[HPFGU-OTChatter] Almost Chat time!!!! What ZONE?!

Thu Mar 4 15:30:33 UTC 2004

Ya know, seeing how we are now a world wide commuinity, I do wish they
would put what time zone they are in.. I mean 10-11 am, is that EST, PST,
GMT, or what exactly time are they using?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Erin" <erinellii at yahoo.com>
To: <HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 4:19 AM
Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Almost Chat time!!!! Those questions.

> Well, here it is,  the World Book Day Online festival. Less than one
> hour until the chat starts.  And in case anyone else is bopping
> around the internet waiting for the start like I am, here is that
> list of questions I promised so long ago, terribly sorry about the
> lateness.
>
> Here is the address for the festival:
>
> http://www.worldbookdayfestival.com/2004/index.html
>
> Apparently all you have to do is click on the picture of Rowling when
> it's time.
>
>
>
> **Lupin**
>
> In PoA, Lupin had a bag with Professor R. J. Lupin stamped on it in
> peeling letters.  Where was he a professor before Hogwarts and what
> does his middle initial stand for?
>
> Where does Lupin live at the end of GoF when Dumbledore tells Sirius
> to "lie low at Lupin's"?
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> **The Weasleys**
>
> How old are Mr. and Mrs. Weasley?
>
> How old are Bill and Charlie?
>
> Any chance that Arthur Weasley was a victim of the Imperius curse
> during You-Know-Who's first rise to power?
>
> Ron got his leg broken in PoA.  Which leg was it, and does he have a
> scar there now?
>
> How exactly did Scabbers attach himself to young Percy?
>
> What color are Ron's eyes?
>
> How come Arthur hasn't learned more about Muggles and their lives
> after working in a muggle department for so long?
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> **Harry's past**
>
> Do the colour of Harry's eyes matter specifically, or is it just the
> fact that Lily and Harry have the "same eyes" that matters?
>
> Where is Godric's Hollow located?
>
> What house (or houses) were James, Sirius, Lupin, and Peter in?
>
> Any chance that Petunia was a squib or that her and Lily's parents,
> Mr. and Mrs. Evans, were squibs?
>
> Does Harry still need to study Occlumency, or is Voldemort now
> permanently banished from his mind?
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> **Dumbledore**
>
> Does Dumbledore actually *like* Cockroach Clusters?
>
> How did Dumbledore know what made Voldemort stop possessing Harry?
>
> We know you can't apparate into or out of Hogwarts, but we've seen
> Dumbledore send people into and out of his office by portkey and
> arrive by Floo powder himself. Is that a lapse in security or can
> only the headmaster do that?
>
> When Dumbledore conjures the sleeping bags in PoA, has he summoned
> them *from* somewhere, or actually created them?
>
> If Dumbledore thought that Sirius was the Potter's secret keeper, how
> come he was not surprised when Hagrid told him he saw Sirius and
> borrowed his bike?
>
> - Are we ever going to know about Dumbledore's life before Harry's
> events? If he's about 150 years, there's a lot of story...
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> **How the WW Works**
>
> Do "evanesco" and "scourgify" make things cease to exist or just go
> somewhere else?
>
> Are the Pensieve's memories totally objective like a video camera?
>
> How do children from Wizarding families learn reading and writing and
> math before they get to Hogwarts?
>
> Why do some people make a loud "crack" when they disapparate, and
> other people make only small "pop"s?
>
> If no one can apparate or disapparate inside Hogwarts, what is it
> that Dobby and Fawkes do when they disappear?
>
> Could Arabella Figg, as a squib, actually see the dementors as she
> said at Harry's hearing, or not?
>
> The Put-Outer is used at the Dursleys' and at Grimmauld Place.  Does
> it confer some sort of magical protection besides the cover of
> darkness for these important hideouts?
>
> We've seen in OoP that portkeys do work inside Hogwarts.  So how come
