Suggestions please: Mysteries

[amosdiggory99]

No: HPFGUIDX 121624



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jim Flanagan" <jamesf at a...> 
wrote:
> More mysteries, minor and major:

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> How did Crouch Jr. learn all the advanced magic that he displayed 
> while at Hogwarts pretending to be Moody?  He was very young when 
> sent to Azakban, then was under the Imperious Curse up until the 
> QWC.  When did he change from the crying youth that Harry saw in 
the 
> pensieve into an accomplished mage capable of hoodwinking a 
powerful 
> magical object and successfully fooling Dumbledore for almost an 
> entire school year?

It is about 13 years between the trial of Barty Crouch Jr (aka 
Polyjuice Moody) and GoF. I would assume that the imperius curse 
would NOT prevent him from practising his magic. Besides, what magic 
do we see Polyjuice Moody do other than turning Malfoy into a ferret?
We know that brewing the potion isn't hard as three second years do 
it;-) As to the hexes, Voldemort had time to train him (through 
Pettigrew) before getting him into Hogwarts.
 
> How do Quidditch players handle the Quaffle?  Is it caught and 
thrown 
> or is it hit like in volleyball?

It must be carried much like in rugby. I suspect that, if you could 
keep from getting hit by a Bludger, you could go from one end to the 
other with it.

> Why was it necessary to have such an elaborate plot to transport 
> Harry to Voldemort in GoF?  It took nearly the whole school year, 
and 
> there were many opportunities for a slip-up along the way.  
Couldn't 
> the ersatz Moody have kidnaped him by force, or slipped him a 
> disguised portkey in a much easier, and more certain, way?

As others have said in other forums, it is likely that Voldemort 
used this method so he and his followers could return to Hogwarts 
after killing Harry, have a major wizarding audience, and kill or 
terrorize them (just a thought).

amosdiggory99