Randomly Chosen Questions Trivia Quiz

Answer: Grunnings

Mr. Dursley was the director of a firm called Grunnings, which made drills.

Answer: Godric's Hollow

'What they're saying,' Professor McGonagall pressed on, 'is that last night Voldemort turned up in Godric's Hollow. He went to find the Potters. The rumor is that Lily and James Potter are - are - that they're - dead.' Dumbledore bowed his head. Professor McGonagall gasped. 'Lily and James . . . I can't believe it . . . I don't want to believe it . . . Oh, Albus . . .'

Answer: brown with orange puff balls

Another time, Aunt Petunia had been trying to force Harry into a revolting old sweater of Dudley's (brown with orange puff balls). The harder she tried to pull it over his head, the smaller it seemed to become, until finally it might have fitted a hand puppet, but certainly wouldn't fit Harry. Aunt Petunia had decided it must have shrunk in the wash and, to his great relief, Harry wasn't punished.

Answer: visits Harry in his cupboard under the stairs

That evening when he got back from work, Uncle Vernon did something he'd never done {before;} he visited Harry in his cupboard.

Answer: Rubeus

Harry looked up at the giant. He meant to say thank you, but the words got lost on the way to his mouth, and what he said instead was, 'Who are you?' The giant chuckled. 'True, I haven't introduced meself. Rubeus Hagrid, Keeper of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts.' He held out an enormous hand and shook Harry's whole arm.

Answer: mice

Hagrid took off his thick black coat and threw it to Harry. 'You can kip under that,' he said. 'Don' mind if it wriggles a bit, I think I still got a couple o' dormice in one o' the pockets.'

Answer: scarlet and gold

'Gringotts,' said Hagrid. They had reached a snowy white building that towered over the other little shops. Standing beside its burnished bronze doors, wearing a uniform of scarlet and gold, was - 'Yeah, that's a goblin,' said Hagrid quietly as they walked up the white stone steps toward him.

Answer: Beechwood

'Right then, Mr. Potter. Try this one. Beechwood and dragon heartstring. Nine inches. Nice and flexible. Just take it and give it a wave.' Harry took the wand and (feeling foolish) waved it around a bit, but Mr. Ollivander snatched it out of his hand almost at once.

Answer: 2

An older boy came striding into sight. He had already changed into his billowing black Hogwarts robes, and Harry noticed a shiny silver badge on his chest with the letter P on it. 'Can't stay long, Mother,' he said. 'I'm up front, the prefects have got two compartments to themselves -' 'Oh, are you a prefect, Percy?' said one of the twins, with an air of great suprise. 'You should have said something, we had no idea.' 'Hang on, I think I remember him saying something about it,' said the other twin. 'Once -' 'Or twice -' 'A minute -' 'All summer -' 'Oh, shut up,' said Percy the Prefect.

Answer: as Crabbe and Goyle

Three boys entered, and Harry recognized the middle one at once: it was the pale boy from Madam Malkin's robe shop. He was looking at Harry with a lot more interest than he'd shown back in Diagon Alley. 'Is it true?' he said. 'They're saying all down the train that Harry Potter's in this compartment. So it's you, is it?' 'Yes,' said Harry.

He was looking at the other boys. Both of them were thickset and looked extremely mean. Standing on either side of the pale boy, they looked like bodyguards. 'Oh, this is Crabbe and this is Goyle,' said the pale boy carelessly, noticing where Harry was looking. 'And my name's Malfoy, Draco Malfoy.'

Answer: 1 minute

Sometimes, Harry noticed, the hat shouted out the house at once, but at others, it took a little while to decide. 'Finnigan, Seamus,' the sandy-haired boy next to Harry in line, sat on the stool for almost a whole minute before the hat declared him a Gryffindor.

Answer: Professor Quirrell

Even worse than Peeves, if that was possible, was the caretaker, Argus Filch. Harry and Ron managed to get on the wrong side of him on their very first morning. Filch found them trying to force their way through a door that unluckily turned out to be the entrance to the out-of-bounds corridor on the third floor.

He wouldn't believe they were lost, was sure they were trying to break into it on purpose, and was threatening to lock them in the dungeons when they were rescued by Professor Quirrell, who was passing.

Answer: West Ham

Everyone from wizarding families talked about Quidditch constantly. Ron had already had a big argument with Dean Thomas, who shared their dormitory, about soccer. Ron couldn't see what was exciting about a game with only one ball where no one was allowed to fly. Harry had caught Ron prodding Dean's poster of West Ham soccer team, trying to make the players move.

