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50 free Hogwarts Houses trivia questions with answers — literature quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Four founders, four houses, and a thousand years of arguing about which one you would be in. Gryffindor got the lion, the tower and the dueller; Hufflepuff the badger, the barrels by the kitchens and a golden cup that ended up a Horcrux; Ravenclaw an eagle that the films quietly turned into a raven; Slytherin a serpent, a dungeon and a founder who spoke to snakes. These 50 questions cover every corner of the Sorting. The easy tier sticks to mascots, colours and heads of house. The middle asks how each common room opens, which element Rowling matched to each house, which ghost is excluded from the Headless Hunt and which Ravenclaw betrayed the DA. The expert tier reaches for Albania, the goblin-forged sword, Hepzibah Smith's missing cup, Ilvermorny's Pukwudgie and the one actor Rowling personally asked for. Every answer is cited to a page we checked and comes with a short explanation so you learn something even on a miss. Play it alone or print it for a Potter night and settle the house debate properly.
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Q 01What animal is Gryffindor's mascot?
A lion
Rowling matched the house roughly to the element of fire.
Q 02What are Gryffindor's house colours?
Red and gold
The House Cup winner's colours hang in the Great Hall for the whole of the following year.
Q 03Who is Head of Gryffindor House?
Minerva McGonagall
She doubles as deputy headmistress and Transfiguration teacher, and buys Harry his first racing broom.
Q 04According to Rowling, Gryffindor corresponds roughly to which element?
Fire
Each house gets one: the others are earth, air and water.
Q 05What animal is Hufflepuff's mascot?
A badger
The house prizes hard work, patience, justice and loyalty over flashier virtues.
Q 06What are Hufflepuff's house colours?
Yellow and black
Rowling links the house to the element of earth, which fits its Herbology-teaching head.
Q 07Who is Head of Hufflepuff House?
Pomona Sprout
The Herbology professor is played on film by Miriam Margolyes.
Q 08Rowling matched Hufflepuff to which element?
Earth
The dormitories are literally underground, tucked beneath the kitchens of the Great Hall.
Q 09Where are the Hufflepuff dormitories located?
Beneath the kitchens
They sit under the Great Hall's kitchens, which may explain the house's reputation for hospitality.
Q 10How do Hufflepuffs open their barrel-shaped common-room entrance?
With a rhythmic password
Get the rhythm wrong on the wrong barrel and, by reputation, you get doused in vinegar.
Q 11In the novels, which bird is Ravenclaw's mascot?
An eagle
The films swapped it for a raven, which is the version most merchandise uses.
Q 12What are Ravenclaw's house colours in the novels?
Blue and bronze
The films lean silver, another small departure from the books.
Q 13Who is Head of Ravenclaw House in the novels?
Filius Flitwick
The tiny Charms master has distant goblin ancestry.
Q 14Rowling linked Ravenclaw to which element?
Q 21Where are the Slytherin dormitories?
In the dungeons
A password spoken to a bare stone wall opens a hidden door.
Q 22Which founder was a Parselmouth, a Legilimens and a proponent of pureblood supremacy?
Salazar Slytherin
The Sorting Hat describes him as power-hungry; his locket became one of Voldemort's Horcruxes.
Q 23Which founder did Rowling call "the most accomplished dueller of his time"?
Godric Gryffindor
She also called him an enlightened fighter against Muggle-discrimination; his relics are the sword and the Sorting Hat.
Air
Fitting for a house that lives at the top of a tower and prizes wit and learning.
Q 15How do Ravenclaws gain entry to their tower common room?
By solving a riddle
It is the only house whose door can lock out its own members if they are not clever enough that day.
Q 16What is Slytherin's mascot?
A serpent
The house values ambition, cunning, leadership and resourcefulness.
Q 17What are Slytherin's house colours?
Green and silver
Rowling matched the house to water, and its dormitories sit beneath the lake.
Q 18Who heads Slytherin House until he becomes headmaster?
Severus Snape
Alan Rickman's Potions master keeps the role for six books before the Death Eaters hand him the school.
Q 19Who takes over as Head of Slytherin after Snape becomes headmaster?
Horace Slughorn
He had held the post before Snape, and once taught a young Tom Riddle about Horcruxes.
Q 20Rowling assigned Slytherin which element?
Water
Its common room is entered through a stone wall in the dungeons.
Q 24Which founder's small golden cup was stolen by Voldemort and made a Horcrux?
Helga Hufflepuff
He murdered its owner, her descendant Hepzibah Smith, to make it; it ends up in the Lestrange vault.
Q 25Whose daughter Helena stole her mother's diadem hoping to become cleverer than her?
Rowena Ravenclaw
Voldemort found the diadem decades later and hid it in the Room of Requirement as a Horcrux.
Q 26Who crafted the Sword of Gryffindor?
Goblins
It can present itself to any member of its house who needs it, and it took on Basilisk venom when Harry killed the snake.
Q 27Where did Helena hide the stolen diadem?
Albania
Voldemort later tracked it there and turned it into his fifth Horcrux by murdering a peasant.
Q 28Which house ghost murdered Helena Ravenclaw and then killed himself?
The Bloody Baron
He wears chains as a reminder of the crime and is one of the few beings who can control Peeves.
Q 29Which ghost is barred from a famous hunt because his execution was botched?
Nearly Headless Nick
Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington's botched execution left his head hanging by a strip of skin.
Q 30Which Monty Python member plays Gryffindor's house ghost in the first two films?
John Cleese
The ghost does not return after Chamber of Secrets in the film series.