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This Wizards of Waverly Place trivia quiz has 50 free questions with answers and covers all four seasons of the Disney Channel hit (2007-2012), the 2009 movie, the 2013 special Alex vs. Alex and the 2024-2026 sequel Wizards Beyond Waverly Place. It opens with the basics - the Russos' Greenwich Village sandwich shop, the family wizard competition, Harper, Mason the werewolf and Juliet the vampire - and works up to details for true fans: what the show was called before it was Wizards, which cast members were missing from the unaired pilot, how many people watched the finale, and who Billie turns out to be in the sequel. You will also meet the cast off-screen: Selena Gomez's Barney beginnings and Rare Beauty empire, David Henrie's other famous TV son role, Jake T. Austin's animated alter ego and Jennifer Stone's second career as a nurse. Everything is kid-friendly, so it works for a family movie night, a Disney Channel throwback party or a solo nostalgia run. Every answer has been checked against Wikipedia and the primary sources it cites, and each explanation adds one more thing worth knowing.
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Q 01In which New York City neighbourhood is Waverly Place, home of the Russo family?
Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village: Waverly Place is a real Village street running past Washington Square Park, and the Russos' sub shop sits on it, giving the show its title.
Q 02What kind of business do Jerry and Theresa Russo run on the ground floor of their building?
A subway-themed sandwich shop
A subway-themed sandwich shop: the Waverly Sub Station, decked out with subway signs and a turnstile, is the family business, and Max takes it over in the series finale.
Q 03According to the rules of the Wizard World, what happens once the Russo children finish their training?
They compete and only one keeps the powers
They compete and only one keeps the powers: Jerry won his own family's competition as a teenager but gave up his powers to marry Theresa, a mortal.
Q 04Who wins the family wizard competition in the series finale?
Alex
Alex wins the competition in 'Who Will Be the Family Wizard'; Justin keeps his powers too after being made headmaster of the wizard school, so only Max ends up mortal.
Q 05What is the name of Alex's best friend, who moves in with the Russos in season three?
Harper Finkle
Harper Finkle, played by Jennifer Stone, is Alex's fashion-obsessed best friend and moves into the Russos' basement in season three.
Q 06Alex's boyfriend Mason Greyback is what kind of creature?
A werewolf
A werewolf: Mason Greyback, played by Gregg Sulkin, is a werewolf, and Sulkin returned as Mason in the sequel series Wizards Beyond Waverly Place.
Q 07In Wizards of Waverly Place, what is the boarding school for young wizards that Justin ends up running as headmaster?
WizTech
WizTech is the wizard boarding school the Russos first visit in the season-one two-parter 'Wizard School'; becoming its headmaster in the finale lets Justin keep his powers.
Q 08What name does Max go by after a season-four spell turns him into a young girl?
Maxine
Maxine: the season-four episode 'Three Maxes and a Little Lady' turns Max into a little girl, and he stays Maxine for several episodes while Jake T. Austin was away.
Q 09Who created Wizards of Waverly Place, having previously worked on the first season of Hannah Montana?
Todd J. Greenwald
Todd J. Greenwald created the series after writing on Hannah Montana's first season; it premiered on Disney Channel on 12 October 2007.
Q 10When executive producer Peter Murrieta joined the project, what was the show's working title?
The Amazing O'Malleys
The kids were named Brooke, Sully and Max O'Malley at that stage, then Alexa, Aaron and Max Esposito, before Murrieta changed the surname to Russo.
Q 11The unaired pilot was set in a magic store and featured how many siblings?
Two, who were twins
They were named Jordan and Julia; David DeLuise and Jake T. Austin were not in that pilot at all.
Q 12Selena Gomez's unaired Disney pilot 'Arwin!' was a spin-off of which show?
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody: 'Arwin!' would have followed the Tipton Hotel's handyman Arwin Hawkhauser, played by Brian Stepanek; the 2007 pilot was never picked up.
Q 13Wizards of Waverly Place's theme song, sung by its star Selena Gomez, has what title?
'Everything Is Not What It Seems'
Q 21What is revealed about young wizard Billie in the sequel's second-season finale?
