16 Tricky “Harry Potter” Questions That Never Thought You

“Movies don’t beat books. There are people like Kingsley Amis who have been saying for years:
‘books are dead, society is in decline, culture is destroyed, we are surrounded by idiots, imbeciles, television, pop music, decay, degeneracy and everything else.’ And then suddenly there’s something like Harry Potter, 734 pages long, which sold five million copies in twelve hours.”

Stephen King

Within 12 hours, everyone knew that Harry Potter would be a real phenomenon of today. It is read by everyone, regardless of age; the best directors in the world fought for the opportunity to film it; children all over the world dream of receiving the Hogwarts acceptance letter; fans write thousands of fanficswhile others expect the continuation of life in this magical universe to be so unusual and so well thought out.

Meanwhile, we from awesome.club we answer the most frequently asked and tricky questions about the “Potterian saga”, from Quora and The Question quizzes (answers were prepared based on materials from the Harry Potter Wiki).

As readers will remember, Harry was the first to find Peter Pettigrew walking the halls of Hogwarts on the Marauder’s Map. Until then, no one had seen the mouse, which was always by Ron’s side, and before that, by his brother Percy’s side. But Fred and George might have noticed that their brothers shared a bed with a “certain Peter”. Imagine what a joy it would be for these pranksters!

In all seriousness: after discovering this fact, they might have assumed that the mouse had a very fancy “christening” name (after all, the Weasleys bought the pet as an adult), but no one noticed that. It seems the twins were interested in everything but their own school’s hall.

The location of the famous Durmstrang school of magic, “which is in the mountains far to the north”, had famous Bulgarian Quidditch catcher Viktor Krum and Voldemort’s predecessor Gerard Grindelwald as its students and was an institute led by the former Death Eater. of Death, Igor Karkaroff, remains a mystery. Where is she? There are many assumptions:

There is a rumor that in some interview JK Rowling stated that Durmstrang was in northern Norway. But at the same time (see photo above), on the coat of arms of Durmstrang you can see: an inscription written in Cyrillic alphabet (how could the Cyrillic alphabet appear in Scandinavia?), a dome (attention!) of the Orthodox church and an eagle head, which is the symbol of many post-Byzantine states. So the rumors about this interview are nothing more than a fabrication. Eastern Europe is a good choice. Viktor Krum, for example, is Bulgarian. Remember that in the book “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” Slavic names predominate among Durmstrang students. This version explains the Cyrillic alphabet, the domes and the climate (of the Carpathians). Two countries stand out: Albania and Romania. The book says that Igor Karkaroff was familiar with Voldemort and that in 1981, after his defeat, he fled to Albania. Romania seems magically attractive to the world of Harry Potter: Transylvania, the dark dungeons of Vlad the Impaler (or Vlad Tepes), Dracula, werewolves, dark forests, mountains, lakes. There is only one “but” against all these wonderful versions: the book says that Durmstrang is located north of Hogwarts. And that knocks the theory down completely. Many believe Durmstrang is in Russia. Perhaps we are talking about the Kola Peninsula, where the Khibiny Mountains, the sea, the northern climate and long nights are located. The coat of arms is appropriate and the location is far to the north of England. But this theory contradicts the fact that in “Wonderbook” (a game based on the book, with the plot written by Rowling), another Russian school of magic appears — Koldovstoretz (which comes from the words “witchcraft” and “creator”). By the way, we know little about this school — only that there is a different version of Quidditch: players do not fly on brooms, but uprooted trees (tough Russian athletes). But again, we were unsuccessful in locating Durmstrang.

Therefore, no theory with 100% certainty can answer the question about the location of this mysterious school. Perhaps this is a common image of Northern Eastern Europe. Maybe we’ll finally discover the whole truth in one of the parts to come in the books. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them🇧🇷

It’s a little surprising that Lily Evans and James Potter got married at a fairly young age (both 18 years old), but Harry didn’t know his grandparents.

Fans discovered that Lily’s parents died in a traffic accident, and James’ parents died of dragonpox. But in the book there is no precise information about the age and under what circumstances this happened.

Admittedly, this is a very delicate moment, but Hagrid isn’t the only half-giant in the book. Of course, the only possible way to create such half-breeds is a spell or potion that changes the size of a living being’s body (as in Alice in Wonderland)🇧🇷 That is, Hagrid’s father was so moved by the giantess that he reduced or increased himself. Let’s face it: he must have been a master of seduction. However, we can say that the son did not follow his father’s footsteps.

“I’m sorry about your parents, Harry, but there’s no spell that can bring them back to life. Except, of course, the time-turner… But we’re going to use it to save the hippogriff” — the famous fan joke about Dumbledore’s words, which still causes a lot of controversy, as it was an obstacle that puts the entire saga in a very strange situation: nobody thought of using it after the death of James and Lily, but rather to save the hippogriff.

Here are the arguments in defense of the little time machine:

Does not work for travel to the distant past (which was forgotten in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child🇧🇷 There are only a few time-turners and they are very dangerous, this is what Dumbledore has reiterated over and over again. And all because any intervention in the past would be able to radically change the present: for example, if someone had returned to the past in an attempt to stop the Dark Lord and died, that person would have disappeared from the present and, logically, could not return to the past. to kill Voldemort, who would become the victor. It’s difficult? Yes, it is difficult, therefore the time-turner was never used for such purposes.

Many readers, even Harry himself, idealize the image of James Potter, imagining him as an honest, brave man and simply with integrity in every way. But in memories, an arrogant boy appears before us, who asserted himself in his circle of friends at the expense of humiliating the weakest.

Perhaps Harry’s father was by no means such a perfect character. He was just a real, ordinary person. And people, as we know, are never absolutely bad or absolutely good. Yes, James being a late child and the only one in his family, he wanted to draw attention to himself; he was presumptuous, he went above and beyond the rules, but at the same time he protected his loved ones. We all have a little silly attitudes from time to time.

Dementors seem to suck all the light and happiness out of the air as they take long, slow breaths. They can glide towards a victim without sound, and are sentient enough to taste and feel fear, being drawn to it by the promise of positive memories they can feed on. They are also smart enough to be greedy: they obeyed the Ministry of Magic for years because, guarding Azkaban, they were provided with sustenance for any remaining hope or happiness in the prisoners.

Well, actually, in Sirius’ case, it would serve to get in touch with Dumbledore if necessary, call each other while on vacation, etc…. But why did the wizards so obstinately reject technology and prefer a courier not reliable? After all, they used a Muggle transport (“The Hogwarts Express”, for example), cameras (remember the kind of animated footage the Daily Prophet did), plus megaphones that had nothing magical about Quidditch games. .

The lack of cell phones is understandable: the action of the plot takes place between 1991 and 1998, in the pre-iPhone era. Also, as you will remember, Hogwarts charms blocked many spells; maybe that would include carrier networks (although in this case a magic VPN might help). But, overcoming their contempt for Muggles, they could install a landline phone.

It seems that if the Dark Lord is so strong, other countries could have helped the British Ministry of Magic. But that didn’t happen for the same reasons that Muggle countries don’t interfere in each other’s civil wars: this is purely an internal affair.

In order for the “Avada Kedavra” spell to work, the witch must not only utter the magic phrase aloud, but also sincerely wish for the death of the enemy. So logically, if a person really wants death for himself, it must work.

In theory, Hermione is intelligent and perhaps looks like Lily Potter. It’s funny, but there are fans of the series who seem to be more of the “Granger-Snape team” and make up numerous fanfics about your potential romance. In fact, here is the answer, which, in our opinion, is based on truth: