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50 free Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix trivia questions with answers — literature quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Order of the Phoenix is the longest Harry Potter book and, at 138 minutes, nearly the shortest film, which tells you how much Michael Goldenberg had to leave on the floor: Quidditch, St Mungo's, Rita Skeeter, Dobby. What survived was a story about a government denying the obvious and a teenager being punished for telling the truth, which is why Emma Watson said it felt like life after 7 July. These 50 questions cover both versions. The easy tier sticks to the plot: the Dementors in Little Whinging, Grimmauld Place, Umbridge's pink office, the Room of Requirement, the Thestral flight and the archway in the Death Chamber. The middle tier asks about Bloomsbury's midnight launch, the five million copies sold in a day, Helen McCrory's pregnancy and the 15,000 girls Evanna Lynch beat to play Luna. The expert tier reaches for the Merseyside warehouse theft, the Burger King that inspired the Ministry atrium, the Taiko drum in Nicholas Hooper's score and the footballer's family hiding in the background. Every answer is cited to a page we checked and comes with a short explanation. Play it alone or print it for a Potter night.
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Q 01On what date was Order of the Phoenix published?
21 June 2003
Fans had waited three years since Goblet of Fire, and thousands queued outside shops the night before for midnight copies.
Q 02How many copies did Order of the Phoenix sell in its first 24 hours?
5 million
Half-Blood Prince later did nine million in a day and Deathly Hallows eleven million.
Q 03Which publisher released Order of the Phoenix in the United Kingdom?
Bloomsbury
Scholastic handled the US and Raincoast Canada, the same split as the earlier books.
Q 04How many pages is the British edition of Order of the Phoenix?
766
The American edition runs to 870, making it the longest book in the series adapted into the second-shortest film.
Q 05What is the address of the Order's headquarters?
Number 12, Grimmauld Place
The Black family home came with a tapestry of the family tree that Rowling faxed to the film's set designers in full.
Q 06Who becomes the new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor in Harry's fifth year?
Dolores Umbridge
A senior Ministry employee, she runs a textbook-only curriculum and bans practical defensive spells.
Q 07What is the name of the secret student group Harry teaches?
Dumbledore's Army
Dumbledore later claims he formed the group himself to save Harry from expulsion, then goes into hiding.
Q 08Where does Harry's secret defence group hold its meetings?
The Room of Requirement
In the film the St Mungo's scene was cut, so Neville's reveal about his parents was moved here after a lesson.
Q 09What attacks Harry and his cousin Dudley during the summer?
Dementors
Harry drives them off with a Patronus, which lands him a Ministry hearing for underage magic.
Q 10Whom does Harry see being attacked by Nagini in a dream?
Arthur Weasley
The attack really happened, proving Harry's mind is linked to Voldemort's and prompting the Occlumency lessons.
Q 11Which teacher is ordered to teach Harry Occlumency?
Snape
During one lesson Harry sees a memory of his father James bullying the teenage Snape at school.
Q 12Which Minister for Magic leads the smear campaign against Harry and Dumbledore?
Cornelius Fudge
Robert Hardy plays him in the film, where he resigns in disgrace after seeing Voldemort in the Ministry atrium.
Q 13Who carries Umbridge off after she provokes them in the Forbidden Forest?
Centaurs
Hermione had lured her there with talk of a secret weapon; in the film it is where Grawp is kept.
Q 21Which of these directors turned down the film before Yates was hired?
Guillermo del Toro
Mike Newell, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Matthew Vaughn and Mira Nair also passed.
Q 22Who composed the film's score?
Nicholas Hooper
He recorded nearly two hours of music at Abbey Road and built new themes for Umbridge and Voldemort's invasion of Harry's mind.
Q 23Which drum was added to the score's percussion for a deeper, darker sound?
A Japanese Taiko
Hooper earned a World Soundtrack Discovery Award nomination for the work.
Q 14In the novel, who accidentally knocks the prophecy sphere down some steps, smashing it?
Neville Longbottom
The film hands the fumble to Lucius Malfoy, who drops it during the fight.
Q 15Who kills Sirius Black in the Department of Mysteries?
Bellatrix Lestrange
She is Sirius's own cousin, and had escaped Azkaban with nine other Death Eaters earlier that year.
Q 16Sirius dies by falling through what?
A stone archway
The veiled arch stands in the Death Chamber, one of the sequences built largely by VFX house Double Negative.
Q 17Who made the prophecy about the child with the power to vanquish Voldemort?
Professor Trelawney
The prophecy is why Voldemort murdered Harry's parents, and why he still wants Harry dead.
Q 18Thousands of copies were stolen before release from a warehouse in which English county?
Merseyside
The Earlestown theft on 15 June 2003 came despite heavy security around the midnight launch.
Q 19Who directed the 2007 film adaptation?
David Yates
The TV director was picked for an edgy, political film and stayed on for every remaining instalment.
Q 20Who wrote the screenplay, the only Potter film not scripted by Steve Kloves?
Michael Goldenberg
He had once been considered for the first film; Kloves returned for all the remaining instalments.
Q 24Roughly how many girls attended the open casting call that Evanna Lynch won for Luna?
15,000
The queue stretched a mile; The New York Times later called her performance spellbinding.
Q 25Which future Oscar nominee auditioned for Luna but was judged too young?
Saoirse Ronan
She was about 11 at the time; her breakthrough in Atonement came the same year the film was released.
Q 26Who was first cast as Bellatrix but withdrew after becoming pregnant?
Helen McCrory
She returned from Half-Blood Prince onwards as Narcissa Malfoy, Bellatrix's sister.
Q 27Who ultimately played Bellatrix in the film?
Helena Bonham Carter
The Times called her a shining but underused talent; her casting was announced on 25 May 2006.
Q 28Who plays Umbridge in the film?
Imelda Staunton
The Guardian said she came close to stealing the show; her office set was dressed in fluffy pink filigree and animated kitten plates.
Q 29Which house-elf was written back into the film at Rowling's insistence?
Kreacher
She warned the filmmakers they would be tied in knots by the seventh film without him; Dobby was cut entirely instead.
Q 30Which subplot did screenwriter Goldenberg say he "hated" to cut from the film?
Quidditch
He argued any version that kept it would be a lesser film; Rupert Grint, whose Ron tries out for keeper in the book, was disappointed.