Q 01/05

What is Hagrid's first name?

A) Rubeus

B) Reginald

C) Rufus

D) Ronan

Answer · why

A) Rubeus

It is Latin for red, chosen because Rowling saw him as an earthy, warm, physical man.

Q 02/05

According to Rowling, the name Hagrid derives from an Old English word meaning what?

A) Keeper of the hedge

B) Half-grown

C) Red-bearded

D) Tormented by hags

Answer · why

D) Tormented by hags

She said it means you'd had a bad night, and Hagrid has a lot of bad nights because of his heavy drinking.

Q 03/05

Which Hogwarts house was Hagrid in as a student, per Rowling?

A) Hufflepuff

B) Slytherin

C) Gryffindor

D) Ravenclaw

Answer · why

C) Gryffindor

He was expelled in his third year when his pet acromantula was blamed for the Chamber of Secrets attacks.

Q 04/05

What pet got Hagrid expelled from Hogwarts?

A) A basilisk

B) A dragon

C) An acromantula

D) A manticore

Answer · why

C) An acromantula

The giant spider was wrongly believed to be the monster of Slytherin; Tom Riddle encouraged the belief.

Q 05/05

Which headmaster agreed to train the expelled Hagrid as gamekeeper?

A) Phineas Nigellus Black

B) Dexter Fortescue

C) Albus Dumbledore

D) Armando Dippet

Answer · why

D) Armando Dippet

Dumbledore was still the Transfiguration teacher at the time and persuaded him.