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 10 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. Which student group practices there?

    Answer: Dumbledore’s Army

    Dumbledore’s Army practices there.

  2. Which wizarding sport is played on flying broomsticks?

    Answer: Quidditch

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

  3. What species of giant spider is Aragog?

    Answer: Acromantula

    He is an Acromantula.

  4. Which subject does McGonagall teach?

    Answer: Transfiguration

    She teaches Transfiguration.

  5. What should a person do before approaching a hippogriff?

    Answer: bow

    A person should bow before approaching him.

Daily round

  1. Which scarlet train carries students to Hogwarts?

    Answer: Hogwarts Express

    Hogwarts Express is the scarlet train carrying students to school.

  2. Which Hogwarts headmaster guides Harry through most of his school years?

    Answer: Albus Dumbledore

    Albus Dumbledore is the headmaster who guides Harry through much of the story.

  3. Which incantation summons a Patronus?

    Answer: Expecto Patronum

    Expecto Patronum is the incantation producing a defensive magical guardian.

  4. What charm uses the words Expecto Patronum?

    Answer: Patronus Charm

    Patronus Charm uses the incantation Expecto Patronum.

  5. Which Hogwarts house values ambition and resourcefulness?

    Answer: Slytherin

    Slytherin is the Hogwarts house valuing ambition and resourcefulness.

Daily round

  1. At which school does Hagrid work?

    Answer: Hogwarts

    Rubeus Hagrid works at Hogwarts.

  2. How many Chasers play on each team?

    Answer: three

    Each side fields three Chasers.

  3. During which escape is Hedwig killed?

    Answer: the flight from Privet Drive

    Hedwig is killed while Harry’s allies fly him away from Privet Drive.

  4. What animal form does Hermione Granger’s Patronus take?

    Answer: an otter

    Hermione’s Patronus takes the form of an otter.

  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 spell can magically seal a door against Alohomora?

    Answer: Colloportus

    Colloportus magically seals a door and can counter ordinary use of Alohomora.

  2. During which escape is Hedwig killed?

    Answer: the flight from Privet Drive

    Hedwig is killed while Harry’s allies fly him away from Privet Drive.

  3. Who founded Hufflepuff house?

    Answer: Helga Hufflepuff

    Helga Hufflepuff founded the Hogwarts house that bears her surname.

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

    Answer: Slytherin

    Lord Voldemort belonged to Slytherin.

  5. Which Peverell brother first owned Harry’s cloak?

    Answer: Ignotus Peverell

    Ignotus Peverell first owned Harry's Invisibility Cloak.

Daily round

  1. What kind of charm is Alohomora?

    Answer: Unlocking Charm

    Alohomora is the Unlocking Charm.

  2. Through which parent does Harry inherit it?

    Answer: his father James

    Harry inherits it through his father.

  3. Which giant spider was raised by Hagrid?

    Answer: Aragog

    Aragog is the giant spider raised in a cupboard by Hagrid.

  4. Which four nicknames identify the map’s creators?

    Answer: Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs

    The map's creators are Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs.

  5. What is Dumbledore’s phoenix called?

    Answer: Fawkes

    His phoenix is named Fawkes.

Daily round

  1. How many Horcruxes did Voldemort intend to create?

    Answer: six

    Voldemort intended to create six of them.

  2. Which hippogriff appears in Hagrid’s first Care of Magical Creatures lesson?

    Answer: Buckbeak

    Buckbeak is the proud hippogriff introduced in Hagrid’s class.

  3. Which Deathly Hallow hides its wearer from sight?

    Answer: Invisibility Cloak

    Invisibility Cloak is the garment that hides its wearer from sight.

  4. Which scarlet train carries students to Hogwarts?

    Answer: Hogwarts Express

    Hogwarts Express is the scarlet train carrying students to school.

  5. Who uses Alohomora during Harry’s first year?

    Answer: Hermione Granger

    Hermione Granger uses Alohomora to unlock a forbidden corridor door during her first year.

Daily round

  1. Who originally owned Ron’s first wand?

    Answer: Charlie Weasley

    His first wand originally belonged to Charlie.

  2. What shape is the scar on Harry Potter’s forehead?

    Answer: a lightning bolt

    Harry’s forehead scar has the shape of a lightning bolt.

  3. Which Hogwarts house does Harry join?

    Answer: Gryffindor

    Harry Potter joins Gryffindor.

  4. Who originally owned the Sorting Hat?

    Answer: Godric Gryffindor

    Godric Gryffindor originally owned the Sorting Hat.

  5. Which dark wizard was born Tom Marvolo Riddle?

    Answer: Lord Voldemort

    Lord Voldemort is the dark wizard who divides his soul to avoid death.