179 Easy & Hard Harry Potter Trivia Questions for Potterverse Parties

Having read all the books and watched all the movies, you know all the Harry Potter facts like the back of your hand. And you are the biggest Potterhead in your gang. Want to prove your Potterverse knowledge? What better way than answering all these easy and hard Harry Potter trivia questions? You will also find some uncommon facts below; tell us in the comments if you know them or not!

Why a Harry Potter Trivia?

After more than twenty years since the release of the first Harry Potter book, the fandom, lovingly known as Potterheads, is as strong as ever. There are card games, theme parks, conventions, Wizarding World-themed weddings, and so much more to commemorate the undying love for the Boy Who Lived and his story. 

We also like to take part in professing an unwavering love for the story, and we do it in the ways we know the best. Yup, it’s either jokes, comics, or an article dedicated to a Harry Potter quiz, hard and easy questions, of course!

So, what should you expect from this Harry Potter trivia, hard and easy, you ask? First, some easy peasy questions for a warm-up – like naming the four Hogwarts houses and how Harry got his scar. Then, once you’ve stretched your cranium for some harder work, come the hard Harry Potter trivia questions, like the legendary Hippogriff’s name and Luna’s dad’s publication. 

And, when your brain is running at full speed and operating in full CPU, it is time for the Harry Potter hard quiz questions, the toughest you’ve ever seen. We won’t give any examples right now – it’s better to leave them as a surprise for you! At any rate, you can be sure that there’s a trivia question suitable for everyone – whether it’s you, a bona fide professor in Potterology, or even your kids!

What Are Some Hard Harry Potter Quiz Questions?

Collected below are a few easy and a few hard Harry Potter quiz questions. Ready to check them out? Sure you are! Scroll down for them, give the best ones your vote, and be sure to share this article with the Potterheads around you! Who knows, you might even arrange a soiree to share your wisdom in answering these questions together.

#1

Name all the Weasley children. 

#2

Which two people gift Harry with broomsticks for Quidditch? 

#3

What are the three forbidden curses? 

#4

How does Harry catch his first snitch?

#5

What other house did Harry Potter almost get sorted into? 

#6

What is Harry’s position on the Quidditch team? 

#7

Who is the Half-Blood Prince? 

#8

How many staircases does Hogwarts have? 

#9

Name all seven of Voldemort’s Horcruxes. 

#10

How was Hermione able to take extra lessons? 

#11

What’s the name of Hagrid’s giant half-brother? 

#12

How do you free a house-elf? 

#13

Who tells Harry he’s a wizard? 

#14

Where in Kings Cross Station does the Hogwarts Express stop? 

#15

Where does Harry go to teach Dumbledore’s Army? 

#16

What are the last three words in “Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows”? 

#17

Who tells Harry he’s a Horcrux? 

#18

On what day were the Weasley twins born? 

#19

Dumbledore bears a scar on his knee that is a map of what? 

#20

Who is the Headmaster of Hogwarts when Harry arrives? 

#21

What house is Harry Potter sorted into? 

#22

How are students sorted into their houses?

#23

Where are the Slytherin common rooms located?

#24

Who goes on to become a professional quidditch player? 

#25

And what’s the name of Hermione’s cat? 

#26

Where does nearly every Hogwarts student go to get their wand? 

#27

How many presents did Dudley get on his 11th Birthday? 

#28

What does the Hogwarts’ motto — draco dormiens nunquam titillandus — mean? 

#29

What is the name of Harry’s owl? 

#30

Who killed Dumbledore? 

#31

What does Felix Felicis do? 

#32

What wizards are trained to catch dark wizards? 

#33

What happened to Voldemort’s parents? 

#34

To be allowed to Apparate, you must do what two things? 

#35

What is the name of the popular, sweet drink usually served in Hogsmeade? 

#36

Which scent attracts Hermione Granger? 

#37

What does Hermione say Jupiter’s largest moon is? 

#38

Why was Harry put into that house? 

#39

How does Harry get the lightning bolt scar on his forehead? 

#40

What kind of dragon does Harry fight during the Tri-Wizard cup? 

#41

Name one of Dumbledore’s middle names. 

#42

What house did Tonks belong to? 

#43

What is Harry’s wand made of? 

#44

Name the six subjects every Hogwarts student is required to study during their first two years of school. 

