Who invented crucio?

The Cruciatus Curse was invented during the early middle ages, by dark witches or wizards. The curse was created for torture purposes, but has also been used effectively in duels.
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Who created Unforgivable curses?

The Peverell brothers. There are three brother and 3 curses. Makes sense. They were also very gifted wizards.
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Who invented the imperius curse?

During the 1994–1995 school year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Barty Crouch Jnr, disguised as Alastor Moody, demonstrated these three curses to his fourth year classes on spiders, despite the Ministry's disapproval.
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Who used Crucio spell?

Bellatrix Lestrange and three other of Lord Voldemort's Death Eaters used this curse on Neville Longbottom's parents, torturing them into a state of irreversible madness.
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Who invented Avada Kedavra?

Nothing is ever said about the inventor of Avada Kedavra, but it was invented before 1717, because it was classified as an Unforgivable Curse by the British Ministry of Magic then.
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Who invented expelliarmus?

It is not known precisely who created the Disarming Charm. Some wizarding historians claimed that it may have been invented by Merlin himself, while others claimed that its first widespread use was in Madagascar in the 11th century.
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Who created expelliarmus?

The Disarming Charm, Expelliarmus, is a common spell used in duels to force whatever an opponent is holding—often a person's wand—to be expelled out of their hands. No one knows really who created the charm, but some historians claim that perhaps it was Merlin himself.
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How does Crucio feel?

The effect of the Cruciatus Curse is a feeling of intense pain and agony that goes on as long as the wizard who conjured it lets it. It is used as a means of torture and is used regularly by Death Eaters in the first war.
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What did Crucio feel like?

The pain caused by the Cruciatus Curse was described by Harry Potter as being worse than "one thousand white-hot knives, boring into the skin" and beyond what most people would ever experience.
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Why did crucio not work on Harry?

The primary reason the Cruciatus Curse didn't work on Harry was that Voldemort wasn't the true owner of the Elder Wand. The Elder Wand, like other wands being semi-sentient, knew who it's true master was. It was aware of the fact that Harry had won over Draco and it belonged to him.
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Can any wizard use Avada Kedavra?

No, for the Killing Curse (harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Killing_Curse ) to work you must have the intention to actually commit murder (Draco [harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Draco_Malfoy ] couldn't use the killing Curse to kill Dumbledore [harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Albus_Dumbledore ] for example because he didn't want to ...
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Did Moody ever teach at Hogwarts?

Moody never taught DADA in year 4; he almost certainly never taught at Hogwarts ever. But he almost certainly helped train Aurors on the job, which can be considered teaching.
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Did Harry Potter ever use Avada Kedavra?

Throughout the Harry Potter series, the titular hero never used the Killing Curse for several reasons. Avada Kedavra was Lord Voldemort's signature spell.
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What spell did Molly use on Bellatrix?

' Molly used Petrificus Totalus , the body binder spell, hence the fact Bellatrix was frozen, then she used a strong exploding spell, probably Reducto or Diffindo , whch destroyed Bellatrix. under normal circumstances, it probably wouldn't kill, but Molly got what was essentially a "critical hit," using gaming terms.
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Is Sectumsempra an Unforgivable Curse?

The reason it wasn't classified as an Unforgivable Curse is because the Ministry wouldn't have known about it - they would be unable to make any decision on something they don't know exists. That, by itself, doesn't say whether the Ministry would classify it as one if they knew about it.
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What is Harry's favorite spell?

The spell became Harry's trademark. But why did he love it so much? Roughly translated, Expelliarmus – the Disarming Charm – means 'to drive out a weapon' and that's what it does: forces the subject to drop whatever they're holding.
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Can the Cruciatus Curse be blocked?

In the Flight of the Prince chapter of book 6, Snape is able to block Harry's spells, including the Cruciatus Curse, which Harry casts several times against Snape. According to canon, the Unforgivables cannot be blocked.
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Why was Snape's Avada Kedavra blue?

In order to conjure the avada kedavra curse, you have to want to kill your victim. We all know that Voldemort could easily kill a child without an ounce of remorse... but not Snape. Snape didn't want to kill Dumbledore, and this was why the spell was blue instead of the usual green.
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Which spell did Ron use on Nagini?

1 Ron Weasley On Nagini (The Killing Curse)

None of the good guys dare use the Killing Curse throughout the events of the movies and books, no matter how high the stakes and how difficult things are.
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What spell did Hermione use on Nagini?

Cast by Hermione in Bathilda Bagshot's house when Nagini was coming for her and Harry; the spell ricocheted around the room, exploding a mirror and destroying Harry's holly and Phoenix-feather wand. She later referred to it as the Blasting Curse (DH17).
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What is Ron's signature spell?

Filius Flitwick: The Protective enchantments around Hogwarts Castle. Seamus Finnigan: Reducto. Ronald Weasley and Minerva McGonagall lack these signature spells, instead having the ability to use the Deluminator and the Animagus transformation respectively.
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What is Rictusempra?

The Tickling Charm (Rictusempra), also known as the Rictusempra Charm, is a spell that causes a victim to buckle with laughter. It also has at least two other side effects on the victim. It is usually used as a diversionary tactic in duels.
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How do I block Avada Kedavra?

During every major battle scene from book 5 onwards, the Death Eaters make extensive use of Avada Kedavra. It, like any spell, can be blocked by physical objects (though it doesn't seem to be stopped by magical shields), it can be dodged, and (as we see in the climax of book 4) it can be struck by other spells.
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