Little Questions Answered

Did anybody have any small and pointless questions about something in the Harry Potter series that were answered in this book?

I had two.

My first questions was 'How are the Death Eaters masked?'. I've been curious about that. The fifth book states that they have hoods with eye-slits.

The second question was 'What happens to the Dementors when the Patronus charges them?'. That was answered when the Dementors retreated into the darkness and just sort of faded out of view.

Umm...... during the wait i was wondering why voldie wanted to kill harry that i know now and same with the goast(SP) lol i cant spell goast!(SP) but yea i still have a tons more of questions thought now i cant wait till book 6!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was always wondring why Hermione was NOT sorted into Ravenclaw .

Hermione said that the sorting Hat considered her as a Ravenclaw at first , but then it sorted her into Gryffindor .


so , my little question was answered ......... :)


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I was wondering why Voldemort wanted to kill Harry, what Trelawney's first prediction was and why Hermione was sorted into Gryffindor.

mine were the same as Picko's and Mr Ollivander 382

I was always confused as to Lucius's age. Now we know he was just a year ahead of the Marauders and Snape.

I want to know what Dumbledore did with his wand in his NEWT Transfiguration exam that the examiner had never seen before.

I also want to know why Dumbledore calls Voldie Tom to his face, but Voldemort behind his back.

I think mine were pretty much the same as everyone elses...but I had wondered if Fred and George were going start their joke shop, and when was Ginny ever gonna stop being so shy....

Hmmm...so Hermione chose to be in Gryffindor...? I never really paid much attention to that while reading the 5th book...

I was wondering
-if ron was going to get on the team but that was answered before the book came out
-if hermione was keeping in touch with krum
-why dumbledore called Voldemort Voldemort instead of Tom, which didn't really get answered but he called him Tom to his face and that was tight.
-I wanted to see hermione be a prefect

there was a question many fans were wondring about .
do boys sneak or visit girls dorms at Hogwarts for some reason or another ...... ;D

well , the answer is what happened to Harry and Ron when the ran the stairs to the girls dorm ... that was funny ...... :D

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I think Dumbledore calls Voldemort Tom to his face, to remind him that he was Dumbledore's student. It's a psychological attack, to remind him that Dumbledore is the elder and more powerful. That also shows me that Dumbledore is worried about Voldemort's power and is using every trick he knows to defeat him.

inkwolf, is he lucius not a bit older? i know you have snapey down as 40 there, but jkr said in an interview somewhere that at the time of gof, snape was 35/36, so surely that makes him 36/37 now? the lexicon has them down as around this too...

it was cool putting an age on malfoy though, i kinda wanted to know that. and i guess that voldie must need some older death eaters, they can't all have been fresh out of school for the last 4 years of his power or so!

Originally posted by Amina (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/a/showthread.php?postid=392598#post392598))
inkwolf, is he lucius not a bit older? i know you have snapey down as 40 there, but jkr said in an interview somewhere that at the time of gof, snape was 35/36, so surely that makes him 36/37 now?


I thought Snape was 36 at the time of SS....that would indeed make Malfoy a few years older! Do you have a link to the exact info, by any chance?

I wanted to know why Snape thought James was so arrogant, and we found that out.

And I wanted to know Lily's big secret, but it wasn't there.

Originally posted by Inkwolf (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/a/showthread.php?postid=392973#post392973))
I thought Snape was 36 at the time of SS....that would indeed make Malfoy a few years older! Do you have a link to the exact info, by any chance?


JKR stated Snape was "35 or 36" when she was giving an interview in 2001. You can find that link here (http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/quickquotes/articles/2001/0301-comicrelief-staff.htm).

Originally posted by Helhorns (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/a/showthread.php?postid=392530#post392530))
......why Dumbledore calls Voldie Tom to his face, but Voldemort behind his back.


I reckon he calls him Voldemort behind his back so others will know who the hell he's on about. he calls him Tom to his face to remind him that he is no better than anyone else, even with a fancy name like Voldemort. I wanna know where he's meant to have got the name Voldemort from, surely its not a real name, and i know JKR prob made it up, but is she implying that Voldemort made his own name up, or what?

Originally posted by Mr Ollivander 382 (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/a/showthread.php?postid=392559#post392559))
there was a question many fans were wondring about .
do boys sneak or visit girls dorms at Hogwarts for some reason or another ...... ;D

well , the answer is what happened to Harry and Ron when the ran the stairs to the girls dorm ... that was funny ...... :D

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LOL that was kinda funny when they tried that

Well I had the feeling percy may go 'bad' in a way so I spose that was answered

I think he calls him Tom because it's the name of his True Self.....like Anakin. :p

WHY DON'T HERMIONE AND RON GO OUT???????? THEY SHOULD!!!!!!!!!!!! AIN'T THAT RIGHT???????????

Well, this wasn't a question, just a detail I liked.

I noticed that the House hourglasses actually had jewels instead of dust/sand. I thought that was interesting.

I always wondered what exactly kept Harry with the Dursleys.

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originally posted by schlubalybub (original post)
I wanna know where he's meant to have got the name Voldemort from, surely its not a real name, and i know JKR prob made it up, but is she implying that Voldemort made his own name up, or what?

He made the name up from Tom Marvolo Riddle.... which also says- I am Lord Voldemort.

I LOVE how Dumbledore calls Voldemort Tom. It was just sorta to get inside Voldemorts head and sorta **** him off... i loved it! But I do also think that Dumbledore called him Tom just because thats his name.... not voldemort.

And another thing is.... i thought JK said that Lily and James Potters' occupation was going to play a major part but it never came up. And also that something HUGE would be revealed about Lily. I was sorta disappointed that none of that played a role in the book.

I wanted to know more about the marauders, and we definately found out more . . . a lot more.

I'm still wondering...........when will we see book 6????

Accio book 6.....darn...didn't work :(

I did find out that Ginny was only shy around Harry because she had a crush on him......now that she's a bit older, I think she probably thinks of him as another brother.

:)

Well, I had a bunch of stupid little questions, and a few of them were answered.

I was curious about how points are taken away from a House, and about the mysterious "hourglass" that displays the points, and this was answered. (Just by saying "____ points from _____, the points go away....that's a little risky, isn't it?)

I also wondered about the girls staircase as opposed to the boys staircase -- I kind of suspected that it wouldn't be so easy for boys to get into the girls' dorm. Turns out I was right. :p That was pretty funny, seeing Ron sliding right back down the stairs -- the founders of Hogwarts didn't trust boys as much as girls, big surprise. :smile:

Strangely enough, I wondered how Dumbledore would address Voldemort when he speaks to him face-to-face: it didn't seem right that he would actually call him "Voldemort". I had a feeling he would call him Tom, but I was still a little taken aback.

I'm sure there are more....honestly, the things I wonder about. :rolleyes: Luckily, Book 5 answered a lot of them.

Originally posted by Mr Ollivander 382 (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/a/showthread.php?postid=388932#post388932))
I was always wondring why Hermione was NOT sorted into Ravenclaw .

Hermione said that the sorting Hat considered her as a Ravenclaw at first , but then it sorted her into Gryffindor .


so , my little question was answered ......... :)


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The other thing I noticed about that was that Harry wasn't the only one the sorting hat considered putting in a different house. Is it common?
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Originally posted by Helhorns (original post)
I want to know what Dumbledore did with his wand in his NEWT Transfiguration exam that the examiner had never seen before.

I also want to know why Dumbledore calls Voldie Tom to his face, but Voldemort behind his back.



Good question! I think that Dumbledore calls him Tom to his face to assert authority and command respect. It seems to work, too.

I think it must be, I mean, it took a loooooong time to place Neville, if a person has two strong characteristics that could work well in more than one house, then it would have trouble. Hermione is brave and exceptionally intellegent. Harry is brave and likes to break rules and is powerful. There you go, more than one trait there for both of them!

Yeah, whizbang, it seems to annoy Voldemort! Interesting watching his reaction if he did call Voldemort Voldemort though as well. Has Harry called Voldemort voldemort to his face?

Anyway I always wondered why Snape knew exactly what Harry was up to, and we know! Occlumency and Legitamency (sp?)

But Earendil - it sure did raise a lot more, didn't it????? :)

We found out why Dumbledore, Voldemort and Snape have often seemed to be mind-readers. That's quite important, I think. And we found out how long McGonagall, Snape and Trelawney have been teaching. We had confirmation of Lily's surname, Harry's middle name and Dumbledore's middle names (I love it that one of the is Brian!). We had our suspicion confirmed that it was the Lestranges who tortured Neville's parents, and found out who the fourth man in the trial was.

i wondered why hermy wasn't in ravenclaw and kinda why cho is cuz she doesn't seem to be overly smart...and what trelawneys first prediction was

so two of my questions were answered but instead i got about a million more...

book 6 needs to come soon, but at the OotP rate it won't be out 'til 2006

I was surprised to find Petunia knew more about the wizarding world than she ever let on. I did wonder how much any of the Dursley's actually knew about the wizarding world.

We found out about what happened to Hagrid's mum.

We did not find out about Lily's great secret--that scene was interesting but revealed no great secrets about Lily. However, if the "awful boy" Petunia mentioned was actually Snape--who only got on Lily about the mudblood thing after she dumped him--it would put that scene in a different light altogether.

I was glad, but disappointed to learn the first accurate prediction--I was expecting more.

