126 Fun Facts About Harry Potter Spells

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

Expelliarmus was such a habit that it gave Harry away among his six decoys: when he merely disarmed Stan Shunpike in the chase from Privet Drive, the Death Eaters knew they had the real one.

Which charm did Ron use to knock out a mountain troll with its own club?

Wingardium Leviosa was the first spell Ron could think of; earlier that day Hermione had corrected the way he said it, and after it saved her from the troll the three became friends.

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

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 see inside the tunnel under the Whomping Willow.

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

Nox put out two wands at once in the Shrieking Shack: Harry and Hermione whispered it together so that whoever was upstairs would not see them coming.

Which charm summons a named object toward the caster, even one out of sight?

Accio, the Summoning Charm, finally worked for Harry at two in the morning, after a day's practice with Hermione; hours later he used it to call his Firebolt from the castle to the dragon's enclosure.

Which of the three Unforgivable Curses places its victim completely under the caster's control?

Imperio, the Imperius Curse, let Barty Crouch Sr keep his own escaped son hidden at home for years; then Voldemort's side freed the son and turned the same curse on the father.

Which curse did Harry cast, almost uselessly, at Bellatrix Lestrange in the Ministry Atrium?

Crucio: after Bellatrix killed Sirius, Harry chased her into the Atrium and cast the Cruciatus Curse, which only knocked her off her feet because, she taunted, he did not truly mean it.

What is the penalty for using an Unforgivable Curse on another human being?

A life sentence in Azkaban: so 'Moody' (Barty Crouch Jr in disguise) told the fourth-years in Goblet of Fire, though Crouch Sr had authorised Aurors to use the curses against Death Eaters in the first war.

What colour of light accompanies the Killing Curse?

Green: a jet of blinding green light accompanies Avada Kedavra, which kills instantly and leaves no mark, so Muggle doctors found nothing wrong with the murdered Riddles.

Which incantation produces the silvery guardian that drives off Dementors?

Expecto Patronum troubles many qualified wizards, yet Harry cast it at fifteen to save his cousin Dudley from two Dementors, and was tried for underage magic by the full Wizengamot and cleared.

What animal form does Harry Potter's Patronus take?

A stag, the shape his father James took as the Animagus Prongs: when it charged the Dementors by the lake, Harry thought his dead father had cast it, then found that he had done it himself.

Whose Patronus, a doe, led Harry to the Sword of Gryffindor in the Forest of Dean?

Severus Snape's doe matched the Patronus of Lily Potter, whom he had loved since childhood; in the memories he left Harry he conjures it and, asked 'After all this time?', answers 'Always.'

Who gave Harry private anti-Dementor lessons to teach him the Patronus Charm?

Remus Lupin, that year's Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, had no Dementor to practise on, so he brought a Boggart, which turned into one whenever Harry stood in front of it.

Who devised the method of using Patronuses to carry spoken messages?

Albus Dumbledore devised the messenger Patronus, a technique used only by the Order of the Phoenix; Kingsley Shacklebolt's lynx used it to warn Bill and Fleur's wedding that the Ministry had fallen.

Which spell defeats a Boggart by forcing it into a form the caster finds funny?

Riddikulus, cast while picturing something funny, forces the Boggart into that shape with a whip-crack; Neville's took the form of his Potions master dressed in his grandmother's clothes and vulture-topped hat.

Which charm makes its target buckle with laughter, weakening them?

Rictusempra, the Tickling Charm, hit Malfoy in the stomach as a jet of silver light at the Duelling Club; he sank to his knees, barely able to move for laughing.

Which spell made Harry's legs jerk uncontrollably when Malfoy cast it at the Duelling Club?

Tarantallegra, the Dancing Feet Spell, later cost Harry the prophecy: a Death Eater cast it on Neville, and as his legs flailed the glass sphere fell from his torn pocket and smashed.

Which charm, nicknamed the Thief's Friend, unlocks doors and windows?

Alohomora, the Unlocking Charm, got Hermione, Harry, Ron and Neville through a locked door as they fled Filch in their first year, and straight into the forbidden corridor guarded by the three-headed dog Fluffy.

Which spell locks a door so that it cannot be opened by hand?

Colloportus, the Locking Spell, seals a door with a squelching sound; Hermione used it in the Department of Mysteries to lock doors against the pursuing Death Eaters.

