Red Flags, Red Herrings

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 18979

Milz, these were great.  Some comments, smart-aleck answers and 
additions follow.

> THE MCKINNONS
> Wizard family mentioned by Hagrid in SS/PS and killed during the 
> Voldy years. 

THE BONES
whose granddaughter is in Harry's year

> 
> BERTHA JORKIN
> Who did Bertha see kissing Florence behind the greenhouse?

Sirius, of course!  The Hunk of Hogwarts.  ;-)
 
> "THE MONSTER BOOK OF MONSTERS"
> Will the biting book that can only be calmed by tickling its spine 
> play an important role?

And will the Invisible Book of Invisibility finally, ah, show up?  
(We know there are hundreds of them roaming London.)

> 
> THE SNEAKOSCOPE
> When last we heard of it, it was in Harry's trunk (GoF)

so is THE POCKET KNIFE FROM SIRIUS

It undoes any lock or knot.  Sounds mighty useful, not to mention 
just the kind of thing a recently escaped prisoner would think to 
give.  Harry hasn't used it yet but one of these days it might prove 
crucial.
 
> THE PHOTO ALBUM
> Hagrid sent owls to James and Lily's school friends for photos. 
Harry 
> notices Sirius in the wedding photos. Any other friends/foes 
lurking 
> about in them? 

Does anyone else wonder about the person who sent the picture of 
Lily, James, and Sirius?  Doesn't that seem incredibly 
tactless?  "Honey, Hagrid wants pictures of Lily and James to give 
Harry."  "Oh, how sweet.  Let's send him the one with the slimy 
murdering SOB in it."  But perhaps it was a group photo and taking 
out one person would've been a little 1984ish.

I also wonder, monomaniac that I am, whether Lupin was in any of them.

> FORBIDDEN FOREST
> Aragog's domicile, the Flying Ford Anglia's sylvan garage. The 
> Centaurs said it held many secrets. Have we learned all of them?

What about the FLYING FORD ANGLIA itself?  Will it show up again?  I 
think that would be too much, myself (no offense, Neil), but I wonder.
 
> DUMBLEDORE'S OFFICE
> It houses the penseive, Godric Gryffindor's sword, the Sorting Hat 
> and Fawkes. Will Harry find anymore useful things in there (with 
the 
> exception of Dumbledore of course) 

Specifically, what do the whirring silver things do?

TAPDANCING PINEAPPLES
Why did Flitwick think this was so important that he put it on the 
final exam?  Will this skill prove essential in an upcoming 
incident?  Will the final showdown perhaps be in Hawaii?

Just kidding.

Amy Z