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50 free Shadowhunters trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Shadowhunters ran on Freeform from 2016 to 2019, turning Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments novels into a weekly mix of demon fights, forbidden romance and family secrets. When the network cancelled it after three seasons, it still ordered extra episodes so the story could end properly. This quiz follows Clary Fray from her eighteenth birthday to the series finale. Expect questions on the New York Institute and the people who run it, the warlocks, vampires, werewolves and Seelies around it, the villains of each season, the objects everyone is chasing, and the actors, music and prizes behind the show. It is written for fans who watched every episode and for newcomers working through the box set, with easier questions up front and harder ones for anyone who wants a real test. Every answer comes with a short explanation, so you can play straight through or print it for a watch party.
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Q 01Which actor, known as Old Spice's 'The Man Your Man Could Smell Like', plays Luke Garroway in Shadowhunters?
Isaiah Mustafa
Isaiah Mustafa spent years on NFL practice squads before turning to acting, and the 2010 Old Spice campaign brought him sudden fame.
Q 02Which bond between two warriors links Jace and Alec in Shadowhunters, and is used to track Jace in season two?
Parabatai
Parabatai are bonded fighting partners; when Alec uses the bond to find Jace on Valentine's ship, the risky tracking leaves him comatose.
Q 03Which actor and dancer, Mike Chang in Glee, went on to play warlock Magnus Bane in Shadowhunters?
Harry Shum Jr.
Harry Shum Jr. joined the cast in May 2015 and was later voted Male TV Star of 2018 at the People's Choice Awards for the role.
Q 04Which Canadian city stood in for New York during filming of the Freeform series Shadowhunters?
Toronto
Toronto was the main base for the shoot, which began in nearby Mississauga in May 2015.
Q 05Which blend of two Shadowhunters characters' names is both a season one episode title and a Teen Choice Liplock nominee?
Malec
Malec, the fan name for Magnus and Alec, titles the episode in which Alec abandons his own wedding to kiss the warlock in front of the guests.
Q 06What do the Shadowhunters of the Freeform series call humans, the people Clary Fray grew up among?
Mundanes
Mundanes is the Shadowhunters' word for humans; in the pilot nobody else in the club can even see the armed strangers Clary follows.
Q 07Magnus Bane begins Shadowhunters as High Warlock of which New York borough, a title Lorenzo Rey later takes?
Brooklyn
Brooklyn has a new High Warlock in Lorenzo Rey by season three, but Magnus ends the series with a fresh title: High Warlock of Alicante.
Q 08Which actress, later Mia Smoak in Arrow, played art student turned demon slayer Clary Fray in Shadowhunters?
Katherine McNamara
Katherine McNamara inherited the part from Lily Collins, who played Clary in the 2013 film, and won a People's Choice Award for it in 2018.
Q 09Which name is given to Simon Lewis in Shadowhunters once he can walk in sunlight unlike other vampires?
Daylighter
Daylighter status arrives after the battle at the Institute, where a wounded Simon feeds on Jace; the Seelie Queen later takes a keen interest in it.
Q 10Which streaming service carried Shadowhunters outside the US, launching the pilot a day after its Freeform premiere?
Netflix
Netflix bought the global rights outside the US in December 2015 and presented the show to its subscribers as one of its own originals.
Q 11In Shadowhunters season one, the Mortal Cup is hidden inside which object that Luke Garroway keeps in his desk?
A tarot card
A tarot card conceals the Cup, hence the episode title Major Arcana. A demon posing as Jace then tries to take it from Clary, and she kills it.
Q 12In Shadowhunters, Jace is jailed in which home of the Silent Brothers, named like the first Mortal Instruments novel?
The City of Bones
The City of Bones is also where Clary seeks answers from the Silent Brothers in season one and learns that Valentine is her father.
Q 13Jace of Shadowhunters, raised under the name Wayland, learns in season two that he was born into which family?
Herondale
Q 21Lake Lyn is revealed in Shadowhunters season two to be which sacred object, sought by Valentine and Jonathan?
The Mortal Mirror
The Mortal Mirror seems at first to be an object Clary's mother hid, but it is destroyed when Clary tries to disarm it, and she realises the lake is the real one.
