What year was Voldemort born?

Mon Jan 27 05:56:14 UTC 2003

No: HPFGUIDX 50731

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "harriet_lupin <mlacats at a...>" 
<mlacats at a...> wrote:
> I recently visited a website, which had a quiz about various 
> characters in the Harry Potter books.  In the quiz about 
Voldemort, 
> one of the questions was; 'what year was Voldemort born?"  The 
> choices they gave were:
> 
> a. 1925
> b. 1927
> c. 1930
> 
> I think it's 1926.  Now, my math never was my best subject in 
school 
> but here's how I came to my conclusion...
> 
> When Tom Riddle immortalized himself in that diary, he was 16.  In 
> the Chamber of Secrets it's 50 after the diary was written and the 
> Chamber of Secrets was last opened.  Harry's 12 in CoS which makes 
it 
> 1992 because Harry was born in 1980, right?  Now, go back 50 years 
> and it's now 1942.  If you go back 16 years from that you have 
1926!  
> If my math is wrong or if I'm figuring this out incorrectly, 
please 
> let me know... but I think the year that Voldy was born was 1926.
> 
> Harriet
> 
> P.S.  I'm not sure if I'm placing this in the right area -- I'm 
not 
> sure how to do that.  If it's not in the right area, I apologize.

Me:
Your figures are absolutely right except that the last time the 
chamber was opened was 50 years from June 13th, 1993 not 1992 (it's 
the END of the 92-93 school year ;) That makes Tom 16 in 1943 and 
born in 1927. 

At least that's how I figure it and math definitely wasn't my strong 
point either!
-Tanya