Which charm erases specific memories from a person's mind?

Obliviate, the Memory Charm, made Gilderoy Lockhart famous, since he wiped the wizards whose deeds he claimed; cast through Ron's broken wand it backfired and erased his own memory.

Which charm did Hermione cast on Cormac McLaggen during Gryffindor's Keeper trials?

Confundo, the Confundus Charm, befuddles its target; Hermione used it so Cormac McLaggen missed a save at Keeper trials, and 'Moody' said an exceptionally strong one had bamboozled the Goblet of Fire.

Which curse causes its target to explode?

Confringo, the Blasting Curse, cost Harry his wand: when Hermione fired it at the snake Nagini in Bathilda Bagshot's house, the spell ricocheted round the room and apparently snapped it.

Which curse did five of Harry's friends bellow together to smash the prophecy shelves in the Department of Mysteries?

Reducto, the Reductor Curse, blasts solid objects apart: at one D.A. practice Parvati Patil cast it so well that she reduced the table in front of her to dust.

Which spell, nicknamed the Stunner, renders its target unconscious?

Stupefy, the Stunning Spell, fires a jet of red light that knocks the target out; several at once, from the Ministry wizards who came for Hagrid, put Professor McGonagall in St Mungo's.

Which curse did Hermione cast on Neville when he tried to stop the trio leaving Gryffindor Tower?

Petrificus Totalus, the Full Body-Bind, later caught Harry himself: Malfoy cast it on him as he hid under his Invisibility Cloak on the Hogwarts Express, then stamped on his face.

What is the incantation of the Leg-Locker Curse, which binds the victim's legs together?

Locomotor Mortis, the Leg-Locker Curse: Malfoy hit Neville with it in their first year, and Neville bunny-hopped all the way up to Gryffindor Tower, where Harry gave him a Chocolate Frog.

Which charm throws up an invisible barrier that sends jinxes back at the attacker?

Protego, the Shield Charm: Harry taught it to the D.A. in his fifth year, and Fred and George built it into Shield Hats, which the Ministry bought by the hundred for its staff.

Which Half-Blood Prince curse, marked "for enemies", did Harry use on Draco Malfoy in a bathroom?

Sectumsempra, the Half-Blood Prince's own invention, slashes the victim as if by an invisible sword; its inventor healed Malfoy with a song-like counter-curse and later took off George Weasley's ear with it by accident.

Which jinx, meant to be cast nonverbally, hoists its victim into the air by the ankle?

Levicorpus, a nonverbal jinx from the Half-Blood Prince's book: James Potter used it to dangle its own inventor upside down by the lake in their fifth year, and Liberacorpus is the counter-jinx.

Which charm fills the ears of everyone nearby with a buzzing so that a conversation cannot be overheard?

Muffliato, from the Half-Blood Prince's book, fills nearby ears with an unidentifiable buzzing; Hermione disapproved of it at school and refused to talk while it was in use, then cast it herself when the trio were on the run.

Which jinx glues the victim's tongue to the roof of their mouth?

Langlock, a Half-Blood Prince jinx, glues the victim's tongue to the roof of the mouth; Harry tested it on Peeves in his sixth year, and it silenced the poltergeist mid-taunt.

Which charm amplifies a voice, as used by Ludo Bagman commentating the Quidditch World Cup?

Sonorus, the Amplifying Charm: Ludo Bagman pointed his wand at his throat and said it to commentate the Quidditch World Cup final, and 'Quietus' turned his voice back down afterwards.

Which charm did Hermione use to strike a shouting Death Eater dumb in the Department of Mysteries?

Silencio, the Silencing Charm, was fifth-year classwork practised on bullfrogs and ravens; the muted Death Eater still cursed Hermione, but without the spoken words his spell did less damage.

Which charm conjures a jet of clean, drinkable water from the wand?

Aguamenti, the Water-Making Charm: Harry conjured water with it to give the weakened headmaster a drink in the cave, but the water vanished before it reached his lips, forcing him to the Inferi-filled lake.

Which spell conjures a jet of flames to set things alight?

Incendio, the Fire-Making Spell, sends a jet of flame from the wand; Arthur Weasley used it to light a fire in the Dursleys' wrecked fireplace so that his family could leave by Floo powder.

