Q 01/05

What is the name of the scarlet steam train that carries students to Hogwarts?

A) The Hogwarts Limited

B) The Magical Express

C) The Wizarding Railway

D) The Hogwarts Express

Answer · why

D) The Hogwarts Express

The Hogwarts Express leaves Platform 9¾ at King's Cross in London and runs north to the station serving the school.

Q 02/05

What position does Harry Potter play on his house Quidditch team?

A) Chaser

B) Beater

C) Seeker

D) Keeper

Answer · why

C) Seeker

Harry becomes Seeker as a first-year, the youngest house player in a century, after his first flying lesson goes badly wrong.

Q 03/05

Which dragon does Harry draw for the Triwizard Tournament's first task?

A) Common Welsh Green

B) Hungarian Horntail

C) Swedish Short-Snout

D) Chinese Fireball

Answer · why

B) Hungarian Horntail

The Hungarian Horntail was reckoned the most dangerous of the four, and Harry needs his Firebolt to get past it.

Q 04/05

What is the name of Hagrid's three-headed dog?

A) Fang

B) Fluffy

C) Norbert

D) Buckbeak

Answer · why

B) Fluffy

Fluffy is the giant three-headed dog Hagrid uses to guard the trapdoor leading to the Philosopher's Stone. Hagrid bought Fluffy from 'a Greek chappie'...

Q 05/05

What does the Mirror of Erised show?

A) The viewer's own future

B) Whatever the viewer most fears

C) The viewer's deepest desire

D) A true image of the past

Answer · why

C) The viewer's deepest desire

The viewer's deepest desire is what the Mirror of Erised shows, and its name is 'desire' spelled backwards.