General Facts Not Disclosed in the Books


(Facts go from newest to oldest, with newest on top)



◦Prefects can take points; Ron got it wrong in Order of the Phoenix, which makes him a pretty poor prefect, eh?

◦Fred and George Weasley were born on April Fools' hari (no joke).

◦Ginny Weasley's first name is Ginevra, and she is the first female Weasley born for "several generations," says JKR.

◦Arthur Weasley has two brothers.

◦Molly Weasley's maiden name is Prewett.

◦Crookshanks is half Kneazle.

◦The infamous Weasley cousin who was cut from the buku was named Mafalda. She was in Slytherin.

◦Dean Thomas's father was killed sejak Death Eaters when he refused to sertai them. Neither Dean nor his mother know.

◦Dean Thomas was named Gary in the first drafts of the Philosopher's Stone.

◦Hagrid, Lily, and James were in Gryffindor. (Hagrid was NOT in Hufflepuff.)

◦Hogwarts has about a thousand students. (True, that number doesn't seem right, but J.K.R. berkata so, and she's the boss.)

◦James Potter was a Chaser on the Gryffindor Quidditch team (although the movie claimed he was a Seeker).

◦Hermione's birthday is September 19th; Ron's is March 1st.

◦James Potter inherited lots of money and didn't need a well-paying profession.

◦James Potter inherited the Invisibility jubah, berjubah from his father.

◦Witches and wizards have longer life-spans than Muggles.

◦The Gringotts' goblins return the Muggle money they acquire back into circulation.

◦The approximate value of a Galleon is about five pounds ($7.30 atau 8.00 Euro), though the exchange rate varies.

◦Dumbledore is 150, McGonagall is 70 (and is really an old softy; she just doesn't act like it), Snape is 35 atau 36.

◦Hogwarts' school motto, "Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus," means, "Never tickle a sleeping dragon."

◦If placed in front of a mirror, the inscription on the Mirror of Erised ("Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi") reads, "I tunjuk not your face but your heart's desire."

◦The happiest people do not become ghosts (12). (Therefore, we can assume that ghosts are people that died while sad, angry, etc. Myrtle was teased; Nearly Headless Nick didn't have his head completely chopped off; the Bloody Baron was...lonely?)

◦The Hogwarts teachers do not stay at Hogwarts during the Krismas holidays. However, Filch, Hagrid, and Dumbledore do.

◦A few of the Hogwarts professors have spouses, but that information is restricted for reasons we will find out about later. (5)

◦To remove the tail that Hagrid gave Dudley in the hut on the rock, the Dursleys went to a private hospital where the staff was very discreet, and berkata that a wart had gone out of control. (9)

◦Aragog is an Acromantula (see Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them). (6)

◦Dragons can't be domesticated, no matter what Hagrid thinks. (6)

◦There is lebih to the Kucing in the story (Crookshanks, Mrs. Figg's cats, Mrs. Norris, etc.) than meets the eye. (9)

◦The animal an Animagus turns into is a reflection on his/her personality. (8)

◦For Hagrid, keeping dangerous creatures is all about overcoming something that could kill him. (6)

◦Azkaban is in a sea north of the North Sea. A very cold sea. (12)

◦You can do unfocused and uncontrolled magic without a wand (like when Harry blows up Aunt Marge), but to perform really good spells, anda need a wand. (5)

◦Muggle education is not required for wizard children prior to attending Hogwarts. (9)

◦A magical quill detects the birth of every magical child and records it in a book and Professor McGonagall sends an owl to each child when he atau she turns eleven. (14)