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About This Quiz
When author J.K. Rowling started writing the Harry Potter series back in the 1990s, she had no idea that it would become the best-selling book series in the history of literature. Not only have the books been translated into over 80 languages as of 2018, but also the books have sold over 500 million copies. The last book sold a record 11 million in its first 24 hours of being released.
In the seven books and eight adapted films, we've encountered characters and creatures from all walks of life, some of which include house elves, giants, ghosts, centaurs, werewolves and, of course, humans. The world fell in love with characters like Dobby the elf, wizard twins Fred and George Weasley, headmaster of Hogwarts, Albus Dumbledore, and "the boy who lived," Harry Potter. While many of them may have only had supporting roles, they were all important parts of the final story.
Will you be able to identify all of the Harry Potter characters in this quiz from just one sentence? Will you find this quiz too difficult, or will you sail through it smoothly like Hermione did on her O.W.L.s? The only way to find out is to take this quiz!
My brother died in the battle of Hogwarts, but I only lost an ear.
Dennis Creevey
Cadmus Peverell
Charlie Weasley
George Weasley
In the last book, several beloved characters died in the battle of Hogwarts. One of them was Fred Weasley, whose twin, George, lost an ear.
I still can't believe Ron Weasley threw me over for that bookworm, Granger!
Hannah Abbott
Lavender Brown
Lavender was Ron's girlfriend before he acknowledged his feelings for Hermione. Their relationship dismayed Hermione, who was more in touch with her feelings at that point than Ron was.
Millicent Bulstrode
Helena Ravenclaw
My love for Lily Potter led me to be Harry's secret defender.
Regulus Black
Albus Dumbledore
Remus Lupin
Severus Snape
Snape treated Harry badly on the surface, but looked out for him when it counted. His patronus was a doe -- a symbol of gentle Lily Potter.
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Most of the time you read about me, I was really Barty Crouch Jr.
Gellert Grindelwald
Newt Scamander
Mad-Eye Moody
Barty Crouch Jr. imprisoned Alastor Moody in a trunk and impersonated him throughout "Goblet of Fire." The flask from which he nipped wasn't firewhiskey but polyjuice potion, which allowed him to keep up the ruse.
Dolores Umbridge
My patronus is a stag.
Draco Malfoy
Charlie Weasley
Parvati Patil
Harry
Harry's patronus is a stag because his father, James, an animagus, took a stag as his form. This is revealed in the third book, "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban."
Call me Snuffles ... and scratch me under my furry black chin!
Sirius Black
Sirius Black was an animagus, like his three friends at Hogwarts. As a big, black dog, he went by the name "Snuffles."
Barty Crouch, Jr.
Luna Lovegood
Rita Skeeter
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A seeker in quidditch, I was Harry's first crush.
Cho Chang
Cho was a Ravenclaw and seeker on their quidditch team. Harry worked up the courage to ask her to the Yule Ball, but she was already going with Cedric Diggory.
Parvati Patil
Alicia Spinnet
Helena Ravenclaw
I might be more scared of spiders than of Lord Voldemort!
Lavender Brown
Minerva McGonagall
Bill Weasley
Ron Weasley
When the third-year Gryffindors were learning to defeat boggarts, creatures that take the shape of a person's fears, Ron's took the shape of a giant spider. He defeated it by imagining it as legless and rolling around the classroom.
Many students, especially Hufflepuffs, considered me Hogwarts' true champion in the Triwizard Tournament.
Cedric Diggory
Cedric Diggory is the character who defies the stereotype of Hufflepuffs as bland nonentities. His sense of loyalty and fair play led him to accept Harry as his co-champion in the Tournament ... and ultimately led to his death in the maze.
Angelina Johnson
Justin Finch-Fletchley
Vincent Crabbe
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I sometimes appear as a cat with spectacle-like markings.
Madam Hooch
Poppy Pomfrey
Minerva McGonagall
McGonagall observes the Dursley house very early in the series in her guise as a cat. She later shows off her transformation to the Gryffindors, before teaching them transfiguration.
Rowena Ravenclaw
I tried to befriend Harry Potter in Diagon Alley, but he'd rather hang out with mudbloods and Weasleys.​
Tom Riddle
Viktor Krum
Draco Malfoy
Draco and Harry met while shopping for school supplies before their first year. Draco was eager to make a high-status friend like "the boy who lived," but Harry was unimpressed with Draco's behavior and sense of entitlement.
Mr. Ollivander
At certain times of the month, you could look for me under the Whomping Willow.
Regulus Black
Remus Lupin
Lupin was a fan favorite. Nonetheless, Rowling killed him in the final installment of the series.
Draco Malfoy
Minerva McGonagall
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Every once in a while, I make a true prediction.
Alastor Moody
Padma Patil
Rita Skeeter
Sybil Trelawney
Sybil Trelawney successfully predicted that a boy would be born who would defeat Voldemort. However, the mystic gobbledegook of her class led Hermione Granger to drop out in frustration.
In seven years, I went from zero to hero as a key member of Dumbledore's Army.
Colin Creevey
Dennis Creevey
Neville Longbottom
Neville had a famously bad memory and not a lot of courage in the early books. But he later became a charter member of Dumbledore's Army. The Internet activist group "Neville Fights Back" is named for him.
Cho Chang
That ill-bred Potter boy blew me up like a party balloon.
Aunt Marge
Harry's rage at hearing his dead parents insulted by Marge Dursley led him to inflate her like a balloon, then run away from home. The Ministry of Magic had to deflate her and erase her memory of the incident.
Gilderoy Lockhart
Rita Skeeter
Dolores Umbridge
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I'm fascinated with Muggles, but don't know as much about them as I think.
