Can a wizard use two wands at once?

You can use two wands, and there is nothing stating that you can only cast one spell at a time. It's plainly stated that when you hone your skills you can perform unspoken and wandless magic.
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Can two people have the same wand Harry Potter?

Ollivander: “Oh yes, if you are any wizard at all you will be able to channel your magic through almost any instrument. The best results, however, must always come where there is the strongest affinity between wizard and wand. These connections are complex.
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What does a wizard do if they break their wand?

Three options: He/she can go to a wandmaker, and "recycle" parts of their old wand into the new wand. For example, if the core is relatively unscathed, the wandmaker can extract the old core, and encase it in a new "casing" of wood.
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Which wand is the second most powerful?

Ranked: The Most Powerful Wands In Harry Potter
  1. 1 The Elder Wand.
  2. 2 Merlin's Wand. ...
  3. 3 Professor Dumbledore's Original Wand. ...
  4. 4 Lord Voldemort's Wand. ...
  5. 5 Harry Potter's Wand. ...
  6. 6 Bellatrix Lestrange's Wand. ...
  7. 7 Gellert Grindelwald's Wand. ...
  8. 8 Severus Snape's Wand. ...
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What is the weakest wand in Harry Potter?

20 Harry Potter Wands, Ranked From Weakest To Strongest
  1. 1 The Elder Wand.
  2. 2 Lord Voldemort's Wand. ...
  3. 3 Gellert Grindelwald's Wand. ...
  4. 4 Professor Snape's Wand. ...
  5. 5 Professor McGonagall's Wand. ...
  6. 6 Bellatrix Lestrange's Wand. ...
  7. 7 Professor Flitwick's Wand. ...
  8. 8 Remus Lupin's Wand. ...
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Who has the prettiest wand in Harry Potter?

McGonagall's (Maggie Smith) wand is simply stunning and extremely elegant. 9½ inches long, made of fir wood with a dragon heartstring core; the wand's round handle looks comfortable to the grip.
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Can a wizard buy a new wand?

Wizards can buy new wands once theirs wasn't confiscated.

Wizards can get new wands if theirs is broken, damaged, or worn out, even if they previously had bought a wand that chose them.
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Can the Elder Wand be mended?

Broken wands generally cannot be repaired; the only known way is for the wand to be magically restored by the Elder Wand.
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What is the strongest wand core?

Dragon Heartstring

This core is the most flamboyant of the three, and often produces the strongest and most powerful wands.
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Did Harry Potter cast an Unforgivable Curse?

Harry makes use of two of the Unforgivable Curses in the books. Dueling with Bellatrix Lestrange, he attempts the Cruciatus curse, with limited results; Bellatrix says that he has to really hate someone to make the Unforgivable Curses work properly, righteous indignation isn't enough.
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What is a twin core wand?

Twin cores were a very rare occurrence in the wizarding world. The wand could be made from a different wood or a different length, as long as both wands shared cores from the exact same individual creature.
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What is Sirius Black wand?

Sirius Black's wand was of an unknown wood, length, and core material. The wand has a distinctive handle, being squarish in shape. Symbols are etched upon it. Some of them look slightly similar to the ones tattooed on Sirius' body.
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Can Muggles use wands?

Although he couldn't necessarily cast spells, his use of the wand produced a powerful enough blast that it "kicked like a mule" when waved. This further suggests that, within the world of Harry Potter, Muggles can use wands and access magic.
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Why did Draco's wand change allegiance?

“Dumbledore didn't want to lose his wand at that point and Draco disarmed him. So that meant that the wand gave Draco its allegiance, even though Draco never knew it, even though Draco never touched it. “From that moment on, that wand gave its allegiance to Draco, and it wouldn't work as well for anyone but Draco.”
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Why didn't they use Avada Kedavra on the Horcruxes?

Per se, they couldn't. At least most of them. Avada Kedavra kills. Horcruxes are the opposite of a human being, so foremost they can't be killed as that's a rather obvious fact about humans.
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Is basilisk venom The only thing that can destroy Horcruxes?

The only way to destroy a Horcrux, as Hermione tells us, is to put it beyond magical repair. The cup, the locket, Nagini, the ring, and the diary are all destroyed by a sword or fang covered in basilisk venom. That's all of the Horcruxes except the diadem.
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Would the killing curse work on a basilisk?

While there is not a canonical reference, it can be inferred that the killing curse would work on a basilisk. There are a few instances of it being used on both normal and fantastic animals.
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Is Ollivanders worth the wait?

So the upshot for many visitors to Ollivanders will be a slight entertainment hardly worth the wait if it's more than 20 minutes or so–unless of course their own kids are chosen.
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Do you get a free wand at Ollivanders?

The wand may choose you, but if you choose to keep it, you'll have to pay for it. Harry had to pay for his wand too, right? All of the wands are priced at just under $50 and if you are chosen, you are sure to remember it forever.
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Is Bill Weasley a werewolf?

Although he wasn't turned into a werewolf, he did develop some wolfish tendencies such as a liking for very rare steaks. He married Fleur on August 1, 1997, although their wedding was disrupted by the arrival of Death Eaters following the fall of the Ministry of Magic.
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Why is Bellatrix Lestrange's wand bent?

During the filming of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Helena Bonham Carter accidentally punctured Matthew Lewis's eardrum when she stuck her wand in his ear during the Battle of the Department of Mysteries scene, in which Bellatrix threatens Neville Longbottom.
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What's the rarest wand in Harry Potter?

Elder. The rarest wand wood of all, and reputed to be deeply unlucky, the elder wand is trickier to master than any other. It contains powerful magic, but scorns to remain with any owner who is not the superior of his or her company; it takes a remarkable wizard to keep the elder wand for any length of time.
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Who has a wand with a phoenix feather core?

Professor Silvanus Kettleburn, who taught Care of Magical Creatures at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, had a wand that contained a phoenix feather core.
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