[HPforGrownups] SPOILERS: School Books

[Simon]

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Penny: "4.  Was Harry violating the 6th rule of Quidditch when he pulled
out his wand to perform the Patronus Charm on the "Dementors" in PoA?  Were
they "members of the crowd" for that purpose??"

Well I guess it could be argued that they were not any of the people the
rules say it cannot be used against.
Not opposing team members.
Not opposing team member's broom.
Not the referee.
Not any of the balls.
Not a member of the crowd (this is the most questionable).
Seems like the rule has a little loophole there.

Maybe the right to carry a wand also allows for fair use of it.


Penny: "5.  Okay, so all the professional Quidditch franchises in ASA are
now disproven (including my beloved Cheddar Cavemen & Sirius' favorite, the
Dundee Dragons).  It does seem as though the 13 teams are
disproportionately congregated in southwestern England and southern Wales,
does it not?  Caerphilly, Chudley, Falmouth, Holyhead (northern Wales but
still Welsh), Puddlemere (if it's Puddletown), Tutshill (love this one!)
and Wimbourne."

Appleby - Lincolnshire, East England
Ballycastle - Northern Ireland
Caerphilly - South Easy Wales
Chudley -
Falmouth - Cornwall - South West England
Holyhead - North West Wales
Kenmare - Ireland
Montrose - East Scotland
Portree - Isle of Skye, North West Scotland
Puddlemere -
Tutshill - Gloucestershire, West England (on Welsh/English border)
Wigtown - Dumfries & Galloway, South Scotland
Wimbourne - Dorset, South England (my local team)


I have uploaded a map of UK and Ireland (Ireland freehand added in by me to
the printable UK map I have) and drawn on where each of the teams is
located, except for Chudley and Puddlemere. The map is at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/files/Geographic%20Locations/uk
map.jpg

>From looking at the map it is interesting to note that the 11 I have drawn
on are near the coast or large river.

One possibility is Chudley = Chudleigh (which is in Devon - South England),
which is marked on the map with a grey cross.

I doubt Puddlemere is Puddletown as this would put it very close to
Wimbourne and I doubt there would be two teams that close together.
Interestingly the spell checker recognises Puddlemere.

We seem to be missing teams in the South East and North England. My thought
was Puddlemere was north England. I cannot say why I thought this, but it
was my initial reaction


Penny: "4.  I don't understand why Japanese is underlined in the
description of Kappas (or the comment "Snape hasn't read this either").
Can anyone explain?"

In POA, when Snape is covering Lupin's class, he says, " ... that is
incorrect, the Kappa is more commonly found in Mongolia ... ". So Harry, or
more likely Ron, is pointing out the mistake.



Simon