[HPforGrownups] Untackled (?) Questions

[Rowena Grunnion-Ffitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 32497



--- Ronald Rae Yu <ickle_ronniekins at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi! I'm Ronald Yu, and I'm new here.
> 
> And since I'm new, forgive me if I ask questions

  A whole lot of questions! You're forgiven :)
 
> How did Myrtle die if she wears glasses (Colin was
> petrified using the camera)?

   Not enough lenses between her and the Basilisk??
 
> How did ghosts take their clothes and glasses with
> them when they died?

   They don't. They just choose to manifest with their
usual accessories out of habit.
 
> In book 3, Quidditch Final, Lee comments on the
> beater
> work of George Weasley. How could he have known it
> was
> HIM (not Fred)? I mean, flying at top speed and
> everything, he recognized George.

   Well he *is* a Wizard......
 
> What's the use of the first two tasks if the
> champion
> who reaches the Triwizard Cup first wins?

   Three tasks are traditional, (read any fairytale).
 
> Why not use Veritaserum or the Pensieve as evidences
> for Harry's account at the end of book 4? And to
> clear
> Sirius as well.

   The problem with Veritserum is that it only
produces what the subject *believes* is the truth.
Since Harry is thought to be disturbed rather than
lying Veritserum would prove nothing. Also since the
Pensieve is materialized thoughts, and so subjective,
it probably doesn't constitute legal evidence.
 
> Why do the Hogwarts electives have such impossible
> schedules? I mean, if you have the option of taking
> as
> much classes as you can, they should make the
> schedule
> possible to follow without time-turners.

   I think the point is Hermione wanted to take *more*
classes than anybody could reasonably handle and
Dumbledore and McGonagal let her try as an object
lesson in overextending oneself.
 
> And since you have options of electives they should
> not be scheduled by house (Care of Magical Creatures
> with the Slytherins).

   But if more than one member of the House/Year is
taking the course - Care of Magical Creatures seems to
be a popular class - it would make sense to schedule
them together.
 
> With Arithmancy and Divination taking place
> simultaneously, is Hermione the only Gryffindor (in
> her year) in Arithmancy? Everyone else is in
> Divination.

   Maybe the two unnamed girls are with her?
Arithmancy seems to be a very demanding course - it
wouldn't appeal to a lot of the students.
 
> Why not Snape go for DADA? What's stopping him?

   Many fans opine that Snape doesn't really want the
DADA job at all, this is just a myth believed by the
students.
 
> Why do wizards still use owls for messages? Frankly,
> phones are faster; they should at least try to adapt
> to muggle ways.

   And interfere with their superiority complex? I
think not! Fact is we can do just about everything
they can these days with our technology - in fact some
things we do better!
 
> Quirrell could have just said 'Accio, Philosopher's
> Stone!' when he wanted it out of Harry's pocket.

   Maybe not. Maybe powerful magical talismans don't
respond to such simple spells.
 
> Why are there 4-5 quidditch players in Fred and
> George's batch (them, Alicia, and Angelina, and
> likely
> but not positively, Katie)? Is their year really
> that
> good?

   Guess so.
 
> What's the big fuss in not being able to apparate or
> disapparate within Hogwarts? One could make a
> portkey
> anytime and portkey himself in or out of the
> grounds.

   Apparently that is harder to do - and maybe fewer
people can do it. Crouch jr. apparently *modified* an
already existant portkey spell rather than creating
one from scratch.
 
> No one ever seems to mind or at least notice (even
> Harry) that Oct. 31 is not only Nick's deathday but
> also James's and Lily's.

   Harry doesn't seem to let it spoil his Halloweens
either does he? 
 
> Where are the dead bodies of James and Lily?

  Buried somewhere one sincerely hopes.
 
> If house elves don't want pay the Weasleys could get
> one anytime. Why don't they? Molly wants one.

   Maybe it's hard to find one who isn't already
taken?
 
> If you live in Hogsmeade it would make perfect sense
> NOT to take the Hogwarts Express to Hogwarts. Do all
> students need to ride it to school?

   Probably not. On the other hand Wizards do seem to
have rather different ideas about space and distance
than us Muggles.
 
> If Voldie couldn't kill Harry with his wand he could
> have done so anytime with a gun or something.

   Evil wizards don't do that kind of thing that's why
;). To kill Harry by mundane means would be an
admission his powers are greater than Voldies' which
his ego could not take.
 
> Do Quaffles move on their own? There's at least one
> instance when it fell, but in the World Cup it
> rocketed upwards when it was released.

    I think so, all the other balls do.
 
> Why could they talk to paintings and not to photos?
> It
> is more likely to be the other way around, since
> photos are based on real people.

   Photos are taken by mechanical means, while a
painting is the work of an artist, (or wizard's own
hands) that's why their are more magical. 

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