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 3 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

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

    Answer: Buckbeak

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

  2. 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.

  3. Which bank stands in Diagon Alley?

    Answer: Gringotts Wizarding Bank

    Gringotts Wizarding Bank operates from a grand white building in Diagon Alley.

  4. Which wizard is recognized by a lightning-shaped scar?

    Answer: Harry Potter

    Harry Potter is the wizard marked by a lightning-shaped scar.

  5. At which village station does the Hogwarts Express end its journey?

    Answer: Hogsmeade station

    The Hogwarts Express carries students from London to Hogsmeade station.

Daily round

  1. Which red-haired student becomes Harry’s closest male friend?

    Answer: Ron Weasley

    Ron Weasley is the youngest Weasley son and Harry’s best friend.

  2. Which parchment shows people moving around Hogwarts?

    Answer: Marauder’s Map

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

  3. In which forest does Aragog live?

    Answer: Forbidden Forest

    Aragog lives in the Forbidden Forest.

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

    Answer: a doe

    His Patronus takes the form of a doe.

  5. Which phoenix belongs to Dumbledore?

    Answer: Fawkes

    Fawkes is the scarlet-and-gold phoenix kept by Dumbledore.

Daily round

  1. What object does Dumbledore leave Ron in his will?

    Answer: the Deluminator

    Dumbledore leaves his Deluminator to Ron in his will.

  2. Which student-rights organization does Hermione start?

    Answer: S.P.E.W.

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

  3. Which wizarding sport is played on flying broomsticks?

    Answer: Quidditch

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

  4. What object conceals a deliberately separated soul fragment?

    Answer: Horcrux

    Horcrux is the container holding a deliberately separated soul fragment.

  5. What kind of charm is Alohomora?

    Answer: Unlocking Charm

    Alohomora is the Unlocking Charm.

Daily round

  1. Who demonstrates Expelliarmus at the Duelling Club?

    Answer: Severus Snape

    Snape demonstrates Expelliarmus by disarming Lockhart at the Duelling Club.

  2. Which animal symbolizes Slytherin?

    Answer: serpent

    The serpent symbolizes Slytherin.

  3. Which Hogwarts house values ambition and resourcefulness?

    Answer: Slytherin

    Slytherin is the Hogwarts house valuing ambition and resourcefulness.

  4. Who originally owned the Sorting Hat?

    Answer: Godric Gryffindor

    Godric Gryffindor originally owned the Sorting Hat.

  5. Which animal symbolizes Gryffindor?

    Answer: lion

    The lion symbolizes Gryffindor.

Daily round

  1. Who founded Gryffindor house?

    Answer: Godric Gryffindor

    Godric Gryffindor founded the Hogwarts house that bears his surname.

  2. Which red-haired student becomes Harry’s closest male friend?

    Answer: Ron Weasley

    Ron Weasley is the youngest Weasley son and Harry’s best friend.

  3. What is the name of Aragog’s mate?

    Answer: Mosag

    Aragog lives with his mate Mosag and their offspring in the Forbidden Forest.

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

    Answer: bow

    A person should bow before approaching him.

  5. Which wizard is recognized by a lightning-shaped scar?

    Answer: Harry Potter

    Harry Potter is the wizard marked by a lightning-shaped scar.

Daily round

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

    Answer: Slytherin

    Lord Voldemort belonged to Slytherin.

  2. Which giant spider was raised by Hagrid?

    Answer: Aragog

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

  3. How many balls are used in a Quidditch match?

    Answer: four balls

    A Quidditch match uses four balls.

  4. Which subject does Hagrid teach?

    Answer: Care of Magical Creatures

    He teaches Care of Magical Creatures.

  5. Which animal symbolizes Ravenclaw in the novels?

    Answer: eagle

    The eagle symbolizes Ravenclaw.

Daily round

  1. On which floor is its concealed entrance?

    Answer: seventh floor

    The Room of Requirement's concealed entrance is on the seventh floor.

  2. Which professor can transform into a tabby cat?

    Answer: Minerva McGonagall

    Minerva McGonagall is the strict professor able to transform into a cat.

  3. Which teacher introduces Buckbeak?

    Answer: Rubeus Hagrid

    Rubeus Hagrid introduces Buckbeak in class.

  4. Which Hogwarts subject does Snape teach when Harry first arrives?

    Answer: Potions

    Snape teaches Potions during Harry’s first years at Hogwarts.

  5. Which animal symbolizes Gryffindor?

    Answer: lion

    The lion symbolizes Gryffindor.