I loved the tour of the MoM and the Wizengamot--it helped explain a lot about how the wizarding world works.

St. Mungo's was also interesting, but sad, especially the part about Neville's parents.

The House of Black was also interesting, because we haven't seen many other wizarding houses.

I wonder if there is a reason McGonnagol started teaching in december.

I wonder if there is a reason McGonnagol started teaching in december.

Did she? I didn't notice that. Good question.

Anyway, I had always wondered about the MoM, was it split up into different parts to help hide it, etc. That was really cool about how it ended up - I think what I like most about the books is how there is another world that is like ours in that you can't solve societal problems but is different in terms of powers. I loved the new things we learned about the world, especially the MoM (paper airplanes for memos, hee hee :)

Why did Harrys wand choose him, if the prophecy said he had to kill or be killed by the Voldemort, who has the sister wand that can not be used against itself?
What the Potter family history was?
If members of other schools (Durmstrang etc) were aware of Voldemorts resurrection?
Why other House elfs are not as dominant in the story as Dobby?

Most of all, I'm interested in Lily's Big Secret too, why Voldemort was reluctant to kill her, and whole green eye mystery...

On the other hand, my questions about Voldemort wanting to kill Harry as a baby, and the First Prophecy have been answered.

I agree with you Pucko, i still have a million more. Like if the Dursleys want nothing to do with magic, how do their christmas gifts reach Harry? And where did Sirius get a wand? Did he keep his old wand? Its not like he can walk into a wand store...so many questions. I'm still wondering why Hagrid's dad died and what are those crumpled-horn [no book near-by] things Luna keeps talking about. I ended up with more questions than answers :(

I was always confused as to Lucius's age. Now we know he was just a year ahead of the Marauders and Snape.


Now, I'm even more confused. The book sillusrate it the way Inkwolf says so, but the movies screw the perception off. When they talk about how Malfoy was told by his dad that the chamber was opened 50 years ago, but he wouldn't tell draco who, and not to mention that Lucious has some of Voldies old school things. Weird *** hell. I dunno..I REALLYYYYYYY wish JK would write Hogwarts: A History.

I've wondered about the magical communications networks. Owls (yes, Hedwig
was targeted and mail can be intercepted), flues (can be watched, defended),
and especially portraits. We found out how useful portraits can be especially if
they are located in two prominent places.

I learned a lot about portraits from those in Dumbledore's office. The former
headmaster/headmistresses have all sworn an oath to help whomever is
currently running Hogwarts. It appears that portraits retain the personalities
of those pictured. Nigellus was the most hated headmaster ever, and he does
not willingly help Dumbledore with anything, is quick to criticize. I wonder HOW
a portrait retains the personality and ability to speak. Too bad Sirius never had
a portrait painted. . .

What was Harry's middle name?? I guess i missed that.

Harry James Potter...I think that it is said in Harry's trial.

I wanted to know about the first prophecy, got that answered. I loved finding out about the location of the Ministry of Magic and St. Mungos, how you can get to them from random places in the Muggle world, like that phone booth. Now I want to know what the point is of the woman at the MoM on the phone asking who it is, because it seems like they let anyone in.

After PoA, I wanted to know what the first prophecy that Trelawney made was and even though I expected some prophecy like the one we saw in OOtP, I never expected it to have been made by the old fraud herself (a little slow in adding 2 + 2).

I also wondered why Harry had to go back to the Dursley's every summer, how long the teachers had been teaching at Hogwarts (because it just seems that they've all been there forever), and exactly how points got awarded or deducted to the houses. I always wondered how they kept track of the points because I couldn't see a professor awarding/deducting points always remembering that they had.

And as much as I love all these little questions being answered by OotP, book 5 just raises more questions (what is behind that veil?) and conveniently ignores other questions that I have been dying to know the answer to for quite some time (why did Snape stop being a death eater?).

And where did Sirius get a wand? Did he keep his old wand? Its not like he can walk into a wand store...

I never thought of that! That's a good question...and Sirius' wand would likely have been destroyed when he got sent to Azkaban. Maybe he told someone from the Order what kind of wand he used to have and that person bought it for him.

It seems that the questions I had before Book 5 no longer look small and pointless, but I had wondered what the families of Snape and Sirius were like. I always thought that Snape's family might have had problems, but the new information about Sirius' family surprised me.

well this is just a comment, Everyone thinks Hermione should be in Ravenclaw but really Dumbledore already explained that, and just cuz she's smart doesn't mean she's not brave. In every sorting house test I got griffindor even when I answered that I was smart I really just think it's out of the things the houses prices what do you price not what your necessairily good at.

No more on topic , the prophecy I was disapointed cuz I'd already assumed 99% of it. But my answered question was about how is it Sirius who is supposed to be in Azkaban for life probably still have a house.

What about the one about the Room of REQUIREMENT?

i wanted to know what james and sirius and lupin were REALLY like at school......
I also wanted to know whether harry and draco could ever be friends....
thankfully, both my questions were answered!!

call me a nut but i seriously wanted to know if harry would get some new robes coz in every book he's described as growing & stuff but he never seems to go to madam maulkins when he's in diagon alley getting his other school stuff!! oh yeah, & whether any of them were gonna wash or pee ;)

and in future books, i, like all other fans, wanna know about lily's secret, and whatever the rumors were about her ability with charms....and obviously, who will survive from harry and voldemort

call me a nut but i seriously wanted to know if harry would get some new robes coz in every book he's described as growing & stuff but he never seems to go to madam maulkins when he's in diagon alley getting his other school stuff!! oh yeah, & whether any of them were gonna wash or pee ;)

In book 3, where Harry took the Knight Bus to London and Diagon Alley, it mentioned that Harry bought new robes during the week he stayed at the Leaky Cauldron. I suspect he got robes with his school stuff every year.

I had wondered how the school hourglasses worked as well.

The first prophecy by Sybyl Trelawney; answered too.

I know that a wizard can use nearly any wand, but gets the best results from a wand that "chooses" him/her. I suspect that Sirius might have picked up an abandoned or used wand somewhere, while in dog form.

Things I still have questions about, though, especially after rereading books 1 - 4: why can Harry see the thestrals? it plainly says in GoF that he had his eyes closed and saw the green light that killed Cedric through his eyelids... And if all you have to do is see a dead person (not necessarily see them die), then why can't more people see the thestrals?

Who is the "awful boy" that Petunia referred to? I assumed on my first reading that it was James Potter, but now I'm beginning to have doubts. Also, what changes are we going to see in the Dursley household this next year?

Does Harry inherit from Sirius? or does the estate go to Bellatrix and Narcissa, or even Draco? Did Sirius leave a will?

Will the two-way mirrors serve a more important role in future books? Especially since its main purpose in this book was purely to irritate. It could have been left totally out of OotP and the story would not have suffered.

Is Voldemort thinking about an heir of his own? Does Bellatrix feature in possible plans for this?

What kind of backpedaling is Percy going to do, if any? Umbridge, as well?

Is Dumbledore going to continue Occlumency lessons with Harry? And why weren't Occlumency lessons begun earlier, since he suspected that Harry and Voldemort had a mental connection?

Seems like for every question that gets answered, three more appear. :huh:

Sirius may have gotten the wand from the house. Someone died or left an old wand there and he picked it up and started using it. Maybe it was his mother's old wand, that would really gripe Sirius and his mother--maybe that's why the portrait was so nasty all the time.

Unanswered questions:
#1 Why (and how) did Snape stop being a Death Eater?
#2 Lily's eyes, and her secrets etc.
#3 James' family, where did they get their money and where did they live?
#4 Who exactly was Voldemort refering to in the graveyard? (most faithful, too cowardly to return, left forever etc.) I now wonder if he thought Snape was the "most faithful" Death Eater at Hogwarts. And he thought of Crouch Jr. as merely a pawn and not worth mention.

There are others, but these are the biggies.

I was really wanted to know why Snape left the DE
but I guess I have to wait for the next book. Darn.
Mr. Ollivander -- I loved that bit where Ron and Harry try for the girls dorm. Now we know why students check out the rosebushes and behind the greenhouse when they want a little, ahem, "action".
Cat -- when I rented Robin Hood Prince of Thieves for the first time in years a few months ago and saw that bit with Robin's dad charging a semi circle
of hooded, robed and masked followers of the Sheriff
I thought "if that ain't a bunch of death eaters I don't know what is."

Didn't Bellatrix say she was Voldemort's most faithful servant? I had thought it was Crouch Jr.
???

i can't remember the dementors ever actually "dying"

why does DD trust Snape???? I lay awake at night wonderin' bout it. When will we be told grrrrrr

My question was and still is where??? is the Potter clan? did they have a plague on the Potters? did LV kill them all? every last cousin? aunt? uncle??? if DD can live over a hundred why didn't one Potter survive?

Also, why does DD trust Snape? why did he stop being a DE??

The book brought up much more questions than it answered.

My question was and still is where??? is the Potter clan? did they have a plague on the Potters? did LV kill them all? every last cousin? aunt? uncle??? if DD can live over a hundred why didn't one Potter survive?

