Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Trivia
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99 free Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the book that ended the series in July 2007, selling more copies in a day than any novel before it, and the two films that closed the movie franchise in 2010 and 2011. This Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows trivia quiz covers all three: the Horcrux hunt from the locket to the diadem, the Tale of the Three Brothers and the Hallows themselves, Malfoy Manor, Gringotts, Snape's memories, the King's Cross chapter, the Battle of Hogwarts and the epilogue nineteen years later, plus how Rowling finished the book in an Edinburgh hotel, the leaks and price wars around its release, and how David Yates split the story into two films. The 99 questions run from easy ones any reader will get to hard ones about the writing, publishing and filming, so it suits a Potter night with friends or a family quiz. Every answer has been checked against the text and documented publishing and production records rather than fan wikis.
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Q 01On what date was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows published?
21 July 2007
21 July 2007 was release day, and Bloomsbury spent £10 million trying to keep the contents secret until then.
Q 02How many copies did the book sell in the United States within 24 hours, a Guinness World Record?
8.3 million
The US edition sold 8.3 million copies in its first 24 hours, a Guinness record for the fastest-selling book; another 2.65 million went in the UK the same day.
Q 03Which two members of the escort party die when the Order moves Harry from Privet Drive?
Mad-Eye Moody and Hedwig
Mad-Eye Moody is killed by Voldemort during the Seven Potters flight, and Hedwig dies in her cage from a Killing Curse; George Weasley loses an ear in the same attack.
Q 04Which Ministry official is wearing the locket Horcrux when the trio infiltrate the Ministry of Magic?
Dolores Umbridge
They steal it but cannot destroy it, and its dark influence soon drives Ron away.
Q 05What guides Harry to the frozen pond where the Sword of Gryffindor lies?
A Patronus
A silver doe Patronus, cast by Snape, leads Harry through the Forest of Dean to the frozen pond; the locket Horcrux tightens around his neck when he dives for the sword.
Q 06Who destroys the locket Horcrux?
Ron
Ron destroys the locket with the Sword of Gryffindor after returning to pull Harry from the frozen pond; Harry opens it in Parseltongue so Ron can stab it.
Q 07Which three objects make up the Deathly Hallows?
Elder Wand, Resurrection Stone, Cloak of Invisibility
The Elder Wand, the Resurrection Stone and the Cloak of Invisibility are the Hallows of 'The Tale of the Three Brothers'; Xenophilius Lovegood explains them to the trio before Death Eaters arrive.
Q 08What are the bounty hunters who capture the trio and take them to Malfoy Manor called?
Snatchers
Snatchers, with Fenrir Greyback among them, seize the trio after Harry breaks the Taboo by saying Voldemort's name, and haul them to Malfoy Manor.
Q 09Which Gryffindor is locked in the Malfoy Manor cellar with Harry, Ron, Luna and Mr Ollivander?
Dean Thomas
Dean Thomas, captured by Snatchers while on the run from the Muggle-Born Registration Commission, shares the cellar with Harry, Ron, Luna and Ollivander and later fights in the Battle of Hogwarts.
Q 10Which house-elf dies rescuing the prisoners from Malfoy Manor?
Dobby
Dobby is killed by Bellatrix's thrown knife as he Disapparates the prisoners to Shell Cottage, and Harry buries him by hand there; the film scene was shot at Freshwater West, Pembrokeshire.
Q 11Which goblin, imprisoned with the trio at Malfoy Manor in Deathly Hallows, later helps them break into Gringotts?
Griphook
Griphook's price for helping with the Gringotts break-in is the Sword of Gryffindor.
Q 12Who smuggles the trio into Hogwarts through a secret passage before the final battle?
Aberforth Dumbledore
Aberforth Dumbledore, landlord of the Hog's Head, opens the passage behind Ariana's portrait that leads into the Room of Requirement; he spent years resenting his famous brother Albus.
Q 13Which Horcrux do the trio find in the Room of Requirement?
The Diadem of Ravenclaw
Q 21The epilogue is set how many years after the Battle of Hogwarts?
19
Harry and Ginny have three children: James Sirius, Albus Severus and Lily Luna.
