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 12 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. What does its enchanted ceiling resemble?

    Answer: the sky outside

    Its ceiling is enchanted to resemble the sky.

  2. Who anonymously gives Harry the Invisibility Cloak at Christmas?

    Answer: Albus Dumbledore

    Dumbledore anonymously returns James Potter’s Invisibility Cloak to Harry at Christmas.

  3. 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.

  4. Which house does McGonagall lead?

    Answer: Gryffindor

    Minerva McGonagall leads Gryffindor.

  5. Who buys Hedwig for Harry?

    Answer: Hagrid

    Hagrid buys her in Diagon Alley.

Daily round

  1. Which Hogwarts house does Hermione join?

    Answer: Gryffindor

    Hermione Granger joins Gryffindor.

  2. Who founded Ravenclaw house?

    Answer: Rowena Ravenclaw

    Rowena Ravenclaw founded the Hogwarts house that bears her surname.

  3. Which London station contains that platform?

    Answer: King’s Cross

    It departs from King’s Cross Station.

  4. Which winged Quidditch ball does the Seeker chase?

    Answer: Golden Snitch

    Golden Snitch is the small winged ball pursued during Quidditch.

  5. Which subject does Hagrid teach?

    Answer: Care of Magical Creatures

    He teaches Care of Magical Creatures.

Daily round

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

    Answer: an otter

    Hermione’s Patronus takes the form of an otter.

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

    Answer: the kitchens

    Its common room is near the kitchens.

  3. At which school does Hagrid work?

    Answer: Hogwarts

    Rubeus Hagrid works at Hogwarts.

  4. What distinctive markings appear around McGonagall’s Animagus eyes?

    Answer: spectacle-shaped markings

    McGonagall’s tabby-cat Animagus form has markings around its eyes that resemble her spectacles.

  5. What charm uses the words Expecto Patronum?

    Answer: Patronus Charm

    Patronus Charm uses the incantation Expecto Patronum.

Daily round

  1. Which teacher introduces Buckbeak?

    Answer: Rubeus Hagrid

    Rubeus Hagrid introduces Buckbeak in class.

  2. Which incantation turns the wand light off?

    Answer: Nox

    Nox extinguishes the light.

  3. Which half-giant serves as Hogwarts keeper of keys and grounds?

    Answer: Rubeus Hagrid

    Rubeus Hagrid is the half-giant keeper of keys and grounds.

  4. 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.

  5. Which incantation summons a Patronus?

    Answer: Expecto Patronum

    Expecto Patronum is the incantation producing a defensive magical guardian.

Daily round

  1. In which forest does Aragog live?

    Answer: Forbidden Forest

    Aragog lives in the Forbidden Forest.

  2. Which snowy owl belongs to Harry?

    Answer: Hedwig

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

  3. What species of giant spider is Aragog?

    Answer: Acromantula

    He is an Acromantula.

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

    Answer: a doe

    His Patronus takes the form of a doe.

  5. What information does the Marauder’s Map track inside Hogwarts?

    Answer: people’s current locations

    The Marauder’s Map shows the current locations of people moving through Hogwarts.

Daily round

  1. Which player pursues the Golden Snitch?

    Answer: Seeker

    The Seeker pursues the Golden Snitch.

  2. Which parchment shows people moving around Hogwarts?

    Answer: Marauder’s Map

    Marauder’s Map is the parchment revealing people moving through Hogwarts.

  3. What object conceals a deliberately separated soul fragment?

    Answer: Horcrux

    Horcrux is the container holding a deliberately separated soul fragment.

  4. Which words begin the map’s activation phrase?

    Answer: I solemnly swear

    Its activation phrase begins I solemnly swear.

  5. Which defensive spell does Harry use especially often?

    Answer: Expelliarmus

    Harry uses it as a signature defensive spell.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. Which animal symbolizes Slytherin?

    Answer: serpent

    The serpent symbolizes Slytherin.

  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. What is the name of Voldemort’s snake?

    Answer: Nagini

    Voldemort’s snake and Horcrux is named Nagini.

  5. Which student group practices there?

    Answer: Dumbledore’s Army

    Dumbledore’s Army practices there.