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They contain all things Harry and a few facts about its author, J.K Rowling.
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Harry Potter Books
Trivia Question: Who wrote the Harry Potter series of books?
Answer: J.K. Rowling.
The Harry Potter series of books were written by the author J.K Rowling for a period of 10 years. The first book was published in 2001 and the latest one in 2011.
First Harry Potter Book
Trivia Question: What is the first Harry Potter book to be published?
Answer: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
The first Harry Potter book by J.K Rowling was published in 2001. It is titled: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
Last Harry Potter Film
Trivia Question: What is the last book in the Harry Potter series?
Answer: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
The last book in the Harry Potter series is “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”.
It was published in the year 2011.
Hard Harry Potter Trivia Questions I
Trivia Question: When was the first Harry Potter Book written?
Answer: 26 June 1997.
The first Harry Potter series was first published and sold on 26th June 1997.
Books in the Harry Potter Series
Trivia Question: How many books are there in the Harry Potter series?
Answer: Seven.
There are a total of seven published books in the Harry Potter series.
Reading Harry Potter Books
Trivia Question: What is the correct order when reading the Harry Potter series?
Answer: Here is the correct order for reading the Harry Potter series of books:
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Longest Harry Potter Book
Trivia Question: Which of these books is the longest?
Answer: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the longest book in Harry Potter series by J.K Rowling.
Hogwarts Houses
Trivia Question: Name the four Hogwarts Houses?
Answer: Here are the four Hogwarts Houses: Godric Gryffindor, Rowena Ravenclaw, Helga Hufflepuff, and Salazar Slytherin.
Harry Potter’s House
Trivia Question: In which of these four Hogwarts houses does Harry Potter belong?
Answer: Gryffindor.
Harry Potter belonged to the house Gryffindor.
How Students are Grouped
Trivia Question: How are students grouped into their respective houses?
Answer: By the Sorting Hat.
Students are arranged into their respective houses by the sorting Hat.
The Gryffindor
Trivia Question: In which house did Harry Potter almost get sorted into?
Answer: Gryffindor.
Harry Potter’s Scar
Trivia Question: How did Harry get a scar on his forehead?
Answer: Harry Potter got the lightning bolt scar on his forehead when Lord Voldemort tried to kill him with Killing Curse. His mother saved him.
The Quidditch Team
Trivia Question: What role does Harry Potter play in the Quidditch team?
Answer: A Seeker.
Harry Potter was a seeker in his Gryffindor Quidditch team. He was the youngest seeker ever.
Tricky Harry Potter Trivia Questions
Trivia Question: Who is Fluffy?
Answer: A three-headed dog.
Fluffy is a huge three-headed dog belonging to Rubeus Hagrid.
Sleepy Fluffy
Trivia Question: What keeps Fluffy asleep all along?
Answer: Harp music.
Harry Potter plays harp music to keep Fluffy asleep longer.
How to Control Actions of Another Person
Trivia Question: What curse allows wizards to control the actions of another person?
Answer: Imperius Curse.
The Imperius Curse is one of the unforgivable curses in the Harry Potter series of books. It allows the caster to control all the actions of his or her victim.
The Dementors
Trivia Question: Who are the dementors?
Answer: Dementors are dark spirits that consume happiness in human beings. As a result, they create an atmosphere of hopelessness, misery, and coldness.
These dark spirits are the guardians of Azkaban, depriving prisoners of the will to escape.
Harry Potter Trivia Quiz
Trivia Question: Who is an Auror?
Answer: Auror is the Ministry of Magic loyalists and an elite squad that defends the world from dark magic.
Catching a Snitch
Trivia Question: How many points do you get when you catch a snitch?
Answer: 150 points.
One earns 150 points for catching a golden snitch.
Harry Potter’s First Snitch
Trivia Question: How does Harry Potter catch his first snitch?
Answer: Harry Potter caught his first snitch in his mouth.
Professor Dumbledore had placed an enchanted writing snitch in his mouth that could be revealed if Harry touched it with his mouth.
The Sorcerer’s Stone
Trivia Question: What does the sorcerer’s stone do?
Answer: The sorcerer’s stone has the ability to turn any metal into pure gold. It can also create the Elixir of life – a portion that could give anyone who drank it immortality.
The Mirror of Erised
Trivia Question: According to Professor Dumbledore, what does the Mirror of Erised do?
Answer: According to Professor Dumbledore, Erised (desire spelled backward) has the ability to show the deepest, most desperate desire of our hearts. Himself, he saw thick woolen socks!
