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1 Which floor was Uncle Vernon's office on in its building?
Answer: 9th Floor

Uncle Vernon's office was on the 9th floor which is stated in the first chapter. It also states that he shouted at five different people during that day, and brought himself a doughnut roll for his lunch.
    Your options: [ 9th Floor ] [ 7th Floor ] [ 6th Floor ] [ 8th floor ]
  From Quiz: "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" Impossible
2 When the professor was about to show the new first-year students into the Great Hall, Neville ran up and yelled, "Trevor!" Who is Trevor?
Answer: Neville's toad

When Harry, Ron and Hermione were sneaking out to go to the third floor, they saw a toad in the common room and said, "Trevor, what are you doing, you're not supposed to be here!" Then Neville turned around in the chair and said, "Neither should you." Hermione then petrified him using the body-bind curse: "Petrificus Totalus".
  From Quiz: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
3 Who is sorted after Neville Longbottom?
Answer: Morag MacDougal

Neville, who was first introduced into the story on the train while he was searching for his toad Trevor, fell over in anxiety and fear on his way to the stool. Apparently, the hat took a long time to decide, making Neville even more nervous, which led to his leaping off the stool and attempting to leave with the hat still on. He had to "jog back amid gales of laughter to give it to 'MacDougal, Morag.'"
  From Quiz: The Sorcerer's Stone's Most Obscure, Part II
4 Who did Hagrid say he borrowed the motorcycle from?
Answer: Sirius Black

Sirius Black is a character that first appears in "Harry Potter and the Prisioner of Azkaban", but is a major part in the series. He is said to be a criminal, and he is Harry's godfather. The reason Hagrid borrowed the motorcycle from him was so Dumbledore could put Harry on the Dursleys' porch.
  From Quiz: Harry Potter: The Life Before Wizardry
5 Who shows up to deliver Harry to his aunt and uncle's house?
Answer: Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, and Rubeus Hagrid

After the murder of his parents, Harry is brought to live with his aunt, uncle, and cousin by Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, and Rubeus Hagrid. Albus Dumbledore arrives by apparating, Minerva McGonagall arrives by transforming into her animagus (a tabby cat with spectacle markings around its eyes), and Rubeus Hagrid arrives on a borrowed flying motorcycle. Albus Dumbledore assures the other two that Harry living with his aunt, uncle, and cousin will be the best solution. The infant, Harry, is left on the doorstep with a letter written by Dumbledore describing the events that transpired.
  From Quiz: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
6 What was the new word Dudley had learned on the day the story begins?
Answer: Shan't

Dudley was the one-year-old son of Vernon and Petunia Dursley. He was a rather pampered boy and Mr and Mrs Dursley loved him very much. They thought that he was the finest boy there could ever be.
  From Quiz: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
7 How much is it for a scoop of minuscule, glittery black beetle eyes?
Answer: 5 knuts a scoop

When Harry is in Diagon Alley to buy his things for school, he goes to the Aphothecary to buy basic potion ingredients. When Hagrid is at the counter asking the man for the ingredients, Harry is looking at things like "silver unicorn horns at twenty-one Galleons each and minuscule, glittery black beetle eyes(five Knuts a scoop)."
  From Quiz: Harry Potter: Do You Know the First Book?
8 What is Mrs. Figg's obsession?
Answer: Cats

Mrs. Figg used to be Harry's babysitter when it was Dudley's birthday, and she used to always tell him about her numerous cats. That was why he always hated going there. Later in the series we find out that Mrs. Figg is a squib(a person born in a wizarding family who is not capable of magic), and has contact with the wizarding world.
  From Quiz: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
9 What does Dumbledore offer Professor McGonagall in the first chapter?
Answer: A lemon drop

It is also the password to his office in book two!
  From Quiz: Beginning of the Magic
10 In chapter one, "The Boy Who Lived", the Dursleys are watching the evening news. But what is the name of the news presenter?
Answer: Ted

Ted is the name of the news presenter. Jim McGuffin was the weatherman.
  From Quiz: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
11 Where does Harry sleep at the beginning of the book?
Answer: Cupboard under the stairs

Did you know the series of "Harry Potter" books has been translated into 62 different languages?
  From Quiz: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
12 How many letters came on Saturday at the Dursleys' house for Harry?
Answer: 24

Uncle Vernon did not want Harry to go to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, so he was tired of the letters that were being received everyday from Hogwarts for Harry about his admission into the school. Hence, he left his house and started living elsewhere with his family and Harry.
  From Quiz: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
13 "'Would you care for a lemon drop?' 'A what?' 'A lemon drop. They're a muggle sweet I'm rather fond of.'" Who was speaking here besides Dumbledore?
Answer: Professor McGonagall