She is Alex's daughter
She is Alex's daughter: Alex and Damien had hidden her at WizTech and erased all memory of her to protect her from her paternal grandfather.
Q 22Who plays Billie in Wizards Beyond Waverly Place?
Janice LeAnn Brown
Janice LeAnn Brown plays Billie, the young wizard Justin takes in; the sequel series premiered on Disney Channel on 29 October 2024.
Q 23Under what working title did Disney first order the sequel pilot in January 2024?
Wizards
'Wizards' was the pilot's title in January 2024, with Henrie a series regular and Gomez a recurring guest; the full name Wizards Beyond Waverly Place was announced in May 2024.
'Everything Is Not What It Seems' is Gomez's own vocal; she played Alex Russo on the Disney Channel sitcom from 2007 to 2012.
Q 14David Henrie, who played Justin, wrote which two episodes of the series?
'Alex's Logo' and 'Meet the Werewolves'
'Alex's Logo' and 'Meet the Werewolves' are David Henrie's two writing credits on the show; he later returned as Justin and an executive producer on Wizards Beyond Waverly Place.
Q 15How many viewers watched the one-hour series finale, 'Who Will Be the Family Wizard?', in January 2012?
9.8 million
9.8 million viewers watched the finale on 6 January 2012, at the time the most-watched series finale in Disney Channel history; the 2007 premiere had drawn 5.9 million.
Q 16How many Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Children's Program did the franchise win in total?
Three
Three: the series took Outstanding Children's Program in 2009 and 2012, and Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie won it in 2010.
Q 17Where was Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie filmed on location?
San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico stood in for the family's Caribbean holiday; the 2009 movie drew 11.4 million viewers, second only to High School Musical 2 among Disney Channel premieres at the time.
Q 18In the movie, what powerful magical object can reverse any spell or grant any wish?
The Stone of Dreams
The Stone of Dreams: street magician Archie wants it to turn his parrot Giselle back into a human, and Giselle ends up stealing it.
Q 19In The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex, the Russos travel to which country for a family reunion?
Italy
Italy: the family heads to Tuscany for a Russo reunion, where Alex accidentally splits herself into good and evil versions; the special premiered on 15 March 2013.
Q 20In Wizards Beyond Waverly Place, set fifteen years on, where does Justin Russo live a normal life with his wife and sons?
Staten Island
Staten Island is home; his sons are Roman and Milo and his mortal wife is Giada.
Q 24Selena Gomez began her acting career at age ten on which children's television series?
Barney & Friends
Barney & Friends (2002-2004) came first; she was named after the Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla.
Q 25Selena Gomez founded which cosmetics company, later valued at around $2 billion?
Rare Beauty
Rare Beauty, launched in 2020 with a Rare Impact Fund for mental-health causes, was reported in 2024 to be valued at about $2 billion.
Q 26On How I Met Your Mother, David Henrie played whose future son?
Ted Mosby's
Ted Mosby's: Henrie played Ted's son Luke, one of the two kids hearing the story on the couch throughout the series; earlier he was Cory's friend Larry on That's So Raven.
Q 27Jake T. Austin was the original voice of which Nickelodeon character, Dora's cousin?
Diego
Diego: Austin was the original voice of Dora's cousin in Go, Diego, Go!; he later played the first Jesus Foster on The Fosters and appeared in Hotel for Dogs and Rio.
Q 28Jennifer Stone, who played Harper, left acting in 2019 to qualify in which profession?
Nursing
Nursing: Stone trained as a registered nurse, partly to better understand her own type 1 diabetes, and qualified just as the COVID-19 pandemic began.
Q 29In 2010 Jennifer Stone played the title role in a film based on which children's book?
Harriet the Spy
Harriet the Spy: Stone played Harriet in the 2010 Disney Channel movie Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars, based on Louise Fitzhugh's 1964 novel.
Q 30What is the name of the rewatch podcast David DeLuise and Jennifer Stone launched in 2023?
Wizards of Waverly Pod
Wizards of Waverly Pod, launched in February 2023 on Christy Carlson Romano's PodCo network, rewatches the series episode by episode; Selena Gomez has appeared as a guest.