> Crouch Jr. had to get Harry into the Triwizard Tournament and wait
> for the third task before sending Harry to Voldemort?  Couldn't he
> just have turned anything in the castle into a  Portkey at any time?
>
> Are long fingers a sign of magical power?
>
> What do you call the non-magical offspring of a mixed, Muggle/Magic
> couple? Would they be Muggles or Squibs?
>
>
> Messenger owls and Thestrals seem impressively fast. Do they travel
> by magic? And if so, how exactly does that magic work?
>
>
> What is the top speed of the fastest broom?
>
> Why are portkeys so tightly controlled by the Ministry and are they
> dangerous if done improperly?
>
> Are there limits to how far a wizard can be transported by
> apparating, the Floo network, or portkeys? If so, what are the limits?
>
> Why in the world are Hags (who eat children) allowed anywhere near
> Hogwarts, let alone into the town pubs when the students have a
> Hogsmeade Weekend?
>
> What is the difference between a wizard and a warlock?
>
> How are unicorn horns harvested for use in potions-making?
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> **Other people**
>
> Blaise Zabini: boy or girl?
>
> Will we ever find out who Florence was that the pensieve memory of
> Bertha Jorkins mentioned in the 4th book, or who she was kissing?
>
> Will Mark Evans (the ten-year-old Dudley beat up at the beginning of
> OoP) show up in the next books at all?
>
> Is Andromeda Tonks still alive?
>
> Did Stan Shunpike (from the knight bus) go to Hogwarts?
>
> Who is the Slytherin boy who saw the thestrals?
>
> Whatever happened to Karkaroff?
>
> Will Harry ever meet Professor Dumbledore's brother, Aberforth?
>
> Will there ever be a "good Slytherin"?
>
> When Hagrid was expelled and became the gamekeeper at Hogwarts, was
> he the gamekeeper immediately at age 13?  Or was he apprenticed to
> the former gamekeeper, Ogg, for a while?  And if so, how long?
>
> Was Minerva McGonagall at school with Tom Riddle?
>
> Did Tom Riddle ever date, or was he too busy learning the Dark Arts?
>
> Why did Voldemort personally kill Dorcas Meadows?
>
> What house was Moaning Myrtle in when she was alive?
>
> I was sad about Sirius, but overall not too impressed with You-Know-
> Who in Order of the Phoenix.  Is he going to get scarier in the next
> two books?  (please, please!)
>
> Who is Arabella Figg related to in the wizarding world?
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> **Other stuff**
>
> Fans have found ways to anagram many of the names currently in Harry
> Potter.  Are there any more names in the series that are intentional
> anagrams of anything beyond the example seen in Chamber of Secrets?
>
> In GoF, did Fudge say "I've heard of a curse scar acting as an alarm
> bell before," as per the British version, or should it have
> been, "I've never heard of a curse scar acting as an alarm bell
> before," as in the American edition?
>
> What's up with all the socks?
>
> Why all the bad teeth?  At last count, Snape, Sirius, and Karkaroff
> all had yellow teeth, and now Hagrid's gotten some teeth knocked out
> by Grawp. Has the wizarding world never heard of dentists?
>
> In CoS, Nearly Headless Nick is celebrating his 500th death day.  But
> in Philosopher's Stone, he tells Harry he hasn't eaten in "nearly
> four hundred years".  Is this a mistake or could he somehow eat for
> one hundred years after he died?
>
> Was it your intention for fans to be able to work out a timeline of
> the series like the one on the DVD of Chamber of Secrets, or did you
> think of the series as more timeless when you began it?
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> **Snape**
>
> Will Harry, Ron, and Hermione ever meet (or have they already met) a
> vampire?
>
> Are the Snapes an old wizarding family like the Blacks and Malfoys?
>
> Are Professor Snape's parents still alive?
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
>
> So, there it is.  Cut and paste, do your own thing.  Here's hoping
> some of us get on!
>
> Erin
>
>
>
>
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