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How Well Do You Know Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Book)

25 Questions - Developed by: - Updated on: 2014-12-15 - 30,925 taken - User Rating: 3.8 of 5 - 10 votes

This quiz goes in chronological order and is based STRICTLY ON THE BOOK. Difficulty is no particular order. Remember to pay close attention to the questions as some of them are trickier than others. I will be making quizzes for every book so stay tuned. Good luck, and hope you like it!

1

What is Harry's full name?

Harry James Potter
Harry Potter Evans
Harry Evans Potter
Harry Severus Potter
James Harry Potter

2

When is Harry's birthday?

July 31, 1986
July 31, 1995
July 31, 1990
July 31, 1980
July 31, 1974

3

Where did Harry first meet Hagrid?

At the Dursley's home.
In an abandon shack on the lake.
At the Sorting Ceremony.
At Hogwarts.
On Platform 9 3/4.

4

What did Hagrid give Harry for his 11th birthday?

Tickets to the Quidditch World Cup.
A pet spider.
A baby dragon.
A homemade birthday cake.
A copy of Quidditch Through the Ages.

5

What did Hagrid curse Dudley with?

Boils.
A tickling charm.
He removed the bones in his legs.
A dizzying charm.
A pig's tail and nose.

6

What vault number was the Philosopher's Stone kept in?

666
719
836
742
713

7

Where did Harry first see Ron.

In the Griffindor Common Room.
On the platform with Mrs. Weasley.
On the Hogwarts express.
When Draco Malfoy introduced them.
During the Sorting Ceremony

8

Where did Harry and Ron first meet Hermione?

In Moaning Myrtle's bathroom.
On the Hogwarts Express
At the Sorting Ceremony.
In the Griffindor Common Room.
On the platform.

9

Where do Harry and Ron first meet Draco Malfoy?

In their first Potions lesson.
At the Sorting Ceremony
At the Halloween Feast.
In their first flying lesson.
On the Hogwarts Express.

10

Who was Harry's first Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher?

Albus Dumbledore
Severus Snape
Minerva McGonagal
Lucius Malfoy
Quirinus Quirrell

11

Who asked Nearly Headless Nick how one could be nearly headless?

Seamus Finnigan
Hermione Granger
Ron Weasley
Neville Longbottom
Severus Snape

12

What were Professor Snape's first words directly to Harry?

"Where would you look if I told you to find me a bezoar?"
"What is the difference between munkshood and wolfsbane?"
"You are here to learn the subtle science and exact art of potion-making."
"Tut, tut -- clearly fame isn't everything."
"What would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood?"

13

Who declared that there was a troll in the dungeon?

Hermione Granger
Harry Potter
Quirinus Quirrell
Severus Snape
Argus Filch

14

Who knocked out the Troll and how?

Harry Potter; He stuck his wand up its nose, making it drop its club on itself.
Moaning Myrtle; She screamed loudly and made the troll pass out from the noise.
Hermione Granger; She used a sleeping charm.
Severus Snape; He performed a memory charm on it and made it forget what it was.
Ron Weasley; He used a levitation charm on the club and dropped it on the troll's head.

15

Who did Hermione think was trying to curse Harry's broom?

Lucius Malfoy
Severus Snape
Quirinus Quirrell
Minerva McGonagal
Rubius Hagrid

16

Who really cursed Harry's broom?

Quirinus Quirrell
Minerva McGonagal
Lucius Malfoy
Severus Snape
Draco Malfoy

17

How did Harry catch his first snitch?

He caught it with his hands in mid-air, after falling off his broom.
It got stuck in his robes.
It got stuck in his shoe.
It got tangled in his hair.
He almost swallowed it.

18

How did Harry, Hermione, Neville, and Draco all get detention?

They accidentally let Norbert the dragon loose on the school grounds.
Malfoy called Professor McGonagal a whiny git, so the other three put a jinx on him.
Malfoy told on them for being out of bed and got in trouble with them.
Harry, Hermione, and Draco were found out of bed, but Neville never got in trouble.
Harry and Neville were caught putting Exploding Snapboxes in Professor Snape's desk and Malfoy and Hermione were both out of bed.

19

What was Voldemort feeding on in the Forbidden Forest to stay alive?

Unicorn Blood
Vampire Dust
Werewolf Bones
Chicken Brains
Boggarts

20

Who saved Harry from Voldemort in the Forbidden Forest?

Quirinus Quirrell
Firenze
Albus Dumbledore
Rubius Hagrid
Severus Snape

21

What is the correct order of the trials the children had to face to get to the Philosopher's Stone?

Fluffy, Devil's Snare, Chess Match, Flying Keys, Potions, Mirror
Fluffy, Devil's Snare, Flying Keys, Chess Match, Mirror
Fluffy, Devil's Snare, Flying Keys, Chess Match, Potions, Mirror
Fluffy, Chess Match, Flying Keys, Devil's Snare, Mirror
Fluffy, Flying Keys, Potions, Chess Match, Mirror.

22

Where was Voldemort hiding?

In Moaning Myrtle's bathroom.
Underneath the school near the dungeons.
Quirinus Quirrell's turban.
In the Shrieking Shack.
The Forbidden Forest.

23

How did Harry get the Philosopher's Stone?

He took it from Professor Quirrell after he died.
He found it under the floor boards in the Shrieking Shack.
It appeared in front of him after he drank the appropriate potion.
He gave it to himself in the mirror.
Professor Dumbledore gave it to him anonymously.

24

What did Professor Dumbledore tell Harry in answer to his question about why Professor Snape hated him?

Professor Snape hated anyone not in Slytherin.
Professor Snape just had it out for Harry and he would have to learn how to deal with people not liking him in his lifetime.
Professor Snape was bullied by James Potter, so he bullied Harry to get back at him.
Professor Snape hated anyone in Griffindor.
Professor Snape hated his father, but his father saved his life once when they were young, and he hated being in his debt.

25

Who received the final amount of points for Griffindor that allowed them to beat Slytherin for the house cup, and how many points did he/she receive for what deed?

Harry Potter; 60 points for pure nerve and outstanding courage.
Ron Weasley; 50 points for the best-played game of chess Hogwarts has seen in many years.
They lost the house cup in the first book.
Hermione Granger; 50 points for the use of cool brilliance in the face of fire.
Neville Longbottom; 10 points for standing up to his friends.

Comments (4)

Hermione Granger (24793)

423 days ago

I hope I did well because I am Harry Potters #1 fangirl!

DOBBY (95943)

1637 days ago

Is his birthday correct.??if by the time he started at hogwarts. and received a nimbus 2000. in his first year. to be born in 1980.that would make him 20 years old.when he should be 11years old!!!That must mean he was born 1989-1990.

Alix Lebrecht (girl) XD (71334)

2216 days ago

17/25 I think I did good!!! :3 I cant really remember how half of this stuff happened but by reading the answers to the questions I figured out some of it.

eizah (28415)

2288 days ago

Yo. Good game. But in the book, that whiny git first met harry at the robes shop. (I don't remember it's name). Anyway bless your day! ^^

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