Mrs. Figg, Petunia, Dumbledore, Houses

[Lliannanshe]

No: HPFGUIDX 73925

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sarcasticmuppet" 
<sarcasticmuppet at y...> wrote:
<<<< snip>>>>
> Me (Sarcasticmuppet):
> No, it doesn't.  Not at all.  In the first *movie* Harry sees his 
> father's name on a Gryffindor trophy.  I have never found this in 
> canon.
> 
> However, in Book V, Harry lets it slip that James was, in fact, a 
> Gryffindor.  "The truth was that Ron had just remined Harry 
forcibly 
> of another Gryffindor Quiddich player who had once sat rumpling his 
> hair uner this very tree."  This might have already been discussed, 
> so I will beg forgiveness.  I've discussed this with others in a 
> different forum, and realize that Harry might very well be assuming 
> (perhaps wrongly) that James was a Gryffindor, but since this 
series 
> is from Harry's point of view, it must be important for him to 
assume 
> this.
> 
> --Ashley--

Scholastic.com Online Chat with JKR

Questions: What position did James play on the Gryffindor Quidditch 
team? Was it seeker like Harry, or something different?

JKR: James was Chaser.

Transcript can be found at http://www.quick-quote-quill.org/

Lliannanshe