140 Fun Facts About Harry Potter

What is the name of the scarlet steam train that carries students to school?

The Hogwarts Express leaves Platform 9¾ at King's Cross in London and runs north to the station serving the school.

What position does Harry Potter play on his house Quidditch team?

He is the youngest player in a century to take the position, winning his place after a first flying lesson goes badly wrong.

Which dragon does Harry draw for the Triwizard Tournament's first task?

Reckoned the most dangerous of the four; Harry needs his Firebolt to escape it in Goblet of Fire.

What is the name of Hagrid's three-headed dog?

Fluffy is the giant three-headed dog Hagrid uses to guard the trapdoor leading to the Philosopher's Stone. Hagrid bought Fluffy from 'a Greek chappie' at a pub.

What does the Mirror of Erised show?

The Mirror of Erised shows the deepest, most desperate desire of a person's heart. The name 'Erised' is 'desire' spelled backwards.

What is the incantation for the Killing Curse?

Avada Kedavra is the Killing Curse, one of the three Unforgivable Curses. It produces a flash of green light and causes instant death.

What is the core of Harry Potter's wand?

Harry's wand contains a phoenix feather core — specifically a tail feather from Fawkes, Dumbledore's phoenix. The twin feather resides in Voldemort's wand.

Who is the Half-Blood Prince?

Severus Snape is the Half-Blood Prince. His mother was a witch named Eileen Prince, and his father was a Muggle named Tobias Snape, making him a half-blood.

How many Horcruxes did Voldemort intentionally create?

Voldemort intentionally created 6 Horcruxes, wanting to split his soul into 7 parts (6 Horcruxes plus the piece remaining in his body). Harry became an unintentional 7th Horcrux.

What form does Hermione's Patronus take?

Hermione's Patronus takes the form of an otter. J.K. Rowling has said the otter is her favorite animal, which influenced this choice for Hermione.

What is the address of the Dursleys' home?

The Dursleys live at 4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging, Surrey. Harry grows up in the cupboard under the stairs before being moved to Dudley's second bedroom.

Ambition, cunning and resourcefulness are the prized traits of which Hogwarts house?

Its common room sits in the dungeons beneath the lake, so the light coming through the windows is green.

Which of the three Unforgivable Curses inflicts excruciating pain?

The Cruciatus Curse tortures without leaving a mark, and using it on another person carries a life sentence.

Which Hogwarts staff member serves as the school's Quidditch coach?

She takes every first-year for their first flying lesson and referees the house matches.

What is the name of the Weasleys' family home?

The Burrow is the Weasley family home, located near the village of Ottery St Catchpole in Devon. It's a ramshackle but welcoming house held up by magic.

What magical object allows witches and wizards to travel by fireplace?

Floo Powder is thrown into a fireplace to create green flames that transport a witch or wizard to another connected fireplace. The traveler must clearly state their destination.

Which Hogwarts teacher is a ghost who carried on lecturing after his own death?

He teaches History of Magic in a flat drone, and is said to have left his body behind in the staff room one morning and simply gone on to class.

Which Hogwarts house values wit, learning, and wisdom above all?

Ravenclaw house, founded by Rowena Ravenclaw, prizes intelligence, creativity, learning, and wit. Its emblem is an eagle and its colors are blue and bronze.

Which brew lets a witch or wizard take on the physical appearance of another person?

Polyjuice Potion allows the drinker to assume the appearance of another person for about an hour. It takes a month to brew and requires a piece of the person being impersonated.

What subject does Professor McGonagall teach at Hogwarts?

Professor Minerva McGonagall teaches Transfiguration, the magical art of changing the form or appearance of an object. She is also Head of Gryffindor House and later becomes Headmistress.

What is the name of Hagrid's baby dragon in the first book?

Hagrid names the baby Norwegian Ridgeback dragon Norbert. In the final book, Charlie Weasley reveals that Norbert turned out to be female, and was renamed Norberta.

What is the name of the goblin-made sword that Harry uses to destroy a Horcrux?

The Sword of Gryffindor, forged by goblins for Godric Gryffindor, imbues itself with substances that strengthen it. After Harry slayed the Basilisk with it, the sword absorbed the venom.

Which character is an unregistered Animagus whose form is a huge dog?

Sirius Black is an unregistered Animagus whose form is a large black dog, earning him the nickname 'Padfoot' among the Marauders.

Beyond secret passages, what else does the Marauder's Map reveal?

