Ginny Weasley
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40 free Ginny Weasley trivia questions with answers — literature quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Ginny Weasley starts the Harry Potter story as the shy youngest child who can barely speak when the famous boy wizard comes to stay. By the end she is one of the most capable fighters of her generation, a star athlete, and the person Harry Potter chooses to build a life with. This quiz follows that whole arc. It covers the frightening events of her first year, her friendships and boyfriends, her sharp tongue and sharper spellwork, her part in the battles against Voldemort, and what J. K. Rowling has said happened to her after the books end. A few questions look at the films and the stage play too. It is written for readers and film fans alike: most questions reward anyone who knows the story well, and a handful of deeper cuts are there for people who have read the books more than once.
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Q 01Which enchanted object lets Tom Riddle possess Ginny Weasley during her first year at Hogwarts?
A diary
A diary preserving the teenage Voldemort's memory made Ginny open the Chamber of Secrets, then began draining her life to restore him.
Q 02Which actress plays Ginny Weasley in all eight Harry Potter films and later became a director?
Bonnie Wright
Bonnie Wright made her directing debut in 2012 with the short film Separate We Come, Separate We Go, starring her Potter co-star David Thewlis.
Q 03Which signature hex lets Ginny Weasley escape the Inquisitorial Squad in Order of the Phoenix?
Bat-Bogey Hex
The Bat-Bogey Hex sets large, bat-winged bogeys on its victim, and Ginny casts it so well that it later wins her a place in a professor's exclusive club.
Q 04Which secret student group gets its name from Ginny Weasley's suggestion in Order of the Phoenix?
Dumbledore's Army
Dumbledore's Army beat a rival suggestion, the Defence Association, after Ginny pointed out it kept the same initials and named the Ministry of Magic's worst fear.
Q 05Which student takes Ginny Weasley to the Yule Ball and keeps treading on her feet as they dance?
Neville Longbottom
Neville Longbottom had already asked her by the time Ron proposed that Harry take Ginny, so she had to turn the idea down.
Q 06Which Death Eater's Killing Curse just misses Ginny Weasley, provoking her mother into a fatal duel?
Bellatrix Lestrange
Bellatrix Lestrange had been duelling three students at once when her curse just missed Ginny, and an outraged Molly took over the fight alone.
Q 07Which wizard slips a cursed Horcrux into Ginny Weasley's cauldron on a Diagon Alley shopping trip?
Lucius Malfoy
Lucius Malfoy planted it while sneering at her second-hand school things, a trick the house-elf Dobby later helps Harry work out.
Q 08Which full first name is Ginny Weasley's nickname short for, given alongside the middle name Molly?
Ginevra
Ginevra is the name J. K. Rowling gave her, along with an 11 August birthday that makes her almost exactly a year younger than Harry.
Q 09At which London station does Harry Potter first meet a ten-year-old Ginny Weasley and her family?
King's Cross
King's Cross is where Ginny begs to board the Hogwarts Express for a glimpse of the famous Harry, only for her mother to refuse.
Q 10Which winged creatures does Ginny Weasley ride to the Ministry of Magic in Order of the Phoenix?
Thestrals
Thestrals are invisible except to those who have seen death, so Ginny had to be helped onto a mount she could not see.
Q 11Which monster does a possessed Ginny Weasley unknowingly unleash in Chamber of Secrets?
A Basilisk
A Basilisk, a huge serpent with a deadly gaze, was loosed while Ginny's mind was controlled, so she never knew she had started the attacks.
Q 12Which Gryffindor is Ginny Weasley dating by the end of Order of the Phoenix, to Ron's dismay?
Dean Thomas
Dean Thomas dated Ginny through most of the following school year, and catching the pair kissing is what makes Harry realise his own feelings for her.
Q 13Which professor's Quidditch ban on Harry Potter lets Ginny Weasley become Gryffindor's Seeker?
Dolores Umbridge
Q 21Which magical object lets Harry Potter check on Ginny Weasley at Hogwarts while he is on the run?
The Marauder's Map
The Marauder's Map shows people inside the castle as labelled dots, and Harry often took it out just to look at Ginny's and imagine what she was doing.
