196 Hard Harry Potter Trivia Questions (And Answers): Are You A True Potterhead?

Calling all Potterheads! Ever wondered if you could stand toe-to-toe with the Hermione Grangers of the trivia world?

It's not just about distinguishing Knockturn Alley from Diagon Alley; being a true whiz of the wizarding world goes beyond marathoning the books or films. It's about embracing the magic, diving deep into spell lore, and keeping that spark of curiosity lit for the unseen wonders of Hogwarts and beyond.

With this thrilling Harry Potter trivia, you're in for a magical challenge! Don't worry if an answer eludes you, each try is a chance to learn and grow. Let the test begin!

Hard Harry Potter Trivia From The Books

Do you fancy yourself as a bit of a Harry Potter scholar? Grab your wands and prepare your Patronus; it's time to prove your magical mettle.

If you want to ace this quiz, it'll take a real insight into the finer details and a knack for recalling those jaw-dropping plot twists. This set of trivia questions will push your Hogwarts knowledge to its limits and challenge your Potter prowess!

1. Question: What is the full name of Nearly Headless Nick, the ghost that frequented Gryffindor corridors?

Answer: Sir Nicholas De Mimsy Porpington.

2. Question: How old was Nicholas Flamel, the co-creator of the Sorcerer's Stone, when he proceeded to destroy it?

Answer: 665 years.

3. Question: What are the other names for Wolfsbane and Monkshood?

Answer: Aconite.

4. Question: How many staircases in all did the magical castle of Hogwarts have?

Answer: 142.

5. Question: How many ingredients did the Polyjuice Potion have?

Answer: Seven.

6. Question: At the end of 'Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone', what was the final number of points that Gryffindor and Slytherin had?

Answer: 482 and 472, respectively.

7. Question: Albus Dumbledore has a scar that looks like a perfect map of the London Underground. Where is it?

Answer: Above the left knee.

8. Question: What is the name of the company in which Vernon Dursley, Harry Potter's uncle, worked?

Answer: Grunnings.

9. Question: Who is Harry Potter's birthday mate?

Answer: JK Rowling.

10. Question: Which of the Hogwarts houses was Severus Snape in?

Answer: Slytherin.

11. Question: Which man's statue is located next to the entry of the perfect lavatory that Harry Potter uses in 'Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire'?

 Answer: Boris The Bewildered.

12. Question: What is the maximum speed that a firebolt broomstick can reach in an hour?

Answer: 150 mph (241 kph).

13. Question: If one took chocolate aboard the Knight Bus, how much would the price of the eventual ticket be?

Answer: 14 Sickles.

14. Question: Which row houses the prophecy about Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort in the House of Prophecy?

Answer: Row 97.

15. Question: What was the name of the Irish chaser that scored the first goal in the Quidditch World Cup?

Answer: Troy.

16. Question: Who is the wizard who can be seen teaching the trolls ballet in a tapestry across the wall in the Room of Requirement?

Answer: Barnabas The Barmy.

17. Question: How many Horcruxes were made?

Answer: Eight, including Harry Potter himself.

18. Question: Who is the apparition instructor that comes to Hogwarts in 'Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince'?

Answer: Wilkie Twycross.

19. Question: What was the name of Hepzibah Smith's house elf?

Answer: Hokey.

20. Question: What is the name of the house-elf who belongs to the Black family?

Answer: Kreacher.

21. Question: What did Ginny Weasley name her pet pygmy puff?

Answer: Arnold.

22. Question: Which position does Harry play on the Gryffindor Quidditch team?

Answer: Seeker.

23. Question: What is the name of Dudley's friend who accompanies the Dursleys and Harry Potter to the zoo?

Answer: Piers.

24. Question: After visiting Gringotts, which shop does Harry Potter first go to in Diagon Alley?

Answer: Madam Malkin's Robes For All Occasions.

25. Question: Which house is Hannah Abbott sorted into?

Answer: Hufflepuff.

26. Question: What magical creation can people use to view other people's saved memories?

Answer: A Pensieve.

27. Question: Where does Arthur Weasley work?

Answer: The Ministry Of Magic.

28. Question: Who is the father of Draco Malfoy?

Answer: Lucius Malfoy.

29. Question: How is Bellatrix Lestrange related to Draco?

Answer: She is his aunt.

30. Question: Did Hagrid live on the school grounds or in the village nearby?

Answer: School grounds.

31. Question: What is the name of Hagrid's giant pet spider?

Answer: Aragog.

32. Question: What is Harry Potter's birthday?

Answer: July 31, 1980.