Harry Potter Trivia for Kids
Trivia Question: Who killed Professor Dumbledore?
Answer: Severus Snape.
Snape killed professor Dumbledore during the Battle of the Astronomy Tower.
The Three Forbidden Curses
Trivia Question: What are the three forbidden curses?
Answer: The three forbidden curses are Cruciatus Curse, Imperius Curse, and Killing Curse.
Cruciatus Curse causes unbearable pain, Imperius Curse allows the castor to control its victim actions while Killing Curse causes instant death.
The Banned Curse
Trivia Question: Which banned curse did Snape use to kill the professor?
Answer: Avada Kedavra curse.
Snape used Avada Kedavra curse to kill Dumbledore given that he was already dying nevertheless. The killing is more of mercy for the professor.
Professor Dumbledore
Trivia Question: What was Professor Dumbledore buried with?
Answer: The Elders Wand.
Professor Dumbledore was buried together with the Elders Wand to prevent any other person from using its powers.
The Elders Wand
Trivia Question: What happened to the Elders Wand Professor Dumbledore was buried with?
Answer: Voldemort stole the Elders Wand from Dumbledore’s grave.
How Moaning Myrtle Died
Trivia Question: How does Moaning Myrtle die?
Answer: Moaning Myrtle died when she looked into Voldemort’s Basilisk eyes. She fell on the bathroom floor and died instantly.
She was Tom’s (who became Voldemort later on) first victim.
Who saves Harry from Basilisk’s Bite
Trivia Question: Who saves Harry after the Basilisk bite?
Answer: Fawkes’s tears.
Fawkes produced tears that healed Harry Potter from the Bisilisk bite poison. He was bitten in the battle of Chamber of Secrets when Harry stabbed the serpent with the Sword of Gryffindor.
The tears healed the wound and cleared all the poison from Harry’s body saving him from death.
Weasley’s Children
Trivia Question: How many children did Weasley have?
Answer: Wesley had seven children.
They are Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, George, Ron, and Ginny.
Bill is Weasley’s eldest child.
Weasley’s Twins
Trivia Question: On which day were Weasley’s twins born?
Answer: Fred and George are the identical twins of Weasley.
They were born on April, 1978.
The Half-blood Prince
Trivia Question: Why is Snape called the half-blood prince?
Answer: Snape was born a prince by a witch and a muggle making him half-blood. He was born of Eileen a prince witch and Tobias Snape a muggle.
The Marauder’s Map
Trivia Question: How do you open and close Marauder’s map?
Answer: The Marauders map shows everyone’s exact position in real-time and their names.
The Thestrals
Trivia Question: What are the Thestrals?
Answer: Thestrals are half horse and half bat-like creatures only visible to people who have witnessed death. They are viewed as an omen of misfortune and aggression by witches.
Harry Potter the Parselmouth
Trivia Question: Why is Harry Potter a parselmouth?
Answer: Harry Potter is a parselmouth because he speaks parseltongue.
Peter Pettigrew, the Mouse
Trivia Question: Why does Peter Pettigrew turn into a mouse?
Answer: Peter Pettigrew, the prisoner of Azkaban turns into a rat in order to escape. He was being taken to Hogwarts when he used his abilities to transform into a mouse and escaped.
The Werewolf
Trivia Question: Who can turn into a werewolf as a student in Hogwarts School?
Answer: Remus.
Remus was turned into a werewolf by Fenrir Greyback when was five years old. Fenrir wanted to revenge for the unkind words of Remus’s father on werewolf communities.
Lavender Brown and Ron
Trivia Question: What name did Lavender Brown call Ron while they were dating?
Answer: Won-Won.
Lavender called Ron Won-Won while they were dating.
The Giant Spider Aragog
Trivia Question: Who had a giant spider called Aragog as his pet?
Answer: Rubeus Hagrid.
Aragog is Rubeus Hagrid’s pet spider whose poison is a very useful potion. He is loyal to his owner alone and sees other people as prey.
The Sorting Hat
Trivia Question: Which house did the Sorting Hat almost put Harry in?
Answer: The Slytherin House.
The Sorting Hat had placed Harry in the Slytherin House but he declined. By him declining meant that he did not belong there. Harry Potter joined Gryffindor.
Harry Potter in Gryffindor
Trivia Question: How did Harry Potter end up in Gryffindor?
Answer: He asked to be placed there.
After rejecting Slytherin House, Harry Potter asked to be placed in Godric Gryffindor.
