50 Fun Facts About Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

On what date was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows published?

Bloomsbury spent £10 million trying to keep the contents secret until that day.

How many copies did the book sell in the United States within 24 hours, a Guinness World Record?

Another 2.65 million went in the UK in the same day.

Which two members of the escort party die when the Order moves Harry from Privet Drive?

George Weasley loses an ear in the same attack.

Which Ministry official is wearing the locket Horcrux when the trio infiltrate the Ministry of Magic?

They steal it but cannot destroy it, and its dark influence soon drives Ron away.

What guides Harry to the frozen pond where the Sword of Gryffindor lies?

The locket tightens around his neck as he dives and nearly drowns him.

Who destroys the locket Horcrux?

He returns just in time to pull Harry from the pond, then stabs the locket with the sword.

Which three objects make up the Deathly Hallows?

Xenophilius Lovegood explains them to the trio, then betrays them to the Ministry.

What are the bounty hunters who capture the trio and take them to Malfoy Manor called?

They are led there after Harry says the Taboo-cursed name.

Which Gryffindor is locked in the Malfoy Manor cellar with Harry, Ron, Luna and Mr Ollivander?

His appearance was one of the things cut from the film version.

Which house-elf dies rescuing the prisoners from Malfoy Manor?

In the film, his death scene was shot on the coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales.

Which goblin is imprisoned alongside the trio and later helps them break into Gringotts?

He wants the Sword of Gryffindor as his price.

Whose brother helps the trio get into Hogwarts for the final battle?

He runs the Hog's Head in Hogsmeade and has spent the book resenting his more famous sibling.

Which Horcrux do the trio find in the Room of Requirement?

An out-of-control fire spell destroys it moments later.

Which of Draco's friends dies after casting the fire spell that destroys the diadem?

In the film the death is given to Goyle instead, since Crabbe's actor had left the series.

Wrongly believing him to be the Elder Wand's master, Voldemort has whom killed by Nagini?

Dying, he gives Harry the memories that reveal he loved Lily and worked as a double agent.

In what does Harry view Snape's memories?

They reveal that Dumbledore arranged his own death and that Harry himself is a Horcrux.

Whom does Harry instruct to kill Nagini as he walks off to surrender himself?

He does it by pulling the Sword of Gryffindor out of the Sorting Hat.

Who carries the apparently dead Harry back to Hogwarts on Voldemort's orders?

Harry is only pretending, having chosen to return from a dreamlike King's Cross.

Who kills Bellatrix Lestrange during the Battle of Hogwarts?

Her 'not my daughter' line before the duel is one of the book's most quoted moments.

Why does the Elder Wand refuse to kill Harry in the final duel?

It passed to Draco when he disarmed Dumbledore, then to Harry when he disarmed Draco at the Manor.

The epilogue is set how many years after the Battle of Hogwarts?

Harry and Ginny have three children: James Sirius, Albus Severus and Lily Luna.

What are the names of Ron and Hermione's son and daughter in the epilogue?

Their cousin Albus Severus is the anxious one boarding the train.

What are the final three words of the novel?

Rowling changed it from a line about only loved ones seeing his scar, to make clear the fight was truly over.

In which Edinburgh hotel did J. K. Rowling finish writing the book in January 2007?

She wrote the last chapters in Room 552 and reportedly signed a marble bust to mark the occasion.

Rowling said the final book and which earlier one were 'almost two halves of the same novel'?

She also said the ending could not be changed because six books had already been leading there.

How did Rowling reveal the book's title in December 2006?

The seventh title was announced through a Christmas-themed game on jkrowling.com.

Rowling said the book's final chapter was drafted around what year, among her earliest work?

She said the ending could not be changed because six books had already been leading there.

Where did Rowling hold the all-night launch reading and signing for 1,700 ballot-picked fans?

She followed it with a US tour that October including an event at Carnegie Hall.

Which UK supermarket triggered a price war by announcing it would sell the book for just £5?

Booksellers complained the book was being treated as a loss leader 'like a can of baked beans'.

Days before release, photographs of every page of the US edition leaked online. How many pages was that?

Scholastic sought a subpoena to identify the source, the worst security breach in the series' history.

Which US retailer was sued by Scholastic after mailing a copy to a Maryland reader four days early?

Scholastic said about one ten-thousandth of the US supply, around 1,200 copies, shipped early.

Who narrates the UK audiobook, which runs about 24 hours?

The US version's narrator won a Grammy for it, and both men recorded 146 distinct character voices.

The 2008 spin-off The Tales of Beedle the Bard contains which story that explains the Hallows?

Seven handwritten copies were made; one sold at Sotheby's and Amazon later published a replica.

Which stage play, billed as the eighth story, picks up where the epilogue leaves off?

It premiered at London's Palace Theatre in 2016 and follows Harry's son Albus Severus.

Which was the first foreign-language translation of the book to appear, in September 2007?

Several languages, including Swedish and French, translated the title as 'Relics of Death'.

Who directed both Deathly Hallows films?

He had also directed the previous two films, and went on to the Fantastic Beasts series.

Which executive producer first suggested splitting the book into two films?

Heyman initially hated the idea until Wigram asked, 'No, David. How are we going to do it?'

Part 1 ends at which point in the story?

That is Chapter 24 of the book.

Which composer scored both Deathly Hallows films after Nicholas Hooper did not return?

John Williams was wanted for the finale but was unavailable.

Which Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds song do Harry and Hermione dance to in the tent in Part 1?

The dance was not in the book and became one of the film's most discussed additions.

Which real English house inspired the exterior of Malfoy Manor in the films?

Designer Stuart Craig blinded out its huge windows to make it feel ominous.

Which real-life route across the Thames was used for the Death Eater ambush on the flying motorbike?

The animated Tale of the Three Brothers sequence, by contrast, was made by Framestore and directed by Ben Hibon.

Costume designer Jany Temime was accused of copying Fleur's wedding dress from which fashion house?

She said she wanted 'a witch wedding dress but not a Halloween dress', with a phoenix motif.

Which of the two Deathly Hallows movies was released in 3D?

Plans to convert Part 1 were scrapped weeks before release when the conversion couldn't be finished in time.

Roughly how much did Part 2 gross worldwide?

That made it the highest-grossing film of the whole series and, briefly, the third-highest ever.

Where was Part 2's world premiere held on 7 July 2011?

Part 1 had premiered in Leicester Square eight months earlier.

Why was the epilogue re-shot in December 2010?

Fans thought Radcliffe and Grint looked too old and Watson barely different after images leaked.

Which London railway station opens the film's 'nineteen years later' epilogue?

Its Gothic facade stands in for the more famous station next door.

Which US poster tagline announced Part 2's release date?

The other three were Part 1 taglines.

What rating did the BBFC give Part 2, with a rare warning for 'injury detail'?

It played at midnight in 3,800 cinemas and set a record for the widest IMAX release.