33. Question: What is the name of Harry's best friend?

Answer: Ron Weasley.

34. Question: Ron had a phobia of which insect?

Answer: Spiders.

35. Question: Which Hogwarts School Quidditch team was Ron a part of?

Answer: The Gryffindor Quidditch Team.

36. Question: How many possible Quidditch fouls are there?

Answer: 700.

37. Question: What does the company 'Grunnings' produce?

Answer: Drills.

38. Question: In which book do Harry Potter and Ginny share their first kiss?

Answer: 'Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince.'

39. Question: What does Albus Dumbledore tell Harry he sees in the Mirror of Erised?

Answer: Socks.

40. Question: Whose name appears on the Service to the School trophy next to the Quidditch trophy?

Answer: Tom Riddle.

41. Question: Which character is known for wearing a turban in the first of the Harry Potter novels?

Answer: Quirinus Quirrell.

42. Question: Who teased Moaning Myrtle about her glasses?

Answer: Olive Hornby.

43. Question: Which Weasley child becomes the captain of the Quidditch team?

Answer: Charlie Weasley.

44. Question: In the seventh book, which three Ministry of Magic employees do Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger impersonate?

Answer: Albert Runcorn, Reginald Cattermole, and Mafalda Hopkirk.

45. Question: What is Luna Lovegood's father's name?

Answer: Xenopholius Lovegood.

46. Question: Which incantation can levitate an object?

Answer: Wingardium Leviosa.

47. Question: What class does Professor McGonagall teach?

Answer: Transfiguration.

48. Question: Where is the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets hidden?

Answer: The second-floor girls' bathroom.

49. Question: Why did Hermione Granger miss the lesson on the Cheering Charms?

Answer: Draco's bullying.

50. Question: What is a Horcrux?

Answer: An object that contains part of someone's soul.

51. Question: What are the creatures that pull the students' carriages from the Hogwarts Express towards Hogwarts?

Answer: Thestrals.

52. Question: In the second book, who is the first victim to be petrified by the Basilisk?

Answer: Filch's cat, Mrs. Norris.

53. Question: How is mail delivered in the wizarding world?

Answer: By owl post.

54. Question: In the fourth book, which two teams compete for the Quidditch World Cup?

Answer: Bulgaria and Ireland.

55. Question: What is the wizarding version of marbles called?

Answer: Gobstones.

56. Question: How do first-year students get from the train station to the castle?

Answer: By boat.

57. Question: What are the two pubs in Hogsmeade called?

Answer: The Three Broomsticks and the Hog's Head.

58. Question: What school-aged peer is Harry's nemesis throughout his time at Hogwarts?

Answer: Draco Malfoy.

59. Question: What is Harry's middle name?

Answer: James.

60. Question: What is the name of the Weasley family's clock that shows the whereabouts of each family member?

Answer: The Weasley Clock.

61. Question: Which Weasley dies during the final Battle of Hogwarts?

Answer: Fred Weasley.

62. Question: What is the animal symbol of Ravenclaw?

Answer: Eagle.

63. Question: Which Weasley child works at Gringotts Wizarding Bank?

Answer: Bill Weasley.

64. Question: Who wrote the book 'A History Of Magic'?

Answer: Bathilda Bagshot.

65. Question: Who kills Dobby?

Answer: Bellatrix Lestrange.

66. Question: What teleportation magic do sixth-years learn at Hogwarts?

Answer: Apparition.

67. Question: What kind of creature is Aragog?

Answer: Acromantula.

68. Question: What did Charlie Weasley do after graduation?

Answer: He studied dragons in Romania.

69. Question: What is the core of Draco Malfoy's wand?

Answer: Unicorn hair.

70. Question: When did Harry learn the spell "Accio"?

Answer: Fourth year.

71. Question: What day was Lily Potter born?

Answer: January 30, 1960.

72. Question: Who does Scabbers the rat turn out to be?

Answer: Peter Pettigrew.

73. Question: How many points do you get when you catch a snitch?

Answer: 150 points.

74. Question: Which Hogwarts professor was rumored to have been a dueling champion as a student?

Answer: Professor Flitwick.

75. Question: Who is the seeker for the Bulgarian Quidditch team?

Answer: Viktor Krum.

76. Question: Why was the Whomping Willow originally planted?

Answer: To guard the secret entrance to the Shrieking Shack.

77. Question: Who said, "Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!"?

Answer: Albus Dumbledore.

78. Question: Which house did the Sorting Hat initially want to sort Harry into?

Answer: Slytherin.

