Re AOL quiz

[Christine]

No: HPFGUIDX 6616

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Simon" <simon.branford at h...> wrote:
> >What was the name of Voldemort's father?
> > >Barty Crouch.
> > >Tom Riddle.
> > >Lord Voldemort the First.
> > >Right answer! When Harry is transported to the graveyard and 
meets
> Voldemort, he
> learns that Voldemort's father was a muggle named Tom Riddle.
> > Your score is: 80
> 
> Nick wrote: "I don't agree with the answer to this one.  Tom Riddle 
IS Lord
> Voldemort, not his father."
> 
> Ref: COS Chap.17
> "He pulled Harry's wand from his pocket and began to trace it 
through the
> air, writing three shimmering words:
> TOM MORVOLO RIDDLE
> Then he waved the wand once, and the letters of his name rearranged
> themselves:
> I AM LORD VOLDEMORT"
> 
> It should be Marvolo, but that does not alter the fact that Tom 
Riddle (Lord
> Voldemort) was named after his father - oddly enough also called 
Tom Riddle.
> 
> GoF Ch 35:
> 'The Dark Lord and I,' said Moody, <snip> 'have much in common. 
Both of us,
> for instance, had very disappointing fathers ... very disappointing 
indeed.
> Both of us suffered the indignity, Harry, of being named after those
> fathers. And both of us had the pleasure ... the very great 
pleasure ... of
> killing our fathers, to ensure the continued rise of the Dark 
Order!'
> 
> Barty Crouch Jr - who at the time is still disguised as Mad-Eye 
Moody, said
> the above. It clearly points to Tom Riddle sharing his name with 
his father,
> except that he had the addition of the middle name Marvolo.
> 
> 
> Simon

Thanks - my point exactly, - I've still only read GoF once!

Chris