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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 12 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. How many Chasers play on each team?

    Answer: three

    Each side fields three Chasers.

  2. Which incantation turns the wand light off?

    Answer: Nox

    Nox extinguishes the light.

  3. What does the Sorting Hat consider besides a student’s traits?

    Answer: the student’s choices

    The Sorting Hat considers a student’s choices as well as personal qualities.

  4. Which dark wizard was born Tom Marvolo Riddle?

    Answer: Lord Voldemort

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

  5. Which Hogwarts house does Harry join?

    Answer: Gryffindor

    Harry Potter joins Gryffindor.

Daily round

  1. Which ceremony welcomes new students in the Great Hall?

    Answer: the Sorting Ceremony

    The annual Sorting Ceremony places new Hogwarts students into houses in the Great Hall.

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

    Answer: Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs

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

  3. Which student is known for exceptional research and preparation?

    Answer: Hermione Granger

    Hermione Granger is the high-achieving student and close friend of Harry.

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

    Answer: Buckbeak

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

  5. Which act is used to split the soul when making a Horcrux?

    Answer: murder

    Creating a Horcrux uses murder to split the soul.

Daily round

  1. Which incantation opens many ordinary locked doors?

    Answer: Alohomora

    Alohomora is the incantation used to open many locked doors.

  2. Which wizard owns Hedwig?

    Answer: Harry Potter

    Harry Potter owns Hedwig.

  3. Which incantation lights the tip of a wand?

    Answer: Lumos

    Lumos is the incantation creating light at a wand tip.

  4. 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.

  5. Which chamber appears when a Hogwarts student truly needs it?

    Answer: Room of Requirement

    Room of Requirement is the chamber that appears when a person genuinely needs it.

Daily round

  1. Which London station contains that platform?

    Answer: King’s Cross

    It departs from King’s Cross Station.

  2. Who founded Hufflepuff house?

    Answer: Helga Hufflepuff

    Helga Hufflepuff founded the Hogwarts house that bears her surname.

  3. What must someone do to summon the Room of Requirement?

    Answer: walk past its wall three times while focusing on a need

    A person makes the Room of Requirement appear by walking past its wall three times while concentrating on what is needed.

  4. Which wizard keeps Fawkes?

    Answer: Albus Dumbledore

    Albus Dumbledore keeps Fawkes.

  5. Who demonstrates Expelliarmus at the Duelling Club?

    Answer: Severus Snape

    Snape demonstrates Expelliarmus by disarming Lockhart at the Duelling Club.

Daily round

  1. Where is Slytherin’s common room located?

    Answer: beneath the lake

    Its common room is beneath the lake.

  2. Which Hogwarts house does Hermione join?

    Answer: Gryffindor

    Hermione Granger joins Gryffindor.

  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. Which animal symbolizes Slytherin?

    Answer: serpent

    The serpent symbolizes Slytherin.

  5. What core is inside Harry’s wand?

    Answer: phoenix feather

    His wand contains a phoenix-feather core.

Daily round

  1. Which snowy owl belongs to Harry?

    Answer: Hedwig

    Hedwig is the snowy owl given to Harry before his first school year.

  2. Which student-rights organization does Hermione start?

    Answer: S.P.E.W.

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

  3. Near which part of Hogwarts is its common room?

    Answer: the kitchens

    Its common room is near the kitchens.

  4. Which school does Dumbledore lead?

    Answer: Hogwarts

    Albus Dumbledore leads Hogwarts.

  5. Whose wands contain twin feathers from Fawkes?

    Answer: Harry Potter and Voldemort

    Fawkes supplied the phoenix feathers at the cores of Harry’s and Voldemort’s wands.

Daily round

  1. Which incantation disarms an opponent?

    Answer: Expelliarmus

    Expelliarmus is the incantation that knocks an object from an opponent’s hand.

  2. What kind of animal does Ron initially believe Scabbers to be?

    Answer: a rat

    Ron believes Scabbers is an ordinary rat before learning his true identity.

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

    Answer: Diagon Alley

    Diagon Alley is the hidden London street serving wizarding shoppers.

  4. Which professor has a secret lifelong connection to Lily Potter?

    Answer: Severus Snape

    Severus Snape is the professor with a long secret connection to Lily Potter.

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

    Answer: a doe

    His Patronus takes the form of a doe.