79. Question: What is the name of the wizarding bank in Diagon Alley?

Answer: Gringotts.

80. Question: Which is the enchanted ceiling at Hogwarts?

Answer: The Great Hall Ceiling.

81. Question: Which potion was used to awaken the princess given the Draught of Living Death?

Answer: Wiggenweld Potion.

Hard Harry Potter Film Questions

Have you got the mastery to navigate the toughest challenges in the Harry Potter films? From the bustling platforms of King's Cross Station to the towering turrets of Hogwarts, this trivia is going to test every nook and cranny of your wizarding wisdom. So, let's see if you can conquer this Harry Potter trivia challenge.

82. Question: What is the first line in the Harry Potter movie 'Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone'?

Answer: "I should have known that you would be here."

83. Question: Who first warns Harry about the Chamber of Secrets in 'Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets' without mentioning it by name?

Answer: Dobby.

84. Question: In the third Harry Potter movie 'Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban', what does Ron do to the Boggart after it takes the form of a spider?

Answer: He takes the spider's legs away.

85. Question: In 'Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows', what is the first Horcrux that Harry, Ron, and Hermione try to destroy?

Answer: The locket of Salazar Slytherin.

86. Question: In 'Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix', who holds back Harry Potter after Sirius' heartbreaking fall through the veil?

Answer: Remus Lupin.

87. Question: What is Albus Dumbledore's last line that he utters just moments prior to his demise?

Answer: "Severus...please."

88. Question: Who said, "The wand chooses the wizard, Mr. Potter."?

Answer: Ollivander.

89. Question: In 'Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows', Harry and Ron bring two wands to Ollivander. Who does Ollivander say they belong to?

Answer: Bellatrix and Draco Malfoy.

90. Question: What type of Portkey was used to transport Harry to the Quidditch World Cup?

Answer: An old boot.

91. Question: For how many years did the Weasleys have Scabbers as a pet?

Answer: 12 years.

92. Question: In 'Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban', to what page number does Professor Snape ask his class to turn?

Answer: Page 394.

93. Question: At the Ministry of Magic, for which department does Arthur Weasley work?

Answer: Misuse Of Muggle Artifacts.

94. Question: What is the name of Nymphadora Tonks' aunt?

Answer: Bellatrix Lestrange.

95. Question: What does the magical word 'Episkey' achieve?

Answer: It heals minor injuries.

96. Question: In part one of 'Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows', who travels alongside Hermione Granger during the Battle of the Seven Potters?

Answer: Kingsley Shacklebolt.

97. Question: In which year was the movie 'Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets' released?

Answer: 2002.

98. Question: Who among the Marauders was also known as Prongs?

Answer: James Potter.

99. Question: Which has the shortest running time among all the Harry Potter movies?

Answer: 'Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2'.

100. Question: What is the name of the potion that Dumbledore and Harry must drink to retrieve one of Voldemort's Horcruxes?

Answer: The Drink Of Despair.

101. Question: In the first movie, what does Hagrid say his role at Hogwarts is?

Answer: Keeper of keys and grounds.

102. Question: In the second movie, from where does Harry get information on the Basilisk?

Answer: The paper in Hermione's hand.

103. Question: What's the name of the dance that takes place in Goblet of Fire?

Answer: The Yule Ball.

104. Question: Who played Cedric Diggory in the Harry Potter films?

Answer: Robert Pattinson.

105. Question: Who is the first character that was possessed by Voldemort's Horcrux in 'Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets'?

Answer: Ginny Weasley.

106. Question: What is the name of Hagrid's pet dragon?

Answer: Norbert.

Hard Harry Potter Character Trivia And More

From Harry's first Quidditch catch to Dobby's mismatched socks, this section of the quiz will take you through some serious Potter pondering, ending with the Everest of all Harry Potter trivia questions. Start now to test your knowledge!

107. Question: Which of the Weasley children did Fleur Delacour marry?

Answer: Bill Weasley.

108. Question: Who did Harry Potter marry?

Answer: Ginny Weasley.

109. Question: Which character was the first to mention the Room of Requirement?

Answer: Professor Dumbledore.

110. Question: Who is the identical twin brother of George Weasley?

Answer: Fred Weasley.

111. Question: What is the name of the joke shop in Diagon Alley that George Weasley co-owns?

Answer: Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes.

112. Question: What year did Mr. Weasley win the Galleon Draw?

Answer: 1993.

113. Question: In 'Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix,' what does Bungy the Budgie do to stay cool during the summer?

Answer: Water ski.

