50 Harry Potter quiz questions for your next quiz night

Harry Potter is one of the safest bets in quizzing. Nearly everyone has read the books, seen the films, or spent enough time around people who have. The challenge is finding questions that feel fair without being too obvious.

These 50 questions cover everything from basic character names to obscure lore, so you can pick the right mix for your audience. Casual fans should manage the easy section fine. The harder questions at the end will test even the most committed Potterheads.

Easy Questions

These are your warmers. Most people in the room should get these.

1What school of witchcraft and wizardry does Harry Potter attend?

Answer:Hogwarts(click to reveal)

2What is the name of Harry Potter's owl?

Answer:Hedwig(click to reveal)

3Which house is Harry sorted into at Hogwarts?

Answer:Gryffindor(click to reveal)

4What is the name of Harry's best friends?

Answer:Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger(click to reveal)

5What is the spell used to disarm an opponent?

Answer:Expelliarmus(click to reveal)

6What creature guards the vaults at Gringotts bank?

Answer:Dragons (accept goblins for the staff, but dragons guard the high-security vaults)(click to reveal)

7What is Lord Voldemort's real name?

Answer:Tom Marvolo Riddle(click to reveal)

8What platform does the Hogwarts Express depart from?

Answer:Platform 9 and three-quarters (9¾)(click to reveal)

9What animal can Ron's older brother Charlie work with professionally?

Answer:Dragons(click to reveal)

10What shape is the scar on Harry's forehead?

Answer:A lightning bolt(click to reveal)

Hogwarts Houses and Characters

11Name all four Hogwarts houses.

Answer:Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff(click to reveal)

12Which house values loyalty and hard work above all else?

Answer:Hufflepuff(click to reveal)

13Who is the head of Slytherin house for most of the series?

Answer:Severus Snape(click to reveal)

14What is the first name of Professor McGonagall?

Answer:Minerva(click to reveal)

15Which teacher at Hogwarts is also a werewolf?

Answer:Professor Lupin (Remus Lupin)(click to reveal)

16What is the full name of the character known as Neville?

Answer:Neville Longbottom(click to reveal)

17Which Hogwarts founder created the Chamber of Secrets?

Answer:Salazar Slytherin(click to reveal)

18What does the Sorting Hat originally belong to?

Answer:Godric Gryffindor(click to reveal)

19What is the name of Draco Malfoy's father?

Answer:Lucius Malfoy(click to reveal)

20Who teaches Divination at Hogwarts?

Answer:Professor Trelawney (Sybill Trelawney)(click to reveal)

Spells and Magic

21What spell produces a shield against a Dementor?

Answer:Expecto Patronum(click to reveal)

22What incantation opens a locked door?

Answer:Alohomora(click to reveal)

23What is the spell for levitation?

Answer:Wingardium Leviosa(click to reveal)

24What does the Avada Kedavra curse do?

Answer:Kills the target instantly (it's one of the three Unforgivable Curses)(click to reveal)

25What form does Hermione's Patronus take?

Answer:An otter(click to reveal)

26What spell does Harry use most often in duels throughout the series?

Answer:Expelliarmus(click to reveal)

27What potion allows a person to take the form of someone else?

Answer:Polyjuice Potion(click to reveal)

28What is the incantation to summon an object to you?

Answer:Accio(click to reveal)

The Wizarding World

29What is the name of the wizarding bank in Diagon Alley?

Answer:Gringotts(click to reveal)

30What magical sport do students play on broomsticks at Hogwarts?

Answer:Quidditch(click to reveal)

31What position does Harry play in Quidditch?

Answer:Seeker(click to reveal)

32What is the name of the pub that serves as the entrance to Diagon Alley?

Answer:The Leaky Cauldron(click to reveal)

33What is the name of the wizarding newspaper?

Answer:The Daily Prophet(click to reveal)

34What magical object shows the location of every person in Hogwarts?

Answer:The Marauder's Map(click to reveal)

35What does the Hogwarts motto "Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus" translate to?

Answer:Never tickle a sleeping dragon(click to reveal)

36In which vault at Gringotts is the Philosopher's Stone kept?

Answer:Vault 713(click to reveal)

Harder Questions

These will separate the casual viewers from the people who've read the books multiple times.

37What are the three Deathly Hallows?

Answer:The Elder Wand, the Resurrection Stone, and the Invisibility Cloak(click to reveal)

38What is Dumbledore's full name?

Answer:Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore(click to reveal)

39What core is inside Harry's wand?

Answer:A phoenix feather (from Fawkes, Dumbledore's phoenix)(click to reveal)

40What does the spell "Riddikulus" do?

Answer:Forces a Boggart to take on a humorous form, weakening it(click to reveal)

41Who is the Half-Blood Prince?

Answer:Severus Snape(click to reveal)

42What animal is Scabbers, Ron's pet rat, revealed to be?

Answer:Peter Pettigrew (an Animagus)(click to reveal)

43What is the name of the house-elf at Hogwarts who Harry befriends?

Answer:Dobby(click to reveal)

44In what year was the first Harry Potter book published?

Answer:1997 (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone)(click to reveal)

45What is the name of the magical map that shows all of Hogwarts, created by the Marauders?

Answer:The Marauder's Map (created by Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs)(click to reveal)

46What creature is Aragog?

Answer:An Acromantula (a giant spider)(click to reveal)

47What is the name of the village near Hogwarts where students visit on weekends?

Answer:Hogsmeade(click to reveal)

48What form does Harry's Patronus take?

Answer:A stag(click to reveal)

49Who created the Horcruxes and what is the point of them?

Answer:Voldemort created them. Each Horcrux contains a piece of his soul, making him nearly impossible to kill as long as they survive.(click to reveal)

50What is the name of the prophecy that concerns Harry and Voldemort, and who made it?

Answer:"The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches..." made by Professor Trelawney(click to reveal)

Tips for Running a Harry Potter Round

Split your audience. If you have a mixed crowd, use the easy questions as a short round and save the harder ones for a specialist bonus. Not everyone's a Potterhead.

Book vs film variations. A few things differ between the books and films. If you're asking about something that differs (like Peeves the Poltergeist, who's in the books but not the films), flag it or stick to questions where both versions agree.

House sorting is a crowd pleaser. Ask each team to declare their house before the round starts. It costs nothing and gets people invested.

The franchise keeps expanding. If you want to include Fantastic Beasts or Pottermore lore, consider a separate specialist round. Mixing core series facts with extended universe trivia can frustrate casual fans who feel they're being caught out on obscure spin-off content.