Sweets that Dumbledore is rather fond of usually end up being passwords to his study like "Fizzing Whizbee" and "Cockroach Cluster".
  From Quiz: Amusing Quotes in "Harry Potter" Book 1
14 Who delivered baby Harry to Privet Drive on a flying motorcycle?
Answer: Rubeus Hagrid

Hagrid arrived on Privet Drive riding a flying motorcycle with baby Harry wrapped up in a blanket.
  From Quiz: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
15 Where did Petunia Dursley's friend Yvonne go for a holiday on Dudley's birthday?
Answer: Majorca

As Mrs. Figg had broken her leg, Harry had nowhere to go for Dudley's birthday. Uncle Vernon suggested Yvonne's house - that's when Aunt Petunia told us she was on holiday in Majorca.
  From Quiz: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
16 What peculiar sight did Mr Dursley see on just leaving his house and driving to work, on the corner of the street?
Answer: A cat reading a map

It's Professor McGonagall!
  From Quiz: Random: "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"
17 How much did Harry pay the owl for delivering Hagrid his paper?
Answer: five knuts

Hagrid told Harry that the owl wanted paying and told him to pay the owl five knuts. But at that time, Harry had no idea what a knut was, so Hagrid told him they were the little bronze ones.
  From Quiz: Random Harry Potter Questions
18 Peeves, the poltergeist, is afraid of only one ghost. Which ghost is Peeves afraid of?
Answer: The Bloody Baron

While it is never fully explained why Peeves fears the Bloody Baron, he is the only ghost that can control Peeves. The Bloody Baron is also the person responsible for killing the Grey Lady (as found in Book 7).
    Your options: [ The Fat Friar ] [ The Bloody Baron ] [ Nearly Headless Nick ] [ The Grey Lady ]
  From Quiz: Year One
19 What did Hagrid give Harry for Christmas in 1991?
Answer: A wooden flute

Hagrid gave Harry a wooden flute for his first Christmas at Hogwarts. Harry later used this same flute to play music to Fluffy, the three-headed dog, in order for it to fall asleep and enable them to pass through the trapdoor.
  From Quiz: The Philosopher's Stone
20 An unknown person sends letters to Harry. To escape him, Harry and the Dursleys move to a hotel. What is the name of the hotel?
Answer: Railview Hotel

They stay the night at Railview Hotel and eat stale cornflakes and tinned tomatoes for breakfast. The next day the owner of the hotel comes up to them and informs them that she had found a hundred letters addressed to Harry at the front desk.
Cokeworth is the name of the place in which Railview Hotel is located and Hut-on-the-rock is the hut on the small island where Harry and the Dursleys sleep the next night. It is also written as the address on the letter that Hagrid gives Harry.
  From Quiz: Harry Potter's Big Adventure
21 'I would trust Hagrid with my life.' Who said that?
Answer: Professor Dumbledore

During the first chapter, which retells the hours directly after Lily and James Potter's deaths, Professors Dumbledore and McGonagall are waiting for Hagrid to deliver baby Harry Potter. McGonagall questions whether Hagrid is the right person to be trusted with this important task, and Dumbledore replies with this sentence.
  From Quiz: 'Philosopher's Stone': Who Said That?
22 Which Harry Potter character said "Er-have the Bludgers ever killed anyone?"
Answer: Harry Potter

The correct answer is Harry Potter. Harry says this when he meets Oliver Wood for his first Quidditch training session. Oliver replies: "Never at Hogwarts. We've had a couple of broken jaws but nothing worse than that."
    Your options: [ Ron Weasley ] [ Harry Potter ] [ Neville Longbottom ] [ Draco Malfoy ]
  From Quiz: "Harry Potter" Quotes: Book One
23 What kind of wizard does Hagrid tell Harry he is going to be?
Answer: a thumpin' good'un

Hagrid tells Harry he was going to be "a thumpin' good wizard" once he's been trained. He says this just after he tells Harry he's a wizard.
  From Quiz: "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" Quiz
24 When sitting on the wall next to Professor Dumbledore at the beginning of the book, who does Professor McGonagall bet was the wizard responsible for the shooting stars seen by Muggles over Kent?
Answer: Dedalus Diggle

Professor McGonagall reckons it was Dedalus Diggle, as "he never had much sense". Harry actually meets Dedalus while on his first trip to the Leaky Cauldron almost ten years later.
  From Quiz: Off the Wall About Harry Potter
25 What colour were Lord Voldemort's eyes?
Answer: Red