Fred and George handed the blank-looking parchment to Harry in his third year; it tracks everyone inside the castle, footstep by footstep.

What creature does Lupin turn into during a full moon?

Bitten by Fenrir Greyback as a child, Lupin spent each full moon in the Shrieking Shack, which was built to contain him.

What is the name of the Hogwarts house-elf who becomes devoted to Harry?

Dobby the house-elf first appears in Chamber of Secrets, trying to stop Harry from returning to Hogwarts. After Harry frees him from the Malfoys, Dobby becomes fiercely loyal to Harry.

What are the three Deathly Hallows?

The three Deathly Hallows are the Elder Wand (unbeatable wand), the Resurrection Stone (brings back shades of the dead), and the Cloak of Invisibility (true invisibility cloak that never fades).

Which professor takes over as Hogwarts' Potions master in Harry's sixth year?

He is coaxed out of retirement, and his habit of collecting promising students is exactly what Harry needs to prise a memory out of him.

Which plant is used to brew the potion that cures the petrified victims in Chamber of Secrets?

The roots go into the Restorative Draught, and the mature plant's cry is dangerous enough that Herbology students repot the young ones wearing earmuffs.

Which shabby Charing Cross Road pub is the wizarding gateway hidden from Muggles?

Muggle eyes slide straight past the building; wizards walk through it and tap the brick wall in the yard behind.

Which character was petrified first in the Chamber of Secrets?

Mrs. Norris, Filch's cat, was found hanging stiff from a torch bracket under the words 'The Chamber of Secrets has been opened'.

What is the name of the wizarding prison guarded by Dementors?

The prison's guards drain every happy thought from the inmates; many simply stop eating and die.

What does Harry see when he first looks into the Mirror of Erised?

The joy comes with 'a terrible sadness', which is why the mirror is dangerous: people have wasted away in front of it.

Which Weasley twin is maimed during the Order's escort of Harry in Deathly Hallows?

A curse aimed at a Death Eater took off his ear instead, and he was cracking jokes about being 'holey' within the hour.

What type of wood is Harry Potter's wand made of?

Holly is said to ward off evil, which is why Rowling chose it, a deliberate contrast with the yew of Voldemort's wand.

Which centaur is hired to teach Divination at Hogwarts after Umbridge sacks Professor Trelawney?

Firenze is banished by his own herd for agreeing to serve humans; Dumbledore hires him after Umbridge sacks Trelawney in Order of the Phoenix.

What does the acronym S.P.E.W. stand for?

S.P.E.W. stands for the Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare, founded by Hermione Granger in her fourth year to campaign for house-elf rights. Few students took it seriously.

In which book does Harry's godfather fall through the veil in the Department of Mysteries?

Bellatrix Lestrange's curse sends him backwards through the ancient archway in the Death Chamber, and nothing that passes it comes back.

What is the name of the hippogriff that Harry rides in Prisoner of Azkaban?

Buckbeak turns up in Hagrid's first Care of Magical Creatures lesson, and later carries a wanted fugitive, Sirius Black, out of the castle.

What potion is known as 'liquid luck'?

A few drops turn every choice the drinker makes into the right one; Harry wins a small vial of it in a sixth-year Potions competition.

What forms the core of the Elder Wand?

Elder wood around a Thestral-hair core — fitting for a wand made by Death in the fairy tale, since only those who have seen someone die can see a Thestral.

Who raised Neville Longbottom after Death Eaters tortured his parents into insanity?

Frank and Alice Longbottom never recovered, and the formidable Augusta brought Neville up in their place.

Which creature comes to Harry's aid against the Basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets?

Its tears close wounds no potion can, which is what pulls Harry through after a Basilisk fang pierces his arm.

Where does Harry's secret defence group meet inside the castle?

It appears on the seventh floor only when someone genuinely needs it, furnished for whatever that need happens to be.

Who provides Harry with the Invisibility Cloak?

Dumbledore gives Harry the Invisibility Cloak anonymously as a Christmas gift in Harry's first year. It originally belonged to Harry's father, James Potter, and is one of the Deathly Hallows.

What decides which house each new Hogwarts student joins?

It weighs up a student's qualities out loud — and, as Harry discovers, it will listen if you argue with it.

What is the name of Harry's snowy owl?

An eleventh-birthday present, and Rowling has said the death in the final book stands for the end of Harry's childhood.