Q 22In the Deathly Hallows epilogue, what are the names of Ron and Hermione's daughter and son?
Rose and Hugo
Rose and Hugo are Ron and Hermione's children; their cousin Albus Severus is the anxious one boarding the train.
Q 23What are the final three words of the novel?
All was well
The novel ends 'All was well.' Rowling said for years the planned last word was 'scar', in a line about only those he loved seeing it, before she added the final sentence.
Ravenclaw's diadem, hidden by Voldemort in the Room of Hidden Things, is destroyed moments later when Fiendfyre cast by one of Draco's friends consumes the room.
Q 14In the novel, which of Draco's friends dies after casting Fiendfyre in the Room of Requirement?
Crabbe
In the film the death is given to Goyle instead, since Crabbe's actor had left the series.
Q 15Wrongly believing him to be the Elder Wand's master, Voldemort has whom killed by Nagini?
Severus Snape
Severus Snape is killed by Nagini in the Shrieking Shack because Voldemort thinks Snape became the wand's master by killing Dumbledore; dying, Snape gives Harry memories revealing his love for Lily.
Q 16In what does Harry view Snape's memories?
The Pensieve
Harry pours Snape's memories into the Pensieve in the headmaster's office; they reveal that Dumbledore arranged his own death and that Harry himself is a Horcrux.
Q 17Whom does Harry instruct to kill Nagini as he walks off to surrender himself?
Neville Longbottom
Neville Longbottom is told to kill the snake if Ron and Hermione cannot; he later beheads Nagini with the Sword of Gryffindor, pulled from the Sorting Hat.
Q 18Who carries the apparently dead Harry back to Hogwarts on Voldemort's orders?
Hagrid
Hagrid, bound and weeping, is made to carry Harry's body from the Forbidden Forest to the castle; Harry is only feigning death after choosing to return from a dreamlike King's Cross.
Q 19Who kills Bellatrix Lestrange during the Battle of Hogwarts?
Molly Weasley
Molly Weasley kills Bellatrix in a duel after a Killing Curse narrowly misses Ginny; Molly's 'Not my daughter!' cry is one of the book's most quoted lines.
Q 20In Deathly Hallows' final duel, why does the Elder Wand refuse to kill Harry?
He is its true master
He is its true master: the wand passed to Draco when he disarmed Dumbledore, then to Harry when he disarmed Draco at Malfoy Manor.
Q 24In which Edinburgh hotel did J. K. Rowling finish writing the book in January 2007?
The Balmoral
Rowling finished the book in Room 552 of the Balmoral Hotel on 11 January 2007 and signed a marble bust of Hermes there to mark the occasion.
Q 25Rowling said the final book and which earlier one were 'almost two halves of the same novel'?
Half-Blood Prince
Rowling called Half-Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows 'almost like two halves of the same novel', since the sixth book sets up the Horcrux hunt that the seventh completes.
Q 26How did Rowling reveal the book's title in December 2006?
A hangman puzzle on her website
On 21 December 2006 Rowling unveiled the title through a hangman puzzle on her website, jkrowling.com, reached by opening a Christmas-themed door on the site.
Q 27Rowling said the book's final chapter was drafted around what year, among her earliest work?
1990
Rowling said she wrote the final chapter 'in something like 1990', among the earliest material for the series, and kept it locked away until she finished the seventh book.
Q 28Where did Rowling hold the all-night launch reading and signing for 1,700 ballot-picked fans?
Natural History Museum, London
Rowling read and signed through the night of 20–21 July 2007 at London's Natural History Museum for 1,700 fans chosen by ballot, then toured the US that October, including Carnegie Hall.
Q 29Which UK supermarket triggered a price war by announcing it would sell the book for just £5?
Asda
Asda announced it would sell the £17.99 book for £5, setting off a price war among supermarkets; booksellers complained it was being treated as a loss leader.
Q 30Which US retailer was sued by Scholastic after mailing a copy to a Maryland reader four days early?
DeepDiscount.com
Scholastic sued online retailer DeepDiscount.com and its distributor after about 1,200 copies, roughly one ten-thousandth of the US supply, shipped early, one reaching a Maryland reader four days before release.