Dudley’s Birthday Gifts
Trivia Question: How many gifts did Dudley receive on his birthday?
Answer: 36 gifts.
Dudley received 36 presents on his birthday. The gifts included a computer, television, camera and a racing bicycle.
Arthur Weasley Job
Trivia Question: Where does Arthur Weasley work?
Answer: At the Ministry of Magic.
Arthur Weasley worked in the department of Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office at the Ministry of Magic. He loved everything magic!
Looking into People’s Saved Memories
Trivia Question: What did the students at Hogwarts School use to look into other people’s saved memories?
Answer: A Pensive.
Only advanced witches could use a Pensive given that most of them were afraid of it.
Harry potter’s Wand
Trivia Question: What is Harry Potter’s wand made of?
Answer: Holly.
Harry Potter’s Wand is made of Holly, a special type of wood with a phoenix feather core.
The phoenix feather was donated by Fawkes.
Students Wands
Trivia Question: Where do most students go for their wands?
Answer: Ollivanders Wand Shop.
Hogwarts students bought their wands at Ollivanders Wand Shop in Diagon Alley. They try them out until the wand finds the wizard that suits it.
Harry Potter’s Owl
Trivia Question: What is the name of Harry Potter’s owl?
Answer: Hedwig.
Harry Potter’s pet owl is called Hedwig. Hedwig is a snow owl.
Harry Potter Wizardry
Trivia Question: Who informed Harry Potter that he is a wizard?
Answer: Rubeus Hagrid.
While celebrating his 11th birthday, Harry Potter was informed by Rubeus that he will be attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. This meant that he was a wizard.
Slytherin House Ghost
Trivia Question: Who is the Slytherin House ghost?
Answer: The Bloody Baron.
The Bloody Baron is a Slytherin House ghost. He has a reputation for being antisocial and most students fear him.
Disarming Spell
Trivia Question: What is the name of the spell that disarms your opponent?
Answer: Expelliarmus.
Expelliarmus is a disarming charm. It makes an opponent lose what they were holding in their hands. It is mostly used in a duel causing an opponent to lose their magic wand.
The Four Marauders
Trivia Question: What are the names of the four Marauders?
Answer: Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, James Potter, and Peter Pettigrew.
Marauders are a group of four Gryffindors. They include Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, James Potter, and Peter Pettigrew and have a reputation for mischief and not following the law.
Voldemort’s Name
Trivia Question: What is Voldemort’s birth name?
Answer: Tom Marvolo Riddle.
He was born Tom Marvolo Riddle but proclaimed himself Lord Voldemort later in the series.
Cursed Teaching Position
Trivia Question: What teaching position is cursed in Hogwarts?
Answer: Defense Against the Dark Arts.
Tri-Wizard Tournaments
Trivia Question: Who dies during the third Tri-Wizard Tournament?
Answer: Cedric Diggory
Harry’s First Tri-Wizard Tournament
Trivia Question: What was Harry’s first Tri-Wizard Tournament task?
Answer: To retrieve a golden egg.
The golden egg was being guarded by a fiery dragon.
Purpose of Felix Felicis
Trivia Question: What is the main purpose of Felix Felicis?
Answer: Good luck portion.
Anyone who drank it became lucky in everything they do for a period of time.
The Aragog
Trivia Question: What does Slughorn plan to collect from Aragog – the spider, when he is dead?
Answer: It’s venom.
The Horcrux
Trivia Question: What is a Horcrux?
Answer: It was an instrument of immortality among wizards.
Why Snape Protected Harry Potter
Trivia Question: Why did Snape decide to protect Harry Potter?
Answer: To prevent Harry from destroying Voldemort.
Whose is Hermione?
Trivia Question: Whose daughter is Hermione?
Answer: Mr Granger and Mrs Granger.
What Happened to Hermione
Trivia Question: What happened to Hermione after she died?
Answer: Harry Potter and Voldemort brought her back to life.
They used dark rituals and philosopher’s stone to repair her body and the True Patronus charm to bring her back to life.
Witchcraft and Wizardry Schools Location
Trivia Question: Where is the real Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry located in America?
Answer: Mount Greylock in Massachusetts.
Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is located in an imaginary/a place hidden from normal eyes on Mount Greylock in Massachusetts.
Books by J.K Rowling
Trivia Question: Name any other book written by J.K Rowling apart from the Harry Potter series?
Answer: J.K Rowling has written 19 books as of 2020.
The most successful of the books, apart from the Harry Potter series, is the Cormoran Strike series
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