I had forgotten about this for a while...it's a very interesting mystery. It's possible that his lack of aunts, uncles, and cousins (other than the Dursleys, of course) could be because Petunia may be Lily's only sibling and James might be an only child. But that still leaves this question: what became of Harry's grandparents? I happened to find the following quote from an interview with J.K. Rowling:

Q. What happened to Harry’s grandparents?
JKR: Um, various interesting things, but again, I’m not going to share.
Press Club (http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/quickquotes/articles/1999/1099-pressclubtransc.html), 20 October 1999

So it seems like, whatever happened to them, it was more than just being killed by Voldemort. I wonder why no one has told Harry about this...or does nobody know?

Why did Harrys wand choose him, if the prophecy said he had to kill or be killed by the Voldemort, who has the sister wand that can not be used against itself?
What the Potter family history was?
If members of other schools (Durmstrang etc) were aware of Voldemorts resurrection?
Why other House elfs are not as dominant in the story as Dobby?

Actually, I wondered why *Voldemort's* wand chose *him*? I mean, it has Fawkes' tail feather in it! The Phoenix is widely accepted as a symbol of Jesus, or at least of redemption...Why would Fawkes let one of his two tail feathers go to a guy who plans to use it to kill, maim, and destroy?

I also wondered how Voldemort's mum could have died in childbirth? Voldemort was a half-blood, which means by definition, he got all his powers from his mum. Since he is so powerful, so must she have been. Hard to imagine someone like that dying in childbirth.

Winky gets drunk on butterbeer? Is it alcohol or is it just the way it affects House Elves?

*boggles*

I was wondering whatever happened to Gilderoy Lockhart. I sort of figured he may have gone to St. Mungo's. I was laughing hysterically when he showed up! :lol:

it was nice to see the MoM at last! wondered what sort of place was it. I wondered if it was like Diagon Alley (whimsical) or like any federal bldg - bureaucratic. I guess we know - it's both! :D

I've always wondered what Arthur's office and Perkins looked like. oh, and how you became an Auror.
Winky gets drunk on butterbeer? Is it alcohol or is it just the way it affects House Elves?
It's slightly alcoholic, but not much. Harry says to Dobby after he hears of Winky's drinking, "It's not strong, that stuff". Dobby replies that to a house-elf, it's very strong. Well they're only small, so it'll affect them more.

I wondered why Harry had to stay at the Dursley's every summer. I never understood why he couldn't just go to the Weasley's or something. But now we know.

I also wondered about why Hermione was placed in Gryffindor, and how Snape always knew what was going on in students heads.

I was wondering why the Dursley's let Harry keep coming back to their house every year. But that is answered now.

JKR said in an interview that James Potter was Chaser in his school days, but in Snape's worst memory we saw him with a stolen Snitch letting it fly and then catching it. If he was really a Chaser how come he is so good with the Snitch?

Another little question: if it's so easy to get into and out of the Ministry of Magic, just Apperate and Disapperate, why didn't Voldemort just Apperate in the Department of Mysteries got the prophecy and leave? He can also do in during the night when there's nobody there?

Voldemort didnt want his return to be announced yet by the Ministry. And also with all those aurors around, he would have some trouble. Also, only the person who the prophecy is about can pick it up, otherwise something horrible would happen to you.

It might be easy to apperate into the MoM, but it most likely is not possible to apperate directly into the DoM. It would have taken time to get to the prophesy room. They must have had some kind of Voldy detectors because he wasn't there very long before the aurors showed up.

Another question: with all the magic that wizards and witches can do, couldn't the Death Eaters that went to the Department of Mysteries to get the prophecy just magic it out of there? Or they could have made like a magic copy of Harry's or Voldemort's hand and take it with it?

Another question: with all the magic that wizards and witches can do, couldn't the Death Eaters that went to the Department of Mysteries to get the prophecy just magic it out of there? Or they could have made like a magic copy of Harry's or Voldemort's hand and take it with it?Well, I think that there was very strong magic guarding so that only the one who's prophecy it is, can take it...

But I have a question... So in book 5, Umbridge banned Harry from playing quidditch (did I spell it right?) and then when Harry was asked what career did he want to pursue, he said that he wanted to be an Auror... But now, I guess the ban is off and Harry can play quidditch now... Will he still pursue an Auror's career or go into quidditch... Myself, with Harry's talent, would choose quidditch... No doubt about it...

Well, this isn't actually a question the fifth book answered, but I didn't know where else to put it... And I thought that making a whole thread would be pointless...

And what about the DA meetings... Will they go on? What do you think?

I think that in the sixth year they will have a very good DADA teacher to need to continue DA meetings. It was only started to get enough defensive education to fight Voldemort, since Umbridge wasn't teaching them any.

I wonder if Ron making the quidditch team could be half the answer to the question about whether his vision in the mirror of Erised was prophetic.

I've wondered why Voldemort just didn't creep into the MoM himself instead of going through the trouble of getting Harry there. I'm certain he could disguise himself, and he ended up going there anyway. The only answer I can think of is that there was an extra added protection on the prophecy so that Voldemort (who would have been able to get it, as he was part of the prophecy) couldn't get it (for the protection of the wizarding world.)

Also, how many people know about the prophecy? Does the whole order know? Did Dumbledore tell the staff?

How does the blood protection of Harry still work if Voldemort now has his blood???

Has Umbridge ever eaten a fly? (Just curious...)

What is up with all of Dumbledore's things? The serpent (yes, but in essence, divided?), summoning Hagrid with that thing from his wand, HOW HE GOES BACK IN TIME SO OFTEN?

Lastly, MAYBE most importantly, why the heck does Dumbledore have such a freaking long name? Anyone?

I still want to know what Dumbledore saw in the mirror of Erised. I hope that we find out.

Can muggles parents go through Platform 9&3/4 to say goodbye to their kids?

assuming Harry kills Voldie before the series is over, what the heck does he think about then?!?!

JKR said in an interview that James Potter was Chaser in his school days, but in Snape's worst memory we saw him with a stolen Snitch letting it fly and then catching it. If he was really a Chaser how come he is so good with the Snitch? I think that was just to show off his reflexes and try to impress the ladies (and Peter ;)). It's like he's showing that even though he's a chaser, he can still catch the snitch if he wanted to.

Can muggles parents go through Platform 9&3/4 to say goodbye to their kids? This probably won't help much, but weren't the Grangers on 9 3/4 once? I think I remember Mr. Weasley rushing over to talk to them. That might have been in Diagon Alley, though. Can anyone verify this?

Witflick.

This probably won't help much, but weren't the Grangers on 9 3/4 once? I think I remember Mr. Weasley rushing over to talk to them. That might have been in Diagon Alley, though. Can anyone verify this?

Witflick.
Wasn't that, on returning home for the summer, after the kids had gone through the barrier to the muggle side of it?

He rushed over to talk to them in Diagon Alley I know but I just can't think of any time it said about Muggle parents being there on Platform 9&3/4.

I was just thinking that Wizard parents get to if they want to - you would really think that Muggle parents of first years would want to be able to go and see them off.
Just wondering.:)

I want to know what Dumbledore did with his wand in his NEWT Transfiguration exam that the examiner had never seen before.


ya thats what I still am looking for.

I also want to know how long wizards live. The examiner said that she had personally tested Dumbledore on his NEWT's and said that he did things with a wand she hadn't seen before. SHe had to be at least 40, which would make 175 or something.

Why did she have to be forty years old? :huh:

Wow, don't we all have those little irritating questions nagging us all the time? The firts time I read the series, only the first two books were out, and when Harry asked DD why Voldie would want to kill him, and DD said he'd tell him when he was older, that was my big question, but that's been explained (sort of) in book five. Why did Sirius need to die? Where is Nagini(Sp...pretty sure I misspelled that one....lol)? Why aren't any of the characters in real relationships? Why is Malfoy a prefect? And many, many more.

Why did the sorting hat decide on putting Hermione in Gryffindor instead of Ravenclaw?
Why do the Dursley's take him back every summer? (answered :) )

After PoA a burning question for me is who is Harry's godmother? After GoF I have wondered why it was not standard to check the arms of everyone to get all the DE's into Azkaban? Why is Petunia not a witch when Colin and Dennis are both wizards? Questions always Questions :D

Why did she have to be forty years old? :huh:

That is just a guess, because she would have had to be out of Hogwarts for a time and show that she is capable. I thought that 40 would be a good minimum. If you were a parent, would you want someone just out of school testing your kid? I know that I wouldn't want someone really young writing the SAT.

That is just a guess, because she would have had to be out of Hogwarts for a time and show that she is capable. I thought that 40 would be a good minimum. If you were a parent, would you want someone just out of school testing your kid? I know that I wouldn't want someone really young writing the SAT.

I agree on this point, and I think she said somewhere that wizards live up to 200 years. I once had a person right out of school test me in drama and she was more competent then the other 40 year-old's combined :)

i know this question has definitely been asked about a billion times but does anybody actually know the real population of hogwarts (only the students)? According to my calculations it should be 280, but JKR said over 1000? And who are the other two gryffindor girls in harry's year?! someone please...im going crazy!!

No-one knows... but we do know JKR is bad at maths, because she said that Charlie is two years older than Percy, which is impossible, since he would have been at school in Harry's 1st year, leaving no spot for Harry to become Seeker on the Gryffindor team. About 300 would be a fairly good guess, I think.