Which curse produces enchanted flames that take the form of serpents, chimaeras and dragons?

Fiendfyre, cursed fire that takes the shape of serpents, chimaeras and dragons: Crabbe unleashed it in the Room of Requirement, where it destroyed Ravenclaw's diadem Horcrux and killed him.

Which charm makes a broken or torn object whole again?

Reparo, the Mending Charm, restores broken objects but not a snapped wand: Harry's stayed broken for months, until he mended it with the Elder Wand, the one wand powerful enough to do it.

Which charm let Hermione pack books, clothes and a tent into one small beaded handbag?

The Undetectable Extension Charm enlarges the inside of a thing but not the outside; because Hermione had already packed the bag, the trio could flee the wedding attack with everything they needed.

Which healing charm mends minor injuries such as broken noses, toes and split lips?

Episkey, a healing spell for minor injuries: Tonks used it to mend Harry's nose after Malfoy stamped on it on the Hogwarts Express, and Harry used it on Demelza Robins's split lip at Quidditch practice.

Which charm conjures bandages and splints broken bones?

Ferula conjures bandages and a splint: it was cast on Ron's broken leg in the Shrieking Shack so that he could limp back through the tunnel under the Whomping Willow.

Which spell clears the blocked airway of someone who is choking?

Anapneo: Slughorn cast it on Marcus Belby, who had choked on a mouthful of pheasant in the Slug Club compartment while discussing his uncle Damocles, inventor of the Wolfsbane Potion.

Which cleaning charm is also used to punish swearing by filling the culprit's mouth with soap?

Scourgify, the Scouring Charm: Tonks used it to clean Hedwig's cage, and James Potter turned it on a teenage schoolmate's mouth, filling it with pink soap bubbles, in the memory Harry saw in the Pensieve.

Which spell siphons off messes such as dried blood, dust or grease?

Tergeo, a siphoning charm: Hermione used it to clean the dried blood off Harry's face at the start-of-term feast in Half-Blood Prince, after Malfoy had broken his nose on the train.

Which Transfiguration spell vanishes objects "into non-being, which is to say, everything"?

Evanesco, the Vanishing Spell: fifth-years practised it on snails and then mice in McGonagall's O.W.L. year, and the Potions master used it to clear Harry's ruined potions out of his cauldron.

Which charm did Harry use to split Cedric Diggory's bag so that he could warn him about the dragons?

Diffindo, the Severing Charm, also did some tailoring: Ron used it to cut the lace from the collar and cuffs of his second-hand dress robes before the Yule Ball.

Which charm makes its target swell up, and counters the Shrinking Charm?

Engorgio, the Engorgement Charm: 'Moody' used it to enlarge the spider he tortured in his Unforgivable Curses lesson, and Hagrid's giant pumpkins owed something to it too.

Which charm turns an object to stone?

Duro, the Hardening Charm: Hermione cast it on a tapestry during the Battle of Hogwarts so that two pursuing Death Eaters smashed into solid stone.

Which spell turns a staircase into a smooth slide?

Glisseo: Hermione cast it during the Battle of Hogwarts, flattening a staircase into a chute so the trio shot down it ahead of two pursuing Death Eaters, whom she then stopped with a hardened tapestry.

Which charm duplicates an object into a replica almost impossible to tell from the original?

Geminio, the Doubling Charm: Hermione used it to leave a copy of Slytherin's locket with Umbridge, and the Gemino Curse on the Lestranges' Gringotts vault made every touched object multiply into worthless copies.

Which charm conjures a flock of birds?

Avis, the Bird-Conjuring Charm: Ollivander cast it from Krum's wand at the Weighing of the Wands before the Triwizard Tournament, and Hermione used it to conjure a flock of twittering canaries in Half-Blood Prince.

Which spell conjures a live snake from the end of the wand?

Serpensortia: Malfoy cast it at Harry in Lockhart's Duelling Club, and when Harry spoke to the conjured snake the whole school learned he was a Parselmouth; the Potions master vanished it.

Which jinx directs conjured creatures or objects to attack a target?

Oppugno: Hermione cried it after finding Ron kissing Lavender Brown, and the canaries she had conjured flew at Ron's face, pecking and clawing, before she left in tears.

