Who Would Your "Harry Potter" Best Friend Be?

By: Zoe Samuel
Estimated Completion Time
3 min
Who Would Your "Harry Potter" Best Friend Be?
Image: Warner Bros. Pictures / Heyday Films

About This Quiz

Just imagine the stress the kids at Hogwarts must have endured during their application process. There is only one magic learning institution in the country, so if one does not get in, one must, by definition, study abroad, and do so in one's tweens! Some kids agonize about getting into an Ivy League school, but think about it: there are many Ivy League schools, but only one Hogwarts. The happiness one must feel when presented with an acceptance letter to Hogwarts must be exceptional. We know you didn't get into Hogwarts because we have an in with the dean of admissions there, but what if you had been a student at Hogwarts? To which house would you belong? In which subjects would you excel? Most importantly, who would have been your best friend from school?

To answer this last, most pressing question, we have put together a test of your personality, one that will tell us how your personality traits match up to those of the famous Hogwarts alumni. We won't be able to say for sure in which house you'd live, or if you'd ever master the broom, but we can tell you who you'd have lunch with every day. Take this quiz, and we'll let you know who you'd be friends with at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!

Which of these activities is your best stress reliever?
Watching a bug zapper
Listening to silence
Doing the work that stresses me out
Going for a run

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Which manner of dress sounds most appealing to you?
Old school looks, like a bare-knuckle boxer
Pink. The faeries love pink.
Comfort is number one.
Track suit

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Which real world university would you really love to attend?
Oxford University
Hampshire College
Princeton
USC

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Which of these writing instruments would you prefer to take with you to class?
A fountain pen
A pencil
A ballpoint pen
A crayon

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Which of these items do you deem a dorm essential?
A strongbox with a lock
A diary
A bookshelf
A shower bag

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Whose poster would you hang over your bed in a dorm room?
Jimi Hendrix
Jack Kerouac
RBG
Nietzsche

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If you were in college in the 1990s, on whom would you have an intellectual crush?
Jaron Lanier
Tupac
Liam Gallagher
Michael Jordan

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Which of these styles of magic sounds the coolest?
Technomancy
Necromancy
Alchemy
Pyromancy

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When you were a tween, relative to the average, how easily did you bend to peer pressure?
I got pushed around a lot.
I didn't even understand what the pressure was about.
I could hold my own, most of the time.
I always stood my ground.

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At which age did you have your first crush?
17
13
22
15

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How disciplined are you about your studies?
About the average
Not very disciplined
No one is more disciplined than I am.
Very disciplined

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From where do you get your news?
My friends
I hear things on the wind.
My parents
I only read the sports section of the newspaper.

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What kind of book was the last book you read?
It was "The Count of Monte Cristo."
A biography
A textbook
A novel

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To which sport do you pay the most attention?
MMA
Go
Quidditch
Football

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What is the most important virtue to an athlete?
Ruthlessness
Awareness
Discipline
Sportsmanship

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What kind of school do you think Hogwarts really is?
A networking opportunity
A party school
An elite learning institution
A sports school

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Not that you would make one, but if you made a Horcrux, what object would you use to make it?
My roommate
A tree
A book
A tool

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What creature would you keep as a familiar?
A lamb
A sparrow
A cat
A dog

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Which ancient language would you be totally interested in learning?
Aramaic
Ancient Greek
Classical Chinese
Latin

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How many languages do you actually speak?
2
3
4 or more
1

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What sort of thing makes you really jealous?
Seeing someone with my friend
Seeing someone living my dream
Seeing someone performing better than me
Seeing someone enjoying the stuff I want

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How much of your recreational time is spent sitting down?
Very little of it
None of it
All of it
About the average

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When do you feel you're really in the creative "zone"?
When I've lost track of time
When I can be left alone
When I'm in my comfortable place
When my heart is pounding

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When do you find strangers want to help you for no reason?
When I've used a charm on them
When I've asked very sweetly
When I look really pathetic
When they're just really polite folks

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From what sort of wood would your wand be made?
Ebony
Lignum Vitae
Kingwood
Purpleheart

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What sort of career would you have your eye on, post-Hogwarts?
Politics
The arts
Civil service
Business management

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With which ancient Greek hero do you feel a connection?
Perseus
Theseus
Achilles
Odysseus

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In which Hogwarts class would you have the most fun?
Defense against the dark arts, in which they teach you the dark arts
Potion making
Spellcraft 101
Phys Ed

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Which nation's cuisine do you like the most?
German
Italian
American
Japanese

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Which of these is the substance of your bad dreams?
My world turning in on me
My eyes being blinded
My mind not being my own
Being struck by lightning

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