Quidditch World Cup - International vs National

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 97649

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Meredith" <msmerymac at y...> 
wrote:
> Steve (bboy_mn) wrote:
> > Well, we could reopen the old argument about how big the British
> > wizard world really is. Some say a few thousand, others, like 
> myself,
> > say a few hundred thousand.
> 
> Carol:
> I think the large size of the audience is very much at odds with
> > what appears to be the number of students at Hogwarts, especially
> > since the student population includes near-morons like Crabbe and
> > Goyle. 
>snip <

> Luckie:
> I've firmly believed until this point that Hogwarts has about 280 
> students and the rest of the WW is proportional. 
>snip<


Potioncat:
Well, it seems to me that where numbers are involved, JKR has been 
vague or downright inaccurate.  And I for one would never have 
noticed any of the discrepencies being somewhat number challenged 
myself.

In the RW you might be able to say if this number at school then this 
number for population, or if this number attend an event the this 
number to support it, but I doubt JKR gave that any thought at all as 
far as consistency goes. She doesn't seem to have done that with 
acutal dates (although I wonder if she even  had a specific year in 
mind for the books.) nor with phases of moon or location of planets.

I sometimes wonder it the detailed timelines that are so fun to read 
are based on information that is inaccurate or meaningless (I hope 
not!)

Potioncat