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• Harry potter trivia questions and answers
• Hard harry potter trivia
• Harry potter movie trivia
• Easy Harry potter trivia
• Harry potter book trivia
• Harry potter trivia team names

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Harry Potter Trivia Questions And Answers

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1. After Draco insults Hermione, Ron cast a spell that backfired. What did he intend for Draco to eat?

a) Bees

b) Mud

c) Spiders

d) Slugs

Answer: Slugs

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2. At what age do children receive their Hogwarts letter?

a) 9

b) 11

c) 12

d) 13

Answer: 11

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3. By which statue is there a hidden pathway to Honeydukes?

a) Boris the Bewildered

b) The one-eyed witch

c) A statue of Dumbledore

d) There is no secret passage

Answer: The one-eyed witch

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4. Harry was raised by his mother’s sister. What was his aunt named?

a) Petunia

b) Daisy

c) Rose

d) Hortense

Answer: Petunia

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5. How did Fred and George get the money to open their shop?

a) They won a bet on the Quidditch World Cup

b) Harry gave them his Triwizard Tournament winnings

c) They stole it from Malfoy

d) Dumbledore gifted it to them

Answer: They won a bet on the Quidditch World Cup

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6. How old are students when they first attend Hogwarts?

a) 10-years-old
b) 11-years-old
c) 12-years-old
d) 13-years-old

Answer: 11-years-old

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7. How old was Luna when she lost her mom?

a) Three

b) She never lost her mother

c) Twelve

d) Nine

Answer: Nine

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8. What is the name of the powerful and dangerous artifact that Voldemort creates in the Harry Potter series by splitting his soul into seven pieces?

a) The Philosopher's Stone

b) The Elder Wand

c) The Resurrection Stone

d) The Horcruxes

Answer: The Horcruxes

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9. Who was the Journalist at The Daily Prophet in the Harry Potter series?

a) Rita Skeeter

b) Xenophilius Lovegood

c) Cornelius Fudge

d) Arthur Weasley

Answer: Rita Skeeter

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10. What is the name of the wizarding prison in the Harry Potter series?

a) Azkaban
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b) Gringotts
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c) Malfoy Manor
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d) Ministry of Magic

Answer: Azkaban

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11. On his first ride aboard the Hogwarts Express, whose card did Harry get with his chocolate frog?

a) Dumbledore

b) Snape

c) McGonagall

d) Hagrid

Answer: Dumbledore

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12. Ron was jealous because Hermione went to the Yule Ball with whom?

a) Roger Davies

b) Seamus Finnegan

c) Viktor Krum

d) Draco Malfoy

Answer: Viktor Krum

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13. Which character in the Harry Potter series is known for wearing radish earrings?

a) Nymphadora Tonks
b) Ginny Weasley
c) Luna Lovegood
d) Fleur Delacour

Answer: c) Luna Lovegood

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14. What animal did Neville Longbottom lose on the Hogwarts Express?

a) Toad

b) Mouse

c) Cat

d) Bat

Answer: Toad

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15. What are the colors of Ravenclaw?

a) Blue and silver

b) Blue and bronze

c) Blue and gold

d) Blue and black

Answer: Blue and bronze

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16. Who invented the Snitch in the Harry Potter series?

a) Bowman Wright
b) Gilderoy Lockhart
c) Fred and George Weasley
d) Albus Dumbledore

Answer: Bowman Wright

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17. Who does Hermione impersonate using the Polyjuice Potion in the second book of the Harry Potter series?

a) Pansy Parkinson
b) Millicent Bulstrode
c) Lavender Brown
d) Hermione does not use the Polyjuice Potion in the second book

Answer: Millicent Bulstrode
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18. What did Dumbledore leave for Ron in his will?
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Answer: Deluminator
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19. What did Fred and George Weasley call their joke shop?
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Answer: Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes
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20. What did Ginny name her two pets?
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Answer: Pigwidgeon and Arnold

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21. What did Hagrid name his pet dragon?
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Answer: Norbert

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Easy Harry Potter Trivia

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1. Which house does Harry Potter belong to?

Answer: Gryffindor
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2. Who is Harry Potter's godfather?

Answer: Sirius Black

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3. Who is the potions professor at Hogwarts?

Answer: Severus Snape

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4. Who is the headmaster of Hogwarts during Harry's time there?

Answer: Albus Dumbledore

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5. What is the platform at King's Cross Station where Hogwarts students catch the Hogwarts Express called?