She also said she was going to reveal the names of the two Gryffindor girls in one interview... but either she forgot or sneakily avoided answering it :)

She also said she was going to reveal the names of the two Gryffindor girls in one interview... but either she forgot or sneakily avoided answering it :)

I think that she said they were so unimportant she couldn't remember the names, but they were written in a folder

I thought she said 800 kids. All I can figure is that Harry's generation had less kids than ones before them because they were born when Voldemort was in full swing and a lot of people didn't want to raise a family with all the problems going on.

I always wondered why Harry never got letters for the magic he accidently did before he went to Hogwarts.

Who are his grandparents?

How do muggles not notice people walking into a store front through a window (the hospital entrance) or people disappearing downwards in a telephone booth (MoM)? Or even going to the platform? Don't you think someone would notice?

Why James always said to have messy hair...he was a wizard, couldn't he fix it?

How does the Knight bus know when there is a wizard in need of a ride so quickly?

I also want to know if the house in Godric Hollow is still there.

Geez, I am full of questions. I do have more...but I will leave them for later.

Thanks for listening!

Hmm... well...

Before I read OotP I had wondered...

1. I was wondering why the Sorting Hat hadn't put Hermione is Ravenclaw.
2. I was wondering what Dumbledore's relationship with Harry was (if it was closer then Headmaster to student).
3. I was wondering what the Marauders were like when they were at Hogwarts.
4. I was wondering what Trelawney's first prophecy was.

Now, I have just more questions. But there are way too many, so I won't bore you with the details. :)

winky weasley, to answer one of your questions, James didn't fix his hair because he thought it looked cool, as if he had just gotten off of a broom.

Answered questions:
~I was wondering how long each teacher had been teaching.
~ Learn more about Harry's parents and co.
~ Trehleney's first prediction
~ If Krum and Hermione were keeping in touch.
~ Learn about other places in the magical world. We got lots of that. ( St. Mungo's, Ministry, exc. )

Unanswered questions that I expected from book five.
~ Big revelation about Lily.
~ Why Snape quit Death eaters and why Dumbledore trusts him so much.
~ Significace of Harry's eyes.
~ More on Hermione's family ( why the heck aren't they in the story?)

Im still wondering what harry got for his owls in potions, because Proffesor McGonagall said that he would need an O to get into Snapes Potions and he needs to do potions to be an auror

I have a few questions (mind I didn't read everything posted here)

1. How can Harry or Hermione do little magic spells without it being underage sorcery for example throughout Harry uses his wand and says Lumos is that considered a spell? How does Hermione do occulus reparo to fix Harry's glasses at Diagon Alley?

2. How does Dobby appear and disappear in Hogwarts if you can't apparate or Disapparate if their are all those protections around the castle?

3. In the upcoming sixth book isn't Harry supposed to take his apparition test?

Please Help even though these questions might be simple I'm just wondering about the results.
Thanks.

latiem-

1. I expect wizards are allowed to to little spells like lumos, which Harry used in GOF, without getting in trouble.

2. In the World Book Day Chat, JKR was asked this question and said that House-Elves have powers wizards do not, and the apparating rule does not apply to them. ( She also said wizards have powers house elves do not, though. )

3. No, wizards take apparition tests when they are 17, like Fred and George in book 5.

Thanks Grawp66.

I guess those seemed simple to answer but I couldn't think of them.

Much abliged. :tu:

No problem, latiem. :)

Oh, yeah, I forgot to add to my earlier post, we also learned that the Dursleys, Petunia at least, do know something about the wizarding world after all. I remember JKR saying we'd get some surprising information about them in book 5, and I wondered about it until Ootp came out.

Now I wonder if Lucius will stay in Azkaban for long . . . I have a feeling he won't.

I wasn't to happy about what we found out about the Dursley's I thought it could have been more detailed. Also I wonder what the Letter Dumbledore wrote to her included but we never found out about it. It was never mentioned again.

About Lucius. It was already stated that dementors left and joined Voldemort so how long will it take for a dark wizard to escape? Like you said not long he'll be back with his mate voldemort in no time.

Yeah, it would've been nice to get some more on the Dursleys, but we probably will in the next book. I wonder how Petunia will act now that she has showed she isn't totally ignorant of Harry's world. I expect she'll try to deny it, what she did and what she knows.

Before book 5, I'd always hated Petunia as much as the other Dursleys. I'd thought she was mean and nosy and cold - I'd never considered her motives. Why is Petunia how she is? From what I understand, she was jealous of Lily, of the fact that she was a witch, perhaps, or for some, other reason. ( and yes, I know there are threads on this, I'm just rambling. )

But, whatever her motives, I think I'm beginning to rather like her. As Dumbledore said, she did take in Harry ( and I say she, becasue I bet Harry really would be in an Orphange if it had been up to Vernon ) despite how she felt about him and her sister, and I think that when you do something good for someone you don't really like even though you don't really want to, it makes you an even better person than when you do it willingly.

The part that made me especially feel for her is on pg. 38, American Version.

"Back?" whispered Aunt Petunia.
She was looking at Harry as she had never looked at him before. And all of a sudden, for the first time in his life, Harry fully apreciated that she was his mother's sister. . . All he knew was that he was not the only one in the room who had an inkling of what Lord Voldemort being back might mean. Aunt Petunia was looking at him as she had never looked at him before. Her large pale eyes were were not narrowed in dislike or anger; they were wide and fearful. The furious pretense that Aunt Petunia had maintained all Harry's life - that there was no magic in the world and no world except the one she inhabited with Uncle Vernon - had fallen away.

So, back on topic, I guess my question for the next book is will it fall away again?

You know Grawp I was wondering that myself and then I checked my resources and in book five at the end when Harry meets his aunt and uncle with the guard Mad Eye said to Vernon I would like to discuss with you the treament of Harry.... So I think that in fact the world that Petunia built strongly surrounding her has in fact changed.

But thats my guess.

Umm...... during the wait i was wondering why voldie wanted to kill harry that i know now and same with the goast(SP) lol i cant spell goast!(SP) but yea i still have a tons more of questions thought now i cant wait till book 6!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ghost is spelled G-H-O-S-T. Thought you'd like to know.

Sorry if it's a repeat. :)

I think Lucius Malfoy's age is revealed in a Daily Prophet article as being 41. Can't remember what book though. Maybe CoS?

I think it was book 5 under commentary about that Umbridge (that toad)something about being very confident in the new headmistress and about the kind of education the school was taking something like that I'm not sure exactly.

Why did Harry, Ron and Hermione had just one class with Madam Hooch?
What means the sentence that is written on the mirror of Erised?
and what means Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandos? (I know there is a thread about this)

I haven't found the answers, so maybe this things don't fit..but I through that someone here could have the answer..thanks!

What means the sentence that is written on the mirror of Erised?
and what means Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandos? (I know there is a thread about this)
The sentence that is written on the Mirror of Erised is:

"Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wosi"

It's written backwards. When read from the right-side to the left it says:

"I show not your face but your heart's desire"

Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandos is the motto of Hogwarts and it means "Never tickle a sleeping dragon."

Why did Harry, Ron and Hermione had just one class with Madam Hooch?
They probably had a few more, but they just weren't written about in the book. JKR couldn't have put every single lesson the students ever had in the book, it'd begin to detract from the main plot.

I wanted to know why Voldemort wanted to kill Harry, and that was obviously answered. Because when i was reading the first book I didn't think that just because his parents wouldn't join his side could be the reason. That was pretty much the only question I really wanted answered. Although I did want to find out more about Lily and James. But not as much as why Voldemort wanted Harry dead.

I think it was book 5 under commentary about that Umbridge (that toad)something about being very confident in the new headmistress and about the kind of education the school was taking something like that I'm not sure exactly.

Yes, it was in book 5, on page 307, American Version:

"I feel much easier in my mind now that Dumbledore is being subjected to fair and objective evaluation," said Mr. Lucius Malfoy, 41, speaking from his Wiltshire mansion last night.

Questions answered by OotP:
1. why the Dursleys just didn't ship Harry off to a orphanage if they hate him so much
2. why Snape was always going on about James being so arrogant...if it was true or he was just jealous
3. I always sorta figured Neville should have been in Hufflepuff...but he proved himself worthy of Gryffindor
4. why Hermione wasn't in Ravenclaw if she's so clever
5. if we'd see Lupin again

Questions I still have:
1. the truth about Lily, of course
2. how could Fred & George do all the charms for their Wizarding Wheezes during the summer & not get in trouble for doing underage magic....and they could apparate, even though still in school....is it because they passed their Apparation test, sort of like a driving license? and the charms for the Wheezes, is that because it's not done around Muggles? and shouldn't they have gotten in trouble for the Ton-Tongue Toffee they dropped for Dudley?
3. why are Seamus, Parvati & Lavendar in Gryffindor? and Dean too, although I would guess JKR's interview on his true background might explain that. and how the heck did Percy get sorted into Gryffindor?
4. what Percy will do in the future in regards to his family...turn them over to DeathEaters? redeem himself? how?
5. why Dumbledore trusts Snape, of course
6. who does the laundry @ Hogwarts? can the house elves doing it without being set free, if they could be set free if they accidently picked up one of Hermione's knitted caps?
7. why is Luna in Ravenclaw, she seems so...spacey. don't get me wrong, I love Luna...
And a million more...

(Sorry for all the rambling...)