Who becomes the Minister for Magic after Cornelius Fudge?

Rufus Scrimgeour replaces Cornelius Fudge as Minister for Magic at the start of Half-Blood Prince. He is later killed by Voldemort and replaced by the Imperiused Pius Thicknesse.

What happens to the Elder Wand's allegiance when its owner is defeated?

The wand answers to whoever last overcame its master, which is how a scuffle in a corridor — not a duel to the death — settled its final loyalty.

Which actor played the Hogwarts headmaster in the first two Harry Potter films?

Richard Harris took the part in Philosopher's Stone and Chamber of Secrets; after his death in 2002, Michael Gambon played it for the remaining six films.

Which device do Harry and Hermione use to undo an execution in Prisoner of Azkaban?

Hermione had been wearing it all year to double up on lessons; three turns of the little hourglass buy them the hours they need.

Which spell does Harry first learn at Hogwarts' Duelling Club?

Expelliarmus rips an opponent's wand from their hand, and it stays Harry's signature move right through to his final duel with Voldemort.

What magical object lets Harry view past memories by placing his head into it?

The Pensieve is a stone basin used by wizards to review memories, often allowing them to view them from a third-person perspective.

What type of creature is Dobby?

Dobby is a loyal and brave house-elf who initially served the Malfoy family before being freed by Harry Potter.

Which Hogwarts house is known for its members' bravery, daring, nerve, and chivalry?

Gryffindor's emblem is a lion, and its founder Godric's sword presents itself to any true Gryffindor who needs it.

Who kills Cedric Diggory in the graveyard at the end of Goblet of Fire?

Peter Pettigrew kills him on Voldemort's order, 'kill the spare', then uses Harry's blood to restore the Dark Lord to a body.

What subject does Professor Sprout teach at Hogwarts?

Her greenhouses supply most of the ingredients the castle's potion-brewing depends on, including some plants that bite back.

Which village may Hogwarts students visit from their third year onward?

It is the only settlement in Britain with no Muggle residents at all, and it has a sweet shop, two pubs and a supposedly haunted house.

Which middle name completes the anagram hidden in Tom Riddle's full name?

Tom Marvolo Riddle rearranges to 'I am Lord Voldemort'; translators had to change the name in other languages to make the anagram work.

Which Hogwarts professor teaches Charms?

He is small enough to teach from the top of a stack of books, and was a duelling champion in his younger days.

What creatures primarily staff Gringotts Wizarding Bank?

Gringotts Wizarding Bank is run by goblins, who are known for their fierce loyalty to the bank and its treasures.

What was the name of Harry Potter's first broomstick?

Nimbus 2000, then the top racing broom, was bought for Harry at McGonagall's request after she made him the youngest Seeker in a century.

In Deathly Hallows, what animal is the silver Patronus that leads Harry through the woods?

A doe is Lily Potter's Patronus too, which is how Harry eventually works out that Snape cast it.

In which country's Highlands does Hogwarts stand?

Four founders raised the castle there more than a thousand years ago, and it is unplottable, so no map will show it.

How many players make up each side in a Quidditch match?

Seven a side: three Chasers, two Beaters, a Keeper and a Seeker, and only the Seeker may catch the Snitch that ends the game.

What was the address of the Order of the Phoenix headquarters?

The Black family's London townhouse is hidden by the Fidelius Charm, so Muggles never notice a building squeezed between numbers 11 and 13.

What is the name of Ron Weasley's pet rat?

Scabbers had been in the family twelve years, about four times as long as a rat lives, the clue that he was really Peter Pettigrew.

Which animal is featured on the Hufflepuff house crest?

The Hufflepuff crest features a badger, an animal known for its loyalty, hard work, and fairness, traits highly valued by the house.

Where is the Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes joke shop located?

Diagon Alley number 93 is the address, and the start-up money was Harry's thousand-galleon Triwizard winnings.

In which sea does the wizarding prison stand on its island?

Its isolation, not its walls, is what made escape unthinkable — until one prisoner managed it.

Which child star was reportedly lined up to voice the lead in Spielberg's abandoned animated take?

Spielberg wanted a DreamWorks animated film that folded in later books; Warner Bros. insisted on live action, one film per novel.

Which of the four directors shortlisted for the first Harry Potter film was J. K. Rowling's own favourite?

She never got her wish: Chris Columbus was appointed on 28 March 2000, chosen partly on the strength of Home Alone and Mrs. Doubtfire.