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a) Platform 9 ¾

b) Platform 7 ½

c) Platform 10 ¼

d) Platform 8 ⅓

Answer: a) Platform 9 ¾

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6. What is the name of the game played on broomsticks in the Harry Potter series?

a) Broomstick Polo

b) Quidditch

c) Broomstick Ball

d) Wizarding Rugby

‍Answer: b) Quidditch

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7. Who is the giant three-headed dog that guards the trapdoor leading to the Philosopher's Stone in the first book?

a) Fluffy

b) Fang

c) Norbert

d) Aragog

Answer: a) Fluffy

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8. What is the name of Harry's owl?

a) Errol

b) Hedwig

c) Pigwidgeon

d) Crookshanks

Answer: b) Hedwig

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9. What is the name of the Hogwarts caretaker who is always complaining about the students?

a) Argus Filch

b) Rubeus Hagrid

c) Horace Slughorn

d) Pomona Sprout

Answer: a) Argus Filch

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10. Which spell is used in Harry Potter that levitates objects?

a) Accio

b) Expelliarmus

c) Wingardium Leviosa

d) Alohomora

Answer: c) Wingardium Leviosa

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11. Who guards the entrance to the Gryffindor common room?

a) Phoenix

b) House-elf

c) The Fat Lady

d) Unicorn

Answer: c) The Fat Lady

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12. What is the name of the Hogwarts house known for its ambition, cunning, and resourcefulness?

a) Gryffindor

b) Hufflepuff

c) Ravenclaw

d) Slytherin

‍Answer: d) Slytherin

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13. Throughout his school years, Harry owns two brooms. Which are they?

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Answer: Nimbus 2000 and Firebolt.

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14. Before the start of his second year at Hogwarts, how do the Weasley's manage to save Harry from the Dursley's house?

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Answer: With a flying car.

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15. Who is the ghost of Slytherin House?

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Answer: The Bloody Baron

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16. What is the name of the magical object that allows the user to become invisible?

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Answer: The magical object that allows the user to become invisible is called the Cloak of Invisibility.

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17. What is the name of the Wizarding prison in the Harry Potter series?

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Answer: The Wizarding prison in the Harry Potter series is called Azkaban.

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18. Which magical object allows the user to travel back in time?

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Answer: The magical object that allows the user to travel back in time is called a Time-Turner.

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19. What is the name of the wizarding school that Harry attends?

a) Ilvermorny

b) Beauxbatons

c) Durmstrang

d) Hogwarts

‍Answer: d) Hogwarts

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20. Who kills Professor Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince?

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Answer: Severus Snape

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Hard Harry Potter Trivia

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1. In "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," what was the name of the Bulgarian Quidditch player who caught the Snitch, but lost the match to Ireland?

a) Viktor Krum

b) Ivan Volkov

c) Pyotr Vulchanov

d) Yuri Petrova

Answer: a) Viktor Krum

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2. What is the name of the Black family's house-elf?

a) Dobby

b) Kreacher

c) Winky

d) Hokey

‍Answer: b) Kreacher

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3. What was the name of the wizard who created the Sorcerer's Stone?

a) Adalbert Waffling

b) Bathilda Bagshot

c) Nicolas Flamel

d) Armando Dippet

Answer: c) Nicolas Flamel

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4. Which dragon does Harry Potter face in the first task of the Triwizard Tournament?

a) Hungarian Horntail

b) Common Welsh Green

c) Chinese Fireball

d) Swedish Short-Snout

‍Answer: a) Hungarian Horntail

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5. What is the name of the spell used to conjure the Patronus Charm?

a) Expecto Patronum

b) Accio Patronum

c) Protego Patronum

d) Expelliarmus Patronum

‍Answer: a) Expecto Patronum

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6. What is the name of the ghost who haunts the Hogwarts bathroom?

a) Moaning Myrtle

b) Nearly Headless Nick

c) The Grey Lady

d) The Bloody Baron

‍Answer: a) Moaning Myrtle

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7. Which spell did Hermione use to release the dragon from Gringotts Bank?

a) Wingardium Leviosa

b) Aguamenti

c) Revulsion Jinx

d) Diffindo

‍Answer: c) Revulsion Jinx

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8. Who was the Hogwarts headmaster before Albus Dumbledore?

a) Armando Dippet

b) Phineas Nigellus Black

c) Everard

d) Dexter Fortescue

‍Answer: a) Armando Dippet

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9. What was the name of the person who was the original wonder of Elder Wand?

a) Gellert Grindelwald

b) Albus Dumbledore

c) Antioch Peverell

d) Cadmus Peverell

Answer: c) Antioch Peverell

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10. Who is the founder of the Slytherin house?

a) Godric Gryffindor

b) Helga Hufflepuff

c) Rowena Ravenclaw

d) Salazar Slytherin

‍Answer: d) Salazar Slytherin

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11. What is the name of the werewolf who teaches Defense Against the Dark Arts in "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"?

