To date, this quiz involves only the first three Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
Questions and answers are based on the first hardcover American edition of each.

Home Life
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h-1. What product does Uncle Vernon's company make?

h-2. What is the Dursley's house number on Privet Drive?

h-3. What visitor gets blown up like a balloon (i.e., inflated) by Harry?

h-4. With what kind of vehicle does Hagrid arrive delivering the baby Harry to the Dursleys?



School Life
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s-1. What platform does the Hogwart's Express train leave from?

s-2. How many years ahead of Harry are the Weasley twins?  How far ahead of Harry is Percy?

s-3. Give the first names of professors Dumbledore, McGonagall, Snape, Trelawney, Hagrid, and Mr. Filch.

s-4. Name all five boys in Harry's dorm (first and last names).

s-5. Who is the school nurse?

s-6. Name all three Defense Against the Dark Arts teachers.

s-7. What class did Hermione quit?

s-8. Who was the Harry Potter "fan" who kept taking pictures of Harry?

s-9. Name all nine Weasleys, including parents.

s-10. Who is Percy Weasley's girlfriend, and what house is she in?

Who teaches each of the following courses?
s-11. Diviniation
s-12. History of Magic
s-13. Care of Magical Creatures
s-14. Potions
s-15. Transfiguration
s-16. Herbology
s-17. Charms

s-18. What course did Dumbledore teach as a young man?

s-19. Who was the Headmaster then, 50 years before Dumbledore?

s-20. Who is the regular guard (password keeper) of the Gryffindor tower?

s-21. Who substituted while the regular was recovering from an attack?

s-22. What are the first names of Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle?

s-23. What was Voldemort's name as a boy in school?

s-24. What kind of plant has a scream that is dangerous?

s-25. What is the name of the biting book that Hagrid gave to Harry?

s-26. Give the full (first and last) names of the four Hogwarts founders.

s-27. What are the two colors of Slytherin House and the two colors of Gryffindor House?

s-28. Who is the only ghost on the Hogwart's teaching staff?

s-29. Who is the Gryffindor house ghost?

s-30. Who is the Gryffindor poltergeist?

s-31. What ghost inhabits the girls' bathroom?

s-32. Who determines what house a student will be in?


Animals and Pets
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a-1. Name Hagrid's boarhound.  His three-headed dog.  His Hippogryff.  His pet dragon.

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
a-3. Ron
a-4. Hermione 
a-5. Neville 
a-6. Mr. Filch

a-7. What is the name of Dumbledore's pet phoenix?

a-8. Name one of the three centaurs.

a-9. What kind of animal is Ron afriad of? (Hint: his boggart took this form.)

For each author of the marauders' map, give the type of animal it is, and the person's real name:
a-10. Prongs
a-11. Wormtail
a-12. Moonie
a-13. Padfeet

a-14. Who is Hagrid's giant spider friend?

a-15. What kind of animal was Ron belching up after his wand backfired?

a-16. Name the Weasley's old, weak owl.

a-17. What kind of animal did Hermione change into when Harry and Ron took on the forms of Crabbe and Goyle?

a-18. What do you call someone with Harry's ability to talk to snakes?

a-19. What animal form does a basilisk take?

a-20. What kind of animal can Prof. McGonagall change into?


The Wizard World
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w-1. Who is the Minister of Magic?

w-2. What is the name of the wizards' newspaper?

w-3. Name the wizards' prison.  Who guards it (what kind of beings)?

w-4. Name the wizards' bank.  Who guards it (what kind of beings)?

w-5. In what vault number at the bank was the Sorcerer's Stone kept?

w-6. What is the common charm to remove someone else's wand?

w-7. What is the common charm to make a wand emit light?

w-8. How long is Harry's wand?  Extra credit: what's it made of?

w-9. What is the bar/inn at the entrance of Diagon Alley.

w-10. How did Harry get to Diagon Alley in each of his first three years?

w-11. What are the three units of wizard money?

w-12. What is the wizard name for non-wizards born of wizard parents?

w-13. What is the derogatory name of someone of partial wizard ancestry?

w-14. What is the only completely non-muggle settlement in Britain?

w-15. What article of clothing does Dobby receive that sets him free?

w-16. What do you call a letter by owl that screams loudly?


Quidditch
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q-1. Who are the captains of the Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff teams?

q-2. Who are the Gryffindor beaters?

q-3. Give the first names of the three Gryffindor chasers.

q-4. What position does Malfoy play?

q-5. Name the Ravenclaw seeker that Harry likes.

q-6. Give the names and number of balls used in quidditch.

q-7. Who is the quidditch referee and flying instructor?

q-8. Who is the announcer and commentator for the quidditch games?

q-9. What two models of broom has Harry flown in competition?
q-10. Who gave him each of these brooms?

q-11. What model of broom did Mr. Malfoy buy the whole Slytherin team?

q-12. In Harry's first year, what spectator tried to knock him off his broom during a game?
q-13. Who tried this in the second year?
q-14. Who succeeded in knocking Harry from him broom during a game in the third year?
q-15. Who saved him by slowing his fall?

Answers. (Don't peek too soon!)


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