Q 01/05

What password opens the Gryffindor common room in the first Harry Potter film?

A) Fortunata Major

B) Draconis Maxima

C) Caput Draconis

D) Wattlebird

Answer · why

C) Caput Draconis

Caput Draconis, Latin for 'dragon's head', is what prefect Percy Weasley tells the Fat Lady's portrait, which swings open to let the new first-years c...

Q 02/05

Which actor portrayed Albus Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter films?

A) Peter O'Toole

B) Richard Harris

C) Christopher Lee

D) Ian McKellen

Answer · why

B) Richard Harris

Richard Harris played the headmaster in the first two films and died in October 2002, three weeks before Chamber of Secrets opened, so the part had to...

Q 03/05

Which subject does Professor Snape teach in the first Harry Potter film?

A) Transfiguration

B) Charms

C) Defense Against the Dark Arts

D) Potions

Answer · why

D) Potions

Potions is Snape's subject for Harry's first five years; in the sixth film he finally moves to Defence Against the Dark Arts, when Horace Slughorn ret...

Q 04/05

What position does Harry Potter play on the Gryffindor Quidditch team?

A) Keeper

B) Chaser

C) Beater

D) Seeker

Answer · why

D) Seeker

Seeker: Professor McGonagall puts Harry on the Gryffindor team after seeing him dive to catch Neville's Remembrall in his first flying lesson, when he...

Q 05/05

Which Horcrux does Harry stab with a fang at the end of Chamber of Secrets?

A) Tom Riddle's Diary

B) Helga Hufflepuff's Cup

C) Marvolo Gaunt's Ring

D) Salazar Slytherin's Locket

Answer · why

A) Tom Riddle's Diary

Tom Riddle's Diary is the first Horcrux destroyed: Harry stabs it with a fang from the Chamber's monster, whose venom is one of the few things that ca...