant to be sorted?
Slytherin
What house does Malfoy belong to?
Slytherin
What would you buy at Ollivander’s?
A wand
Which Hogwarts teacher teaches Transfiguration?
Professor McGonnagal
What type of bird does Dumbledore have as a pet?
A Phoenix
Who is the author of the Harry Potter series?
J.K. Rowling
What are Harry's aunt and uncle's names?
Vernon and Petunia Dursley
Whose house is nicknamed “The Burrow?”
The Weasley family's
What does Harry use to destroy Tom Riddle’s diary?
A Basilisk fang
Which Hogwarts teacher teaches Care of Magical Creatures in book 3? DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Who teaches Care of Magical Creatures in book 1 and 2?
Reubeus Hagrid, Professor Kettleburn
What type of animal is Aragog?
Aragog is an Acromantula, a rare giant spider whose venom is very useful in potions.
What is the title of the fourth book in the series?
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Which Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher filled his office with pictures of himself?
Professor Gilderoy Lockhart
What is the name of the wizard bank?
Gringotts
What did Harry use to defeat the basilisk?
The Sword of Gryffindor
What class did Dumbledore teach before becoming Headmaster?
Transfiguration
Who is Fang?
Hagrid's bloodhound
What foul term does Malfoy call Hermione (meaning muggle-born)?
Mud-Blood
What are Harry’s parents’ names?
Lily Evans Potter and James Potter
What is the name of the haunted building in which Harry finally meets Sirius Black?
Shrieking Shack
The entrance to the Gryffindor common room is guarded by a portrait of what?
The Fat Lady
Which Hogwarts teacher teaches Herbology?
Professor Sprout
What type of animal does Harry accidentally set loose during his trip to the zoo with Dudley in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone?
A Bermese Python
Which birthday does Harry celebrate in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone?
His 11th Birthday