#45

What are the three European wizarding schools that participate in the Triwizard Tournament? 

#46

Who anonymously sends Harry his father’s Invisibility Cloak on Christmas? 

#47

What was the name of the orphanage where Lord Voldemort grew up? 

#48

Name the four Hogwarts Houses. 

#49

Why does Snape protect Harry? 

#50

What’s the name of the three-headed dog that guards the door to the Sorcerer’s Stone? 

#51

What keeps the three-headed dog asleep? 

#52

What’s the name of the dance that takes place in Goblet of Fire? 

#53

How do you close the Marauder’s Map? 

#54

What magical creature pulls students the carriages that take students from the Hogwarts Express to Hogwarts? 

#55

What does Harry smell when he sniffs Amortentia? 

#56

Harry’s patronus is a stag. What other person also has a stag? 

#57

What is Hermione’s patronus? 

#58

What does R.A.B. stand for? 

#59

What do Remus and Tonks name their son? 

#60

How is Bellatrix Lestrange related to Draco Malfoy? 

#61

What is Harry Potter’s date of birth? 

#62

Who played Cedric Diggory in the Harry Potter films? 

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#63

Harry, Ron, and Hermione help save the Sorcerer’s Stone from being stolen. How old was its co-creator, Nicholas Flamel, when he decided to destroy it? 

#64

Name every ingredient contained in Polyjuice Potion. 

#65

How many possible Quidditch fouls are there? 

#66

Who teased Moaning Myrtle about her glasses? 

#67

In the first movie, how does Hagrid describe his job at Hogwarts?

#68

In Book 7, what three Ministry of Magic employees do Ron, Harry, and Hermione impersonate? 

#69

What is Luna Lovegood’s father’s name? 

#70

Name the three different types of balls used in Quidditch. 

#71

What is a Horcrux? 

#72

What does the map do? 

#73

What are the real names of the four marauders? 

#74

What does it mean to be a parselmouth? 

#75

Why was being able to speak parseltongue especially troubling to Harry? 

#76

What are thestrals? 

#77

What sort of power do Dementors have? 

#78

What does the Mirror of Erised do? 

#79

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

#80

Why does Ron decide he hates Krum? 

#81

How does Rita Skeeter learn secrets for her sensational articles? 

#82

What magical creation can people use to view other people’s saved memories? 

#83

Where does Arthur Weasley work? 

#84

What is the name of Hagrid’s pet, a giant spider? 

#85

What’s the full name of Nearly Headless Nick, Gryffindor’s House ghost? 

#86

What is the visitor’s entrance to the Ministry of Magic shaped like? 

#87

Ron Weasley had a phobia for which insect? 

#88

This one is a two-parter. Where does Vernon Dursley work, and what does the company produce? 

#89

In which book do Harry and Ginny share their first kiss? 

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#90

What does Dumbledore tell Harry he sees in the Mirror of Erised? 

#91

Whose name appears on the “Service to the School” trophy next to the quidditch trophy? 

#92

Who is the first character to take Voldermort’s name in the series? 

#93

Name at least two Hogwarts electives. 

#94

In Book 4, which two teams compete for the Quidditch World Cup? 

#95

What are the two pubs in Hogsmeade called? 

#96

What is Harry’s middle name? 

#97

What is the animal symbol of Ravenclaw? 

#98

Who wrote A History of Magic? 

#99

Where is the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets hidden? 

#100

What kind of magical creature is Aragog? 

#101

How is Bellatrix related to Tonks? 

#102

Who killed the Grey Lady? 

#103

What color is Teddy Lupin’s hair when he is born? 

#104

What is the core of Draco Malfoy’s wand? 

#105

What does Professor Kettleburn wish to do after retiring from Hogwarts? 

#106

What is Lily Potter’s birthday? 

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#107

Why did Hermione miss the lesson on Cheering Charms? 

#108

Where are the Hufflepuff common rooms? 

#109

What’s the name of Ginny’s Pygmy Puff? 

#110

What does Prof. Lupin offer Harry to make him feel better when the Dementors try to attack him? 

#111

Which Hogwarts professor was rumored to be dueling champion as a student? 

#112

Why was the Whomping Willow originally planted? 

#113

Who said, “Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!” 

