[HPforGrownups] Now it can be told...SS obstacles and Flitwick's position

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 4626

foxmoth at qnet.com wrote:

> Devil's Snare, Sprout, head of Hufflepuff
> Keys: Flitwick, head of Ravenclaw
> Chess: McGonnagal, head of Gryffindor
> Troll: Quirrel
> Potions Puzzle: Snape, head of Slytherin
>
> Do you suppose JKR concealed the identities of the heads of Hufflepuff
> and Ravenclaw in the first book so as to keep it from being obvious
> that Quirrel was the odd man out?

I think it more likely that she needed X number of puzzles to weed out
characters as they went along, so that it would be Harry alone at the end.
She picked likely teachers for the puzzles. There were more than four. Maybe
the House headships weren't even solid then, or maybe there was just no
reason to mention them yet. Flitwick still hasn't gotten an official "in
print" mention.

--Amanda