The Ultimate Harry Potter Herbology Quiz

Herbology is one of the main classes that students are taught at Hogwarts. It focuses on the study of magical plants and fungi. Students learn about various plants, how to take care of them and more. We have put together a Harry Potter Herbology quiz for you to test your knowledge. This will include trivia questions from both the books and movies. A heavier focus will be from the books, so if you haven’t read them, you might be in trouble!

The Ultimate Harry Potter Herbology Quiz

Instructions: We will give you several questions about the subject and you need to select the correct answer. It will move you on to the next question automatically and it will give you a score at the end.

What Is The First Name Of Professor Sprout, Who Taught The Class?
Which Of These Books Is Used As A Textbook In The Class?
Mandrake's Are Known For Their Screams But What Good Are They Used For?
What Magical Plant Did Harry Potter Eat To Help Him Breathe Underwater During The Triwizard Tournament?
What Does The Devil's Snare Hate?
Which of these plants could be used to help treat severe acne.
Which of these plants was used to heal wounds?
Which of these plants is covered in boils and releases stinksap when prodded?
True Or False: Severus Snape Taught Herbology Before Becoming The Potions Professor At Hogwarts
Which of these plants did Neville Longbottom use as a weapon during the Battle of Hogwarts?
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Hogwarts Herbology Trivia Questions And Answers

1) What Is The First Name Of Professor Sprout, Who Teaches The Class At Hogwarts?

Professor Sprout’s real name is Pomona. She serves as the Herbology Professor and she also serves as the Head of Hufflepuff House.

In the movies, she is played by Miriam Margolyes. You might have recognized her from other films like 1993’s The Age of Innocence and 1996’s Romeo + Juliet.

2) Which Of These Books Is Used As A Textbook In The Class?

The answer is One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi by Phyllida Spore as it is used as a textbook in this class. A fun fact is that Spore was formerly a Headmistress at Hogwarts during the 15th Century.

3) Mandrake’s Are Known For Their Screams But What Good Are They Used For?

Mandrake’s can be used to help anybody who have been transfigured or cursed.

You need to be careful though as the screams of Mandrake’s can be fatal to anybody who hears them. This is only after one has matured.

4) What Magical Plant Did Harry Potter Eat To Help Him Breathe Underwater During The Triwizard Tournament?

Harry Potter used Gillyweed to help him breathe underwater during the Triwizard Tournament. In the movies, it is Neville Longbottom who tells Harry to use Gillyweed to help him breathe for the task. In the books, it is Dobby who gives Harry the Gillyweed for the task.

5) What Does The Devil’s Snare Hate?

Devil’s Snare are not fans of Sunlight. They also disliked the heat from fire. Students were taught to use Lumos (aka the Wand-Lighting Charm) or Incendio (aka the Fire-Making Spell) if they were ever were caught by the Snare.

On a related note, you can also take our quiz about Charms class, which is in a similar format to this.

6) Which of these plants could be used to help treat severe acne.

Bubotuber are the plants that are used to help treat severe acne. They look like giant slugs but their pus is very valuable to help treat acne.

7) Which of these plants was used to heal wounds?

Dittany is something that was able to help heal wounds. In the One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi book, it reveals that eating Dittany raw can help with healing wounds that are shallow.

8) Which of these plants is covered in boils and releases stinksap when prodded?

Mimbulus mimbletonia is a plant that is covered in boils and looks like a cactus. Once prodded, it will release stinksap, which is an odor that smells like manure.

9) True Or False: Severus Snape Taught Herbology Before Becoming The Potions Professor At Hogwarts

This is false as Snape never taught Herbology at Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft and Wizardry. This was meant to trick people as Herbology and Potions class are pretty closely linked as subjects.

Make sure to also take our Severus Snape quiz, which features ten trivia questions about him.

10) Which of these plants did Neville Longbottom use as a weapon during the Battle of Hogwarts?

Neville Longbottom used Venomous Tentacula during the Battle of Hogwarts. It is a magical plant that has spikey vines and tries to grab living pray.


How did you score on our Harry Potter Herbology quiz? Let us know what you got below and then also let us know what your favorite Herbology moment is from the series.

On a related note, check out our Harry Potter book quiz, which will challenge the knowledge of book-readers!

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