The Ancient Magus' Bride
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50 free The Ancient Magus' Bride trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
The Ancient Magus' Bride begins with a teenager who has given up on being wanted and a mage who does not understand people at all. Chise Hatori and Elias Ainsworth make an odd household in the English countryside, and their slow, awkward, often tender progress toward understanding each other is what keeps fans coming back. This quiz follows the pair through both anime seasons, the OAD episodes and the manga. Expect questions on Chise's past and her dangerous gift, on Elias and his many titles, on the fairies, dragons, alchemists and immortals they meet, and on the College arc of season two. A handful look behind the scenes at the people and companies who animated, voiced, scored and published the story. The questions start gently, for anyone who has watched the first season once, and work up to deep cuts on folklore and publishing history for readers who have followed the manga from the start. Every answer comes with a short explanation, so you can test what you know and pick up something new along the way.
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Q 01In The Ancient Magus' Bride, how does Chise Hatori end up for sale at an auction?
She sold herself
She sold herself, hoping whoever bought her would at least give her a place to call home. Shunned by her relatives and by society, Chise saw the auction as her one chance to belong somewhere.
Q 02In The Ancient Magus' Bride, what sum does Elias Ainsworth bid to win Chise at the auction?
Five million pounds
Five million pounds bought Elias an apprentice he also intends to marry. He chose her partly for her rare magical gift and partly in the hope that she could teach him about human feelings.
Q 03In The Ancient Magus' Bride, the towering mage Elias Ainsworth has what in place of a human head?
An animal skull
An animal skull, horned and sharp-toothed with red lights glowing in the sockets, is his true face. He sometimes hides it behind a glamour or behind the red veil he wears.
Q 04In The Ancient Magus' Bride, Chise is which rare kind of mage, drawing magic from all around her?
A Sleigh Beggy
A Sleigh Beggy draws magic both from her surroundings and from within, which strains the body so badly that most die young. Elias buys Chise hoping to spare her that fate.
Q 05In The Ancient Magus' Bride, which city hosts the auction where Elias Ainsworth buys Chise Hatori?
London
London is where the auction takes place, though Chise barely sees the city. Elias takes her straight to his house in the English countryside and announces that she will be his apprentice.
Q 06In The Ancient Magus' Bride, what name does Chise give the dog spirit who becomes her familiar?
Ruth
Ruth is the name Chise chooses once the dog spirit accepts that his former owner Isabel is dead and asks to serve her. The bond gives the two a mental link, and he can travel inside her shadow.
Q 07In The Ancient Magus' Bride, which fairy queen treats Elias like her own child?
Titania
Titania still considers Elias her child and keeps asking him to come and live in the fairy kingdom, even though other fairies shun him. Her husband is the mischievous fairy king Oberon.
Q 08In The Ancient Magus' Bride, what does the body of the dying dragon Nevin turn into?
A tree
A tree covered in white flowers grows from Nevin after he shares his memories of flying with Chise. He offers her one of its branches for the day she needs a wand.
Q 09In The Ancient Magus' Bride, which handmade Christmas gift from Elias absorbs Chise's excess magic?
A teddy bear
A teddy bear made by Elias himself soaks up her surplus magic overnight and turns it into crystals that look like rock candy. Chise later finds crystal flowers growing from it.
Q 10Which manga artist from Hokkaido writes and draws The Ancient Magus' Bride?
Kore Yamazaki
Kore Yamazaki is also credited as the writer of the animated prequel Those Awaiting a Star. Her other manga include Frau Faust and Ghost & Witch.
Q 11In The Ancient Magus' Bride, which small bird gives the fragile Chise one of her nicknames?
Robin
Robin is one of two bird nicknames she picks up, the other being Little Bird Mage. Both play on how small and fragile she seems to those who meet her.
Q 12In The Ancient Magus' Bride, Elias is called the Child of what, which he can summon and control?
Thorns
Thorns give Elias two of his titles, Child of Thorns and Thorn Mage, alongside the Latin name Pilum Muralis. He can also dissolve into shadows.
Q 13In The Ancient Magus' Bride, which centuries-old mage guards the dragons' nest and trained Elias?
Lindel
Lindel met Elias hundreds of years ago, walking alone through a snowy forest, and took him on as an apprentice. His own magic is sung, and one of his songs makes flowers bloom.
Q 21In The Ancient Magus' Bride, College student Zoe Ivy is half human and half which mythical creature?