a) Remus Lupin

b) Fenrir Greyback

c) Sirius Black

d) Bill Weasley

‍Answer: a) Remus Lupin

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12. In the Goblet of Fire, which two schools participate in the Triwizard Tournament alongside Hogwarts?

a) Durmstrang and Beauxbatons

b) Ilvermorny and Castelobruxo

c) Mahoutokoro and Uagadou

d) Koldovstoretz and Hogwarts New Zealand

Answer: a) Durmstrang and Beauxbatons

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13. In the Order of Phoenix, who gives the flying lessons to Harry's group?

a) Remus Lupin

b) Rolanda Hooch

c) Rolanda March

d) Septima Vector

‍Answer: c) Rolanda Hooch

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14. What is the name of the black family's ancestral home in the Harry Potter series?

a) Black Manor

b) Grimmauld Place

c) Malfoy Manor

d) Lestrange Manor

‍Answer: b) Grimmauld Place

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15. What is one of the creatures that lives in the lake at Hogwarts?

a) Thestrals

b) Merpeople

c) Nifflers

d) Grindylows

‍Answer: b) Merpeople

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16. Who created the Sorcerer's Stone?

a) Salazar Slytherin

b) Albus Dumbledore

c) Nicolas Flamel

d) Merlin

‍Answer: c) Nicolas Flamel

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17/ In the Chamber of Secrets, where does Harry discover the entrance to the Chamber?

a) Gryffindor house

b) The Room of Requirement

c) Charms corridor

d) Myrtle's bathroom

‍Answer: d) Myrtle's bathroom

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19. Which room did the members of Dumbledore's Army use as a hideout?

a) Myrtle's bathroom

b)The Room of Requirement

c) Come and Go Room

d) Gryffindor common room

‍Answer: b) The Room of Requirement

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20. Who was the original owner of the locket Horcrux?

a) Tom Riddle Sr.

b) Marvolo Gaunt

c) Salazar Slytherin

d) Hepzibah Smith

‍Answer: c) Salazar Slytherin

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21. In the Order of The Pheonix, who was the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher?

a) Horace Slughorn

b) Severus Snape

c) Gilderoy Lockhart

d) Remus Lupin

Answer: a) Remus Lupin

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Harry Potter Movie Trivia

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1. Harry discovers he’s one of Voldemort’s seven Horcruxes. What are the others?

‍Answer: Tom Riddle’s Diary, Nagini, the giant ring, the Hufflepuff cup, Slytherin Locket, and Ravenclaw diadem.

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2. In which movie does Harry first learn that he is a wizard?

a) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

b) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

c) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

d) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

‍Answer: a) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

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3. Who played the character of Albus Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter movies?

a) Richard Harris

b) Michael Gambon

c) Ian McKellen

d) Christopher Lee

‍Answer: a) Richard Harris

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4. What is the name of the school of magic that Harry attends in the Harry Potter movies?

a) Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

b) Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

c) Beauxbatons Academy of Magic

d) Durmstrang Institute

‍Answer: a) Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

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5. Who directed the first two Harry Potter movies?

a) David Yates

b) Alfonso Cuarón

c) Chris Columbus

d) Mike Newell

‍Answer: c) Chris Columbus

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6. In which Harry Potter movie do we first see the character of Luna Lovegood?

a) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

b) Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix

c) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

d) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

‍Answer: b) Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix

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7. What is the name of the tournament in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire?

a) The Hogwarts Tournament

b) The Wizarding Tournament

c) The Triwizard Tournament

d) The Magical Tournament

Answer: c) The Triwizard Tournament

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8. Who played the character of Severus Snape in the Harry Potter movies?

a) Ralph Fiennes

b) Gary Oldman

c) Alan Rickman

d) Kenneth Branagh

‍Answer: c) Alan Rickman

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9. In which Harry Potter movie do we first see the character of Bellatrix Lestrange?

a) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

b) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

c) Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix

d) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

‍Answer: c) Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix

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10. What is the name of the house elf who helps Harry in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire?

a) Dobby

b) Winky

c) Kreacher

d) Hokey

Answer: b) Dobby

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11. Who played the character of Dolores Umbridge in Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix?

a) Emma Watson

b) Maggie Smith

c) Imelda Staunton

d) Helena Bonham Carter

‍Answer: c) Imelda Staunton

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11. What is the name of the potion that allows the drinker to assume the appearance of someone else in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince?

a) Veritaserum

b) Amortentia

c) Polyjuice Potion

d) Felix Felicis

‍Answer: c) Polyjuice Potion

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12. In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, which spell is used to repel a Boggart?

a) Expelliarmus

b) Petrificus Totalus

c) Riddikulus

d) Lumos Maxima

‍Answer: c) Riddikulus

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13. Who is the director of the final four Harry Potter movies?