Which jinx hinders a target's movement, slowing it down or stopping it in its tracks?

Impedimenta, the Impediment Jinx, slows or halts a target; Harry learned it for the Triwizard maze, where it was useless against a giant Blast-Ended Skrewt's armour until it struck the creature's soft underside.

Which jinx did Harry fire at the Grindylows that grabbed him during the second Triwizard task?

Relashio, the Revulsion Jinx, forces a grip to loosen; Harry cast it at the Grindylows clutching his ankles in the second Triwizard task, and underwater it fired jets of boiling water instead of sparks.

Which spell conjures ropes out of thin air to bind a target?

Incarcerous conjures thick ropes that bind the target: Umbridge cast it on the centaur Magorian in the Forbidden Forest, enraging the herd, which carried her off and ended her reign at Hogwarts.

Which charm did Hermione cast to check for anyone hiding in Grimmauld Place?

Homenum Revelio reveals human presence: Hermione cast it as the trio entered Grimmauld Place, and when a Death Eater later used it at the Lovegoods' house, Harry felt something swoop low over him.

Which charm did Moody tap onto Harry's head, like an egg cracking, to camouflage him?

The Disillusionment Charm was Moody's way of hiding Harry on the broomstick flight to Grimmauld Place: his body took on the exact colour and texture of whatever was behind him, like a human chameleon.

Which charm turns an ordinary object into a means of instant transport to a set place?

Portus: the headmaster turned an old blackened kettle in his office into a Portkey, which carried Harry and the Weasleys to Grimmauld Place on the night Arthur was attacked.

Which incantation conjures the Dark Mark, the skull-and-serpent sign, in the sky?

Morsmordre: Barty Crouch Jr cast it at the Quidditch World Cup with Harry's stolen wand, sending the skull-and-serpent Dark Mark over the campsite; Death Eaters cast it above any house where they had killed.

Which spell did Amos Diggory use to erase the ghostly Dark Mark conjured from Harry's wand?

Deletrius wiped away the smoky skull that Amos Diggory had just drawn back out of Harry's wand; the wand had been found in the hand of the house-elf Winky, and her master sacked her for it.

What rare effect occurred when Harry's and Voldemort's twin-core wands were forced to duel?

Priori Incantatem: both wands held a tail feather from Fawkes the phoenix, so in the Little Hangleton graveyard Voldemort's wand was forced to regurgitate echoes of its recent victims, Cedric and Harry's parents among them.

Which hex was Ginny Weasley's speciality, as Draco Malfoy found out in Umbridge's office?

The Bat-Bogey Hex turns the victim's bogeys into bats that attack the face; Slughorn invited Ginny into his Slug Club after watching her cast it on Zacharias Smith aboard the Hogwarts Express.

Which charm did Cedric and Fleur both use in the second Triwizard task, where Harry ate Gillyweed?

The Bubble-Head Charm wraps the caster's head in a bubble of breathable air: it brought Cedric back first with his hostage, while Fleur, attacked by Grindylows on the way, came back without hers.

Which incantation did Arthur Weasley suggest to disguised Ron for a Ministry office that kept raining?

Meteolojinx Recanto 'worked for Bletchley', Arthur told the man he took for Reg Cattermole, never guessing that the stranger who nearly thanked him as 'Dad' was his own Polyjuiced son.

Which spell lets the caster delve into another person's mind to see memories, emotions and thoughts?

Legilimens: the Potions master used it to force his way into Harry's memories during their private lessons in fifth year, and Voldemort could do it without wand or incantation.

What is the practice of shielding one's own mind from external penetration called?

Occlumency, the magical defence of the mind against intrusion: Harry's fifth-year lessons boiled down to 'clear your mind' and went badly, while Draco Malfoy learned it from his aunt Bellatrix.

Which hex makes the victim's front teeth grow at an alarming rate?

Densaugeo, the tooth-growing hex, did Hermione a favour: Madam Pomfrey told her to say when her teeth were back to normal, and she let the shrinking run on until they were smaller than before.

Which jinx makes its victim break out in boils?

Furnunculus: Harry fired it at Malfoy outside the Potions dungeon in Goblet of Fire, but it collided with Malfoy's hex and rebounded onto Goyle, whose face erupted in great ugly boils.