Albus Dumbledore
Hermione Granger
Ron Weasley
Arthur Weasley
Arthur Weasley loves all things Muggle, but doesn't always grasp the details. He calls a telephone a "fellytone" and electricity "eckletricity."
I might be the youngest International Quidditch player ever.
Fleur Delacour
Viktor Krum
Viktor Krum was a seeker on Bulgaria's national team. Later, as a Durmstrang student, he came to Hogwarts and fell for Hermione Granger.
Cedric Diggory
Dean Thomas
I learned to play quidditch by imitating my older brothers.
Pansy Parkinson
Hermione Granger
Hannah Abbott
Ginny Weasley
Ginny stole her brothers' brooms and practiced flying when they weren't around. She scored the coveted seeker position on Gryffindor's team this way.
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I was proud of becoming Head Boy, even if my brothers called me "Bighead Boy."
Ignotus Peverell
Ron Weasley
Percy Weasley
Bill Weasley was also a Head Boy in his time. But it was Percy whose badge Fred and George changed to read "Bighead Boy."
George Weasley
Though expelled from Hogwarts, I went on to anchor my own spin-off movie.
Cedric Diggory
Justin Finch-Fletchley
Teddy Lupin
Newt Scamander
Newt Scamander is the hero of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them." He was played by Eddie Redmayne.
If Daenerys from "Game of Thrones" and I met, we might bond over our feeling for dragons.
Severus Snape
Luna Lovegood
Neville Longbottom
Charlie Weasley
Charlie Weasley goes to Romania to work with dragons. He returns to Hogwarts for the Triwizard Tournament, wrangling the dragons which will be used in one of the challenges.
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I seem to spend half my time healing Harry and his friends after magical mishaps.
Albus Dumbledore
Madam Hooch
Poppy Pomfrey
Madam Pomfrey runs Hogwarts' infirmary. She considers chocolate to be an important magical remedy. If only that were true in the Muggle world.
Sybil Trelawney
I am Lord Voldemort!
Ludo Bagman
Alecto Carrow
Tom Marvolo Riddle
"I am Lord Voldemort" was the anagram for "Tom Marvolo Riddle," the Hogwarts student who became the most feared wizard of his age. Marvolo Gaunt was his grandfather.
Marvolo Gaunt
I was Draco Malfoy's girlfriend and Hermione Granger's tormentor.
Millicent Bulstrode
Padma Patil
Pansy Parkinson
Pansy is often at Draco's side, "simpering," as Rowling puts it. She also seems to have a special dislike for the Muggle-born Hermione.
Hannah Abbott
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I gave my name to the house of students who value ambition.
Godric Gryffindor
Helga Hufflepuff
Rowena Ravenclaw
Salazar Slytherin
Though Slytherin is sometimes thought of as the "evil" house at Hogwarts, it's actually the house for those who are ambitious, seeking power along with knowledge and skill.
I got along with Percy Weasley better than Ron or Harry generally did.
Neville Longbottom
Hermione Granger
Hermione and Percy had several qualities in common. However, they never dated -- Percy had a Ravenclaw girlfriend called Penelope, and Hermione dated Viktor Krum, and then, of course, Ron.
Fred Weasley
Ginny Weasley
My daughter hid my diadem, until it was found in the last book.
Helga Hufflepuff
Bellatrix Lestrange
Narcissa Malfoy
Rowena Ravenclaw
Rowena Ravenclaw's daughter was named Helena. Not an entirely nice character, she stole her mother's diadem in an attempt to surpass her in intellect and knowledge. Why not just study hard, Helena?
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It surprised many people when Rowling revealed that I was gay.
Albus Dumbledore
Dumbledore's sexuality is not made explicit in the books, in which he has no romantic attachments. But Rowling's announcement led a number of people to speculate about Dumbledore's relationship, in his youth, with the wizard, Gellert Grindelwald.
the Bloody Baron
Draco Malfoy
Severus Snape
Harry Potter tricked me into releasing one of my house elves.
Regulus Black
Bellatrix Lestrange
Lucius Malfoy
Lucius owned Dobby. When Harry handed Lucius a dirty sock, the appalled Lucius tossed it aside, straight into Dobby's hands. The gift of clothing is a gesture which immediately gives a house elf its freedom, so Dobby was freed.
Severus Snape
Call me Vince. Greg and I really are separate people.
Crabbe
Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle were Draco Malfoy's hangers-on/henchmen/bodyguards. They were almost interchangeable in the books, with no distinguishing characteristics from each other.
Malfoy
Goyle
Zabini
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I was a chaser on the Gryffindor team until I graduated.
Katie Bell
The quidditch teams in the Potter books were co-ed. Katie Bell served as Gryffindor's chaser for most of the years during which Harry played.
Seamus Finneran
Dean Thomas
Ginny Weasley
I might be watching you right now, in my insect guise.
Sirius Black
Quirinus Quirrell
Pansy Parkinson
Rita Skeeter
Rita Skeeter is an unregistered animagus. She turns into an insect to spy on the subjects she writes about in the Daily Prophet.
I married Bill Weasley despite his disfigurement.
Fleur Delacour
Fleur and her sister are both part veela -- enchanting, siren-like creatures. Many boys were taken with Fleur, but it was Bill Weasley who won her.
Gabrielle Delacour
Angelina Johnson
Katie Bell
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I was a beater for Slytherin, just like my best friend, Vince.
Millicent Bulstrode
Gregory Goyle
Crabbe and Goyle were Slytherin's beaters. Draco Malfoy was the seeker -- a position that his father seems to have bought for him by purchasing high-performance brooms for the entire team.
Draco Malfoy
Severus Snape
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