Questions answered by OotP:

Questions I still have:
1. the truth about Lily, of course
2. how could Fred & George do all the charms for their Wizarding Wheezes during the summer & not get in trouble for doing underage magic....and they could apparate, even though still in school....is it because they passed their Apparation test, sort of like a driving license? and the charms for the Wheezes, is that because it's not done around Muggles? and shouldn't they have gotten in trouble for the Ton-Tongue Toffee they dropped for Dudley?
3. why are Seamus, Parvati & Lavendar in Gryffindor? and Dean too, although I would guess JKR's interview on his true background might explain that. and how the heck did Percy get sorted into Gryffindor?
4. what Percy will do in the future in regards to his family...turn them over to DeathEaters? redeem himself? how?
5. why Dumbledore trusts Snape, of course
6. who does the laundry @ Hogwarts? can the house elves doing it without being set free, if they could be set free if they accidently picked up one of Hermione's knitted caps?
7. why is Luna in Ravenclaw, she seems so...spacey. don't get me wrong, I love Luna...
And a million more...

(Sorry for all the rambling...)

1 the only thing we have on Lily is that she's muggle-born. And that she was good at charms and died protecting Harry.
2. Well when they worked on the wheezes they were already in seventh year meaning they passed their owls, and could do magic. Apparating is yes like a drivers license.They passed their test and everytime they got a chance they apparated. About the tongue toffee thats not using magic per say its candy that has an affect on the eater. Like a joke candy.
3.That is for the hat to decide. They probably have attributes that belong to a gryffindor. Percy is in Gryffindor because the hat put him there and he was'nt alway a pompus jerk. We don't know how he was in school when he was younger.
4. If you think he's a death eater then I can't help you. However If he's not then He'll probably apoligize to his family or being pompus he might just leave them alone and continue being disassociated with them.
5. My theory is this that Snape was the one who told DD that Voldemort was after the Potters. We already know that he's a spy for the order and at the end of goblet DD asked him to go back to the DE for information.
6 The elves can do laundry because they are not presented with clothes. As for Hermione's knitted caps she is not the master of the house DD is so only DD can set them free because he is the headmaster.
7. she might have attributes that fit ravenclaw we know she's spacey but we also know that she is smart.

{JKR said someone will switch houses, maybe its Luna.}

2. Well when they worked on the wheezes they were already in seventh year meaning they passed their owls, and could do magic. Apparating is yes like a drivers license.They passed their test and everytime they got a chance they apparated. About the tongue toffee thats not using magic per say its candy that has an affect on the eater. Like a joke candy.

Actually, Fred and George started working on the Wheezes in GOF ( or at least that's when the Wheezes are first revealed ). They were only 16 at taht point, and couldn't do magic. Perhaps they only planned at home, though, and did the actual wand magic at school, where it was legel.

#4 Who exactly was Voldemort refering to in the graveyard? (most faithful, too cowardly to return, left forever etc.) I now wonder if he thought Snape was the "most faithful" Death Eater at Hogwarts. And he thought of Crouch Jr. as merely a pawn and not worth mention.

There are others, but these are the biggies.

But he says the most faithful had already reentered his service.

My question is: What hair tonic does Snape use?

My question is: What hair tonic does Snape use?

lol! :rotfl:

But he says the most faithful had already reentered his service.

This is for Sinistra and Timmy.

The most faithful is probably Malfoy, he was behind the whole CoS thing, it could also mean Pettigrew (which I doubt) because he was the first to return to him and helped with the ressurection, or Barty Crouch Jr. for obvious reasons.

The one who is to cowardly to return is Karkoroff from Durmstang, there is already hints to that in GoF.

I think the one who left forever who he was reffering to was Snape, originally because he was'nt there when all the DE returned but it can't be him because in OotP he spy's on them unless Voldemort suspects him as a traitor and we might learn more of this in future.

The tonic Snape uses is snake venom tonic.... for that glistening look.
:lol:

I was wondering why Madam Hooch is called "Madam" instead of "Professor" like the rest of the teachers. Does it explain it in the books and I missed it?

Why Dumbledore seems to be friendly with Voldemort - he calls him Tom when they battle and he doesn't really seem to do any major spells against him

Why Dumbledore seems to be friendly with Voldemort - he calls him Tom when they battle and he doesn't really seem to do any major spells against him

I don't know about the major spells part but I think that he calls him Tom as a way of showing him that to him he will always be Tom Riddle no matter what he calls himself. A sneaky way of saying that to him he will always be a half blood student at Hogwarts and that he is not as important as he would like people to believe. Also DD seems to me to be someone who would insist on giving people their proper names generally. I don't think he was being friendly, I think he knew that Voldemort would take being called Tom as slightly insulting. Just my opinion of course.

I've got a lot of questions, but I will start with two...

1, Where is Durmstrang located?

2, When Molly cook, she just seems to wave her wand and then the dinner is ready. Do wizards have to buy food? And why is the house elves making the dinners in non-magical way? Molly's way ought to be much easier/faster. But even if the elves actually cook, where does the food come from? Sheaper to do a bit magic than buy it, isn't it?

1, Where is Durmstrang located?

Durmstrang is in Bulgaria. The exact location is not revealed because the school is "unplottable" and cannot be found on a map ( Perhaps because Karkaroff doesn't wasn to be found. . . wonder why :eyebrows: . ) GoF said that since fur is part of the school uniforms, Durmstrang must be located soemwhere very cold.

2, When Molly cook, she just seems to wave her wand and then the dinner is ready. Do wizards have to buy food? And why is the house elves making the dinners in non-magical way? Molly's way ought to be much easier/faster. But even if the elves actually cook, where does the food come from? Sheaper to do a bit magic than buy it, isn't it?

Where does it say all she has to do is wave her wand? In Ootp, Mrs. Weasley and the others are actually cooking, though they use magic to help them:

Soon a series of heavy knives were chopping meat and vegetables, supervised by Mr. Weasley, while Mrs. Weasley stirred a cauldren and others took out plates, goblets and food from the pantry.

So dinner doesn't just appear out of thin air. That's probably why the house-elves have to cook. There's also the fact that house-elves can't do the type of magic wizards can, so even if it were possible to conjure meals, the house-elves most likely couldn't do it, especially for so many students.

I think wizards have to buy food. GP has a pantry where it is stored, and if they could just conjure it, it wouldn't need to be stored.

Actually some of the food does come out of the wand.

In GoF Mrs. Weasley cooks regularly but some sort of sauce came out of her wand when she was preparing dinner and then she grabbed one of the twins fake wands while it happened.

I was wondering why Madam Hooch is called "Madam" instead of "Professor" like the rest of the teachers. Does it explain it in the books and I missed it?

Madam Hooch is addressed as Madam because she is not really a professor is she. I mean she is like the regular school version teacher of gym and physical education. And when I was in school during gym we would call the teacher 'coach' or Sir for a man and Miss or 'coach' depending on her preferance. So I think thats why she's addressed as Madam.

I have a question:
Does anyone know if the sorting hat can suggest ravenclaw or slytherin?
for example Harry was either Slytherin or Gryffindor and the hat put him in Gryffindor for Hermione it was Ravenclaw but then he put her in Gryffindor so can the same thing happen with Slytherin/Ravenclaw?

Actually, if Durmstrang is located somewhere cold, than I doubt it is in Bulgaria, as Bulgaria is just north of Greece and has a very pleasant climate. From Krum's description of the grounds to Hermione, I assumed that Durmstrang was somewhere in Siberia, which would fit with the lakes and mountains description, and would explain the need for fur robes. Also, all of the students (save Krum) have Slavic last names with Russian genitive endings.

My question that didn't get answered from the books is this, and it's really goofy: if you're an animag, what happens to your clothes when you transform? I especially wondered this after watching the third movie where Peter turned back into a rat and left his suit behind - when he transforms back, does he just show up stark naked somewhere?? And how was he clothed when they forced him to transform into a human to begin with?

I was wondering that myself and my thinking is this that you wear the clothes you had on originally because when Sirius transformed in the movie he had his prison suilt on and then when he went back to dog and then back again he had the same clothes on.

As for Peter I think because he is a slimeball he gets naked and then takes the clothes from someone else. :lol: But I think it's the same thing like Sirius.

Okay, another mundane question that bugs me: where are the bathrooms in this castle? We know about the run-of-the-mill toilets, and we know about the prefect's bathroom, but where do these kids shower every day? Is there something attached to their dormitories? I don't ever remember reading about it...but there must be, as I just can't picture four houses of students shuffling through the Hogwarts corridors in bathrobes carrying their soap and towels every morning.

Madam Hooch is addressed as Madam because she is not really a professor is she. I mean she is like the regular school version teacher of gym and physical education. And when I was in school during gym we would call the teacher 'coach' or Sir for a man and Miss or 'coach' depending on her preferance. So I think thats why she's addressed as Madam.

I didn't think of that. When I was at school the gym teacher (or PE teacher as we called them) was referred to Miss ---- the same as any other female teacher. There was no difference.

I have a question:
Does anyone know if the sorting hat can suggest ravenclaw or slytherin?
for example Harry was either Slytherin or Gryffindor and the hat put him in Gryffindor for Hermione it was Ravenclaw but then he put her in Gryffindor so can the same thing happen with Slytherin/Ravenclaw?


I would think that it can but I don't really have anything to back that up. Just what I assumed.