Q 22Which Ravenclaw becomes Ginny Weasley's first boyfriend after the two meet at the Yule Ball?
Michael Corner
Michael Corner followed Ginny into Harry's secret defence lessons, but she dropped him after he sulked over his house team losing to hers.
Q 23Which publication hires Ginny Weasley as senior Quidditch correspondent after her playing days?
Daily Prophet
Dolores Umbridge also banned the Weasley twins, and Ginny went on to catch the Snitch against Hufflepuff, holding a weakened team's loss to ten points.
Q 14Which Ravenclaw friend does Ginny Weasley introduce to Harry Potter on the Hogwarts Express?
Luna Lovegood
Luna Lovegood later told Harry that Ginny had been sticking up for her, stopping other students from using a cruel nickname.
Q 15Which creature lifts Ginny Weasley and her rescuers out of the Chamber of Secrets by its tail?
Fawkes
Fawkes, the headmaster's phoenix, can lift amazingly heavy loads, so everyone joined hands while Harry gripped the bird's tail.
Q 16Which Quidditch team signs Ginny Weasley after Hogwarts, before she retires into sports journalism?
Holyhead Harpies
The Holyhead Harpies are an all-female side, and J. K. Rowling said Ginny spent a few years there as a celebrated player.
Q 17Which professor invites Ginny Weasley to his exclusive club after seeing her spellwork on the train?
Horace Slughorn
Horace Slughorn usually collected students with famous relatives, so Ginny was a rare guest invited for talent rather than family connections.
Q 18Which of Ginny Weasley's six brothers is killed during the Battle of Hogwarts in Deathly Hallows?
Fred
Fred died in the battle, and afterwards Harry left Ginny to grieve with her parents, knowing the two of them had a long time ahead together.
Q 19What name does Ginny Weasley give the purple Pygmy Puff she buys at her brothers' joke shop?
Arnold
Arnold is a miniature Puffskein from Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, and his name happens to be an anagram of Ronald.
Q 20Which Quidditch position does Ginny Weasley win at Half-Blood Prince tryouts, alongside Katie Bell?
Chaser
Chaser became her regular role, and she scored four of Gryffindor's six goals in the match against Slytherin that followed.
The Daily Prophet made her its lead voice on the sport, and the stage play Cursed Child shows her running its whole sports section as editor.
Q 24Which pet, a gift to Ron from Sirius Black, is given its name by Ginny Weasley?
Pigwidgeon
Pigwidgeon is a very small Scops owl, usually shortened to Pig, that Sirius sent to make up for the loss of Ron's pet rat.
Q 25Which future sister-in-law does Ginny Weasley find so conceited that she gives her a rude nickname?
Fleur Delacour
Fleur Delacour, staying at the Burrow ahead of her wedding to Bill, was dubbed Phlegm by an unimpressed Ginny.
Q 26Which potion keeps Ginny Weasley unharmed when Death Eaters invade Hogwarts in Half-Blood Prince?
Felix Felicis
Felix Felicis is the luck potion Harry had won in a class competition, and a dose from his supply let Ginny and Ron come through the battle unhurt.
Q 27What is Gryffindor celebrating when Ginny Weasley and Harry Potter first kiss in the sixth novel?
Winning the Quidditch Cup
Winning the Quidditch Cup came with Ginny as stand-in Seeker while Harry sat in detention, and she ran into his arms the moment he walked in.
Q 28Which staff member oversees Ginny Weasley's detention for trying to steal a famous sword?
Rubeus Hagrid
Rubeus Hagrid supervised her in the Forbidden Forest, a punishment so mild that Harry was relieved when he learned of it while in hiding.
Q 29Whose remark that she resembled Ginny Weasley led the films' future Ginny actress to audition?
Her older brother
Her older brother had read the first two books and spotted the likeness, though she had nothing but school plays behind her when she auditioned.
Q 30What is the first name of Ginny Weasley's only daughter, seen in the Deathly Hallows epilogue?
Lily
Lily shares her first name with Harry's mother, whose love protected him against Voldemort.