buck\stag, house colours, hogwarts crest, quiz

[Simon Branford]

No: HPFGUIDX 1395

"The difference between a buck & a stag"

There are two possibilities for the difference and I am unsure which is
correct.

Stag: Male of red deer or of other large kinds of dear
Buck: Male of fallow-deer, reindeer, chamois and antelope (and several other
animals)

Stag: Fully grown male deer
Buck: male deer

The definitions come from The Concise Oxford Dictionary (1960's edition) and
The Oxford Mini-Dictionary (1991 edition) respectively. I unfortunately do
not have access to the complete OED to settle this matter.

"Green - Hope, joy and sometimes loyalty in love." And "silver - Peace and
sincerity"

Hope, joy, peace and sincerity? This seems to be a perfect description of
Slytherin! The 'loyalty in love' adds weight to the Snape loved Lily
argument. This being the reason he changed from bad to good.

"Which reminds me, has anyone mentioned that, on the Hogwarts shield of
arms, the Gryffindor lion and Slytherin serpent are punching at each other
while the Ravenclaw eagle and Hufflepuff badger watch?"

It is a good indication of inter-house relationships in the school.
Gryffindor and Slytherin at each other's throats with the other two
carefully saying out of the way.

This talk of the crest has reminded me of the following. Last night Harry
Potter came up on a quiz show (The Syndicate). I think there were 10
questions in the round of which the six I can remember I have listed below.

1: Name Harry's parents.
2: What is Sirius' childhood nickname?
3: Name the Hogsmeade Joke shop.
4: What is the English translation of the Hogwarts motto?
5: What is the name of the deputy head of Hogwarts?
6: What is the name of Hermione's cat?

Simon