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 7 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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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 Hogwarts house values courage and daring?

    Answer: Gryffindor

    Gryffindor is the Hogwarts house valuing courage and daring.

  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. Who originally owned the Sorting Hat?

    Answer: Godric Gryffindor

    Godric Gryffindor originally owned the Sorting Hat.

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

    Answer: a doe

    His Patronus takes the form of a doe.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. In which forest does Aragog live?

    Answer: Forbidden Forest

    Aragog lives in the Forbidden Forest.

  3. Which Hogwarts house does Harry join?

    Answer: Gryffindor

    Harry Potter joins Gryffindor.

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

    Answer: the Sword of Gryffindor

    Its founder’s sword appears from the Sorting Hat.

  5. Which incantation disarms an opponent?

    Answer: Expelliarmus

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

Daily round

  1. Who buys Hedwig for Harry?

    Answer: Hagrid

    Hagrid buys her in Diagon Alley.

  2. How many points is catching the Snitch worth?

    Answer: 150 points

    Catching it is worth 150 points.

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

    Answer: four balls

    A Quidditch match uses four balls.

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

    Answer: Horcruxes

    He was born Tom Marvolo Riddle.

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

    Answer: the Deluminator

    Dumbledore leaves his Deluminator to Ron in his will.

Daily round

  1. Which bank stands in Diagon Alley?

    Answer: Gringotts Wizarding Bank

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

  2. What object conceals a deliberately separated soul fragment?

    Answer: Horcrux

    Horcrux is the container holding a deliberately separated soul fragment.

  3. Which incantation opens many ordinary locked doors?

    Answer: Alohomora

    Alohomora is the incantation used to open many locked doors.

  4. 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.

  5. Which student-rights organization does Hermione start?

    Answer: S.P.E.W.

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

Daily round

  1. Which Deathly Hallow hides its wearer from sight?

    Answer: Invisibility Cloak

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

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

    Answer: murder

    Creating a Horcrux uses murder to split the soul.

  3. Through which parent does Harry inherit it?

    Answer: his father James

    Harry inherits it through his father.

  4. Which Hogwarts house values learning and wit?

    Answer: Ravenclaw

    Ravenclaw is the Hogwarts house valuing learning and wit.

  5. Which parchment shows people moving around Hogwarts?

    Answer: Marauder’s Map

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

Daily round

  1. What color is the umbrella that conceals the pieces of Hagrid’s wand?

    Answer: pink

    Hagrid hides the pieces of his broken wand inside a pink umbrella.

  2. Which Hogwarts house did Snape belong to?

    Answer: Slytherin

    Severus Snape belonged to Slytherin.

  3. Which school does Dumbledore lead?

    Answer: Hogwarts

    Albus Dumbledore leads Hogwarts.

  4. Who demonstrates Expelliarmus at the Duelling Club?

    Answer: Severus Snape

    Snape demonstrates Expelliarmus by disarming Lockhart at the Duelling Club.

  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 defensive spell does Harry use especially often?

    Answer: Expelliarmus

    Harry uses it as a signature defensive spell.

  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. What kind of charm is Lumos?

    Answer: Wand-Lighting Charm

    Lumos is the Wand-Lighting Charm.

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

    Answer: I solemnly swear

    Its activation phrase begins I solemnly swear.

  5. What kind of charm is Expelliarmus?

    Answer: Disarming Charm

    Expelliarmus is the Disarming Charm.