A gorgon
A gorgon was his mother and a sorcerer his father, and Zoe struggles to control both his snake hair and his evil eye. He keeps the snakes hidden until a classmate pulls off his earphones.
Q 22In The Ancient Magus' Bride, Chise's dog familiar is which kind of spirit from British folklore?
Church grim
Church grim is the name for this guardian in English and Nordic folklore, usually a black dog that drives off anyone who would profane a churchyard. Chise's once chased away grave robbers and evil spirits.
Q 23In The Ancient Magus' Bride, what kind of spirit was the silent Silver before becoming a silkie?
A banshee
Q 14In The Ancient Magus' Bride, which artificer runs a magus shop disguised as a bookstore?
Angelica
Angelica makes magical tools and sells Chise a knife and a coat on their first visit. When she hears about the adoption and the proposal, she angrily sends Elias out of the shop.
Q 15In The Ancient Magus' Bride, Chise inherited her red hair and which eye color from her mother?
Green
Green eyes and red hair both came to Chise from her mother, Chika. Both of her parents also had the sight, so they could see the creatures that most people cannot.
Q 16Which animation house behind Attack on Titan made the first season of The Ancient Magus' Bride?
Wit Studio
Wit Studio made the 2017 series and the earlier prequel episodes that were bundled with volumes of the manga. A different studio took over for the second season in 2023.
Q 17What is the original Japanese title of the manga known in English as The Ancient Magus' Bride?
Mahō Tsukai no Yome
Mahō Tsukai no Yome, also romanized Mahoutsukai no Yome, is the title under which the manga began in a Mag Garden magazine in November 2013.
Q 18In The Ancient Magus' Bride, what do fairies tell Chise and Elias to burn on Christmas Eve?
A Yule log
A Yule log has to be burned for the Horned God and the Dark Lady, as the fairies called the Yule Twins remind them. The same evening brings an awkward kiss under the mistletoe.
Q 19In The Ancient Magus' Bride, which part of Chise's body mutates after she absorbs a dragon's curse?
Her left arm
Her left arm takes the curse when she draws the dark magic out of a dragon that had been turned into a rampaging chimera. She wakes at home to find the limb mutated and wrapped in bandages.
Q 20Which North American company streamed the English dub of The Ancient Magus' Bride on its website?
Funimation
Funimation streamed the dub, with Dani Chambers as the voice of Chise, and also handled the North American home video release. In the United Kingdom the discs came from Manga Entertainment.
A banshee is what Silver was until she lost the family she wailed for. The fairy guard Spriggan found her weeping in the ruins of their house and gave her a new name and a new purpose.
Q 24In The Ancient Magus' Bride, the boyish immortal Cartaphilus is which cursed figure of old legend?
The Wandering Jew
The Wandering Jew of legend taunted Christ on the way to the crucifixion and was cursed to walk the earth until the Second Coming. In the series the curse keeps Cartaphilus alive while his body endlessly rots.
Q 25In The Ancient Magus' Bride, which name does Cartaphilus take from the gravedigger he fused with?
Joseph
Joseph was a kind gravedigger who could see fairies and speak with the dead, and who tried to nurse the decaying sorcerer back to health. Their fusion gave the immortal a boy's body.
Q 26In The Ancient Magus' Bride, former street urchin Alice Swayne is the apprentice of which alchemist?
Renfred
Renfred discovered her magical potential when she was living on the streets and took her in. His face was later scarred while he was protecting her, and she has guarded him fiercely ever since.
Q 27In The Ancient Magus' Bride, which kind of fairy haunts old Joel Garland and slowly drains his life?
A leanan sídhe
A leanan sídhe gives a man talent at the cost of an early death, yet this one denies loving Joel because love would doom him. Chise brews a remedy so the two can see each other one last time.
Q 28In The Ancient Magus' Bride, which creature does Chise become when Ashen Eye traps her in a pelt?
A fox
A fox is the shape the old fairy's so-called gift forces on her, and she runs into the forest lost to its instincts. Elias wins her back by admitting that life feels cold and lonely without her.
Q 29In The Ancient Magus' Bride, in what form does Chise fly home to Elias after finishing her wand?
A phoenix
A phoenix of fire carries her from the land of dragons all the way home to him. The spell is so draining that she falls asleep before she can speak and does not wake for two days.
Q 30In The Ancient Magus' Bride, Elias and Chise travel to which country to investigate its dragons?
Iceland
Iceland holds the last sanctuary of the dragons, and the errand is a favor asked by the village priest in return for a blind eye to what Elias does. On arrival, Chise is promptly carried off by a dragon.