Q 01/05

In which region was Hogwarts founded?

A) The Welsh valleys

B) The Yorkshire Dales

C) The Lake District

D) The Scottish Highlands

Answer · why

D) The Scottish Highlands

Rowling has given varying figures for how many students are enrolled there at any one time.

Q 02/05

Between which centuries was the school founded?

A) 11th and 12th

B) 13th and 14th

C) 15th and 16th

D) 9th and 10th

Answer · why

D) 9th and 10th

The four founders each gave their name to a House, and the Sorting Hat was Gryffindor's own.

Q 03/05

At what age do students start at Hogwarts?

A) Nine

B) Eleven

C) Twelve

D) Thirteen

Answer · why

B) Eleven

Rowling has said any child in Britain who shows magical ability is invited to attend.

Q 04/05

Rowling said she may have unknowingly taken the school's name from which plant?

A) Hogweed

B) Hawthorn

C) Hogwort

D) Hogbean

Answer · why

C) Hogwort

Others point to a 1954 book with a play called The Hogwarts; the word also appears once in Finnegans Wake.

Q 05/05

Which 1954 Geoffrey Willans book features a fictional play called "The Hogwarts"?

A) How to Be Topp

B) Lucky Jim

C) The Go-Between

D) Lord of the Flies

Answer · why

A) How to Be Topp

The same book has a headmaster named Hoggwart, which is why several writers suspect Rowling borrowed the name.