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Book, screen-craft and evidence quizzes with original questions and explanations.

20 questions · Three levels

Book-one challenge

Move from first-year basics to deep-cut details and keep your best score on this device.

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6 questions · No timer

Book-one quiz

Six original questions about Philosopher’s Stone. Book-one spoilers, including the ending.

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Behind-the-scenes quiz

Six original questions about screen craft and the announced creative team. No story spoilers.

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Book-one knowledge quiz

Six questions about Philosopher’s Stone, with explanations after scoring.

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Book-one quiz

Six original questions about Philosopher’s Stone. Book-one spoilers, including the ending.

Choose one answer for every question, then check your score. You can retry as often as you like; answers are not saved.

1. What does the Sorting Hat assign?
2. Which platform does the Hogwarts Express leave from?
3. What position does Harry play in Quidditch?
4. What kind of challenge does Hermione solve near the Stone in the book?
5. Who directs the trio through the chess challenge?
6. Who receives points for standing up to friends?

Question references: J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone; chapter references appear with each answer.

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Book-one challenge

Twenty questions to test your memory of Harry’s first year, including book-one spoilers.

Easy · Tricky · Deep cut

The 20-question book-one challenge

Original questions about Philosopher’s Stone, including the ending. Your best score is stored only on this device.

1. What does the Sorting Hat assign?
2. Which platform does the Hogwarts Express leave from?
3. What position does Harry play in Quidditch?
4. Who first tells Harry he is a wizard?
5. What is Fluffy guarding?
6. Who gives Harry his first broom?
7. What breaks the trio’s fall below the trapdoor?
8. Which Gringotts vault had been emptied earlier that day?
9. What creature is reported in the girls’ bathroom?
10. What does the Mirror of Erised show?
11. Who lends Harry Quidditch Through the Ages?
12. What hatches in Hagrid’s hut?
13. Who is bitten while helping with the dragon?
14. What colour is the flame blocking Hermione’s return?
15. What is the name of Hagrid’s dragon?
16. Who sends Harry the Christmas cloak?
17. What does Neville receive as a memory aid?
18. Which challenge gives Hermione an individual logic test?
19. Who directs the trio through the chess challenge?
20. Who receives points for standing up to friends?

Cast matching

Six original questions. Choose one answer per question; scores are not saved. Comparisons are teaching examples, not new production claims.

1. Which role is Dominic McLaughlin announced to play?
2. Which role is Arabella Stanton announced to play?
3. Which role is Alastair Stout announced to play?
4. Which role is John Lithgow announced to play?
5. Which role is Janet McTeer announced to play?
6. Which role is Paapa Essiedu announced to play?

Answer key and explanations
  1. Harry Potter. The cast directory records Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter. Follow its official source links for the announcement.
  2. Hermione Granger. The cast directory records Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger. Follow its official source links for the announcement.
  3. Ron Weasley. The cast directory records Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley. Follow its official source links for the announcement.
  4. Albus Dumbledore. The cast directory records John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore. Follow its official source links for the announcement.
  5. Minerva McGonagall. The cast directory records Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall. Follow its official source links for the announcement.
  6. Severus Snape. The cast directory records Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape. Follow its official source links for the announcement.

Sources and next reading: cast directory and official announcements · book and film comparisons · evidence standards.

Book, film or TV?

Six original questions. Choose one answer per question; scores are not saved. Comparisons are teaching examples, not new production claims.

1. A passage in the novel describes an obstacle. What does that establish?
2. You cannot find a book scene in the released film. What should you check first?
3. A trailer shows a doorway. What can you safely say?
4. A reader hopes for a longer classroom scene. Which label fits?
5. A screen scene combines two book conversations. What is the useful comparison?
6. What confirms that an imagined TV scene actually aired?

Answer key and explanations
  1. A book detail. A book passage establishes book context. It does not establish the content of an unreleased adaptation.
  2. Compare the book passage with the film. Compare the published book and released film directly. A film omission is not a television announcement.
  3. The doorway is visible in that trailer. Visible trailer evidence supports a description of the shot, not its episode placement or final editing.
  4. Fan wish. A preference is a fan wish, even when it is based on a favourite passage.
  5. How the change affects character and pace. Compare the storytelling purpose and effect. This is a hypothetical exercise, not a claim about the new series.
  6. The released episode itself. Use the released episode and its credits for claims about what aired. Predictions remain separate.

Sources and next reading: cast directory and official announcements · book and film comparisons · evidence standards.

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Print a fifty-question book-one quiz

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Your first-year adventure match

Which character are you? Answer ten original questions and share a text-only result card.