Okay, another mundane question that bugs me: where are the bathrooms in this castle? We know about the run-of-the-mill toilets, and we know about the prefect's bathroom, but where do these kids shower every day? Is there something attached to their dormitories? I don't ever remember reading about it...but there must be, as I just can't picture four houses of students shuffling through the Hogwarts corridors in bathrobes carrying their soap and towels every morning.
I would guess that there would be some shower like that somewhere. It never been mentioned though. I think there is a thread around here somewhere about the character lack of showering. its quite funny. i recommend it.

Actually, if Durmstrang is located somewhere cold, than I doubt it is in Bulgaria, as Bulgaria is just north of Greece and has a very pleasant climate. From Krum's description of the grounds to Hermione, I assumed that Durmstrang was somewhere in Siberia, which would fit with the lakes and mountains description, and would explain the need for fur robes. Also, all of the students (save Krum) have Slavic last names with Russian genitive endings.



Yep, Siberia, that's exactly what I think too. I doubt such a "small" country as Bulgaria has their own school, it's more likely that a few slavic countries have the school in common, beacuse the languages are very similar.
About the fur robes, it seems a bit strange to me to wear fur in Bulgaria. Here in Sweden, it's common to travel to Bulgaria in the summer due to the nice climate...

Right. Just because Krum's from Bulgaria doesn't necessarily mean that Durmstrang is in Bulgaria (but Siberia is fairly far removed from Bulgaria, isn't it?). I wonder how many magical schools are in existence, or how many countries have their own schools. Perhaps young witches and wizards are simply invited to the school closest to them, through a system of large-scale school districts.

I have a question about the Hogwarts Express... do all students attending Hogwarts use Hogwarts Express to get there? (If so, is the train large enough to accomodate all of them? I have questions about the number of students attending Hogwarts, as well, which I think have come up earlier in this thread.) If all students ride the Hogwarts Express, do they all board at Kings Cross in London? It seems silly for students to pour into London from all over Great Britain only to turn around and travel up to Scotland. (Although I guess the Floo Network must alleviate the sense of backtracking at some level.) There are no other stops mentioned in the books, are there?

(Actually, I feel like I'm finding answers to my questions in my head as I'm writing this... the trek to London is obviously important for students as Diagon Alley is located there. You know what they say, sometimes you have to ask a question out loud before you realize the answer. =) Ah well. Just my limited Muggle sense of transportation, I guess!)

I thimk most kids floo to London and go to the station. I don't know about the muggleborns though.

Maybe the train is bewitched to have enough seats for everyone.

I was wondering that myself and my thinking is this that you wear the clothes you had on originally because when Sirius transformed in the movie he had his prison suilt on and then when he went back to dog and then back again he had the same clothes on.

As for Peter I think because he is a slimeball he gets naked and then takes the clothes from someone else. :lol: But I think it's the same thing like Sirius.
Ok but then how come when Lupin and Sirius made him transform back into human form he was dressed? If that were the case then wouldn't he be naked then too. :scared: (bad images, can't make them stop, help.)

Then a question that I had answered by the books, well it was actually answered by JKR was how Harry got the Marauders map back in OotP.

Okay, another mundane question that bugs me: where are the bathrooms in this castle? We know about the run-of-the-mill toilets, and we know about the prefect's bathroom, but where do these kids shower every day? Is there something attached to their dormitories? I don't ever remember reading about it...but there must be, as I just can't picture four houses of students shuffling through the Hogwarts corridors in bathrobes carrying their soap and towels every morning.

I think there was a thread in this before, but as I posted there and can't seem to find it anymore I 'll just repeat what I said. I imagine the dormitories are like college and university dorms. On the boys side there's a full bathroom with a few stalls and there are also shower stalls, the same for the girls. I don't think you leave your dormitory to go bathe and use the facilities. The only one we are sure of that is seperate from the ones in the dorms is the prefect bathroom, because it is mentioned in GoF. I don't think students walk around the hall in their robes to take a bath or shower that would be a little funny and some what gross. But I don't know for sure I'm just guessing from my own experience at a dorm.

Ok but then how come when Lupin and Sirius made him transform back into human form he was dressed? If that were the case then wouldn't he be naked then too. :scared: (bad images, can't make them stop, help.)

Casts stupefy on fleur magique. That should help with the images. Like I said before I think you wear the same clothes you had on before your transformation, and also again after you transform back. The thing I said about Peter I was trying to be funny and point out how gross I think Peter is but I guess it didn't work. :sigh:

I was hoping somebody could clear up the first chapter of GoF for me. They found three Riddles dead, which ones were there? Was Tom among them or not?

why was james called prongs?
why does mrs norris have red eyes?
do all squibs love cats? (filch and figg)
how exactly do they make the brooms fly?
do wizard and witch hats have any significance, or are they just there for decoration?
how do you make a spell..who invents them anyways?
anyone got ansers?
~secrets_safe

I was hoping somebody could clear up the first chapter of GoF for me. They found three Riddles dead, which ones were there? Was Tom among them or not?


The three Riddles where Voldermorts father and his grandparents. I belive they were having dinner. Voldemorte was not with them...he killed them with avada kedavra. (I suck at spelling!)

The questions I wanted anwers to where the bathrooms, but I pretty much figured out how that worked. I also want to know more about Dumbeldore. There's so much about him that is a mystery and I guess in due time, all will be revealed.

About ages...I believe the Lucious and Arthur Weasely went to school together (I have a theroy about them, but I won't divulge) Since Snape, the Marauders, Lilly and I think Bertha went to school together, they are/were/wouldhave been in their late 30's as of OotP. I think that since Bill is around 23 in OotP...I would say that Arthur and Molly are pushing 50, meaning that Lucious is pushing 50 also. This is all guess work. I don't think that Narcissa is 50 I actually think she is closer to Sirius' age. This is so offtopic :lol:

The three Riddles where Voldermorts father and his grandparents. I belive they were having dinner. Voldemorte was not with them...he killed them with avada kedavra. (I suck at spelling!)

The questions I wanted anwers to where the bathrooms, but I pretty much figured out how that worked. I also want to know more about Dumbeldore. There's so much about him that is a mystery and I guess in due time, all will be revealed.

About ages...I believe the Lucious and Arthur Weasely went to school together (I have a theroy about them, but I won't divulge) Since Snape, the Marauders, Lilly and I think Bertha went to school together, they are/were/wouldhave been in their late 30's as of OotP. I think that since Bill is around 23 in OotP...I would say that Arthur and Molly are pushing 50, meaning that Lucious is pushing 50 also. This is all guess work. I don't think that Narcissa is 50 I actually think she is closer to Sirius' age. This is so offtopic :lol:

Actually I am not sure of Arthur's age, but i believe it is in GoF that Lucius was 41.

In GoF Mrs. Weasley says as Harry was giving them a tour of Hogwarts that the Whomping Willow was put after she left school, we know that it was put there for Lupin when he was a werewolf,and the maruders all went with him so they were all together. I think maybe Arthur was in a higher grade than Lucius but they knew eachother in scholl I also believe Snape knew Lucius too in school so there is probably a couple years between everyone.

Now that we are pretty much filled in on the Harry-Voldemort connection, will Harry's temper continue to flare at everybody around him? Harry exploding at Ron & Hermionie was the way Voldemort realized the connection right?

WHY DON'T HERMIONE AND RON GO OUT???????? THEY SHOULD!!!!!!!!!!!! AIN'T THAT RIGHT???????????

YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! tottaly agree!

Now that we are pretty much filled in on the Harry-Voldemort connection, will Harry's temper continue to flare at everybody around him? Harry exploding at Ron & Hermionie was the way Voldemort realized the connection right?

I don't think it is because Harry screamed at Ron and Hermione I think it was during occumelency when he got further into the dept. of mysteries that Voldemort realized the connection.

Lucius is 41 in OotP
If Bill is 23 - then Arthur and Molly could have had him right after graduating Hogwarts at 18 and they would be Lucius' age or even a few years after they could be in their early 40's...my thought is they are about 43-44. If the Marauders are 35-36 then that would work with the tree being planted after Molly left.

I agree Beth, the timing seems to work out quite well, especially with the marauders an Harry's age.

I have a little question about ghosts if you don't mind my posting it here. It is possible to cast a spell on one of the Hogwart's ghosts?

Obviously Nearly Headless Nick was affected by the Basalisk (sorry if I spelt that wrong) but would a regular spell cast by someone with a wand have any effect on a ghost?

I am leaning towards the idea that they can be affected but wondered what everyone else thought?

Yes Louis B I think ghosts can be affected by spells because in PoA Lupin shoots the gum up Peeves nose by saying Waddiwasi and the gum goes into his nose. So if spells affect ghosts but I don't think as much as it would towards a person or animal. Hope that answers your question.

I forgot about that example. Thanks.

I guess my main question is how come the Dursleys don't have a house elf, or rather, why is it that only the 'rich' wizarding families seem to have them. I mean, it's not like they get paid, or require any special care.

I'm also wondering how the students return to Hogwarts after the Christmas or/and Eastern Holydays? Do all of them take the Knight Bus? Or perhaps the Hogwarts Express is alvailable?

you know it's like a cloth bag put over there heads and eye holes puched in.

ive always wondered how the house points hourglass knows when to dock points and such? does the hourglass "HEAR" them in a way?? and how does it know who to listen to if prefects can do it as well. any thoughts?

