[HPforGrownups] Wormtail & the wand - # of students

Sun Sep 23 16:02:21 UTC 2001

No: HPFGUIDX 26556

--- "Mindy C.L." <mindyatime at juno.com> wrote:

> 2. In regards to the argument of how many students
> there were at Hogwarts
> - 280 vs. 1000, there is one place in PoA where it
> becomes clear that
> there were 1000, not 280. At the Quidditch final in
> PoA, it says that
> three-quarters of the crowd was cheering Gryffindor
> on, but 200 students
> were wearing green and cheering for Slytherin. 
   Correction 'two hundred *people*' are wearing
Slytherin colors. There is no good reason to assume
all these people were students. Parents, other
relatives, alumni and Quidditch enthusiasts from the
wizarding world in general are also possibilities.

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