Which charm did McGonagall use to bring the Hogwarts statues and suits of armour to life?

Piertotum Locomotor sent the castle's statues and suits of armour marching off to defend Hogwarts in the final battle; in the film McGonagall adds, delighted, 'I've always wanted to use that spell!'

Which charm did Crabbe use to bring a wall of junk crashing down on Ron?

Descendo: Ron used it to lower the attic ladder at the Burrow, and Crabbe cast it in the Room of Requirement to topple a towering wall of junk onto Ron.

Which charm gouges out chunks of earth or stone?

Defodio, the Gouging Spell: clinging to the half-blind dragon's back, the trio blasted chunks out of the Gringotts ceiling with it so the beast could smash its way up to the surface.

Which charm did Hermione use to pitch the tent on the Horcrux hunt?

Erecto: with one flick Hermione raised the tent in the forest where the Quidditch World Cup had been held, the same musty tent Perkins from Arthur Weasley's office had lent for the Cup.

Which ancient language are most of Harry Potter's spell incantations loosely based on?

Latin lies behind most incantations, but not the deadliest: Rowling said she took Avada Kedavra from an ancient Aramaic spell, which she called the original of 'abracadabra', meaning 'let the thing be destroyed'.

What is the term for losing a body part through a botched Apparition?

Splinching: leaving part of oneself behind in a botched Apparition; Susan Bones left a leg behind in the sixth-year Apparition lessons, and Ron lost a chunk of his arm fleeing the Ministry.

Which spell did Hermione try on Tom Riddle's blank diary, hoping to show up invisible ink?

Aparecium, the Revealing Charm, did nothing when Hermione tapped the diary three times; Harry found out only later that its pages answered back when someone wrote in them.

Which general counter-spell did the Potions master bellow to restore order at the Duelling Club?

Finite Incantatem, the General Counter-Spell, ends the effects of other spells nearby; the Potions master bellowed it to restore order at Lockhart's Duelling Club, and Harry's 'Finite!' halted Crabbe's toppling wall of junk.

Which incantation casts the Killing Curse, which only Harry Potter is known to have survived?

Avada Kedavra kills instantly and leaves no mark on the body. It cannot be blocked and has no counter-curse, so the only defence is to dodge it.

Which magical pact, sealed by a third wizard called the Bonder, kills whoever fails to keep it?

The Unbreakable Vow binds its maker on pain of death, and Narcissa Malfoy extracted one to protect her son Draco, with her sister Bellatrix acting as Bonder.

What is a witch or wizard who can take a creature's shape at will, like Minerva McGonagall, called?

An Animagus must register with the Ministry of Magic. Professor McGonagall, a registered one, becomes a tabby cat with markings shaped like her spectacles.

What must a witch or wizard concentrate on in order to cast a Patronus Charm against Dementors?

A happy memory fuels the charm, because a Patronus is made of the hope and happiness that Dementors feed on, which draws them away from the caster.

On which creatures did a Defence teacher demonstrate all three Unforgivable Curses to Harry's class?

Spiders were made to dance, then tortured, then killed in front of the fourth-years, and the second curse upset Neville Longbottom badly.

What did a teacher's botched mending spell do to Harry Potter's arm after a rogue Bludger broke it?

The spell left it boneless rather than mended, so the school nurse had to regrow the whole arm's skeleton overnight with a painful dose of Skele-Gro.

What did Ron Weasley belch up after his broken wand backfired a jinx meant for Draco Malfoy?

Slugs kept coming after Ron tried to jinx Malfoy for insulting Hermione, and one last attack later landed on a school trophy he was polishing in detention.

What colour is the jet of light that a Stunning Spell fires to knock a witch or wizard unconscious?

Red light marks a Stunner, and one alone barely troubles a dragon: handlers have to fire several together to subdue a single beast.

What word did pimples spell on Marietta Edgecombe's face after she betrayed Harry's Defence group?

SNEAK broke out in purple pimples because Hermione had jinxed the parchment that every member signed, to mark anyone who informed on the group.

Which useless incantation did a vain Hogwarts Defence teacher yell at creatures wrecking his class?

Peskipiksi Pesternomi did nothing at all: one of the pixies simply seized the teacher's wand and threw it out of the window.

What made Voldemort's curse rebound when he tried to kill the infant Harry Potter?

