50 Questions I would like answered in Books Five, Six, and Seven

Sun Apr 6 03:11:10 UTC 2003

No: HPFGUIDX 54851

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jenny_ravenclaw" 
<meboriqua at a...> wrote:

> 51) Why do all the staff members of Hogwarts appear to be 
> Are any of them married?  Do any of them have children?  If so, 
> will their families become important in upcoming books?

Thanks to The Goat Pad: http://www.geocities.com/aberforths_goat/

Q:  Have any of the Hogwarts professors had spouses? 

JKR: Good question - yes, a few of them but that information is sort 
of restricted - you'll find out why. 

From: http://www.comicrelief.com/harrysbooks/pages/transcript3.shtml

Btw, here is my list of questions:

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Question for JKR:

1) In the Potterverse, what is a 'warlock'? (warrior-wizard? 
MP-wizard?)

1.5) Are International Federation of Wizards, International 
Confederation of Wizards, and International Confederation of Warlocks 
all the same thing?

2) Why aren't Thunderbirds (aka Quetzalcoatls) in FANTASTIC BEASTS?

3) Are Boggarts (not in FB) Beings or Spirits? Are Dementors Beings 
or Spirits?

4) Is the Ministry of Magic part of the Muggle government? If it's 
separate, how is the Minister of Magic selected?

5) Does Molly Weasley have red hair like her husband and children?

6) About werewolves in the Potterverse: are they contagious when in 
human form, or only in wolf form? Is silver harmful to them? Are they 
transformed only at night or also in the daytime? For only one night, 
or two or three in a row?

6.5) The Wolfsbane Potion -- does Lupin have to take it every night 
for a week before he transforms, or just once any time during that 
week?

7) Is Professor Sinistra a witch or a wizard? 

8) Why do they have to study so much Astronomy? Does the class 
include Astrology? Do they have to know the locations of the planets 
because they're going to travel there?

9) What is Arithmancy? 

10) Is Hermione 10.4 months older or 1.6 months younger than Harry?

11) Is Fleur a Seeker on a Beauxbatons Quidditch team? For that 
matter, is Beauxbatons's Quidditch intramural like Hogwarts's or 
extramural?

12) Does the Fidelius Charm remove the information from people who 
used to know it before the Charm was cast? Does it conceal the 
information from all people or only the ones specified when the Charm 
was cast? Did Sirius know to check on Peter and Dumbledore know to 
send Hagrid to the Potter house because Sirius and Dumbledore 
suddenly noticed that they once again knew where the Potters were 
hiding?

13) Do the wizarding folk have recorded music? Does anyone listen to 
Wizarding Wireless at Hogwarts? Are the professional Quidditch 
Matches broadcast?

14) How old is Lucius Malfoy (born 1950?) How old are Arthur and 
Molly Weasley (same age as Hagrid? Older?) At what age do witches hit 
the change of life?

15) Are Spells the same thing as Charms? because the Standard Book of 
Spells is the Charms textbook.

16) Is Blaise Zabini a boy or a girl? What are the given names and 
the Houses of the students in Harry's year named Moon and [T.] Nott? 
Is Miss Fawcett of Ravenclaw, who tried to fool the Age Line, the 
same Miss Fawcett who was in the rosebush with Stebbins (or is that 
one a Hufflepuff)? The same Miss Fawcett who was at the Dueling Club? 
The same as S. Fawcett who checked out QUIDDITCH THROUGH THE AGES 
from the library? What does S stand for?

17) Is there ever a Muggle-born student Sorted into Slytherin? How do 
they stand the abuse from the purebloodists? 

18) How many prefects are there and who chooses them? Does the 
Sorting Hat choose them? 

19) Does the J in Remus J. Lupin stand for Justyn, Januarius, 
Jabez, or Job? Are James Potter's middle names Godric Merlin? Is 
Sirius Black's middle name Orion? 

20) The Weasleys' names -- is Bill short for Bilius like his uncle 
who died from seeing a Grim, is Charlie short for Charles, is Percy 
short for Percival, is Fred short for Frederick or Alfred, is Ginny 
short for Virginia or Gwenevere/Jennifer or Eugenia, or are they all 
actual given names, not short for something else? 

21) Can you confirm that Black, Lupin, and Pettigrew were in 
Gryffindor with Potter and Evans?

22) Was Grindelwald active in Britain or in Europe or both? Did he 
terrorize the wizarding folk kind of like Voldemort? 

23) Was Karkaroff recruited by Voldemort in Britain or or in his 
native country? Did he do his crimes in Britain or in his native 
country? Was he a teacher at Hogwarts when he was recruited, did he 
recruit Snape as still a student?

24) Can a Squib, or a Muggle, make Potions if they can get the magic 
ingredients, or does a person have to use magic to make the Potion 
brew correctly?

25) Is "Godric's Hollow" the name of a house or the name of a 
village/neighborhood? 

26) I can't think of any way in which non-violent resistance (like 
Gandhi and Martin Luther King) could do any good against Voldemort 
and his loyal Death Eaters. What do you think of non-violence in real 
life Muggle situations?

27) Please confirm that Salam Witches' Institute (mentioned in GoF) 
is the Women's Institute, not a girls' school or university.