Last week was all about house pride, and what a week it was! Pottermore users celebrated their house pride day not only in their common rooms and in the Great Hall, but also elsewhere including Facebook and Twitter.
Rumour has it that there were reports by muggles who saw odd hashtags being used on Twitter as #HousePride#GryffindorPride#SlytherinPride#HufflepuffPride and #RavenclawPride was celebrated!
In case you missed it, we dedicated one day to each of the houses. We created some beautiful Facebook cover images and Twitter backgrounds for each of the houses, shared our favourite fan art from the Pottermore Galleries, and much more. You can find the house pride celebration for each of the houses here: Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw.
Poll results
We organised a poll for each of the houses asking which house attribute best describes you. And the results are in.
Gryffindor poll results: 'Which Gryffindor attribute best describes you?'
Hufflepuff poll results: 'Which Hufflepuff attribute best describes you?'
Ravenclaw poll results: Which Ravenclaw attribute best describes you?
Trivia answers
We asked three trivia questions about each of the houses, and here are the answers so you can check how well you know your house!
Gryffindor trivia answers:
1. Apart from the Fat Lady, who else guards the entrance to the Gryffindor common room during Harry’s years at Hogwarts?
Answer: Sir Cadogan
2. Name the birthplace of Godric Gryffindor?
Answer: Godric’s Hollow
3. Who became the first new Gryffindor during the Sorting Ceremony in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone?
Answer: Lavender Brown
Slytherin trivia answers:
1. Who became the first new Slytherin during the Sorting Ceremony in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone?
Answer: Millicent Bulstrode
2. For how many years running had Slytherin won the House Championship, prior to Harry’s first year at Hogwarts?
Answer: Six
3. Who was the Slytherin Seeker in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone?
Slytherin trivia answers:
1. Who became the first new Slytherin during the Sorting Ceremony in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone?
Answer: Millicent Bulstrode
2. For how many years running had Slytherin won the House Championship, prior to Harry’s first year at Hogwarts?
Answer: Six
3. Who was the Slytherin Seeker in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone?
Answer: Terence Higgs
Hufflepuff trivia answers:
1. Who became the first new Hufflepuff during the Sorting Ceremony in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone?
Answer: Hannah Abbott
2. How many points did Hufflepuff have when the House Cup was awarded at the end of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone?
Answer: 352
3. Which Hufflepuff student was Petrified in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets?
Hufflepuff trivia answers:
1. Who became the first new Hufflepuff during the Sorting Ceremony in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone?
Answer: Hannah Abbott
2. How many points did Hufflepuff have when the House Cup was awarded at the end of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone?
Answer: 352
3. Which Hufflepuff student was Petrified in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets?
Answer: Justin Finch-Fletchley
Ravenclaw trivia answers:
1. Which Ravenclaw invented Floo Powder?
Answer: Ignatia Wildsmith
2. Which make of broomstick does Ravenclaw Cho Chang fly?
Answer: Comet Two Sixty
3. Who was the first student to be placed in Ravenclaw in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone?
Ravenclaw trivia answers:
1. Which Ravenclaw invented Floo Powder?
Answer: Ignatia Wildsmith
2. Which make of broomstick does Ravenclaw Cho Chang fly?
Answer: Comet Two Sixty
3. Who was the first student to be placed in Ravenclaw in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone?
Answer: Terry Boot
Our favourite tweets
As house pride week was all about you displaying your house pride, we collected some of the best quotes we found on Twitter:
Tweets about being a Gryffindor:
Tweets about being a Slytherin:
Tweets about being a Hufflepuff:
Tweets about being a Ravenclaw:
We hope that you had fun during house pride week, and we’re looking forward to hearing your feedback about it. Did you enjoy it? What would you like to see happen in the next house pride week?
Please share your thoughts with us on our Facebook page or on Twitter using the hashtag #HousePride.
Our favourite tweets
As house pride week was all about you displaying your house pride, we collected some of the best quotes we found on Twitter:
Tweets about being a Gryffindor:
Gryffindor taught me a lot of things & the most important thing I've learned was how important friendship is. #GryffindorPride#HousePride
— Cat Schneider (@_CatSchneider) April 16, 2013
#GryffindorPride day! Hoist the red and yellow flags!
— Amy Walker (@AmyyyySevenfold) April 16, 2013
Bold? Daring? Full of nerve? Chivalrous? Yup, that's me! #GryffindorPride
— Half-Blood Princess (@I_Luv_Wafflez) April 16, 2013
Proud to be a Gryffindor. Always was and always will be! #GryffindorPride day
— Jo (@MarauderChick) April 16, 2013
I don't care if it gets me in trouble, I am who I am, and I am bold. I am Gryffindor. #GryffindorPride#HousePride
— Wanderer (@Rebel_AndreaO) April 16, 2013
Tweets about being a Slytherin:
I can never hide my #SlytherinPride even when people giggle at it and say my house is a bad house, I know the truth. We are great!
— Eva P. (@Slytherintiger) April 17, 2013
#SlytherinPride For me, there's no such thing as failure. One way or another, I always succeed.
— Mariana Rodriguez (@CLawliet) April 17, 2013
#SlytherinPride ''As far as we're concerned, once you've become a snake, you're one of ours – one of the elite.''
— anny(@wowradcliffe) April 17, 2013
#SlytherinPride today! gonna get my nails green&black, bbl of course ♥
— dreamgirl. (@heymoonlady) April 17, 2013
#SlytherinPride day! We'll help you on the way to greatness.
— Annabeth (@tugcekirat) April 17, 2013
Tweets about being a Hufflepuff:
I'm not just Hufflepuff, but Huffle-TOUGH! :) #HufflepuffPride
— JMAJ (@HarmonicalHero) April 18, 2013
#HufflepuffPride we are badgers, and we stick together. We ain't looking for glory or pride, we do what we have to do. @pottermore
— Ayusha Mittal (@seriouslyAyusha) April 18, 2013
Because there's nothing more important than being loyal and fair #HufflepuffPride
— Zoily Colina (@ZoilyColina) April 18, 2013
It's #hufflepuffpride day today. I unintentionally wore my hufflepuff tie today. The badgers are connected I tell you
— Lexie Bonds (@TheRedScarab) April 18, 2013
#hufflepuffpride I'm a hardworking badger that loves to bake tasty treats for my friends :)
— Sophie (@Gonetobagend) April 18, 2013
Tweets about being a Ravenclaw:
I am so happy that I was sorted to Ravenclaw, the people there are very nice and hardworking, and we don't have fights :) #RavenclawPride
— Lorie Ann-oush (@callmeLorie) April 19, 2013
Just finished my extra long school day. I think I like to do little extra work for school 'cause I'm a Ravenclaw#RavenclawPride
— Heli (@Fevirish) April 19, 2013
#RavenclawPride, about being yourself and indulging in your passions, no matter how quirky they may be. @pottermore
— Molly Carroll (@mollycarroll) April 19, 2013
Wisdom must be gathered, not given. #ravenclawpride#housepride
— Melissa (@meysuhr) April 19, 2013
Our emblem is the eagle which can fly where others can't climb. #RavenclawPride
— Fiona Noyes (@FionaNoyes) April 19, 2013
We hope that you had fun during house pride week, and we’re looking forward to hearing your feedback about it. Did you enjoy it? What would you like to see happen in the next house pride week?
Please share your thoughts with us on our Facebook page or on Twitter using the hashtag #HousePride.