80 free Harry Potter Spells trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Harry Potter spell trivia quiz is entirely about the magic itself: the incantations, what they do, what counters them and who invented them. It starts with the ones every reader knows (Wingardium Leviosa, Lumos, Alohomora, Accio, Stupefy, Expecto Patronum) and works through the duelling spells, the healing charms, the household charms, the jinxes and hexes of the Marauders and the Half-Blood Prince, the protective enchantments Hermione cast around the tent, and the three Unforgivable Curses. Easy questions ask which spell disarms an opponent or which one lights a wand; the hard ones want the counter-charm to Prior Incantato, the spell that turns a staircase into a slide, the witch who invented the Mending Charm and the year Elizabeth Smudgling made the Disarming Charm famous. Every question gives four incantations or effects, so you have to know the spell, not just recognise the Latin. Every answer was checked against the Harry Potter Wiki's individual spell articles, which cite the books and Wizarding World, and each question carries the sentence that supports it.
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Q 01Which disarming spell became Harry's signature and rebounded Voldemort's final Killing Curse?
Expelliarmus
Some wizarding historians credit Merlin with inventing it, but it only caught on after Elizabeth Smudgling used it in a Dartmoor duel in 1379.
Q 02In which year did Elizabeth Smudgling popularise the Disarming Charm in a duelling contest on Dartmoor?
1379
Others claimed its first widespread use was in Madagascar in the 11th century.
Q 03What does Wingardium Leviosa, the charm taught to Hogwarts first-years, do?
Makes objects fly or levitate
Ron got the swish-and-flick wrong until Hermione corrected his pronunciation, and later used it to knock out a troll with its own club.
Q 04Which charm illuminates the tip of the caster's wand?
Lumos
It can also be used to reveal magically hidden things.
Q 05Which counter-charm puts out the light at the end of a wand?
Nox
It is Latin for night; its partner charm is Latin for light.
Q 06Which charm summons a named object toward the caster, even one out of sight?
Accio
Harry used it to fetch his Firebolt during the first Triwizard task, and Molly Weasley used it to pull Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes from the twins' pockets.
Q 07Which of the three Unforgivable Curses places its victim completely under the caster's control?
Imperio
A person under it was said to be Imperiused; Barty Crouch Sr and Pius Thicknesse were both controlled this way.
Q 08What does the Cruciatus Curse (Crucio) inflict on its victim?
Excruciating pain
Prolonged exposure causes insanity, which is what Bellatrix Lestrange did to Neville's parents.
Q 09What is the penalty for using an Unforgivable Curse on another human being?
A life sentence in Azkaban
Barty Crouch Sr nonetheless authorised Aurors to use them against Death Eaters during the first war.
Q 10What colour of light accompanies the Killing Curse?
Green
It kills instantly and painlessly, leaving no mark on the body, which is why Muggle doctors could find nothing wrong with the Riddles.
Q 11Which incantation conjures a Patronus?
Expecto Patronum
It is regarded as far beyond N.E.W.T. level; many fully qualified wizards cannot manage a corporeal one.
Q 12What animal form does Harry Potter's Patronus take?
A stag
It matched his father James's Animagus form; Harry first produced it fully during a Quidditch match against Ravenclaw.
Q 13Whose Patronus, a doe, led Harry to the Sword of Gryffindor in the Forest of Dean?
Severus Snape
It was the same form as Lily Potter's, which is how Harry finally understood where Snape's loyalties lay.
Q 21Which charm erases specific memories from a person's mind?
Obliviate
Mnemone Radford, who developed memory-modifying charms, became the Ministry's first Obliviator; Hermione used it on her own parents.
Q 22Which charm confuses and misdirects its target, and works on anything that has a mind?
Confundo
Hermione cast it on Cormac McLaggen at Keeper trials, and Harry suspected Snape of using it on the Goblet of Fire.
Q 23Which curse causes its target to explode?
Confringo
Hermione used it on the sidecar of Hagrid's motorbike to shake off pursuing Death Eaters.
Q 14Who gave Harry private anti-Dementor lessons to teach him the Patronus Charm?
Remus Lupin
He was one of the youngest wizards ever to attempt the charm with real results.
Q 15Who devised the method of using Patronuses to carry spoken messages?
Albus Dumbledore
The technique was believed to be exclusive to the Order of the Phoenix; Kingsley's lynx warned the wedding guests that the Ministry had fallen.
Q 16Which spell defeats a Boggart by forcing it into a form the caster finds funny?
Riddikulus
It comes with a whip-crack noise; Neville's Boggart-Snape ended up in his grandmother's dress and vulture hat.
Q 17Which charm makes its target buckle with laughter, weakening them?
Rictusempra
It appears in The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 2, and Harry used it on Malfoy in the Duelling Club.
Q 18Which spell makes a target's legs spasm wildly, as if dancing?
Tarantallegra
Malfoy fired it at Harry in the Duelling Club; it works on anything with legs, living or not.
Q 19Which charm, nicknamed the Thief's Friend, unlocks doors and windows?
Alohomora
Hermione used it on the third-floor corridor in her first year; an Anti-Alohomora Charm can block it.
Q 20Which spell locks a door so that it cannot be opened by hand?
Colloportus
It is in The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 1; Hermione used it to slow the Death Eaters in the Department of Mysteries.
Q 24Which curse blasts solid objects to pieces, reducing them to mist or ashes?
Reducto
Ginny was noted for the strength of hers; the Trio used it on the shelves of prophecies in the Department of Mysteries.
Q 25Which spell, nicknamed the Stunner, renders its target unconscious?
Stupefy
A jet of red light; several at once can seriously injure, as McGonagall found when four hit her in the chest.
Q 26Which curse temporarily paralyses an opponent and is a favourite of inexperienced young duellists?
Petrificus Totalus
Hermione used it on Neville in their first year, and Draco Malfoy on Harry aboard the Hogwarts Express in the sixth.
Q 27What is the incantation of the Leg-Locker Curse, which binds the victim's legs together?
Locomotor Mortis
Malfoy used it on Neville, who had to bunny-hop back to Gryffindor Tower.
Q 28Which charm protects the caster with an invisible shield that reflects spells?
Protego
Fred and George sold Shield Hats, Cloaks and Gloves based on it to the Ministry.
Q 29Under the Fidelius Charm, what is the person in whose soul the hidden information is concealed called?
The Secret-Keeper
The Potters made Peter Pettigrew theirs; only when the Keeper dies do all who were told become Keepers themselves.
Q 30Which Half-Blood Prince curse, marked "for enemies", did Harry use on Draco Malfoy in a bathroom?
Sectumsempra
Its inventor healed the wounds with a song-like counter-curse and later slashed off George Weasley's ear with it by accident.