Questions.

[Risti]

No: HPFGUIDX 73644

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "chopsy2001" <chopsy2001 at y...> 
wrote:
> Just a couple of quick questions I'd like you to consider and show 
me 
> where I'm going wrong.
> 
> 1) In the first chapter of GoF we learn that Tom Riddle killed his 
> parents and yet there were actually 3 Riddles who had died "who 
all 
> looked as though they had been frightened to death". Well who is 
the 
> third Riddle that was killed. The young one seems so much as if it 
> was Tom himself. The only thing I ever came up with was that Tom 
was 
> faking his death.


Tom Riddle killed his Father, Tom Riddle Sr., who was the grown up 
son that the neighbours couldn't stand, as well as his grandparents.
 
> 2) In PS/SS Snape knows most of the time what Quirrel is up to. 
Yet 
> why does he not tell Dumbledore? Surely that would be the most 
> sensible thing to do? Instead of trying to solve it himself.

Don't know.  Maybe he did tell Dumbledore, but Dumbledore was 
waiting to see if anything happened.  Take a search of MAGIC 
DISHWASHER if you care to read one intricate possibility of how 
Dumbledore was allowing it to happen to force a confrontation 
between Harry and Voldemort.

> 3) In GoF Harry uses the portkey to get back to hogwarts. And yet 
> shouldn't this be used only at a PRE-DESTINED time. 

There are two types of portkeys.  Some are set to a certain time, 
and some will take  you where you need to go as soon as you touch it.

Also why didn't 
> Crouch/Moody simply transfer Harry's pillow into a portkey instead 
of 
> going through the rigmarole of setting up the triwizard tournament.
> 

This question is one of the Very Frequently Asked Questions.  The 
answer, or at least a summary of the debate, can be found at 
http://www.hpfgu.org.uk/faq/devices.html#PORTKEYS .  In brief, most 
believe that Voldemort was going to use the cup to return to 
Hogwarts after he rebirthed himself.  As I'm typing that, however, I 
realize that OotP contradicted this in what they said Voldemort's 
plans would be.  Perhaps it's time for another round of debate on 
this subject...

~Risti