His mother's sacrifice shielded him so completely that the curse rebounded on its caster, ripping Voldemort from his body and leaving Harry with only a scar.

Under Gamp's Law of Elemental Transfiguration, what can no witch or wizard conjure out of thin air?

Food is one of five Principal Exceptions to the law: it can be fetched, enlarged or multiplied if some already exists, but never made from nothing.

Which spell did Hermione fire at Harry's face to disguise him just before Snatchers caught them?

The Stinging Jinx swelled Harry's face so badly that his captors at Malfoy Manor could barely make out the scar on his forehead and hesitated to call their master.

Destination and Determination are two of Apparition's three Ds; which word is the third?

Deliberation is the last of the three: after fixing the mind on a destination and gathering the will, the learner turns on the spot without haste.

What does the Ministry of Magic call its way of detecting spells cast near wizards under seventeen?

The Trace shows where magic happened but not who cast it, which is why a house-elf's spell at Privet Drive was pinned on twelve-year-old Harry.

Whose Patronus interrupted Bill and Fleur's wedding to announce that the Ministry had fallen?

Kingsley Shacklebolt's Patronus brought word that Minister Scrimgeour was dead, giving the guests a few moments to flee before Death Eaters arrived.

Which incantation did Ludo Bagman use to bring his magically amplified voice back down to normal?

Quietus undoes the voice-amplifying charm, and Ludo Bagman used it as soon as his commentary on the Quidditch World Cup final was over.

Which incantation opens the one-eyed witch statue that hides a passage from Hogwarts to Honeydukes?

Dissendium makes the statue's hump hinge open on the third floor, and the tunnel beneath comes out in the cellar of the sweetshop in Hogsmeade.

Which counter-jinx scribbled by the Half-Blood Prince lets a victim hanging by the ankle back down?

Liberacorpus was needed in a hurry after Harry tried the Prince's ankle-hoisting jinx without knowing what it did and hauled a sleeping Ron into the air.

Which incantation fired chewing gum out of a keyhole and up the nostril of Peeves the poltergeist?

Waddiwasi shot the wad out of the keyhole and into the poltergeist's left nostril, and he zoomed off cursing in front of a class of third-years.

Which house-elf's Hover Charm on a dessert at Privet Drive earned Harry a Ministry warning?

Dobby let the dessert fall to stop Harry going back to school, and the Ministry, unaware an elf was in the house, blamed the only wizard living there.

Which item did Hermione enlarge inside with an Undetectable Extension Charm before going on the run?

A small beaded bag held everything from a tent to spare clothes, and it nearly gave itself away at the wedding by landing with a suspiciously heavy thump.

What animal, said to be J.K. Rowling's favourite, is the form taken by Hermione Granger's Patronus?

An otter belongs to the same animal family as the weasel, a neat fit for the witch who ends up marrying Ron Weasley.

Which Hogwarts teacher forgot who he was when his own charm backfired out of Ron's broken wand?

Gilderoy Lockhart had built his fame on that very charm, taking credit for other wizards' deeds and then wiping the truth from their minds.

Which advanced spell did Hermione put on fake Galleons so that all changed when Harry altered his?

The Protean Charm links objects so that a change to one shows on all, and Terry Boot was startled to see a fifth-year manage such N.E.W.T.-level magic.

Which historical figure liked the Flame-Freezing Charm enough to be burned at the stake 47 times?

Wendelin the Weird let herself be caught in one disguise after another, because the charm turns a fire's burn into a gentle, pleasant tickle.

What happens to a Muggle who strays too close to a place guarded by Muggle-Repelling Charms?

They remember urgent business and hurry away, which is why every inch of the Quidditch World Cup stadium was covered in these charms.

Which spell sounded the alarm when Harry, Ron and Hermione Apparated into Hogsmeade after curfew?

The Caterwauling Charm had Death Eaters in the street within moments, until a village barman claimed he had set it off himself by letting his cat out.

Which incantation did Hermione cast on Harry's spectacles to repel rain in a stormy Quidditch match?

Impervius made the lenses shed water in the match against Hufflepuff, played in a downpour so heavy that Harry could not see the Snitch.

Which broom did Harry call to a dragon's enclosure with a Summoning Charm in a school tournament?

