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 5 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

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

    Answer: Hogsmeade station

    The Hogwarts Express carries students from London to Hogsmeade station.

  2. What does the hat perform at each opening feast?

    Answer: a new song

    It sings a new song at the opening feast.

  3. Who originally owned Ron’s first wand?

    Answer: Charlie Weasley

    His first wand originally belonged to Charlie.

  4. Which pub provides an entrance to Diagon Alley?

    Answer: Leaky Cauldron

    Leaky Cauldron provides the entrance to Diagon Alley.

  5. Which Hogwarts house did Snape belong to?

    Answer: Slytherin

    Severus Snape belonged to Slytherin.

Daily round

  1. Which animal symbolizes Hufflepuff?

    Answer: badger

    The badger symbolizes Hufflepuff.

  2. Which Hogwarts house values ambition and resourcefulness?

    Answer: Slytherin

    Slytherin is the Hogwarts house valuing ambition and resourcefulness.

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

    Answer: I solemnly swear

    Its activation phrase begins I solemnly swear.

  4. Which subject does McGonagall teach?

    Answer: Transfiguration

    She teaches Transfiguration.

  5. Who founded Ravenclaw house?

    Answer: Rowena Ravenclaw

    Rowena Ravenclaw founded the Hogwarts house that bears her surname.

Daily round

  1. What charm uses the words Expecto Patronum?

    Answer: Patronus Charm

    Patronus Charm uses the incantation Expecto Patronum.

  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 student group practices there?

    Answer: Dumbledore’s Army

    Dumbledore’s Army practices there.

  4. Which Hogwarts house does Ron join?

    Answer: Gryffindor

    Ron Weasley joins Gryffindor.

  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. Which creatures can the Patronus Charm repel?

    Answer: Dementors

    A corporeal Patronus can drive away Dementors.

  2. Through which parent does Harry inherit it?

    Answer: his father James

    Harry inherits it through his father.

  3. Which spell can magically seal a door against Alohomora?

    Answer: Colloportus

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

  4. What objects did Voldemort use to conceal fragments of his divided soul?

    Answer: Horcruxes

    He was born Tom Marvolo Riddle.

  5. What object conceals a deliberately separated soul fragment?

    Answer: Horcrux

    Horcrux is the container holding a deliberately separated soul fragment.

Daily round

  1. At which school does Hagrid work?

    Answer: Hogwarts

    Rubeus Hagrid works at Hogwarts.

  2. What healing property do Fawkes’s tears possess?

    Answer: they heal wounds

    His tears have healing powers.

  3. What alias is Buckbeak given while in hiding?

    Answer: Witherwings

    Buckbeak is renamed Witherwings while Sirius’s allies keep him hidden.

  4. Which enchanted hat assigns first-year students to houses?

    Answer: Sorting Hat

    Sorting Hat is the sentient headwear assigning students to houses.

  5. 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.

Daily round

  1. What kind of charm is Alohomora?

    Answer: Unlocking Charm

    Alohomora is the Unlocking Charm.

  2. Which founder’s weapon can emerge from the Sorting Hat?

    Answer: the Sword of Gryffindor

    Its founder’s sword appears from the Sorting Hat.

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

    Answer: an otter

    Hermione’s Patronus takes the form of an otter.

  4. What kind of charm is Lumos?

    Answer: Wand-Lighting Charm

    Lumos is the Wand-Lighting Charm.

  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. 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.