a) David Yates

b) Alfonso Cuarón

c) Chris Columbus

d) Mike Newell

‍Answer: a) David Yates

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14. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which character is revealed to be the Half-Blood Prince?

a) Severus Snape

b) Tom Riddle

c) Remus Lupin

d) Harry Potter

Answer: a) Severus Snape

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15. What is the name of the dragon that Harry, Ron, and Hermione ride in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2?

a) Smaug

b) Norbert

c) Horntail

d) Gringotts

‍Answer: b) Norbert

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16. In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, which character is forced to compete in the Triwizard Tournament against his will?

a) Harry Potter

b) Cedric Diggory

c) Viktor Krum

d) Fleur Delacour

‍Answer: a) Harry Potter

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17. What is the name of the underground bank run by goblins in the Harry Potter movies?

a) Gringotts

b) Azkaban

c) Ministry of Magic

d) Hogwarts

‍Answer: a) Gringotts

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18. Who played the character of Bellatrix Lestrange in the Harry Potter movies?

a) Helena Bonham Carter

b) Emma Watson

c) Maggie Smith

d) Imelda Staunton

Answer: a) Helena Bonham Carter

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19. In Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix, what is the name of the secret organization that is formed to oppose Voldemort and his Death Eaters?

a) Dumbledore's Army

b) Order of the Phoenix

c) Deathly Hallows

d) Ministry of Magic Rebellion

Answer: b) Order of the Phoenix

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Harry Potter Book Trivia

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1. In which book of the Harry Potter series does Harry first meet Luna Lovegood?

Answer: Harry first meets Luna Lovegood in "Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix".

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2. What is the name of Hagrid's giant half-brother?

‍Answer: Hagrid's giant half-brother is named Grawp.

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3. What is the name of the village near Hogwarts, where many of the wizarding shops and businesses are located?

Answer: Hogsmeade Village

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4. Who is the seeker for the Gryffindor Quidditch team in the Harry Potter series?

Answer: Harry Potter

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5. Who is the owner of the wand shop in Diagon Alley in the Harry Potter series?

Answer: Mr. Ollivander

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6. What is the name of the magical plant that can be used to restore a person's strength?

Answer: Mandrake

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7. What was the name of the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets?

a) Gilderoy Lockhart

b) Remus Lupin

c) Dolores Umbridge

d) Alastor Moody

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Answer: Gilderoy Lockhart

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8. What is the name of the newspaper in the wizarding world that reports on the events in the Harry Potter series?

a) Daily Bugle

b) Daily Prophet

c) The Quibbler

d) The New York Times

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Answer: Daily Prophet

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9. Who pretended to be Mad-Eye Moody in the Goblet of Fire?

Answer: Bartemius Crouch Junior

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10. In Book 4, which two teams compete in the Quidditch World Cup? 

Answer: Bulgaria and Ireland

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11. Name the three different types of balls used in Quidditch. 

Answer: Quaffle, Bludger, Snitch.

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12. What is the Wizarding version of marbles called? 

‍Answer: Gobstones

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13. What do you recite to close the Marauder’s Map?

Answer: “Mischief Managed”

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14. What is Harry Potter’s Patronus?

‍Answer: Stag

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15. What is the secretive radio program set up by the Order of the Phoenix?

‍Answer: Potterwatch

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16. What are the two pubs in Hogsmeade called? 

‍Answer: The Three Broomsticks and The Hog’s Head

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17. What are the names of James Potter’s friends?

‍Answer: Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, and Peter Pettigrew

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18. What animal can Harry speak to in The Chamber of Secrets?

‍Answer: Snake

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19. What spell created by the Half-Blood Prince did Harry use on Draco Malfoy?

‍Answer: Sectumsempra

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20. Which magical device did Albus Dumbledore use to save and review his memories?

Answer: Pensieve

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Harry Potter Trivia Team Names

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1. The Potter Pals
2. The Granger Rangers
3. The Weasley Wailers
4. The Dumbledorks
5. The Expelliarmus Experts
6. The Triwizard Champions
7. The Hogwarts Howlers
8. The Felix Felicis Flyers
9. The Granger Danger Gang
10. The Boggart Bashers
11. The Hufflepuff Hooligans
12. The Ravenclaw Rebels
13. The Slytherin Star Squad
14. The Gryffindor Golden Guys
15. The Butterbeer Brigade
16. The Snape Snapsters
17. The Sirius Nerds
18. The Alohomora Amigos
19. The Charmed Champions
20. The Snitch Snatchers
21. The Lumos Luminaries
22. The Portkey Players
23. The Muggle Mischief Makers
24. The Chamber Chasers
25. The Horcrux Hoarders

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