Yes Louis B I think ghosts can be affected by spells because in PoA Lupin shoots the gum up Peeves nose by saying Waddiwasi and the gum goes into his nose. So if spells affect ghosts but I don't think as much as it would towards a person or animal. Hope that answers your question.

I'm going to split a hair here and say that Peeves is not a ghost, he is a poltergeist which is slightly different than a ghost.

I guess my main question is how come the Dursleys don't have a house elf, or rather, why is it that only the 'rich' wizarding families seem to have them. I mean, it's not like they get paid, or require any special care.It's not only that their rich it's that they're old wizarding families too. I'm not sure why they have to be rich, but it's probably because their hard to get a hold of the house elves and if you're rich you usally are able to get them easier than if you were poor.

I'm also wondering how the students return to Hogwarts after the Christmas or/and Eastern Holydays? Do all of them take the Knight Bus? Or perhaps the Hogwarts Express is alvailable?I think that they are able to ride the Hogwarts express. Ron, Hermione and Harrry though for security rode the Knight Bus so that Harry's gaurd would be able to go with them.

The Dursleys are muggles, and muggles don't have house-elves. Which rises the question what happens when a squib inherits a house-elf?

One reason for only rich families having them may be that house-elf children either stay in the family where they are born or are sold to a very high price.

I wondered about the sorting hat, if it truly had a "mind" of it's own, apart from distinguishing qualities of students

I wondered about the sorting hat, if it truly had a "mind" of it's own, apart from distinguishing qualities of students

It seems as if the hat has the ability to do some thinking on his own. When Harry is confused if he really belongs in Gryffindor and places the hat back on his head, the hat has a conversation, of sorts, with Harry. Also, the hat, through it's songs, warns the school of upcoming dangers, which implies that it can detect the presence of danger (probably by residing in DD's office), but it is able to place these fears into words and convey it's messages to the school.

Thanks, Reverie! :D

I've always wondered if it's possible to use the floo network to get into Hogwarts. In GoF, Sirius was able to use the fireplace to talk with Harry. What's to stop him from going all the way through?

there was a question many fans were wondring about .
do boys sneak or visit girls dorms at Hogwarts for some reason or another ...... ;D

well , the answer is what happened to Harry and Ron when the ran the stairs to the girls dorm ... that was funny ...... :D

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maybe boys can't go into the girls dorm but the girls can sneek in to the guys !! :eyebrows: wouldn't that make a funny scene ! :rotfl:

maybe boys can't go into the girls dorm but the girls can sneek in to the guys !! :eyebrows: wouldn't that make a funny scene ! :rotfl:

Actually that's true. Hermione explains it all away when Ron tries to go up to the girls' dorm in OotP after they see the new educational decree on the board in the common room. It's all in Hogwart's a History. Didn't you read it? :lol:

How many different ways do you think that Dubldeore is spying on Harry? He says he has watched him more then he knows.

I wondered if we would see Neville's parents, and I also wondered about the set up of the Ministry of Magic. I'm glad that OoTP answered those questions for me. Besides that, like many people, I wondered why Hermione wasn't in Ravenclaw... well, not really why she wasn't in Ravenglaw (because I believe she fits in at Gryffindor), but if she was at least considered for Ravenclaw. And now we know she was!

My question that didn't get answered from the books is this, and it's really goofy: if you're an animag, what happens to your clothes when you transform? I especially wondered this after watching the third movie where Peter turned back into a rat and left his suit behind - when he transforms back, does he just show up stark naked somewhere?? And how was he clothed when they forced him to transform into a human to begin with?

Nope, they screwed that up. And it was the only time they did. Remember in SS/PS, when McGonagall transformed from a cat to a human, she was fully clothed both times. Clothing that you are wearing is supposed to be part of the transfiguration.

[How does Dobby appear and disappear in Hogwarts if you can't apparate or Disapparate if their are all those protections around the castle?

House elves have some powers that wizards do not and visa versa Jk said in one of her interviews

I always wondered why Harry never got letters for the magic he accidently did before he went to Hogwarts.

He most likely had not control over it, he had not had any magical training and had no knowledge of what he had done.

I hope there isn't a whole thread about this somewhere I've missed (this is a big place, people) but here goes. In the books, do they wear clothes (except undies of course) under their robes? I haven't been able to find anything to confirm it either way though there are a few things that certainly suggest that they don't. Once, Hermione asks the guys to leave their compartment on the train so they can change into their robes (why would they need privacy if they just put their robes on over their clothes?) and there is the infamous scene in which everyone sees Snapes dingy underpants when James turns him up-side-down. Or maybe it's just Snape who doesn't wear clothes? Anybody have something that proves they wear clothes under their robes?

I remember JKR mentioning in an interview regarding the costuming changes in the POA movie that she intended the students do wear regular clothes under their robes. i do get the impression though that wearing underware (in that ---Remember archie in GOF?) is something more "traditional". Weraing regular clothes seems to be a more modern thing to do. Ill see if i can find a link to that interview.

I was reading to my son tonight from GoF, and ran across something that made me raise an eyebrow.

At one point, it is mentioned that the Triwizard Tournament hasn't been held in over a century. That's ok, as we know that DD is over 150 years old. But, how old are Karkaroff and Madame Maxime? Hagrid is suspected to be around 70 years old or so, and we know they are a bit of an item, although I'm not suggesting age should be an issue. But, although we know wizards have a longer life expectancy than muggles, it does seem as if DD is one of the older wizards in the world that we've seen. If he competed against Maxime and Karkaroff, does that make them both roughly 150+ years old also? I didn't get the impression in the book that they were that old?

But did the book really say that Karkaroff and Maxime had competed against Dumbledore? I seem to have missed that.

I missed that, too. I didn't think those three personally had competed before (or not against each other, anyway), I thought the schools had just competed at various points in the past.

I've looked everywhere for an answer to this question--hopefully someone here has the answer:

Which spell was used on Hermione to knock her unconscious in OotP? It wasn't spoken, but I believe the book states a purple slash appeared across her chest. That doesn't sound like Avada Kedavra to me.

Ummm...no. AK is green and if Hermione had been hit with it, she would be dead.

But, you are correct that the spell was purple (a purple flame it was described as) and that we don't know the name of the spell because Hermione performed "silencio" on that DE who later hexed her. We only know that it did "quite enough damage to be going on with" according to Madam Pomfrey, and that Hermione needs to take 10 potions a day because she was hit with it.

I was just wondering if I had missed something in the books that told us what that spell was. It seems like some really powerful Dark magic; since we've learned about the Unforgivable Curses, I thought maybe someone might have some info on this one. Thanks!

I would like to know more about the history of Harry's family such as how they acquired their fortune.

I was reading to my son tonight from GoF, and ran across something that made me raise an eyebrow.

At one point, it is mentioned that the Triwizard Tournament hasn't been held in over a century. That's ok, as we know that DD is over 150 years old. But, how old are Karkaroff and Madame Maxime? Hagrid is suspected to be around 70 years old or so, and we know they are a bit of an item, although I'm not suggesting age should be an issue. But, although we know wizards have a longer life expectancy than muggles, it does seem as if DD is one of the older wizards in the world that we've seen. If he competed against Maxime and Karkaroff, does that make them both roughly 150+ years old also? I didn't get the impression in the book that they were that old?I think that it meant that the three school headmasters who where in their positions as judges were all injured. I read that yesterday and went back over it three times to ensure I was taking the meaning correctly. It does read that way unless you review the word choices closely, reread it and you see it.

Why dumbledore seems to be calm with voldemort and call him tom

I think the spell used on Hermione in OoTP was AK. But becuse he was silenced the spell worked differently.

Ummm...no. AK is green and if Hermione had been hit with it, she would be dead.

But, you are correct that the spell was purple (a purple flame it was described as) and that we don't know the name of the spell because Hermione performed "silencio" on that DE who later hexed her. We only know that it did "quite enough damage to be going on with" according to Madam Pomfrey, and that Hermione needs to take 10 potions a day because she was hit with it.

I agree, it wasn't Avada Kedavra. Dolohov was the DE who used it on her, and later, he also uses it on Harry--however, Harry responds fast enough to say the shield charm and block its impact a little, and it grazes his cheek and knocks him over but doesn't really do any damage. I'm really curious to know what that spell was, since we didn't hear the incantation. That, and whether those weird brains did anything to Ron...

there was a question many fans were wondring about .
do boys sneak or visit girls dorms at Hogwarts for some reason or another ...... ;D

well , the answer is what happened to Harry and Ron when the ran the stairs to the girls dorm ... that was funny ...... :D

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Well how about the other way around?
The students age is spread from 11 years to aproximately 18 years. Somewhere in between those years sexual tension will rise.
So far in the books I only remember two incidents where teachers visited the commonrooms. Of course there is the prefects.
I am sure that if you wanted some private time with anoyher student of the opposite sex, it would be fairly easy to achive.
We know taht girls can get into the boys dormitories
How about the old tie/sock on the doorknob/handle?

I started reading GoF again last night, and in the first chapter I came across a line that made me a little curious. Maybe this has been addressed elsewhere, but in the first chapter when it's talking about the Riddle house and how none of the new owners can stay there long, it mentions a "wealthy man" who "neither lived there nor put it to any use;" but it goes on to say in regards to the gardener that "The wealthy owner continued to pay Frank to do the gardening."

