Dumbledore's age

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 78933

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "severusbook4"
> <severusbook4 at y...> wrote:
> > ... JKR (in interview) had said DD's age was around 150, and 
since I 
> > am re-reading GoF I noticed what Hermione says about the judges.  
> > Hermione says to H & R "because all three of them were injured in 
the 
> > Tournament of 1792, when a cokatrice...", if this statement is 
true 
> > ... then DD is well over 202 years old, and so are Madame Maxine, 
and 
> > Karkaroff.  ...edited..
> > 
> > Severus "reading much closer now" Snape

 
Geoff:
I think this is a misreading of Hermione's comment -
"Well, the Heads of the participating schools are always on the 
panel," said Hermione.......

She is not meaning the current heads but the heads at the time. After 
all, the tournament has been going for centuries.....