Hermione Granger
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100 free Hermione Granger trivia questions with answers — literature quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Hermione Granger boards the Hogwarts Express in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone having already memorised every textbook, and spends the next seven books proving that information brings power. J. K. Rowling has called her a "borderline genius" and an exaggerated version of her own younger self: bossy on the surface, afraid of failure underneath. Emma Watson played her in all eight films after auditioning eight times, and Noma Dumezweni took the role to the stage in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. This quiz follows Hermione book by book: the troll, the Polyjuice cat hair, the Time-Turner, SPEW, Dumbledore's Army, the Slug Club and the false memories she gives her parents. It also covers the names Rowling nearly used, the Shakespeare play behind her first name, her otter Patronus, the actress considered before Watson and what the critics and scholars made of her. Fifty questions, four options each, with a short explanation after every answer. Play on your phone or print it for a quiz night.
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Q 01Which charm does Hermione correct Ron's pronunciation of in their first-year Charms class?
Wingardium Leviosa
Wingardium Leviosa: 'make the gar nice and long', she tells Ron, then becomes the first in the class to levitate her feather, much to his annoyance.
Q 02Who was cast as Hermione in 2025 for HBO's Harry Potter television series?
Arabella Stanton
Arabella Stanton, who had played Matilda in the West End, was picked after an open casting call that drew more than 30,000 children.
Q 03What do Harry and Ron save Hermione from, sealing their friendship in book one?
A troll
A troll: Rowling's editor wanted the scene cut, but she argued hard to keep it, feeling something huge was needed to bring the three together.
Q 04Rowling said Hermione is an exaggerated version of whom?
Her younger self
Her younger self: Rowling called Hermione a caricature of herself at eleven, and said the know-it-all manner covers a lot of insecurity.
Q 05How is Hermione's hair described in the novels?
Bushy and brown
Bushy and brown: she tames it for the Yule Ball with liberal amounts of Sleekeazy's Hair Potion, then says it is too much bother to do every day.
Q 06Rowling has called Hermione a "borderline" what?
Genius
Genius: yet the Sorting Hat spent nearly four minutes weighing Ravenclaw, the house that prizes cleverness, before placing her in Gryffindor.
Q 07Scholar Mary P. Freier says Hermione uses the skills of which profession?
A librarian
A librarian: Freier argues that Hermione's research solves the mystery in every book, and that she alone can use books without putting anyone in danger.
Q 08Which classmate did Rowling describe as the "anti-Hermione"?
Luna Lovegood
Luna Lovegood: Rowling said Hermione is logical and inflexible, while Luna is likely to believe ten impossible things before breakfast.
Q 09Hermione's first name comes from a character in which Shakespeare play?
The Winter's Tale
The Winter's Tale: Rowling wanted an unusual name so that no swotty real girl would be teased for sharing it, and says the two Hermiones have little in common.
Q 10Whose middle name is Jane, the one Rowling dropped for Hermione?
Dolores Umbridge
Dolores Umbridge: she is Dolores Jane Umbridge, and Rowling, who gave Hermione's middle name as Jane in a 2004 web chat, printed Jean in the last book, possibly to spare her the match.
Q 11Whom does Hermione hit in Prisoner of Azkaban for mocking Hagrid's tears?
Draco Malfoy
Draco Malfoy: he had sneered at Hagrid for crying over Buckbeak's death sentence, and the slap she gives him in the book became a punch in the film.
Q 12What do Hermione's Muggle parents do for a living?
Dentists
Dentists: they insisted on braces for her large front teeth, so in her fourth year she quietly let the school nurse shrink them by magic instead.
Q 13What form does Hermione's Patronus take?
An otter
An otter: Rowling gave Hermione her own favourite animal, which happens to belong to the weasel family.
Q 21Harry is furious with Hermione in book three for getting which gift confiscated?
A Firebolt
A Firebolt: Hermione reported the unsigned Christmas broom in case Sirius Black had jinxed it, and was half right, since he had sent it, but as a gift.
Q 22What does SPEW, which Hermione founds in Goblet of Fire, stand for?
Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare
Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare: Hermione's first-choice name was a whole slogan that would not fit on a badge, and everyone else just calls the group 'spew'.
Q 23Who takes Hermione to the Yule Ball?
Viktor Krum
Q 14On the Hogwarts Express, Hermione proves her knowledge by claiming to have memorised what?
All their textbooks
All their textbooks: she says she has learned every one by heart, right after watching Ron's spell on his rat do nothing at all.
Q 15Which dangerous plant does Hermione defeat on the way to the Philosopher's Stone?
Devil's Snare
Devil's Snare: she drives it back with her bluebell flames, but only after Ron yells 'Are you a witch or not?' when she frets that there is no wood.
Q 16Which new professor does Hermione develop a liking for in Chamber of Secrets?
Gilderoy Lockhart
Gilderoy Lockhart: the celebrity author she admires is exposed as a fraud, and ends up losing his own memory when his spell backfires.
Q 17What goes wrong with Hermione's own dose of Polyjuice Potion?
She used a cat hair
She used a cat hair: Millicent Bulstrode left it on her in their Duelling Club scuffle, and it gives her fur and a tail, so the boys carry out her plan without her.
Q 18After being revived in book two, Hermione is distraught to learn what?
Exams are cancelled
Exams are cancelled: Dumbledore scraps them as a treat for the whole school, to Hermione's dismay.
Q 19What is the name of the cat Hermione buys in Prisoner of Azkaban?
Crookshanks
Crookshanks: the ginger cat keeps going for Ron's rat, and is proved right when the rat turns out to be a wizard in hiding.
Q 20Who secretly gives Hermione a Time-Turner at the start of her third year?
McGonagall
McGonagall: she had to assure the Ministry that her model student would use it only for lessons, yet it ends up saving Sirius Black and Buckbeak.
Viktor Krum: Ron accuses her of fraternising with the enemy, and the Bulgarian star later invites her to visit for the summer, a trip she never makes.
Q 24Rita Skeeter, whom Hermione takes action against, is secretly an unregistered what?
Animagus
Animagus: Skeeter spied in the form of a beetle, so Hermione trapped her in a jar and made her agree to write nothing for a year.
Q 25What position does Hermione gain at the start of Order of the Phoenix?
Gryffindor prefect
Gryffindor prefect: the other badge goes to Ron rather than Harry, and Ron is rewarded with a new broom for making the grade.
Q 26What do students call the secret defence group Hermione proposes Harry should teach?
Dumbledore's Army
Dumbledore's Army: Hermione gave each member a fake Galleon that showed the next meeting time, and jinxed the sign-up list so that any sneak would break out in spots.
Q 27Which Death Eater seriously injures Hermione at the Department of Mysteries?
Antonin Dolohov
Antonin Dolohov: she had just silenced him, so he cast his curse without the incantation, which left it less effective than it would have been.
Q 28Which professor invites Hermione into an exclusive club of favourite students in Half-Blood Prince?
Horace Slughorn
Horace Slughorn: Hermione plans to take Ron to the Potions master's Christmas party, but Ron takes up with Lavender Brown first.
Q 29Whom does Hermione sabotage at Quidditch tryouts so Ron keeps his place as keeper?
Cormac McLaggen
Cormac McLaggen: a secret Confundus Charm from Hermione spoils his trial, and he does not take losing the place to Ron gracefully.
Q 30After wiping herself from her parents' memories, to which country does Hermione send them for safety?
Australia
Australia: she made them believe they were Wendell and Monica Wilkins, with no memory of a daughter, and after the war she found them and reversed the charm.