Lexicon Time Line Dates?

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 19514

Catlady wrote:
 
> Gryffindor won the House Cup in SS (june 1992) at the last minute, 
in
> CoS (june 1993), and in PoA (june 1994).
>        Slytherin had won House Cup for six years running before 
that.
> (June 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991) because it says in SS: 
"[The
> Great Hall] was decked out in the Slytherin colors of green and 
silver
> to celebrate Slytherin's winning the house cup for the seventh year 
in a
> row." but then their seventh was taken away so it was only six in a 
row.
> 
>      Slytherin didn't win the House Cup in june 1985 because that 
would
> have been seven years in a row, therefore Gryffindor did, that was
> Charlie's senior year.

Okay, I follow the Quidditch Cup problem, but not the House Cup.  How 
do you know Gryffindor won the House Cup in 1985 (why not Ravenclaw or 
Hufflepuff)?  We know, IIRC (I'm trusting the Lexicon here), that 
Gryffindor won the Quidditch Cup, but that doesn't tell us who won the 
House Cup.

Winning the QC =can= help you mightily to win the HC, but won't 
necessarily do so.  From PoA, we know that the QC goes to the team 
that wins the most points over the course of its 3 games.  If the team 
that wins the QC automatically gets some big number of points towards 
the House Cup, then the QC is a huge advantage.  But if Quidditch 
counts towards House points simply on a point-for-point basis, then 
even the QC-winning team can get a mere 10-point edge in the House Cup 
competition, as Gryffindor would have done in PoA.  In that case, you 
can easily lose the House Cup in a year you won the Quidditch Cup.

Amy Z 

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