From Chapter 17 of "Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone": "Where there should have been a back to Quirrell's head, there was a face, the most terrible face Harry had ever seen. It was chalk white with glaring red eyes and slits for nostrils, like a snake." Professor Quirrell, who teaches at Hogwarts, is being controlled by Lord Voldemort, from under his turban. Lord Voldemort killed Harry's parents.
  From Quiz: Harry Potter's Colours - Year One
26 When we first meet Professors Dumbledore and McGonagall on Privet Drive, Professor McGonagall is a cat. When she turns back into a human, what color is her cloak?
Answer: emerald

This is in the chapter where we are introduced to many of the main characters: Dumbledore, McGonagall, Hagrid, the Dursleys, and of course, Harry.
  From Quiz: Harry Potter Book One
27 How many Christmas trees stood in the Great Hall at Christmas?
Answer: 12

"Festoons of holly and mistletoe hung around the walls, and no less than *twelve* towering Christmas trees stood around the room, some sparkling with tiny icicles, some glittering with hundreds of candles." -J.K. Rowling
  From Quiz: Harry Potter: Book 1
28 What did Uncle Vernon buy from the bakers?
Answer: Doughnut

Uncle Vernon's office was on the ninth floor and he sat with his back to the window. He did not see the owls sweep past in broad daylight.
  From Quiz: "The Boy Who Lived"
29 Of all the things that Harry's Uncle Vernon said to Hagrid, what was the thing that upset him the most?
Answer: Uncle Vernon called Dumbledore 'some crackpot old fool'.

Uncle Vernon did say all of these things, but it was the insult to Dumbledore that enraged Hagrid the most. That's when he gave Dudley a pig's tail.
  From Quiz: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
30 In what room did Harry sleep in the hotel when Uncle Vernon took everybody to the hotel trying to run from the letters?
Answer: 17

When the letter is described, it said:-
Mr H. Potter
Room 17
Railview Hotel
Cokeworth
  From Quiz: Harry Potter - Book 1
31 When Mr. Dursley first noticed the people wearing the cloaks, why did he think they were doing it?
Answer: They were making a new fashion statement

One of the people wearing a cloak said 'Harry Potter' and Mr. Dursley got really nervous. Then he realized he wasn't sure if that was his nephew's name or not, it might have been Harold.
  From Quiz: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
32 Which character was blonde and thin, with a very long neck, and thought her sister was a freak.
Answer: Aunt Petunia

Aunt Petunia was ashamed of having a witch in the family.
    Your options: [ Aunt Petunia ] [ Madam Pomfrey ] [ Professor McGonagall ] [ Madam Hooch ]
  From Quiz: Harry's Friends and Enemies
33 What is the school Harry was about to go to before he knew he was a wizard?
Answer: Stonewall High

Dudley and Harry spend their primary school years at the same school, but separate when they change to secondary school. Dudley will be going to Smeltings, where Uncle Vernon went, but Harry's aunt and uncle are prepared to send him to Stonewall High, the local comprehensive.
  From Quiz: A Quiz For Harry Potter Experts (Book 1)
34 The Dursley's need someone to look after Harry while they go out for Dudley's birthday. One of the people suggested is on holiday in Majorca. Who is it?
Answer: Yvonne

Petunia's friend Yvonne is suggested as an alternative carer for Harry.
  From Quiz: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
35 What colour cloak was Professor McGonagall wearing when she was in Privet Drive? (After she changed back from being a cat, of course!)
Answer: emerald

When we first meet her in Privet Drive, she is described as "a rather severe looking woman who was wearing square glasses exactly the shape of the markings the cat had had around its eyes." She was wearing an emerald cloak.
  From Quiz: The Colours of Harry Potter
36 What is the number of the vault at Gringotts that once housed the object that Fluffy now guards?
Answer: 713

Hagrid and Harry went to get it after they went to Harry's vault to pick up some money.
  From Quiz: The First Harry Potter Book
37 Hagrid says that centaurs are not interested in anything that's closer to earth than what?
Answer: The moon

They are always looking up.
  From Quiz: 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone' Quiz
38 What is the name of Neville's toad?
Answer: Trevor

Scabbers is Ron's rat.
  From Quiz: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
39 How tall is the troll Harry and Ron find in the girls' bathroom?
Answer: 12 feet
  From Quiz: 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone' Trivia
40 How old does Harry turn in this book?
Answer: 11

Harry turns eleven.
  From Quiz: Harry Potter Book One
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