Did this strike anyone else as possibly being Dumbledore?

The only other possibility I could think of would be the Malfoys, but they wouldn't have been nice enough to continue to employ the gardener. Plus, DD is the only one who ever truly recognized Voldemort as Tom Riddle; in OotP, he even called him Tom.

It could be a muggle owner I guess, but considering Frank is the main topic of town gossip makes this doubtful; also I don't know what muggle owner would think keeping up the garden of an unused house would be necessary. And just the fact that it is mentioned to me raises the possibility of it's "significance".

Why does Harry get a warning from the MoM for using a hover charm in COS when it was Dobby who performed the magic? Not very fair!

Meaning no offence but do you really think the Malfoys are going to report Dobby missing, presumed to go to Privet Drive to the Ministry? As far as the Ministry knew the only person with magival ability in the house was Harry, thus Harry got the warning.

I started reading GoF again last night, and in the first chapter I came across a line that made me a little curious. Maybe this has been addressed elsewhere, but in the first chapter when it's talking about the Riddle house and how none of the new owners can stay there long, it mentions a "wealthy man" who "neither lived there nor put it to any use;" but it goes on to say in regards to the gardener that "The wealthy owner continued to pay Frank to do the gardening."

Did this strike anyone else as possibly being Dumbledore?

The only other possibility I could think of would be the Malfoys, but they wouldn't have been nice enough to continue to employ the gardener. Plus, DD is the only one who ever truly recognized Voldemort as Tom Riddle; in OotP, he even called him Tom.

It could be a muggle owner I guess, but considering Frank is the main topic of town gossip makes this doubtful; also I don't know what muggle owner would think keeping up the garden of an unused house would be necessary. And just the fact that it is mentioned to me raises the possibility of it's "significance".


That does sound like a very Dumbledorish thing to do. I would never have made that connection. Perhaps that's where Dumbledore went when he disappeared in OotP.

Meaning no offence but do you really think the Malfoys are going to report Dobby missing, presumed to go to Privet Drive to the Ministry? As far as the Ministry knew the only person with magival ability in the house was Harry, thus Harry got the warning.

Right. Harry is the only wizard in that area, and so they automatically assumed that if magic were being done there, it must be Harry. The Ministry doesn't have much of an imagination. ;)

I always thought Harry got the warning from the MoM for the hover charm because they don't keep track of house-elf magic like they do wizard magic. House-elf magic is different (they can apperate and disapperate in Hogwarts for instance) and since they are view as a "labor" force, perhaps keeping up with their magic would be too tedious and time-consuming.

Something like that, I imagine, would have to be handled by the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, and perhaps they are too busy to take notice.

Because only one wizard normally lives at the Dursley house during the summer, the MoM just assumes any magic being conjured there would come from him. The Dusleys of course, don't normally have a house-elf, so there would be no reason to assume it came from anyone but Harry. Dobby did sneak out of the Malfoy's house to go there.

You make it sound like I said the opposite, which I didn't.

Perhaps that's where Dumbledore went when he disappeared in OotP.

Wow! That's a good point that I hadn't thought of. Dumbledore might have other little "secret" investments in unsual real estate too that we havn't been told of.

You make it sound like I said the opposite, which I didn't.

Who is "you"?

I started reading GoF again last night, and in the first chapter I came across a line that made me a little curious. Maybe this has been addressed elsewhere, but in the first chapter when it's talking about the Riddle house and how none of the new owners can stay there long, it mentions a "wealthy man" who "neither lived there nor put it to any use;" but it goes on to say in regards to the gardener that "The wealthy owner continued to pay Frank to do the gardening."

Did this strike anyone else as possibly being Dumbledore?

The only other possibility I could think of would be the Malfoys, but they wouldn't have been nice enough to continue to employ the gardener. Plus, DD is the only one who ever truly recognized Voldemort as Tom Riddle; in OotP, he even called him Tom.

It could be a muggle owner I guess, but considering Frank is the main topic of town gossip makes this doubtful; also I don't know what muggle owner would think keeping up the garden of an unused house would be necessary. And just the fact that it is mentioned to me raises the possibility of it's "significance".

I thought the wealthy man was VM himself. I just assumed he set up payment and it continued. Maybe bacause family connection was so important to Harry's survival I assumed VM maintained it as a connection in case it was needed to maintain himself or rebirth himself.

hmm I've never really thought about who it was that maintained the house. True it could have been DD, he does seem to do odd and good things and also he seems to have money. But I don't know why Voldemort would keep the house. Plus he doesn't seem like the type that would continue to pay someone to work there. If he wanted it as a place for rebirth or whatever wouldn't he want it private? Wouldn't he want people to stay away?

Well, I know this isn't really referring to the books, but in some quizs, you know the ones that see which weasley boy you love most. Well, they ask you which shade of red hair you like most, and that goes towards which boy you love most (hang on, I'm getting there), well, why would the colour of hair make a difference, because in the books JK always comments on the fact that their hair colour is exactly the same. So, why do these people include that question?

Did anybody have any small and pointless questions about something in the Harry Potter series that were answered in this book?

I had two.

My first questions was 'How are the Death Eaters masked?'. I've been curious about that. The fifth book states that they have hoods with eye-slits.

The second question was 'What happens to the Dementors when the Patronus charges them?'. That was answered when the Dementors retreated into the darkness and just sort of faded out of view.

Speaking of the Death eatters masks doesn't it sound like the costumes worn by the Kuklux Klan (I think that's spellt right)?

I had two of my questions answered...what the MoM looked like and where Sirius had disappeared to.

But so many more questions popped up. I want to know where Voldemorts father is. I want to know more about Lily, James, Snape and the relationships between the three (I think it will be a key factor) and I want to know if there are any other sibling groups that we have not yet been made aware of.

Voldermort's father is dead. Voldermort killed him when he was younger and in GOF he used dust from his grave to resurrect himself

I was wondering the same why Hermione wasnt in Ravenclaw? I guess her heart is in Gryffindor.

Well, I know this isn't really referring to the books, but in some quizs, you know the ones that see which weasley boy you love most. Well, they ask you which shade of red hair you like most, and that goes towards which boy you love most (hang on, I'm getting there), well, why would the colour of hair make a difference, because in the books JK always comments on the fact that their hair colour is exactly the same. So, why do these people include that question?


i think these people (quiz writers) are thinking about the movies... because the twins and ron have different shades of red. ginny and percy are sort-a close, but different than ron and the twins. some have more brown, some more blonde... blah blah blah. that sorta bothered me in the movies... i wanted to see them all with the same shade of flaming red hair... oh well...

I was wondering the same why Hermione wasnt in Ravenclaw? I guess her heart is in Gryffindor.

besides plot reasons, harry has to have a brillant friend to get him outta sticky situations, i think she is more "brave." ex. sure she screams at the troll so the boys have to save her; but i think the fact that she gets into situations like that is what makes her a gryffindor. we don't see anyone else get themselves into crazy situations except the gryffindors. even the weasly twins do crazy adventerous like things, sneak off in the middle of the night to get snacks for celebrations etc. gryffindor's are always in the heat of the action- not for themselves like slytherin, but for someone elses benefit. plus since she is not that openminded (divination and luna lovegood's ideas,) that might count against her for Ravenclaw. Just some thoughts...

I was reading through another thread when someone metioned Umbridge's quill, and something odd struck me. Where did Umbridge get this nasty quill? Has she been visiting Knockturn Alley?

OK, I don't know if this really fits here, but Jo just answered the niggling little question of Hermione's age:
she was almost twelve when she started Hogwarts, according to Jo. But then, how did she end up approving of the official timeline on the CoS DVD, which features Hermione's date of birth as being in September 1980? Given that Harry was born in July of that year, and Hermione turns twelve in 1991 as per JKR, that means (doing the calculations) that Hermione was born in September 1979. This is all very confusing....I'm just going to keep believing she's fifteen going on sixteen as of the start of HBP, unless Jo gives her an Apparation license or something.

This probably isn't important, but...

who were the "dumpy wizard with a large black mustache" and the "frizzy-haired witch" at Harry's hearing?

I know that isn't a "questions answered," but it does have to do with OotP and I just thought I'd bring it up...

In COS, Harry meets Hagrind in Knockturn Alley. I wonder if the real reason is that told by Hagrid (that with the snails and the crop). I really wasn't convinced.

It was COS when he used magic on the pumpkins wasn't it? Maybe he's been learning magic secretly, it would mean he was more qualified for the Care of magical creatures position. But I was more or less convinced by his explanation

It interests me whether Voldemort knows that Harry has some of his powers: like talking to serpents etc. I don't think that it has been mentioned in any of the books... Does anyone know?

you're right, this hasn't been mentioned in the books, but I personally think he is begining to understand and find out more about his connection with Harry. Like in OotP, he realised he can see through Harry and Harry can see through him.

I've also have another question. Why is Peeves afraid only of the Bloody Baron? He doesn't even respect the teachers (in PoA- Lupin).

I think pretty nearly everyone's probably afraid of the bloody baron! Maybe it's because, being a ghost, he's in a better position to physically harm peeves, and being the Slytherin ghost, he's more willing to actaully do it if Peeves gets on his nerves.

What exactly does Lucius Malfoy do as a profession? If he is just wealthy enough to live off his money ( or Narcissa's money, maybe ) what is he doing at the MoM all the time?