Triwizard Transportation plus: Re: questions for JKR (formerly long)

[Rita Winston]

No: HPFGUIDX 3826

If the Triwizard Tournament was hosted by one of the other schools, 
the Hogwarts representatives would travel there by the Hogwarts 
Express, of course! It doesn't *really* need tracks when it has 
magic...

If Durmstrang is in Latvia, as I believe, then its body of water
would be the Baltic Sea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. 

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Joywitch " <joym999 at a...> wrote:
> Simon has a good point.  There are a whole list of questions I am 
> dying to know the answer to that I doubt JKR would answer, like:

Joywitch: As best I recall, JKR **has** answered some of these in her 
various interviews and chats.
> 
> What house was James Potter in when he went to Hogwarts?
> Same question for the other Marauders and Lily.

In the latest chat, she told us that Lily was in Gryffindor.

> What did James and Lily do for a living?

Previously, she has told us that we'll find out in Book 7 and that 
she can't tell us earlier because it's important to the plot.
> 
> But here are some others that she might, possibly, be willing to 
> answer:

> How many students attend Hogwarts?

She said 1000 in the latest chat. I'm pleased that the author agrees 
with me. I assume that, just as there are more students than we 
readers see except as part of a crowd scene, there are more 
dormitory bedrooms in each House than we see, and that the Common 
Room is actually a suite of connected rooms (more than one having a 
fireplace), not just the one room that we see. In fact, it would make 
sense if each House had not just one House Tournament Quidditch team, 
but several: the "A" team that Harry is on, a "B" team that competes 
against other "B" teams, and maybe even a set of "C" teams as well.