Questions and answers are based on the first hardcover American edition of the Harry Potter books.

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Home Life
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h-1. What product does Uncle Vernon's company make?
Drills.
h-2. What is the Dursley's house number on Privet Drive?
4.
h-3. What visitor gets blown up like a balloon (i.e., inflated) by Harry?
Aunt Marge.
h-4. With what kind of vehicle does Hagrid arrive delivering the baby Harry to the Dursleys?
A flying motorcycle.


School Life
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s-1. What platform does the Hogwart's Express train leave from?
9-3/4.
s-2. How many years ahead of Harry are the Weasley twins?  How far ahead of Harry is Percy?
2, 4.
s-3. Give the first names of professors Dumbledore, McGonagall, Snape, Trelawney, Hagrid, and Mr. Filch.
Albus, Minerva, Severus, Sybil, Rubeus, Argus.
s-4. Name all five boys in Harry's dorm (first and last names).
Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Dean Thomas, Seamus Finnegan, Neville Longbottom.
s-5. Who is the school nurse?
Madam Pomfrey.
s-6. Name all three Defense Against the Dark Arts teachers.
Quirrel, Lockhart, Lupin.
s-7. What class did Hermione quit?
Divination.
s-8. Who was the Harry Potter "fan" who kept taking pictures of Harry?
Colin Creevey.
s-9. Name all nine Weasleys, including parents.
Arthur, Molly, Bill, Charlie, Percy, George, Fred, Ron, Ginny.
s-10. Who is Percy Weasley's girlfriend, and what house is she in?
Penelope Clearwater, of Ravenclaw.
Who teaches each of the following courses?
s-11. Diviniation Trelawney.
s-12. History of Magic Binns.
s-13. Care of Magical Creatures Hagrid.
s-14. Potions Snape.
s-15. Transfiguration McGonagall.
s-16. Herbology Sprout.
s-17. Charms Flitwick.

s-18. What course did Dumbledore teach as a young man?
Transfiguration.
s-19. Who was the Headmaster then, 50 years before Dumbledore?
Armando Dippet.
s-20. Who is the regular guard (password keeper) of the Gryffindor tower?
The fat lady in the protrait.
s-21. Who substituted while the regular was recovering from an attack?
Sir Curduggan.
s-22. What are the first names of Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle?
Draco, Vincent, Gregory.
s-23. What was Voldemort's name as a boy in school?
Tom Riddle.
s-24. What kind of plant has a scream that is dangerous?
A mandrake.
s-25. What is the name of the biting book that Hagrid gave to Harry?
The Monster book of Monsters.
s-26. Give the full (first and last) names of the four Hogwarts founders.
Godric Gryffinder, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Revenclaw, Salazar Slytherin.
s-27. What are the two colors of Slytherin House and the two colors of Gryffindor House?
Green and silver, scarlet and gold.
s-28. Who is the only ghost on the Hogwart's teaching staff?
Professor Binns.
s-29. Who is the Gryffindor house ghost?
Nearly Headless Nick.
s-30. Who is the Gryffindor poltergeist?
Peeves.
s-31. What ghost inhabits the girls' bathroom?
Moaning Myrtle.
s-32. Who determines what house a student will be in?
The sorting hat.

Animals and Pets
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a-1. Name Hagrid's boarhound.  His three-headed dog.  His Hippogryff.  His pet dragon.
Fang, Fluffy, Buckbeak, Norbert.
For each of the following people, name the type of animal (s)he has as a pet, and give the pet's name:
a-2. Harry Hedwig the owl.
a-3. Ron Scabbers the rat.
a-4. Hermione  Crookshanks the cat.
a-5. Neville  Trevor the toad.
a-6. Mr. Filch Mrs. Norris the cat.

a-7. What is the name of Dumbledore's pet phoenix?
Fawkes.
a-8. Name one of the three centaurs.
Ronan, Bane, Firenze.
a-9. What kind of animal is Ron afriad of? (Hint: his boggart took this form.)
Spiders.
For each author of the marauders' map, give the type of animal it is, and the person's real name:
a-10. Prongs stag, James Potter.
a-11. Wormtail rat, Peter Pettigrew.
a-12. Moonie werewolf, Prof. Lupin.
a-13. Padfeet dog, Syrius Black.

a-14. Who is Hagrid's giant spider friend?
Aragog.
a-15. What kind of animal was Ron belching up after his wand backfired?
Slugs.
a-16. Name the Weasley's old, weak owl.
Errol.
a-17. What kind of animal did Hermione change into when Harry and Ron took on the forms of Crabbe and Goyle?
A cat.
a-18. What do you call someone with Harry's ability to talk to snakes?
A parselmouth.  (Parseltongue is the language.)
a-19. What animal form does a basilisk take?
A snake.
a-20. What kind of animal can Prof. McGonagall change into?
A cat.

The Wizard World
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w-1. Who is the Minister of Magic?
Cornelius Fudge.
w-2. What is the name of the wizards' newspaper?
The Daily Prophet.
w-3. Name the wizards' prison.  Who guards it (what kind of beings)?
Azkaban, guarded by dementors.
w-4. Name the wizards' bank.  Who guards it (what kind of beings)?
Gringott's, guarded by goblins.
w-5. In what vault number at the bank was the Sorcerer's Stone kept?
Number 713.
w-6. What is the common charm to remove someone else's wand?
Expelliarmus.
w-7. What is the common charm to make a wand emit light?
Lumos.
w-8. How long is Harry's wand?  Extra credit: what's it made of?
11 inches, holly and phoenix feather.
w-9. What is the bar/inn at the entrance of Diagon Alley.
The Leaky Cauldron.
w-10. How did Harry get to Diagon Alley in each of his first three years?
1. With Hagrid on the subway (underground), 2. by Floo powder
with the Weasleys, 3. alone on the Knight Bus.
w-11. What are the three units of wizard money?
Gold galleons, silver sickles, copper knuts.
w-12. What is the wizard name for non-wizards born of wizard parents?
Squibs.
w-13. What is the derogatory name of someone of partial wizard ancestry?
A mudblood.
w-14. What is the only completely non-muggle settlement in Britain?
Hogsmeade.
w-15. What article of clothing does Dobby receive that sets him free?
A used sock.
w-16. What do you call a letter by owl that screams loudly?
A howler.

Quidditch
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q-1. Who are the captains of the Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff teams?
Oliver Wood, Marcus Flint, Cedric Diggory, Davies.
q-2. Who are the Gryffindor beaters?
The Weasley twins, George and Fred.
q-3. Give the first names of the three Gryffindor chasers.
Alicia Spinnet, Katie Bell, Angelina Johnson.
q-4. What position does Malfoy play?
Seeker.
q-5. Name the Ravenclaw seeker that Harry likes.
Cho Chang.
q-6. Give the names and number of balls used in quidditch.
1 snitch, 2 bludgers, and 1 quaffle.
q-7. Who is the quidditch referee and flying instructor?
Madam Hooch.
q-8. Who is the announcer and commentator for the quidditch games?
Lee Jordan.
q-9. What two models of broom has Harry flown in competition?
The Nimbus 2000, and the Firebolt.
q-10. Who gave him each of these brooms?
Prof. McGonagall, and Syrius Black.
q-11. What model of broom did Mr. Malfoy buy the whole Slytherin team?
Nimbus 2001.
q-12. In Harry's first year, what spectator tried to knock him off his broom during a game?
Prof. Quirrel.
q-13. Who tried this in the second year?
Dobby.
q-14. Who succeeded in knocking Harry from him broom during a game in the third year?
The dementors.
q-15. Who saved him by slowing his fall?
Prof. Dumbledore.


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