Q 22In Shadowhunters, what does the Soul Sword force on anyone holding it, as Valentine finds while fighting Jace?
They must tell the truth
Holders find they must tell the truth, so Valentine, gripping the Sword in battle, admits he is not Jace's father after all.
Q 23Which drug made from vampire venom does Victor Aldertree give Isabelle Lightwood for a wound in Shadowhunters?
Yin fen
Herondale blood is revealed by Valentine himself, in a message he sends while body-swapped with Magnus and holding Jace hostage.
Q 14Which character does a demon-possessed Alec Lightwood kill at the New York Institute in Shadowhunters season two?
Jocelyn Fairchild
Jocelyn Fairchild dies when a demon that feeds on negative emotions takes over Alec; it then possesses Isabelle, and Clary breaks its hold and kills it.
Q 15Which vampire clan leader, a former girlfriend of Magnus Bane, kills Simon Lewis in Shadowhunters season one?
Camille Belcourt
Camille Belcourt is imprisoned for the unlawful death, then demands a signed statement from Simon saying he asked to be turned.
Q 16Where in New York is the lair of the vampire clan that kidnaps Simon Lewis in Shadowhunters season one?
Hotel Dumort
Hotel Dumort is where the vampires hold Simon to bargain for the Mortal Cup, and Isabelle gets the way in from her Seelie lover Meliorn.
Q 17At which bar does Maia Roberts work in Shadowhunters, the venue for the party after Valentine's death?
The Hunter's Moon
The Hunter's Moon is also where Jace begins tagging werewolves with tracking chips in season two and ends up in a fight with Maia.
Q 18Which day job does Luke Garroway hold in Shadowhunters, working alongside his fellow werewolf Alaric?
Police officer
As a police officer, Luke is detained by internal affairs in season one over demonic murders that were really Valentine's work.
Q 19Which rogue faction led by Valentine once counted Clary's mother and both Lightwood parents as members in Shadowhunters?
The Circle
The Circle is a secret his parents kept: Alec only learns they belonged when a visiting Clave envoy lets it slip in season one.
Q 20In Shadowhunters season two, Clary draws a portal rune that carries her and Jace to which Shadowhunter home country?
Idris
Idris greets them roughly: Lake Lyn there makes Clary hallucinate an angel until Jace and Isabelle find her and cure her.
Yin fen leaves Isabelle addicted, and she ends up letting a vampire feed on her to get her fix straight from the source.
Q 24Under Lilith's control in Shadowhunters season three, Jace preys on New Yorkers in the guise of which demon?
The Owl
The Owl can only take Jace over while he sleeps, because his love for Clary is stronger than its love for Lilith, so she has an anti-love potion brewed.
Q 25Which biblical symbol, placed on Simon's forehead by the Seelie Queen, banishes Lilith in Shadowhunters season three?
The Mark of Cain
The Mark of Cain hurls back anyone who attacks Simon, so he goads Lilith into striking him and the blast sends her out of this world.
Q 26Which Greater Demon, the father of Magnus Bane, takes his son's magic as the price of freeing Jace in Shadowhunters?
Asmodeus
Asmodeus later escapes his realm and hands the magic back, but Magnus ends up banishing him to eternal limbo.
Q 27Clary's brother Jonathan infiltrates the New York Institute in Shadowhunters season two under which stolen identity?
Sebastian Verlac
Sebastian Verlac is a real Shadowhunter whom Jonathan keeps captive in his own apartment, then kills when he escapes to warn a visiting cousin.
Q 28Which weapons trainer at the New York Institute steals the Mortal Cup for Valentine in Shadowhunters season one?
Hodge
Hodge takes the Cup to escape a binding curse, but Valentine denies him protection and Jace cuts off his hand in the fight that follows.
Q 29Which Clave envoy, sent to run the New York Institute, accepts Alec Lightwood's marriage proposal in Shadowhunters?
Lydia Branwell
Lydia Branwell takes being left at the altar with grace, and is then attacked while fetching the Mortal Cup from a safe.
Q 30What does Clary Fray lose along with her runes as the angels' punishment in the Shadowhunters series finale?
Her memories
Her memories of the Shadow World vanish with the runes, yet a year later she seems to recognise Jace as he watches her at her own art show.