#114

Which is destructive enough to destroy a Horcrux when exposed to it? 

#115

Monkshood and wolfsbane are the same plants. They are also known as what? 

#116

In Book 2, who is the first victim to be petrified by the basilisk? 

#117

How is mail delivered in the wizarding world? 

#118

The wizarding version of marbles is called what? 

#119

How do first years get from the Hogsmeade train station to the castle? 

#120

What do the students call the Gryffindor ghost? 

#121

Which Weasley dies during the final battle of Hogwarts? 

#122

Which incantation can levitate an object? 

#123

What class does Professor McGonagall teach? 

#124

Who does Bill Weasley marry? 

#125

Who kills Dobby? 

#126

What teleportation magic do sixth-years learn at Hogwarts? 

#127

What does Charlie Weasley do for a living after graduation? 

#128

What is Dean Thomas’s favorite sport? 

#129

What does Harry do with his winnings from the Triwizard Tournament? 

#130

What was the name of the Quidditch team on the sock Mrs. Weasley tries to give to Harry? 

#131

When did Harry learn Accio? 

#132

Who lives at 4 Privet Drive? 

#133

Who does Scabbers the rat turn out to be? 

#134

What does the Sorting Hat list as two characteristics of most Ravenclaws? 

#135

How many points do you get when you catch a snitch? 

#136

Why does Rita Skeeter eventually get in trouble? 

#137

What is Honeydukes? 

#138

What is the password given to the fat lady to enter into Gryffindor tower? 

#139

In which House did Sorting hat originally want to include Harry? 

#140

Who is the headmistress of Beauxbatons Academy of Magic? 

#141

Who becomes Lord Voldemort’s trusted snake and Horcrux? 

#142

In “The Sorcerer’s Stone,” Harry and his friends are awarded last-minute House Points, putting Gryffindor ahead of Slytherin by just 10 points. What was the final tally? 

#143

For Harry’s 17th birthday, what color did Hermione turn the leaves of the Weasley’s crabapple tree? 

#144

What does the acronym S.P.E.W. stand for? 

#145

What does Romilda Vane ask Ginny about in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince? 

#146

What does O.W.L. stand for? 

#147

What was Voldemort’s mother’s name? 

#148

Who hosts the radio show Potterwatch? 

#149

Where does Dudley go to school? 

#150

What is J.K. Rowling’s birthday? 

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#151

What does the Mirror of Erised’s inscription read? 

#152

Who are the only known characters to receive all 12 O.W.L.S? 

#153

What is Aragog’s wife named? 

#154

How fast can a firebolt broomstick reach? 

#155

Fill in the blank from this line said by Cedric Diggory: “So… We’re______ each other again!” 

#156

Fill in the blank from this line said by Cedric Diggory: “You know that golden egg? Does yours ______ when you open it?” 

#157

What is Filch the Hogwarts caretaker’s greatest secret? 

#158

In Book 4, what magical creature does Harry answer a riddle from in the maze during the Triwizard Tournament? 

#159

Which centaur rescues Harry in the Forbidden Forest in Book 1? 

#160

What is the name of the magical hospital? 

#161

What potion allows a witch or wizard to disguise themselves as someone else for a limited amount of time? 

#162

In Book 5, Snape is assigned to teach Harry what type of magic? 

#163

How does one ward off a Dementor? 

#164

Where are the vaults kept in Gringotts Bank? 

#165

What is at the base of the Whomping Willow? 

#166

What school-aged peer is Harry’s nemesis throughout his time at Hogwarts? 

#167

What is the name of the pub at the entrance to Diagon Alley? 

#168

What year do Hogwarts students take O.W.L.S? 

#169

What magazine does Xenophilius Lovegood publish? 

#170

What’s the address of the Black family home? 

#171

What is the name of the Weasley family home? 

#172

What is the maiden name of sisters Lily Potter and Petunia Dursley? 

#173

What day did James and Lily Potter die? 

#174

What does Hagrid use to channel the pieces of his wand once it’s been broken? 

#175

What is James Potter’s Marauder nickname? 

#176

How is the Grey Lady related to Rowena Ravenclaw? 

#177

What name does Buckbeak get after being saved from execution? 

#178

Who is the seeker for the Bulgarian Quidditch team? 

#179

What about The Weasley’s Rat?