Steve Kloves scripted every film in the series but the fifth. Who wrote that one?

Kloves stepped away for a single film and came straight back for the sixth, making that fifth screenplay the odd one out in the entire series.

Which of the eight films' six cinematographers earned the series' only Oscar nomination for cinematography?

He shot Half-Blood Prince on 35mm film rather than digital, and then turned down the two-part finale because he was afraid of repeating himself.

How many copies made up the very first UK print run in June 1997?

Roughly half of that tiny run went to libraries, which is why surviving first editions now sell for tens of thousands of pounds.

Which Bloomsbury editor bought the manuscript after his boss's daughter demanded more?

He also delivered one of publishing's worst predictions, telling the author she would never make any money out of children's books.

How many publishers turned the manuscript down before Bloomsbury took it on?

The rejected book went on to become the best-selling series in history, with more than 600 million copies sold worldwide.

Which literary agent took the author on and sent her typescript out to publishers?

It was the second agency approached, and it kept the account until 2011, when she followed her agent Neil Blair to a new firm.

By November 2017 the first book had reached its 80th translation. Which language was number 80?

Bloomsbury has also published the book in Latin and in Ancient Greek, the latter called one of the most important pieces of Ancient Greek prose in centuries.

The Cormoran Strike pseudonym's first name honours which personal hero of the author?

The surname came from Ella Galbraith, a name she had invented for herself as a child. The disguise lasted three months before Twitter unmasked her.

Who painted the watercolour and pencil artwork used on the first UK edition's cover?

It was his first professional commission, and the title above his artwork was set in the typeface Cochin Bold.

Because the American edition carried a different title, what did the first film's crew have to do on set?

The young cast worked four hours a day in front of the camera and three more on schoolwork, so the doubled lines ate into a tight schedule.

Bloomsbury asked Joanne Rowling to publish under two initials. Whose name supplied the second one?

She had no middle name at all; the publisher feared boys would not pick up a book they knew was written by a woman.

Which is the only Harry Potter novel to have won a Hugo Award?

It took the 2001 Hugo for Best Novel, a prize normally reserved for adult science fiction and fantasy. The third book had been nominated the year before but lost to A Deepness in the Sky.

J. K. Rowling finished writing the seventh book in January 2007 while staying at which Edinburgh hotel?

She marked the occasion by signing a marble bust in the room, and the suite has since been renamed after her.

Which title did Rowling seriously consider for the final book before Deathly Hallows?

The Peverell brothers are the three siblings from The Tale of the Three Brothers. The other rejected title was Harry Potter and the Elder Wand.

On the day the seventh book went on sale, UK retailer WH Smith reportedly sold copies at what rate?

The book sold 2.65 million copies in the UK and 8.3 million in the US in its first 24 hours, the fastest-selling book in history at the time.

What time did the third Harry Potter book go on sale in the UK, to keep kids in school?

The book still sold 64,000 copies in the UK in its first three days. Later instalments switched to midnight launches once weekend release dates became the norm.

Nearly Headless Nick's 500th deathday cake gives his death as 31 October of which year?

That makes the Gryffindor ghost's death the same year Columbus reached the Americas. Rowling originally had him sing a self-composed ballad about his botched beheading, but the editor cut it.

Where did J.K. Rowling say she dreamed up Quidditch, right after an argument with her then-boyfriend?

In a Manchester hotel room, after the row; the name came from filling five notebook pages with made-up words beginning with Q.

In which year was Tom Riddle, the boy who would become the Dark Lord, born?

His birthday is 31 December, and his mother Merope died in childbirth, leaving him to grow up in a Muggle orphanage.

Rowling has said that one letter in the name Voldemort is silent. Which one?

The name comes from the French vol de mort, 'flight of death', so it should end the way a French speaker would say it. The films ignored this entirely.

Who voiced Voldemort's face on the back of Quirrell's head in the first film?

Hart was already on set playing Quirrell himself, so he voiced both halves of the same character. Bremmer played the pre-downfall Voldemort in the flashback, face unseen.

How does a Hufflepuff student get into their common room?

The entrance sits near the kitchens, and tapping the wrong rhythm drenches the intruder in vinegar. Ravenclaws must answer a riddle, and Slytherins give a password to a bare stone wall.

Voldemort's wand is made from which wood?

The tree's sap is poisonous and it has long been planted in graveyards as a symbol of death, which is exactly why Rowling chose it. Its core is a phoenix feather from the same bird as Harry's.