114. Question: Which character uses the nickname 'Won-Won' for Ron Weasley in 'Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince'?

Answer: Lavender.

115. Question: Who was Fleur's partner for the Yule ball?

Answer: Roger Davies.

116. Question: What is the full name of Harry Potter and Ginny's middle child?

Answer: Albus Severus Potter.

117. Question: Which professional Quidditch team does Cho Chang support?

Answer: Tutshill Tornados.

118. Question: What was the name of Harry Potter's godfather?

Answer: Sirius Black.

119. Question: Who was the first prisoner to escape from Azkaban in the fourth Harry Potter movie?

Answer: Barty Crouch Jr.

120. Question: Who was the character that played a significant role in Harry Potter's fight against Lord Voldemort in the seventh and last Harry Potter movie?

Answer: Neville Longbottom.

121. Question: Who are the parents of Neville Longbottom?

Answer: Frank Longbottom and Alice Longbottom.

122. Question: During their first visit to Diagon Alley, what flavor of ice cream did Hagrid buy for Harry?

Answer: Chocolate and raspberry.

123. Question: How many exceptions exist to Gamp's Elemental Law?

Answer: Five.

124. Question: Winky the house elf has eyes of what color?

Answer: Dark Brown.

125. Question: How does Harry Potter view the blast-ended Skrewts?

Answer: Deformed, shell-less lobsters.

126. Question: What is the Bulgarian minister of magic called?

Answer: Oblansk.

127. Question: What kind of hat was Elphias Doge wearing at Bill and Fleur's wedding?

Answer: A moth-eaten fez.

128. Question: Who gave Ambrosius Flume his first job?

Answer: Ciceron Harkiss.

129. Question: Which character is the author of 'Unfogging The Future'?

Answer: Cassandra Vablatsky.

130. Question: Who formed Dumbledore's Army in the Harry Potter series?

Answer: Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley.

131. Question: In which book does Dumbledore's Army play a significant role?

Answer: 'Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix.'

132. Question: Does the Polyjuice Potion require you to procure some part of the individual that you wish to turn into?

Answer: Yes.

133. Question: Which two people gifted Harry Potter with broomsticks while he was at Hogwarts?

Answer: Professor McGonagall (The Nimbus 2000) and Sirius Black (The Firebolt).

134. Question: Where does Harry go to teach Dumbledore's army?

Answer: The Room Of Requirement.

135. Question: Who is the Half-Blood Prince?

Answer: Snape.

136. Question: What are the three forbidden curses?

Answer: Avada Kedavra (the killing curse), Imperius Curse, Cruciatus Curse.

137. Question: How was Hermione Granger able to take extra lessons?

Answer: Using a time-turner.

138. Question: How did Harry Potter catch his first snitch?

Answer: With his mouth.

139. Question: What's the name of Hagrid's giant half-brother?

Answer: Grawp.

140. Question: How do you free a house-elf?

Answer: By giving them a piece of clothing.

141. Question: Who tells Harry Potter he's a wizard?

Answer: Hagrid.

142. Question: Where in Kings Cross Station does the Hogwarts Express stop?

Answer: Platform 9 and 3/4.

143. Question: Who is the Headmaster of Hogwarts when Harry arrives?

Answer: Professor Dumbledore.

144. Question: What house is Harry Potter sorted into?

Answer: Gryffindor.

145. Question: How are students sorted into their houses in the Harry Potter films?

Answer: By The Sorting Hat.

146. Question: Who goes on to become a professional quidditch player?

Answer: Ginny Weasley.

147. Question: Which Quidditch team does Ginny Weasley play for after leaving Hogwarts?

Answer: Holyhead Harpies.

148. Question: Who tells Harry Potter he's a Horcrux?

Answer: Professor Dumbledore.

149. Question: What are the last three words of the book 'Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows'?

Answer: “All was well.”

150. Question: What is the name of Hermione's cat?

Answer: Crookshanks.

151. Question: How many presents did Dudley get on his 11th birthday?

Answer: 36.

152. Question: What is the name of Harry's owl?

Answer: Hedwig.

153. Question: What does Hogwarts' motto 'Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus' mean?

Answer: 'Never tickle a sleeping dragon'.

154. Question: On what day were the Weasley twins born?

Answer: April 1, April Fools Day.

155. Question: Where does nearly every Hogwarts student go to get their wand?

Answer: Ollivanders.

156. Question: Who is the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher in 'Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets'?

Answer: Gilderoy Lockhart.

157. Question: To be allowed to 'apparate', you must do what two things?

Answer: Be at least 17 years old and get your license.

