60 free Quidditch trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Quidditch is the sport J.K. Rowling invented in a Manchester hotel room, and this quiz treats it like the real thing. There are 55 Quidditch trivia questions with answers covering the rules (what a goal is worth, what the Snitch is worth, what a Bludger is made of), the Hogwarts house teams and their players from Oliver Wood to Cormac McLaggen, the brooms from the Nimbus 2000 to the Firebolt, and the matches that mattered: Dobby's rogue Bludger, the Dementor attack, Ron's Keeper season and the 1994 World Cup final. It also digs into the deep lore of Quidditch Through the Ages and Rowling's Pottermore history of the World Cup: Queerditch Marsh, the Golden Snidget, the 1809 final that ended with a forest attacking the stadium, the 1877 tournament nobody remembers. And because muggles have been playing on the ground since 2005, there are questions on real-world quadball too, from Middlebury College to the 2022 name change. Questions run from easy to expert with the difficulty marked on each. Every answer is checked against Wikipedia or J.K. Rowling's own writing on the official Wizarding World site, and each question shows its citation.
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Q 01How many players does each Quidditch team field?
Seven
Rowling gave the sport four distinct roles, and the real-life ground version keeps the same line-up.
Q 02How many points does a Chaser score by putting the Quaffle through a hoop?
10
Catching the Snitch is worth fifteen goals' worth of points, which is why critics call the scoring lopsided.
Q 03Catching the Golden Snitch ends the match and earns the Seeker's team how many points?
150
Rowling has said the scoring system particularly infuriates men, and one legal scholar called the sport "a really stupid game" because of it.
Q 04The Golden Snitch is described as being roughly the size of what?
A walnut
It has wings and is enchanted to dart around the pitch while staying inside the boundaries.
Q 05Bludgers are round, jet-black balls made of what material?
Iron
They fly around violently trying to knock players off their brooms, and Beaters bat them away with short wooden clubs.
Q 06What colour is the Quaffle?
Scarlet
It is a leather ball passed between Chasers, and the goal-minder throws it back out to their own side after a save.
Q 07Where did J.K. Rowling say she came up with Quidditch?
In a Manchester hotel room after an argument with her boyfriend
She said she knew a society needed a sport that made people congregate and signified its character.
Q 08According to Rowling, how did she arrive at the word "Quidditch"?
By filling notebook pages with words beginning with Q
She says it has no particular etymological root, though the word does turn up in old English place names meaning "mud-ditch".
Q 09Rowling once described writing Quidditch matches as what?
The bane of her life
She said readers expected Harry to play, but there were only so many ways to make a match feel new.
Q 10The final Quidditch scene in the books features memorable commentary by which character?
Luna Lovegood
Rowling said she wrote it with "fiendish glee" after years of dreading match scenes.
Q 11Quidditch appears in how many of the eight Harry Potter films?
Five
Some subplots, such as Ron's own playing storyline, were cut for time.
Q 12Rowling's 2014 Pottermore Quidditch World Cup reports ended with a story about the final that featured what?
Harry, Ron and Hermione as adults
It was the first new writing about the characters since the series ended in 2007.
Q 13Which of these teams from the books is based in a fictional place, unlike the Bats, Falcons or Magpies?
Chudley Cannons
For the 2020 illustrated Quidditch Through the Ages, banners were presented to 11 real UK and Irish towns that host teams in the books.
Q 21Outside of Quidditch, Harry uses his Firebolt to escape which creature during the Triwizard Tournament?
The Hungarian Horntail
He summoned the broom with a Summoning Charm in the first task.
Q 22Oliver Wood, Gryffindor's captain when Harry joins the team, is how many years above him?
Four
Sean Biggerstaff played him in the films.
Q 23Which Gryffindor Chaser later becomes team captain and eventually marries George Weasley?
Angelina Johnson
She is two years above Harry and was played by Danielle Tabor and then Tiana Benjamin in the films.
Q 14Which all-female professional team does Ginny Weasley join after Hogwarts, according to Rowling?
The Holyhead Harpies
It is the only team in the sport made up solely of women; its 1953 win over the Heidelberg Harriers lasted a full week.
Q 15After her playing career, what job does Ginny take?
Senior Quidditch correspondent for the Daily Prophet
Her Daily Prophet coverage of the 2014 World Cup was written by Rowling and later voiced in the audiobook of Quidditch Through the Ages.
Q 16Harry becomes Gryffindor Seeker in his first year, described as the youngest in how long?
A century
McGonagall spotted his flying and introduced him to captain Oliver Wood.
Q 17Which broom does McGonagall arrange for first-year Harry, by special consent of Dumbledore?
Nimbus 2000
First-years are normally forbidden their own brooms.
Q 18Lucius Malfoy buys a full set of which brooms for the Slytherin team so they will pick Draco as Seeker?
Nimbus 2001s
It happens in Chamber of Secrets, one book after Harry got his own Nimbus.
Q 19Who sends Harry a Firebolt as an anonymous Christmas gift in Prisoner of Azkaban?
Sirius Black
McGonagall confiscated it on suspicion it was jinxed before it was cleared.
Q 20What destroys Harry's first broom during the match invaded by Dementors?
The Whomping Willow
Harry had fainted and fallen from a great height when the Dementors swarmed the pitch.
Q 24Which Gryffindor student, best friend of Fred and George, is the Hogwarts match commentator?
Lee Jordan
Zacharias Smith takes over the microphone after him.
Q 25Who referees Hogwarts Quidditch matches and teaches first-years to fly?
Madam Hooch
Her first name is Rolanda.
Q 26Which house does Cho Chang play Seeker for?
Ravenclaw
She was also a member of Dumbledore's Army.
Q 27Cedric Diggory plays Seeker for which house?
Hufflepuff
He is a prefect two years above Harry and later a Triwizard champion.
Q 28In Chamber of Secrets, who jinxes the Bludger that breaks Harry's arm?
Dobby
The house-elf was trying to get Harry sent home; Lockhart then botched the mending and Harry ended up in the hospital wing.
Q 29Why does Dolores Umbridge ban Harry and the Weasley twins from Gryffindor's team?
They brawl with Draco after he insults their families following a win
Ginny took over as Seeker in his absence.
Q 30Which position does Ron play when he joins the Gryffindor team?
Keeper
Harry once boosted his nerves by pretending to slip him a luck potion before a match.