The Firebolt came hurtling from the castle, and Harry was surprised by how well the charm worked after struggling with it right up to the night before.

Which dragon did Harry outfly on a summoned broom to snatch a golden egg in a school tournament?

The Hungarian Horntail was the dragon that fell to Harry in the draw, and he faced it as number four, the last of the champions to enter the enclosure.

What did Harry summon in a graveyard to carry himself and Cedric Diggory's body back to Hogwarts?

The Triwizard Cup had been bewitched to deliver Harry to Voldemort, and summoning it across the graveyard was his only way out again.

Which joke sweets did Mrs Weasley summon from her twin sons' pockets before the Quidditch World Cup?

Ton-Tongue Toffees had just made Dudley Dursley's tongue swell to an enormous size, and the twins were trying to smuggle more out of the house.

From whose office did Fred and George Weasley summon their confiscated brooms to quit Hogwarts?

Dolores Umbridge had chained the brooms to her wall, and they smashed through her office door, one trailing its chain and iron peg behind it.

Which falling friend did Harry try to summon in mid-air during the flight of the seven Potters?

Rubeus Hagrid had leapt from the flying motorbike to tackle a Death Eater, and Harry shouted the charm after him as the bike dived towards the ground.

What did a befuddled Ron Weasley summon out of a tank in the Department of Mysteries, to his cost?

A brain flew at Ron and its tentacles of thought wrapped around his arms, leaving scars that remained even after the school nurse had healed him.

Which item did Harry summon across his bedroom to celebrate being free to do magic at seventeen?

His glasses zoomed across the room and poked him in the eye, but after years of warnings about underage magic the novelty was worth it.

Which of Harry's possessions resisted a Death Eater's Summoning Charm in Hogsmeade?

The Invisibility Cloak stayed put because, as one of the Deathly Hallows, it shrugs off spells that would work on any ordinary cloak.

From which Hogsmeade landlady did Harry summon two brooms for a hurried flight back to Hogwarts?

Madam Rosmerta's brooms carried Harry and the headmaster up to the castle after they saw the Dark Mark hanging over the Astronomy Tower.

Which tiny professor, said to have a dash of goblin ancestry, teaches Charms at Hogwarts?

Filius Flitwick was so excited to find Harry Potter's name on his first register that he gave a squeak and toppled out of sight.

Which of the four Hogwarts houses is led by the school's Charms professor?

Ravenclaw prizes learning and wit, and its common room has no password: a bronze knocker asks a riddle that must be solved to get in.

What does Hogwarts' tiny Charms professor stand on in order to see over his desk?

A pile of books lifts him to desk height, and one fourth-year's wayward charm once sent the professor himself sailing across the room.

Which Gryffindor first-year set his feather alight with his wand in a Halloween Charms lesson?

Seamus Finnigan lost patience and prodded the feather with his wand, and Harry had to put out the flames with his hat.

Which fruit did Hogwarts first-years have to make tap-dance across a desk in their Charms exam?

A pineapple was the test piece, and the professor called his students into the classroom one at a time to make it dance.

Which spell do Hogwarts fourth-years learn in Charms as the exact opposite of summoning?

The Banishing Charm sends an object away from the caster, and in class only the best students could land theirs in the box they were aiming for.

On which two creatures did Hogwarts fifth-years practise a charm for muting noise in Charms class?

Bullfrogs and ravens made noisy subjects, and Ron's raven answered his attempt with a derisive caw instead of going quiet.

What were Hogwarts sixth-years asked to turn vinegar into during a Charms lesson?

Wine was the target, but Harry spent the lesson quietly telling Ron and Hermione what he had learned from Slughorn the night before.

Which graded series of textbooks do Hogwarts students buy year after year for their Charms lessons?

The Standard Book of Spells runs from Grade 1 to Grade 7, one volume for each year of a Hogwarts education.

Which animal swelled to the size of a badger when Harry muddled two spells in his Charms O.W.L.?

A rat was meant to turn orange, but Harry swapped the Colour Change and Growth Charms and it ballooned before he could put things right.

Which incantation did Hermione use to blindfold the painted Phineas Nigellus Black during the hunt?

Obscuro conjures a blindfold that only magic can remove, which stopped the painted former headmaster from seeing where the trio were camped.