Answer: pig snout

It wasn't Mrs. Norris. It was Neville. He was curled up on the floor, fast asleep, but jerked suddenly awake as they crept nearer. 'Thank goodness you found me! I've been out here for hours, I couldn't remember the new password to get in to bed.' 'Keep your voice down, Neville. The password's 'Pig snout' but it won't help you now, the Fat Lady's gone off somewhere.'

Answer: Fred and George Weasley

'See?' Wood panted, forcing the struggling Bludger back into the crate and strapping it down safely. 'The Bludgers rocket around, trying to knock players off their brooms. That's why you have two Beaters on each team - the Weasley twins are ours - it's their job to protect their side from the Bludgers and try and knock them toward the other team. So - think you've got all that?'

Answer: November

As they entered November, the weather turned very cold. The mountains around the school became icy gray and the lake like chilled steel. Every morning the ground was covered in frost. Hagrid could be seen from the upstairs windows defrosting broomsticks on the Quidditch field, bundled up in a long moleskin overcoat, rabbit fur gloves, and enormous beaverskin boots.

The Quidditch season had begun.

Answer: Fluffy

'It was Snape,' Ron was explaining. 'Hermione and I saw him. He was cursing your broomstick, muttering, he wouldn't take his eyes off you.' 'Rubbish,' said Hagrid, who hadn't heard a word of what had gone on next to him in the stands. 'Why would Snape do somethin' like that?' Harry, Ron, and Hermione looked at one another, wondering what to tell him. Harry decided on the truth. 'I found out something about him,' he told Hagrid. 'He tried to get past the three-headed dog on Halloween.

It bit him. We think he was trying to steal whatever it's guarding.' Hagrid dropped the teapot. 'How do you know about Fluffy?' he said. 'Fluffy?'

Answer: because Percy tried to help him

Harry and the Weasley's spent a happy afternoon having a furious snowball fight on the grounds. Then, cold, wet, and gasping for breath, they returned to the fire in the Gryffindor common room, where Harry broke in his new chess set by losing spectacularly to Ron. He suspected he wouldn't have lost so badly if Percy hadn't tried to help him so much.

Answer: Slytherin

Wood was working the team harder than ever. Even the endless rain that had replaced the snow couldn't dampen his spirits. The Weasleys complained that Wood was becoming a fanatic, but Harry was on Wood's side. If they won their next match, against Hufflepuff, they would overtake Slytherin in the house championship for the first time in seven years. Quite apart from wanting to win, Harry found he had fewer nightmares when he was tired out after training.

Answer: dittany

Harry, who was looking up 'Dittany' in One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi, didn't look up until he heard Ron say, 'Hagrid! What are you doing in the library?'

Answer: Ronan

'Who's there?' Hagrid called. 'Show yourself - I'm armed!' And into the clearing came - was it a man, or a horse? To the waist, a man, with red hair and beard, but below that was a horse's gleaming chestnut body with a long, reddish tail. Harry and Hermione's jaws dropped. 'Oh, it's you, Ronan,' said Hagrid in relief. 'How are yeh?' He walked forward and shook the centaur's hand.

Answer: 1 week

'No more studying,' Ron sighed happily, stretching out on the grass. 'You could look more cheerful, Harry, we've got a week before we find out how badly we've done, there's no need to worry yet.'

Answer: Harry

Harry climbed over it and looked down through the trapdoor. Ther was no sign of the bottom. He lowered himself through the hole until he was hanging on by his fingertips. Then he looked up at Ron and said, 'If anything happens to me, don't follow. Go straight to the owlery and send Hedwig to Dumbledore, right?' 'Right,' said Ron. 'See you in a minute, I hope . . .' And Harry let go.

Answer: a bat

It was Quirrell. 'You!' gasped Harry. Quirrell smiled. His face wasn't twitching at all. 'Me,' he said calmly. 'I wondered whether I'd be meeting you here, Potter.' 'But I thought - Snape -' 'Severus?' Quirrel laughed, and it wasn't his usual quivering treble, either, but cold and sharp. 'Yes, Severus does seem the type, doesn't he? So useful to have him swooping around like an overgrown bat. Next to him, who would suspect p-p-poor, st-stuttering P-Professor Quirrell?'

Answer: vomit

'Ah! Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans! I was unfortunate enough in my youth to come across a vomit-flavored one, and since then I'm afraid I've rather lost my liking for them - but I think I'll be safe with a nice toffee, don't you?' Dumbledore smiled and popped the golden-brown bean into his mouth. Then he choked and said, 'Alas! Ear wax!'