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Easy Harry Potter Trivia Questions
The easy questions from our harry potter set, 14 of them, each with the answer and an explanation below the game.
Keys 1-4 pick an answer, Enter moves on. Nothing is saved to an account.
The easy band covers what almost anyone knows about the series: the school, Harry's house, his two friends, his owl, the sport played on broomsticks and the platform at King's Cross. Even people who never finished the books usually clear this section.
14 easy harry potter trivia questions with answers
Which school does Harry Potter attend?
Answer: Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Beauxbatons and Durmstrang are the visiting schools in the fourth book.
Which Hogwarts house is Harry sorted into?
Answer: Gryffindor The Sorting Hat considers Slytherin before Harry asks it not to.
Who are Harry's two closest friends throughout the series?
Answer: Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger The three meet on the Hogwarts Express in the first book.
What kind of animal is Harry's pet Hedwig?
Answer: A snowy owl Owls carry the post in the wizarding world.
Which sport is played on broomsticks at Hogwarts?
Answer: Quidditch Harry plays as Seeker for the Gryffindor team.
Which position does Harry play on his house Quidditch team?
Answer: Seeker The Seeker chases the Golden Snitch.
Who is the headmaster of Hogwarts for most of the series?
Answer: Albus Dumbledore Dolores Umbridge and Snape each hold the post briefly later on.
Which platform at King's Cross station does the Hogwarts Express leave from?
Answer: Nine and three-quarters Students pass through the barrier between platforms nine and ten.
Which surname belongs to the large red-haired wizarding family Harry becomes close to?
Answer: Weasley Ron and Ginny are the youngest of the seven Weasley children.
What is the name of the wizarding bank in Diagon Alley?
Answer: Gringotts It is run by goblins and guarded deep underground.
Which house has a badger as its emblem?
Answer: Hufflepuff Gryffindor has a lion, Ravenclaw an eagle and Slytherin a serpent.
Which teacher takes Potions classes when Harry first arrives at Hogwarts?
Answer: Severus Snape Slughorn takes over the subject in the sixth book.
Who wrote the Harry Potter novels?
Answer: J. K. Rowling The first book was published in 1997.
How many books are there in the main Harry Potter series?
Answer: Seven The final book was split into two films, giving eight films from seven books.
Answer key
- Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
- Gryffindor
- Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger
- A snowy owl
- Quidditch
- Seeker
- Albus Dumbledore
- Nine and three-quarters
- Weasley
- Gringotts
- Hufflepuff
- Severus Snape
- J. K. Rowling
- Seven
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- Pick a mode: multiple choice, true or false, a 60-second sprint, or the daily quiz.
- Answer with a tap, or press 1 to 4 on a keyboard. The right answer appears straight away with a line explaining it.
- Finish the round to see your score, copy the result grid, and step up a difficulty.
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