How large was the record-breaking initial print run for Half-Blood Prince in 2005?

It sold 9 million copies worldwide in its first 24 hours, and Jim Dale's US audiobook alone shifted 165,000 in two days.

Which of the eight films had the lowest total worldwide box office gross?

Alfonso Cuarón's 2004 entry still made $796.7 million and finished second only to Shrek 2 that year; it is also the film critics most often name as the best of the series.

Scholastic bought the US rights to the first book at the 1997 Bologna Book Fair for how much?

It was an unheard-of sum for a debut children's novel, and it came only months after Bloomsbury had paid Rowling a £2,500 advance for the UK rights.

The 2005 fourth film earned an Academy Award nomination in which category?

Mike Newell's film opened to $102.7 million and became the first in the series rated PG-13 in the US, thanks to the graveyard scene.

Rowling's all-night launch reading and signing for the seventh book was held at which London venue?

The 1,700 guests were chosen by ballot; a matching US event followed at Carnegie Hall that October, with tickets allocated by sweepstake.

Deathly Hallows opens with two epigraphs. Which pair of writers supplied them?

One comes from the Quaker leader's More Fruits of Solitude, the other from the Greek tragedy The Libation Bearers, and both are about death and the dead.

How large was the initial US print run of Deathly Hallows?

It needed to be: a record 8.3 million copies sold in the United States on opening day alone, more than 96 every second.

Which language received the very first translation of Deathly Hallows, released on 25 September 2007?

The Swedish edition, meanwhile, was retitled to mean 'Relics of Death', one of many countries where the word Hallows had no easy equivalent.

Rowling had once considered the title Half-Blood Prince for which earlier book in the series?

She revealed the sixth book's title on her website on 24 June 2004, and the story behind it had been sitting in her notes for years.

In April 2000 the publisher listed the fourth book under what working title?

The book that finally appeared on 8 July 2000 was the first in the series to be released in the US and UK on the same day.

The third novel took which prize for children’s writing in 1999?

The same book also collected a Bram Stoker Award, normally the preserve of horror writers, and the 2000 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel.

Deathly Hallows – Part 2 is the only film of the eight to have been released in which format?

It opened to a then-record $483.2 million worldwide weekend and finished with more than $1.3 billion, the series' biggest gross by far.

Deathly Hallows – Part 2 earned three Academy Award nominations. Which category was one of them?

The other two were Art Direction and Visual Effects; the aged-up epilogue makeup had to be reshot in December 2010 after the first attempt looked wrong.

Which actress took over as Helena Ravenclaw, the Grey Lady, in Deathly Hallows – Part 2?

Nina Young had played the ghost in the first film; the recast Grey Lady got a proper scene at last, telling Harry where her mother's diadem went.

What does a Foe-Glass reveal to the person who owns it?

One hangs in the fake Moody's office in Goblet of Fire, and its figures come sharply into focus just as Dumbledore, McGonagall and Snape burst in.

In what colour do the words appear in Omnioculars' play-by-play mode?

Harry buys three pairs at the Quidditch World Cup for ten Galleons apiece, then misses much of the action by rewinding the replays.

Voldemort turned Nagini into a Horcrux while hiding in the forests of which country?

Albania's forests are where Voldemort had hidden Ravenclaw's diadem decades earlier, and where Bertha Jorkins made the fatal mistake of finding him.

Which number must a visitor dial in the red telephone box to enter the Ministry of Magic?

On a phone keypad the digits spell a five-letter word, and the box then sinks below the London pavement into the Atrium.

The film of Deathly Hallows – Part 1 ends at which chapter of the book?

That is the chapter in which Voldemort breaks open Dumbledore's tomb and takes the wand inside, the cliffhanger the film-makers wanted.

What is the title of Half-Blood Prince's opening chapter, in which Downing Street gets a wizarding visitor?

Two of the wrong options are real titles of the chapters that follow it; the scene lets Fudge admit he has been sacked and Scrimgeour introduce himself.

Which centaur warns Harry in the Forbidden Forest that the Dark Lord wants the Stone?

The films cut this, and Firenze later pays for his friendliness to humans by being banished from the herd.

Whose face does Harry find on the back of Professor Quirrell's head at the end of the first book?

Quirrell's flesh burns when he touches Harry, because Lily's sacrifice left a protective charm on her son.

