Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Trivia
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50 free Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix trivia questions with answers — literature quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Order of the Phoenix is the longest Harry Potter book and, at 138 minutes, nearly the shortest film, which tells you how much Michael Goldenberg had to leave on the floor: Quidditch, St Mungo's, Rita Skeeter, Dobby. What survived was a story about a government denying the obvious and a teenager being punished for telling the truth, which is why Emma Watson said it felt like life after 7 July. These 50 questions cover both versions. The easy tier sticks to the plot: the Dementors in Little Whinging, Grimmauld Place, Umbridge's pink office, the Room of Requirement, the Thestral flight and the archway in the Death Chamber. The middle tier asks about Bloomsbury's midnight launch, the five million copies sold in a day, Helen McCrory's pregnancy and the 15,000 girls Evanna Lynch beat to play Luna. The expert tier reaches for the Merseyside warehouse theft, the Burger King that inspired the Ministry atrium, the Taiko drum in Nicholas Hooper's score and the footballer's family hiding in the background. Every answer is cited to a page we checked and comes with a short explanation. Play it alone or print it for a Potter night.
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Q 01Order of the Phoenix ended the series' longest wait, three years after which book?
Goblet of Fire
Goblet of Fire. After the long wait thousands queued outside bookshops for midnight copies, and thousands of copies were stolen from a warehouse days before.
Q 02Order of the Phoenix sold five million copies in a day, next beaten by which book?
Half-Blood Prince
Half-Blood Prince. Secrecy around it was so tight that when a Canadian shop sold fourteen copies early, a court ordered the buyers not to read them.
Q 03Which publisher released Order of the Phoenix in the United Kingdom?
Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury. It was a minor player in British publishing when it took a chance on the series after other publishers had turned it down; Scholastic handled the US edition.
Q 04In Order of the Phoenix, which spell gets Harry hauled before a Ministry hearing for underage magic?
The Patronus Charm
The Patronus Charm. He cast it in self-defence, yet the Ministry tried the schoolboy before its full court, the Wizengamot, which cleared him of all charges.
Q 05What is the address of the Order of the Phoenix's headquarters?
Number 12, Grimmauld Place
Number 12, Grimmauld Place. It is the family home Sirius Black walked out of at sixteen, and he lends the house he hated to the Order.
Q 06What are the Ministry rulings called that Umbridge uses to tighten her grip on Hogwarts in Order of the Phoenix?
Educational Decrees
Educational Decrees. One stops teachers discussing anything but their own subject with pupils, and another abolishes every student group and club in the school.
Q 07In Order of the Phoenix, what do the students call the secret defence group that Harry teaches?
Dumbledore's Army
Dumbledore's Army. When the group is caught, the headmaster saves Harry from expulsion by claiming he organised it himself, then vanishes before he can be arrested.
Q 08In Order of the Phoenix, where does Harry's secret defence group hold its regular practice sessions?
The Room of Requirement
The Room of Requirement. It appears only to those in real need; in the novel the elf Dobby tells Harry about it, while the film has a classmate stumble upon it.
Q 09What attacks Harry and his cousin Dudley at the start of Order of the Phoenix?
Dementors
Dementors. They should be guarding the wizard prison, not roaming a Muggle suburb, and Umbridge later admits that she sent them herself.
Q 10In Order of the Phoenix, whom does Harry see being attacked by the snake Nagini in a dream?
Arthur Weasley
Arthur Weasley. The attack turns out to be real, which shows Dumbledore that Harry's mind has become linked to Voldemort's.
Q 11In Order of the Phoenix, which teacher is ordered to give Harry private Occlumency lessons?
Snape
Snape. During one lesson Harry sees a memory of his own father, James, bullying and tormenting the teenage Snape at school.
Q 12In Order of the Phoenix, which Minister for Magic leads the smear campaign against Harry and Dumbledore?
Cornelius Fudge
Cornelius Fudge. He admits the truth only when he sees Voldemort with his own eyes inside the Ministry, and in the film he then resigns in disgrace.
Q 13Who carries Umbridge off after she insults them in the Forbidden Forest in Order of the Phoenix?
