Harry Potter Characters
0Loading crowd target
0Loading crowd target
6correct to beat the crowd
99 free Harry Potter Characters trivia questions with answers — literature quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Harry Potter's world is crowded: four founders, four house ghosts, a poltergeist, a phoenix, a fleet of Death Eaters, three generations of Weasleys and enough Hogwarts staff to fill a common room. Beyond the trio, Snape and Dumbledore there are characters whose one-line backstories hide the best trivia of all, from the Squib who watched Harry grow up to the centaur based on J. K. Rowling's English teacher. This quiz stays away from the headline names and tests the supporting cast: who R.A.B. was, who ran Potterwatch, which ghost is barred from the Headless Hunt, who Hannah Abbott married, which house-elf belonged to the Crouches and why Firenze exists at all. It also covers the actors: Robert Pattinson and the man who auditioned against him, the Julie Christie cameo, the Rik Mayall scenes that were cut and the casting of the new television series. Fifty questions, four options each, with a short explanation after every answer. Play on your phone or print it for a quiz night.
30 of 99 questions with answers and explanations. Play the quiz
Q 01Whom does Hannah Abbott marry as an adult?
Neville Longbottom
Neville Longbottom, the first-year who kept losing his toad Trevor, grew up to become Hogwarts's Herbology professor.
Q 02Which subject is taught by Cuthbert Binns, the only ghost professor?
History of Magic
History of Magic is still his because Binns fell asleep by the staff-room fire one day and got up to teach, leaving his body behind.
Q 03Who signed the note "R.A.B." in the fake locket?
Regulus Black
Regulus Black, Sirius's younger brother, swapped the Horcrux for a fake and ordered Kreacher to escape with the real locket and destroy it.
Q 04In the Order of the Phoenix novel, who betrays Dumbledore's Army to Umbridge?
Marietta Edgecombe
Marietta Edgecombe talked to protect her mother's Ministry job, and the jinxed parchment she had signed spelled SNEAK in pimples across her face.
Q 05Which of his own spells kills Vincent Crabbe?
Fiendfyre
Fiendfyre, which Crabbe conjured but could not control, killed him in the novel; the films gave the spell and the death to Goyle instead.
Q 06Which character does David Tennant play in Goblet of Fire?
Barty Crouch Jr
Barty Crouch Jr, an escaped Death Eater, spends the year disguised as Mad-Eye Moody by drinking Polyjuice Potion to rig Harry's path to Voldemort.
Q 07Which future Superman auditioned to play Cedric Diggory?
Henry Cavill
Henry Cavill lost the part to Robert Pattinson, then lost Twilight's Edward Cullen to him too, despite being author Stephenie Meyer's first choice.
Q 08Which of Dumbledore's school friends writes his obituary in the Daily Prophet?
Elphias Doge
Elphias Doge still showed the marks of dragon pox when he started Hogwarts, so most pupils kept away, but young Albus befriended him.
Q 09Which tavern does Aberforth Dumbledore own?
The Hog's Head
At the Hog's Head, Aberforth sent Ariana's portrait to fetch help, and the secret passage behind it led Harry, Ron and Hermione into Hogwarts.
Q 10Who plays Aberforth in Deathly Hallows – Part 2?
Ciarán Hinds
Ciarán Hinds's Aberforth reveals he was the one who sent Dobby to rescue the trio from Malfoy Manor.
Q 11What attacks Harry and his cousin Dudley in a Little Whinging alleyway in Order of the Phoenix?
Dementors
Dementors were driven off by Harry's Patronus, and when the cousins parted two years later, Dudley thanked Harry for saving his life.
Q 12Which actress, Matilda's Miss Trunchbull, plays Harry's inflated Aunt Marge in Prisoner of Azkaban?
Pam Ferris
Pam Ferris's Marge insults Harry's parents until he inflates her, and Ministry wizards later have to puncture her and wipe her memory.
Q 13What does Arabella Figg crossbreed at her home near Privet Drive?
Cats and Kneazles
Crossbreeding cats and Kneazles paid off for the Squib: her cat Mr. Tibbles, set to watch Harry, caught Mundungus Fletcher deserting his post.