In Chamber of Secrets, what does Dobby destroy at the Dursleys' to get Harry in trouble?

Dobby smashes a pudding made by Aunt Petunia, and the Ministry blames Harry for the underage magic, the first of many times he is wrongly accused.

Which celebrity author becomes Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher in Harry's second year?

His memory charm backfires in the Chamber and wipes his own mind, a fitting end for a man who stole other wizards' stories.

Which ghost shows Harry the diary of Tom Riddle that was thrown into her bathroom?

Myrtle was the Basilisk's original victim fifty years earlier, killed in that same bathroom.

In Prisoner of Azkaban, which magical vehicle does Harry flag down after running away from Privet Drive?

It is a violently purple triple-decker whose conductor, Stan Shunpike, is the first to tell Harry about Sirius Black.

Where do Harry and Hermione confront Sirius Black and learn the truth about Scabbers?

The shack was never haunted; the howls villagers heard were the young werewolf Lupin, hidden there each full moon.

Who is Ron's date to the Yule Ball in Goblet of Fire?

Harry takes her twin sister Parvati; both girls are ignored all night while Ron sulks over Hermione dancing with Krum.

Which plant, given to Harry by Dobby in the book, lets him breathe underwater for the Second Task?

Gillyweed gives Harry gills and webbed feet; in the film it is Neville, not Dobby, who hands it over, a famous book-to-screen swap.

What does Harry do with his Triwizard winnings after Cedric's parents refuse the gold?

A thousand Galleons of prize money is the seed capital for Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes on Diagon Alley.

Which Death Eater has been impersonating Mad-Eye Moody all year, using Polyjuice Potion?

He is given the Dementor's Kiss before he can testify, which lets Fudge keep denying that Voldemort is back.

In Order of the Phoenix, which professor is ordered to teach Harry Occlumency?

The lessons collapse when Harry looks into the Pensieve and sees his father bullying a teenage Snape.

Who accidentally smashes the prophecy sphere during the fight in the Department of Mysteries?

Nobody but Dumbledore and Harry ever hears the full prophecy, which is why Voldemort never learns it could equally have meant Neville.

Which creatures carry off the pink-clad Ministry headmistress in the Forbidden Forest?

Hermione leads her there deliberately; Umbridge's insults about 'half-breeds' do the rest.

In Half-Blood Prince, who makes Snape swear an Unbreakable Vow to protect Draco?

Bellatrix binds the vow, and its third clause, to finish Draco's task if he cannot, is what forces the Potions master to kill Dumbledore.

Which Gryffindor is nearly killed by a cursed opal necklace meant for Dumbledore?

It is Draco's first bungled attempt on the headmaster; the poisoned mead that nearly kills Ron is the second.

Whom does Ron date to spite Hermione in Half-Blood Prince?

Their nickname for each other, Won-Won and Lav-Lav, is one of the few things Harry and Hermione agree is unbearable.

In Deathly Hallows, who is holding the locket Horcrux when the trio infiltrate the Ministry of Magic?

Mundungus stole it from Grimmauld Place and Umbridge took it as a bribe, wearing it as a badge of blood purity.

Whose house do the trio visit to learn about the Deathly Hallows, only to be betrayed to the Ministry?

He then betrays them to the Ministry in a desperate bid to get his kidnapped daughter Luna back.

Which Death Eater dies in the Room of Requirement after his own Fiendfyre spell runs out of control?

Vincent Crabbe's cursed fire also destroys Ravenclaw's diadem, Fiendfyre being one of the few things that can kill a Horcrux.

Who kills Bellatrix Lestrange in the Battle of Hogwarts?

Her line before the duel, 'Not my daughter, you bitch!', is one of the most quoted in the series.

In the epilogue, set nineteen years later, what are the names of Ron and Hermione's two children?

Harry and Ginny's three are James Sirius, Albus Severus and Lily Luna, each named for the dead.

Who narrates the unabridged British audiobooks of all seven Harry Potter novels?

Jim Dale voices the American editions; by November 2022 the series had been listened to on Audible for over a billion hours.

In which US city did the travelling Harry Potter exhibition premiere in 2009?

A studio tour in London followed in 2012, and Wizarding World theme-park lands opened at several Universal parks.

Hogwarts' Great Hall has been compared to the Great Hall of which legendary court, part of the books' Arthurian echoes?

Critics also point to Latin phrases, wax-sealed parchment letters and Quidditch tents resembling those of knightly tournaments.