Centaurs
Centaurs. Hermione lures her into the forest with a tale of a secret weapon, and Umbridge seals her own fate by insulting and attacking the herd.
Q 21In which Hogsmeade pub do the students first gather to sign up for Harry's secret defence group?
The Hog's Head
The Hog's Head. Hermione picks the grubby back-street pub because students rarely go there, so she thinks the meeting will not be overheard.
Q 22Which composer took over the Potter scores for Order of the Phoenix, following John Williams and Patrick Doyle?
Nicholas Hooper
Nicholas Hooper. He recorded nearly two hours of music at Abbey Road and wove in variations on Hedwig's Theme, the tune written for the first film.
Q 23Which magazine, edited by Luna Lovegood's father, prints Harry's account of Voldemort's return in Order of the Phoenix?
The Quibbler
Q 14In the novel Order of the Phoenix, who accidentally smashes the prophecy sphere during the Ministry battle?
Neville Longbottom
Neville Longbottom. The film hands the fumble to Lucius Malfoy instead, who drops the sphere in the chaos of the fight.
Q 15Who kills Sirius Black in the Department of Mysteries?
Bellatrix Lestrange
Bellatrix Lestrange. She is Sirius's own cousin, fresh from a breakout from Azkaban, and a furious Harry chases her through the Ministry and curses her.
Q 16In Order of the Phoenix, Sirius Black dies by falling through what?
A stone archway
A stone archway. The veil that hangs in it whispers to the living, and because his body is never recovered, Sirius is given no funeral.
Q 17In Order of the Phoenix, who is revealed to have made the prophecy about the child who could vanquish Voldemort?
Professor Trelawney
Professor Trelawney. She made it in her job interview with Dumbledore, who counts it one of her only two real predictions, and Umbridge sacks her in this very story.
Q 18Which neighbour of the Dursleys turns out in Order of the Phoenix to be a Squib set to watch over Harry?
Mrs Figg
Mrs Figg. The cat-loving old lady had been keeping an eye on Harry for Dumbledore all along, and she turns up as a witness at his Ministry hearing.
Q 19Who directed the 2007 film of Order of the Phoenix?
David Yates
David Yates. Then a television director known for the political thriller State of Play, he stayed on to direct every remaining film in the series.
Q 20Which screenwriter stepped in for Steve Kloves, writer of every other Potter film, on Order of the Phoenix?
Michael Goldenberg
Michael Goldenberg. He had been considered for the very first film and got his turn four films later, when Kloves had other commitments.
The Quibbler. Umbridge responds by banning every student from owning a copy, as the Ministry is still bent on denying that Voldemort is back.
Q 24Which newcomer beat thousands at an open audition to play Luna Lovegood?
Evanna Lynch
Evanna Lynch. A fan who had written letters to the books' author, she won over a producer who said that others could play Luna, but she is Luna.
Q 25Which future Oscar nominee auditioned to play Luna Lovegood in Order of the Phoenix but was too young?
Saoirse Ronan
Saoirse Ronan. The part went to a fellow Irish actress, and Ronan earned her first Oscar nomination for Atonement the same year the film came out.
Q 26Which actress was first cast as Bellatrix in Order of the Phoenix but withdrew after becoming pregnant?
Helen McCrory
Helen McCrory. She came back in the very next film as Narcissa Malfoy, the sister of the character she had given up.
Q 27Which actress ended up playing Bellatrix in the Order of the Phoenix film?
Helena Bonham Carter
Helena Bonham Carter. She got the part only because the first choice had to withdraw, and then kept it for the rest of the series.
Q 28Who plays Dolores Umbridge in the film of Order of the Phoenix?
Imelda Staunton
Imelda Staunton. Her character's office was dressed in fluffy pink, and the moving kittens on its plates were real ones, filmed and added in afterwards.
Q 29Dobby was cut from the Order of the Phoenix film, but which other house-elf kept his place?
Kreacher
Kreacher. He survives in two short scenes, while Dobby's part in events was handed to other characters.
Q 30Which entire subplot from the novel was dropped from the Order of the Phoenix film, to Rupert Grint's disappointment?
Quidditch
Quidditch. Ron's turn as Gryffindor's Keeper went with it, and the team's captain was written out of the film altogether.