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 9 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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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 incantation lights the tip of a wand?

    Answer: Lumos

    Lumos is the incantation creating light at a wand tip.

  3. Which professor can transform into a tabby cat?

    Answer: Minerva McGonagall

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

  4. What core is inside Harry’s wand?

    Answer: phoenix feather

    His wand contains a phoenix-feather core.

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

    Answer: Hermione Granger

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

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 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. Who originally owned Ron’s first wand?

    Answer: Charlie Weasley

    His first wand originally belonged to Charlie.

  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 subject does Hagrid teach?

    Answer: Care of Magical Creatures

    He teaches Care of Magical Creatures.

Daily round

  1. What identifying memory does a Golden Snitch preserve?

    Answer: the first person who touched it

    A Golden Snitch has flesh memory and remembers the first person who touched it.

  2. Which Horcrux is destroyed with a basilisk fang in the Chamber of Secrets?

    Answer: Tom Riddle’s diary

    Harry destroys Tom Riddle’s diary with a basilisk fang in the Chamber of Secrets.

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

    Answer: Sorting Hat

    Sorting Hat is the sentient headwear assigning students to houses.

  4. Which incantation turns the wand light off?

    Answer: Nox

    Nox extinguishes the light.

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

    Answer: Potions

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

Daily round

  1. Which Hogwarts house does Hermione join?

    Answer: Gryffindor

    Hermione Granger joins Gryffindor.

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

    Answer: Colloportus

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

  3. How many Horcruxes did Voldemort intend to create?

    Answer: six

    Voldemort intended to create six of them.

  4. What form does a fully corporeal Patronus take?

    Answer: an animal

    A corporeal Patronus has an animal form.

  5. Who founded Hufflepuff house?

    Answer: Helga Hufflepuff

    Helga Hufflepuff founded the Hogwarts house that bears her surname.

Daily round

  1. What must a student answer to enter Ravenclaw Tower?

    Answer: a riddle

    Its tower entrance asks a riddle.

  2. Which animal symbolizes Slytherin?

    Answer: serpent

    The serpent symbolizes Slytherin.

  3. Who founded Gryffindor house?

    Answer: Godric Gryffindor

    Godric Gryffindor founded the Hogwarts house that bears his surname.

  4. Which animal symbolizes Ravenclaw in the novels?

    Answer: eagle

    The eagle symbolizes Ravenclaw.

  5. Where is Slytherin’s common room located?

    Answer: beneath the lake

    Its common room is beneath the lake.

Daily round

  1. Which teacher introduces Buckbeak?

    Answer: Rubeus Hagrid

    Rubeus Hagrid introduces Buckbeak in class.

  2. Which player pursues the Golden Snitch?

    Answer: Seeker

    The Seeker pursues the Golden Snitch.

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

    Answer: the kitchens

    Its common room is near the kitchens.

  4. What kind of charm is Alohomora?

    Answer: Unlocking Charm

    Alohomora is the Unlocking Charm.

  5. Which wizard owns Hedwig?

    Answer: Harry Potter

    Harry Potter owns Hedwig.

Daily round

  1. Which giant spider was raised by Hagrid?

    Answer: Aragog

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

  2. Which snowy owl belongs to Harry?

    Answer: Hedwig

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

  3. 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.

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

    Answer: Mosag

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

  5. Which wizard keeps Fawkes?

    Answer: Albus Dumbledore

    Albus Dumbledore keeps Fawkes.