158. Question: What is the name of one of the popular drinks usually served in Hogsmeade?

Answer: Butterbeer.

159. Question: What does 'Felix Felicis' do?

Answer: Gives the person who drinks it good luck for a period of time.

160. Question: What kind of dragon does Harry fight during the Triwizard Tournament?

Answer: A Hungarian Horntail.

161. Question: What wizards are trained to catch dark wizards?

Answer: Aurors.

162. Question: What are the names of the subjects every Hogwarts student is required to study during their first two years of school?

Answer: Astronomy, Charms, Defense Against The Dark Arts, Herbology, History Of Magic, Potions, and Transfiguration.

163. Question: What subject does Severus Snape teach at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?

Answer: Potions and Defense Against The Dark Arts.

164. Question: Who is the Hogwarts professor that Horace Slughorn replaced?

Answer: Professor Severus Snape.

165. Question: In the fourth Harry Potter Book, which three schools participate in the Triwizard Tournament?

Answer: Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, and Durmstrang.

166. Question: Who anonymously sends Harry his father's Invisibility Cloak on Christmas?

Answer: Albus Dumbledore.

167. Question: Which scent attracts Hermione?

Answer: New parchment, mint toothpaste, and freshly mown grass.

168. Question: What does Hermione Granger say Jupiter's largest moon is?

Answer: Ganymede, not Callisto.

169. Question: How does Harry get the lightning bolt scar on his forehead?

Answer: When Voldemort tried to kill him but couldn't because Lily Potter died protecting him.

170. Question: Why does Snape protect Harry?

Answer: He was in love with Harry Potter's mother.

171. Question: What is the name of the three-headed dog that guards the door to the Sorcerer's Stone?

Answer: Fluffy.

172. Question: What makes the three-headed dog asleep?

Answer: Music.

173. Question: How do you close the Marauder's Map?

Answer: "Mischief Managed".

174. Question: What does the Marauder's Map do?

Answer: Shows the location and movement of everyone on Hogwarts grounds.

175. What are the real names of the four marauders?

Answer: James Potter, Sirius Black, Peter Pettigrew, and Remus Lupin

176. Question: Which character can speak Parseltongue?

Answer: Harry Potter and Voldemort.

177. Question: What does it mean if you are a Parselmouth?

Answer: You can speak to snakes.

178. Question: Why was being able to speak Parseltongue especially troubling to Harry?

Answer: Voldemort was also a Parselmouth.

179. Question: What are Thestrals?

Answer: Winged horses.

180. Question: What does the 'Mirror Of Erised' do?

Answer: It shows a person their deepest desires.

181. Question: What does Harry Potter smell when he sniffs Amortentia?

Answer: Treacle tart.

182. Question: What is the name of the Hogwarts school flying teacher?

Answer: Madam Rolanda Hooch.

183. Question: Harry's patronus is a stag. What other person also has a stag?

Answer: Harry's father.

184. Question: What is Hermione's patronus?

Answer: Otter.

185. Question: Who poses as Mad-Eye Moody and teaches Defense Against the Dark Arts to Harry and his friends?

Answer: Barty Crouch, Jr.

186. Question: Who accompanied Hermione Granger to the dance?

Answer: Victor Krum.

187. Question: How does Rita Skeeter learn secrets for her sensational articles?

Answer: She turns into a beetle.

188. Question: What does RAB stand for?

Answer: Regulus Arcturus Black.

189. Question: What do Remus and Tonks name their son?

Answer: Teddy.

190. Question: What house did Tonks belong to?

Answer: Hufflepuff.

191. Question: What is Harry's wand made of?

Answer: Holly Wood, with a phoenix feather core.

192. Question: Who is the headmistress of Beauxbatons Academy of Magic?

Answer: Madame Maxime.

193. Question: Which is destructive enough to destroy a Horcrux when exposed to it?

Answer: Basilisk venom.

194. Question: What holds a piece of Voldemort's soul in 'Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets'?

Answer: Tom Riddle's Diary.

195. Question: What color did Hermione turn the leaves of the Weasley's crabapple tree for Harry's birthday?

Answer: Gold.

196. Question: What does Romilda Vane ask Ginny about in 'Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince?'

Answer: Harry's rumored Hippogriff tattoo.

Every true Potterhead knows that the magic never ends; it just keeps evolving and there's always more to discover. These 196 trivia questions must have not only helped you differentiate between your 'Accio' and your 'Alohomora', but also helped you learn so much more along the way. Did you enjoy the challenge?

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