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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 21:14:02 GMT
Most of the Blacks are named after stars. Sirius, for example, is named after the dog star.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 21:14:16 GMT
Harry first arrived at 4 Privet Drive on Hagrid’s motorbike. He left for the last time the very same way.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 21:14:39 GMT
Voldemort was 71 years old when he died.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 21:14:56 GMT
Every 30 seconds, someone begins reading the Harry Potter series.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 21:15:45 GMT
When Harry freed Dobby from the Malfoys in Chamber of Secrets, Lucius Malfoy attempted to use the killing curse on him. Many people did not realise this because the spell was not introduced until Goblet of Fire.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 21:17:08 GMT
In book 1, Dumbledore gives 10 points to Neville at end of the book to stand up against his friends, which is a very difficult task, at that point it only appears as if this is done to allow Gryffindor win House Trophy, but in the last book Deathly Hallows we come to know that even for a great wizard like Dumbledore himself, how difficult it was to confront his friend Grindelwald, and stand up against him. So he knows what great strength Neville has shown, although the reader doesn't at that point.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 21:17:43 GMT
JK Rowling published Harry Potter around 1997 in the UK and 1998 in the US. The final battle between Harry and Voldemort ends around 1997-1998. Hence the phrase, I open at close. The book described Harry's Potters parents’ grave yard in the year 1981 which means Harry was born on 1980. He started Hogwarts at 11, so 1991. The final battle took place when he was in his final year at Hogwarts-1998.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 21:17:58 GMT
In Prisoner of Azkaban, Trelawney refuses to sit at a table with 12 other characters because she would be the 13th and the first one to get up after that would die. In Order of the Phoenix, 13 members of the order are sitting and Sirius is the first to stand.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 21:18:37 GMT
Harry assumes 'that awful boy' is James Potter, when in fact it is Severus Snape. We learn this in a flashback in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Snape and Lily are talking about the wizarding world.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 21:19:00 GMT
In Greek mythology, the seer Cassandra was cursed so that none would believe her prophecies. Professor Trelawney’s great-grandmother’s name was Cassandra.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 21:19:21 GMT
Harry arrives at Number 4 Privet Drive for the very first time with Hagrid, on the back of Sirius’ motorbike. He leaves for the very last time exactly the same way.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 21:19:50 GMT
There were seven: - years a student spends at Hogwarts, - floors at Hogwarts, - Horcruxes: Tom Riddle's Diary, Marvolo Gaunt's Ring, Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem, Salazar Slytherin's Locket, Helga Hufflepuff's Cup, Harry Potter and Nagini - Weasly children: Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, George, Ron and Ginny - galleons paid by Harry for his wand, - players in a Quidditch team, - obstacles leading up to the Philosopher's Stone: Hagrid's pet Fluffy, Sprout's Devil's Snare, Flitwick's flying keys, McGonagall's giant chess set, Quirrell's troll, Snape's Potions (7 bottles) & The Mirror of Erised - individuals attacked by the Basilisk during Harry’s second year at Hogwarts: Mrs. Norris, Colin Creevey, Justin Finch-Fletchley, Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington, Hermione Granger, Penelope Clearwater & Harry Potter - locks on Professor Moody's trunk, - secret passages out of the school by the Marauder's Map, - golden snitches caught by Harry during his time as Seeker on the Gryffindor Quidditch team: vs. Slytherin and vs. Hufflepuff in first year, vs. Slytherin in second year, vs. Ravenclaw and vs. Slytherin in third year, vs. Slytherin in fifth year, and vs. Slytherin in sixth year - Harry Potters in The Battle of the Seven Potters: Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Fleur Delacour and Mundungus Fletcher - times when Harry Potter escaped death from Lord Voldemort before finishing him off: in Godric's Hollow, over the Philosopher's Stone, in the Chamber of Secrets, in Little Hangleton, during the Battle of the Department of Mysteries, during the Battle of the Seven Potters, and during the Battle of Hogwarts in the Forbidden Forest - known spell types: Transfiguration, Charm, Jinx, Hex, Curse, Counter-spell, and Healing spell
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 21:20:56 GMT
These were some of the original names of the characters before Rowling changed them: Hermione Puckle, Neville Puff, Draco Spinks, Lily Moon (Luna Lovegood), Madhari Patil, and Mati Patil.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 21:21:08 GMT
Fred and George were born on April Fool’s Day.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 21:21:35 GMT
The only time the Weasley twins were ever apart were when George’s ear was cursed off and when Fred was killed.
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