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Harry Potter Book-One Quiz: 50 Questions
Fifty original questions about the published Philosopher’s Stone novel, with separate answers. This includes the ending. The questions are not about HBO episodes, and nobody needs later-book knowledge.
Easy questions
- Who is the child living in the cupboard at the start of the story?
- What is Harry’s surname?
- Which aunt raises Harry?
- What is the first name of Harry’s uncle?
- Which cousin shares Harry’s home?
- What animal speaks to Harry during the zoo visit?
- Who delivers Harry’s Hogwarts news in person?
- Which school invites Harry to study magic?
- In which London shopping street does Harry buy school supplies?
- What is the name of the wizarding bank?
- What kind of animal does Hagrid give Harry?
- What does Harry name his owl?
- Which platform leads to the Hogwarts Express?
- Which red-haired boy shares Harry’s train compartment?
- Which girl becomes Harry and Ron’s close friend?
- Which school house takes Harry, Ron and Hermione?
- Who is the headmaster of Hogwarts?
Medium questions
- Which object decides the first years’ houses?
- Who teaches Harry’s first Potions lesson?
- Which teacher transforms from a cat?
- What position does Harry play in Quidditch?
- Which small golden ball must a Seeker catch?
- What broom does Harry receive for his first school team?
- Who captains the Gryffindor Quidditch team?
- Who teaches the first flying lesson?
- Which boy loses control of his broom in that lesson?
- What possession does Draco throw that Harry catches?
- Which sweet is sold with collectible wizard cards?
- What kind of sweets can taste pleasant or unpleasant unpredictably?
- Which animal is Ron’s pet Scabbers?
- What is the name of Neville’s toad?
- Which creature enters the castle on Hallowe’en?
- Which friend is in the bathroom when the troll arrives?
- What giant pet guards a trapdoor?
Hard questions
- Who owns Fluffy?
- What can send Fluffy to sleep?
- Which gift lets Harry move without being seen?
- What mirror shows a person’s deepest desire?
- Whom does Harry see beside him in the mirror?
- Which dragon does Hagrid hatch?
- Which Weasley brother works with dragons in Romania?
- Which long-lived alchemist is linked with the Stone?
- What drink can the Stone produce?
- Which dangerous plant traps the trio below the trapdoor?
- What flying objects does Harry search among to unlock a door?
- Which friend leads the group through the giant chess game?
- Which friend solves the potion-bottle logic puzzle?
- Which professor is revealed as the immediate threat in the final chamber?
- Who shares Quirrell’s body and directs him?
- Which house wins the House Cup at the end?
Answers
- Harry Potter
- Potter
- Petunia Dursley
- Vernon
- Dudley Dursley
- A snake
- Rubeus Hagrid
- Hogwarts
- Diagon Alley
- Gringotts
- An owl
- Hedwig
- Platform 9¾
- Ron Weasley
- Hermione Granger
- Gryffindor
- Albus Dumbledore
- The Sorting Hat
- Severus Snape
- Minerva McGonagall
- Seeker
- The Golden Snitch
- A Nimbus Two Thousand
- Oliver Wood
- Madam Hooch
- Neville Longbottom
- Neville’s Remembrall
- Chocolate Frogs
- Bertie Bott’s Every-Flavour Beans
- A rat
- Trevor
- A mountain troll
- Hermione Granger
- Fluffy, a three-headed dog
- Hagrid
- Music
- The Invisibility Cloak
- The Mirror of Erised
- His parents, with other family members behind them
- Norbert, a Norwegian Ridgeback
- Charlie Weasley
- Nicolas Flamel
- The Elixir of Life
- Devil’s Snare
- Winged keys
- Ron Weasley
- Hermione Granger
- Professor Quirrell
- Lord Voldemort
- Gryffindor
Original editorial questions. Source work: J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, chapters 1–17. Prepared 25 October 2026. This is an independent quiz, not an official franchise quiz.