Yay! More HP-ness! (and let me just add - four days left! Squee!)
1) a) I read a whole article on this subject, and if I remember correctly, in Britain, you are of legal age at 17. So Jo probably translated this into wizarding terms. :) b) The apparition tests are taken at the Ministry of Magic. At some point, when Harry and Arthur are there for Harry's hearing and are in the elevator, I believe one of the floors mentioned is the one where the tests are administered. c) Yeah, F&G are 17, which means they would have been starting their seventh year.
2) Not that I know of, but I don't think anyone other than Jo herself knows the entire thing. Sirius really only mentioned the important names, and kinda left the others out.
3) That's a really, really interesting idea - one I'd never thought of! And I would say I am inclined to agree, except Dumbledore admits he sent it at the end of Phoenix, doesn't he? Or Harry asks him and he acknowledges that. One thing that bothers me about the Howler is that Harry didn't recognize the voice - and Jo specifically states in Chamber that he recognizes Mrs. Weasley's voice in CoS.
4) Wands are switched around a lot - it's not that you can't use another wizard's wand, it's just that you will never get as good of results, since the "wand picks the wizard". Wand-swapping, whether intentional or un, happens a lot. Ron had his brother's old wand and it worked well enough - and that wand got used by Lockhart (even if it did backfire on him). Neville uses his dad's old wand, too. Wormtail, in all likelihood, was probably using Voldemort's wand when Cedric was killed. He lived 12 years as a rat (and presumably never changed into a human, once, since he was in the company of the Weasley family the entire time) and it is unlikely he had his wand at any place where he could get to it. And as Voldy was pretty much useless before his transformation in the graveyard, it pretty likely Wormtail was using Voldy's wand.
5) Well, a thousand Galleons, I would guess, is somewhere close to several tens of thousands of dollars. I doubt it's as little $1= 1 galleon, because Ron complains in Phoenix how he never has any Galleons, and as poor as the Weasley's are, it doesn't seem as if they are that poor. Besides, Ron has SOME money - he spends it at Hogsmeade, the Quidditch World Cup, etc. - but the fact that he is so thrilled by the faux Galleons Hermione uses in Phoenix, makes me think it's a fairly large amount. Maybe somewhere between $20 - 50? Which would put the Tournament prize at about $20,000 or so. I would think the Twins would need at least that much to get a substantial joke shop started.
OK, that one was a lot longer than I had intended. Moving on...
6) I wonder about Snape/ Lily too, and for exactly the same reasons, but I don't think there is any really hard evidence to make much of a case - just a few suspicions and a lot of reading between lines that may, or may not, be there. There is a pretty good article on Veritaserum dot com about this that I just read, which makes a good case and fits in a lot of pieces without leaving a lot of holes.
7) JKR states in an interview that Lupin, Sirius and James were all in Gryffindor.
8) I dunno - I guess we don't know because only a fraction of the students from each school actually came for the tournament, so even if they did, it would seem that they wouldn't be divided once they got to Hogwarts, as it would be pointless. And the text really doesn't give us much idea, either...
9) Ack, I thought the same thing! I was so confused! I don't remember when it's explained (maybe the graveyard scene in Goblet, when Voldy has transformed and is explaining to all the details of his life?), but I thought originally that the Tom Riddle in the scene was the young teenager from CoS and, yeah, that another person came and killed them and that was Voldy and he somehow assumed Riddle's identity. In fact, that presents an interesting theory... hm.... *ponder ponder ponder*
10) Ummm. Good question. Maybe it's like the space pockets the senshi have?
This was long and only fueled my fire. Damn you Mer! *shakes fist in your general direction*
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Date: 2005-07-11 05:27 pm (UTC)1) a) I read a whole article on this subject, and if I remember correctly, in Britain, you are of legal age at 17. So Jo probably translated this into wizarding terms. :) b) The apparition tests are taken at the Ministry of Magic. At some point, when Harry and Arthur are there for Harry's hearing and are in the elevator, I believe one of the floors mentioned is the one where the tests are administered. c) Yeah, F&G are 17, which means they would have been starting their seventh year.
2) Not that I know of, but I don't think anyone other than Jo herself knows the entire thing. Sirius really only mentioned the important names, and kinda left the others out.
3) That's a really, really interesting idea - one I'd never thought of! And I would say I am inclined to agree, except Dumbledore admits he sent it at the end of Phoenix, doesn't he? Or Harry asks him and he acknowledges that. One thing that bothers me about the Howler is that Harry didn't recognize the voice - and Jo specifically states in Chamber that he recognizes Mrs. Weasley's voice in CoS.
4) Wands are switched around a lot - it's not that you can't use another wizard's wand, it's just that you will never get as good of results, since the "wand picks the wizard". Wand-swapping, whether intentional or un, happens a lot. Ron had his brother's old wand and it worked well enough - and that wand got used by Lockhart (even if it did backfire on him). Neville uses his dad's old wand, too. Wormtail, in all likelihood, was probably using Voldemort's wand when Cedric was killed. He lived 12 years as a rat (and presumably never changed into a human, once, since he was in the company of the Weasley family the entire time) and it is unlikely he had his wand at any place where he could get to it. And as Voldy was pretty much useless before his transformation in the graveyard, it pretty likely Wormtail was using Voldy's wand.
5) Well, a thousand Galleons, I would guess, is somewhere close to several tens of thousands of dollars. I doubt it's as little $1= 1 galleon, because Ron complains in Phoenix how he never has any Galleons, and as poor as the Weasley's are, it doesn't seem as if they are that poor. Besides, Ron has SOME money - he spends it at Hogsmeade, the Quidditch World Cup, etc. - but the fact that he is so thrilled by the faux Galleons Hermione uses in Phoenix, makes me think it's a fairly large amount. Maybe somewhere between $20 - 50? Which would put the Tournament prize at about $20,000 or so. I would think the Twins would need at least that much to get a substantial joke shop started.
OK, that one was a lot longer than I had intended. Moving on...
6) I wonder about Snape/ Lily too, and for exactly the same reasons, but I don't think there is any really hard evidence to make much of a case - just a few suspicions and a lot of reading between lines that may, or may not, be there. There is a pretty good article on Veritaserum dot com about this that I just read, which makes a good case and fits in a lot of pieces without leaving a lot of holes.
7) JKR states in an interview that Lupin, Sirius and James were all in Gryffindor.
8) I dunno - I guess we don't know because only a fraction of the students from each school actually came for the tournament, so even if they did, it would seem that they wouldn't be divided once they got to Hogwarts, as it would be pointless. And the text really doesn't give us much idea, either...
9) Ack, I thought the same thing! I was so confused! I don't remember when it's explained (maybe the graveyard scene in Goblet, when Voldy has transformed and is explaining to all the details of his life?), but I thought originally that the Tom Riddle in the scene was the young teenager from CoS and, yeah, that another person came and killed them and that was Voldy and he somehow assumed Riddle's identity. In fact, that presents an interesting theory... hm.... *ponder ponder ponder*
10) Ummm. Good question. Maybe it's like the space pockets the senshi have?
This was long and only fueled my fire. Damn you Mer! *shakes fist in your general direction*