Q 21Which Ministry witch, who once warned Harry about underage magic, does Hermione impersonate with Polyjuice Potion?
Mafalda Hopkirk
Mafalda Hopkirk's form let Hermione sneak into the Ministry of Magic, where the trio went hunting for the locket Horcrux.
Q 22What is the name of Lee Jordan's pirate radio station in Deathly Hallows?
Potterwatch
Potterwatch, hosted by Lee Jordan under the code name River, reported deaths and news that the Ministry-controlled Daily Prophet would not.
Q 23What position does Viktor Krum play for Bulgaria's national Quidditch team?
Seeker
Seeker Krum quit Quidditch after Bulgaria lost the 2002 World Cup final, then returned at 38 and led his underdog team to win the 2014 World Cup.
Q 14Which star of The Fast Show was cast as Argus Filch in HBO's Harry Potter series in 2025?
Paul Whitehouse
Paul Whitehouse had already shot scenes as the portrait knight Sir Cadogan for Prisoner of Azkaban, but they were cut from the film.
Q 15Professor Flitwick has distant ancestry from which magical race?
Goblin
Goblin ancestry was Rowling's answer when asked if Flitwick, who stands on a pile of books to see over his desk, was just a short human.
Q 16What kills Astoria Greengrass, Draco Malfoy's wife?
A blood curse
A blood curse from an ancestor left Astoria frail, yet she insisted on having a son, Scorpius, so Draco would not be alone after she died.
Q 17Whom did Fenrir Greyback turn into a werewolf as a child?
Remus Lupin
Remus Lupin was bitten as a small boy in revenge, because his father Lyall had insulted werewolves while questioning Greyback.
Q 18Which two relics are associated with Godric Gryffindor?
The sword and the Sorting Hat
The sword and the Sorting Hat share a bond: a true Gryffindor in need can pull the sword from the Hat, as Harry does to slay the Basilisk.
Q 19What became of Hagrid's wand when he was expelled?
Snapped in two
It was snapped in two, and his pink umbrella, which he still uses for small spells, most likely hides the pieces.
Q 20Which star of the sitcom My Family plays flying instructor Madam Hooch in the first Harry Potter film?
Zoë Wanamaker
Zoë Wanamaker's Hooch takes an injured first-year to the hospital wing, and while she is gone Harry's flying wins him a place on Gryffindor's team.
Q 24Lily Potter's maiden name, Evans, came from which pen-named author's real surname?
George Eliot
George Eliot was the pen name of Mary Anne Evans, and Lily Evans, a Muggle-born, learned she was a witch from a neighbourhood boy, Severus Snape.
Q 25What does Harry's godson Teddy inherit from his mother, Nymphadora Tonks?
Being a Metamorphmagus
Being a Metamorphmagus runs in the family, and after both his parents died at the Battle of Hogwarts, Teddy was raised by his grandmother Andromeda.
Q 26Which Rising Damp star plays Beauxbatons headmistress Olympe Maxime in the Goblet of Fire film?
Frances de la Tour
Frances de la Tour's Maxime insists she merely has big bones, denying her giant blood, yet she later goes with Hagrid as an envoy to the giants.
Q 27Why is Professor McGonagall sent to St Mungo's Hospital in Order of the Phoenix?
She took four Stunning Spells
She took four Stunning Spells to the chest defending Hagrid from Aurors, yet she was back at Hogwarts before the school year ended.
Q 28Which actor, Vigilante in the series Peacemaker, plays Cormac McLaggen, the Keeper rival Hermione sabotages?
Freddie Stroma
Freddie Stroma's McLaggen made only four of five saves at the tryouts because Hermione had Confunded him, so Ron kept the Keeper spot.
Q 29Who plays Mad-Eye Moody in the films?
Brendan Gleeson
Brendan Gleeson's Moody is killed when Voldemort and the Death Eaters ambush the Order moving Harry out of Surrey, the same attack that kills Hedwig.
Q 30Which star of The Elephant Man plays the wandmaker Ollivander in the Harry Potter films?
John Hurt
John Hurt's Ollivander is kidnapped by Voldemort, who wants to learn about wands, and held at Malfoy Manor until Dobby helps him escape.