Q 01/05

Which disarming spell became Harry's signature and rebounded Voldemort's final Killing Curse?

A) Expelliarmus

B) Stupefy

C) Impedimenta

D) Relashio

Answer · why

A) Expelliarmus

Expelliarmus, the Disarming Charm, knocks the wand from an opponent's hand; Harry first saw it at Lockhart's duelling club and used it against Voldemo...

Q 02/05

In which year did Elizabeth Smudgling popularise the Disarming Charm in a duelling contest on Dartmoor?

A) 1479

B) 1579

C) 1679

D) 1379

Answer · why

D) 1379

1379: the Wonderbook: Book of Spells lore has Elizabeth Smudgling winning a Dartmoor duelling contest with the Disarming Charm that year, though other...

Q 03/05

What does Wingardium Leviosa, the charm taught to Hogwarts first-years, do?

A) Locks doors and windows

B) Lights the caster's wand

C) Makes objects fly or levitate

D) Repairs a broken object

Answer · why

C) 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 04/05

Which charm makes the tip of the caster's wand glow?

A) Nox

B) Lumos

C) Incendio

D) Reducto

Answer · why

B) Lumos

Lumos, the Wand-Lighting Charm, makes the wand-tip shine; Harry casts it to follow the spiders into the Forbidden Forest in Chamber of Secrets and to ...

Q 05/05

Which counter-charm puts out the light at the end of a wand?

A) Finite

B) Nox

C) Deletrius

D) Quietus

Answer · why

B) Nox

Nox is the Wand-Extinguishing Charm, the counter to the wand-lighting charm; its name is the word for night, and Harry uses it to douse his wand-tip w...

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