Blunders?

[Alien]

These possible blunders were in the Mail on Sunday.

Every year, students board the Hogwarts Express on September 1st and the next day, when classes start, is always a Monday. How can September 2nd be a Monday every year?

Nearly Headless Nick is revived with Mandrake Potion (Book Two) yet ghosts can’t eat or drink, so how did that work?

In Book One, Professor McGonagall brings out a four-legged chair with the sorting hat. Yet in Book Four the chair only has three legs. What happened to the fourth leg?

Lupin says: “Nobody knows what a Boggart looks like when he is alone.” (Book Three) In Book Five, Moody uses his magic eye to see a lone Boggart in a cupboard. How did he recognise it?

If Aunt Petunia had already gone through the experience of having her sister Lily leave for Hogwarts, why did she appear so surprised when Harry told her he had to catch the train from platform Nine and Three-Quarters?

In Book Two, people who looked at the Basilisk died unless they looked through some type of lens, mirror or glass. However, Moaning Myrtle was killed by the Basilisk even though she wears glasses. Why did the lenses not protect her?

In Book Five, Harry is able to see the Thestrals because he has seen death (when he witnessed Cedric Diggory die). Yet he watched the deaths of his own parents when he was a baby so why couldn’t he see the Thestrals all along?

Ron says when he was three his brother Fred turned his teddy bear into a big spider because he broke his toy broom stick (Book Two). Fred would have been five at the time, surely for too young to accomplish such an advanced transfiguration. Would he even have had a wan at that age?

Parvati and Lavender are practising basic locomotion charms by making there pencil cases race each other (Book Five). As they use scrolls and quills, what would they need pencil cases for?

In one of his letters to Sirius in Book Four Harry mentions Dudley getting angry and throwing his PlayStation out the window. But this book is set in 1994; the PlayStation came out a year later. How did Dudley get his hands on this toy before anyone else?

In Book Four, Hermione says Muggle technology doesn’t work at Hogwarts. But Harry’s watch works for his first four years at the school. Why is it an exception?

When Rita Skeeter interviews Harry in Book Four, she says she writes for the Daily Prophet. Yet her article on the Harry-Hermione-Viktor love triangle appears in the Witch Weekly. Who does Rita really work for?

We are told Harry inherited just one thing from his father – the invisible cloak (Book Two). But in the first book we were told he inherited some gold from his parents. Which is it?

‘Perks, Sally-Anne’ is ‘sorted’ into a house at Hogwarts before Harry Potter in Book One because pupils are called in alphabetical order. But in the fifth book she is not called out before Harry to take her OWL exams. What happened to her?

Aunt Petunia says that her sister Lily, Harry’s mother, would ‘come home every vacation with her pockets full of frog spawn, turning teacups into rats’ (Book One). As she was doing this in her muggle home, which is illegal according to Ministry of Magic rules, why wasn’t she expelled from Hogwarts as Harry almost was?

During the life-size chess game in Book One, Ron is playing a knight and decides to give himself up. The book says that he steps forward – but a knight actually moves three squares at a time, in an ‘L’ shape. So why is this move by Ron not disallowed?

In Book Two, Professor McGonagall announces that the exams have been cancelled. What impact would this have on the careers of students who missed their OWLs and NEWTs?

Professor Snape feeds Neville’s toad a shrinking solution that he made in Potions class in Book Three. His toad turns into a tadpole – but surely it should have became a miniature toad?

Hermione illuminates her wand when outside the school (Book Four). Ron does the same thing two pages later: As underage wizards, they are not allowed to do this, so why are they not caught and punished?

In Book Four; why was Mrs Weasley so worried about her family when the Weasleys have a very useful clock which shows the whereabouts and condition of the Weasley family members at any given time?

At the Quidditch World Cup, Bagman calls flying deliberately to collide with someone ‘Skinning’ (Book Four). But according to Quidditch Through The Ages, the correct tearm is ‘Blatching’. Which is right?

The Sorting Hat says that Slytherin took only pure blood wizards into Hogwarts (Book Five). Voldemort’s mother was a witch, his father a muggle, so how did he manage to get in?

In Harry’s first Occlumency lesson he is taught that only muggles believe in mind-reading (Book Five). Yet later Harry is accused by Ron of reading Voldemort’s mind. Why does Ron believe in something that only muggles are supposed to subscribe to?

Sirius Black, Harry’s godfather, was wrongly thought guilty of killing Pettigrew. Why didn’t the Ministry of Magic check the last spell on Sirius’ wand to see if it cast the fatal Avada Kedavra?

In Book Five, Sirius tells Harry that his dad, James, was never a Hogwarts Prefect, yet in Book One Hagrid told Harry his father was head boy. Is this possible?

[PapaRoachRules]

ok i'm gonna answer the ones that i think i know.

Originally Posted by Alien

In Book One, Professor McGonagall brings out a four-legged chair with the sorting hat. Yet in Book Four the chair only has three legs. What happened to the fourth leg?

One of the legs broke off

Lupin says: “Nobody knows what a Boggart looks like when he is alone.” (Book Three) In Book Five, Moody uses his magic eye to see a lone Boggart in a cupboard. How did he recognise it?

Moody has a magical eye, I'm sure the wizards have tested it before

If Aunt Petunia had already gone through the experience of having her sister Lily leave for Hogwarts, why did she appear so surprised when Harry told her he had to catch the train from platform Nine and Three-Quarters?

She hates her sister, and probably didn't hear about the platform

In Book Two, people who looked at the Basilisk died unless they looked through some type of lens, mirror or glass. However, Moaning Myrtle was killed by the Basilisk even though she wears glasses. Why did the lenses not protect her?

This is one i caught. But i think she must have seen the Basilisk over the top of her glasses.

In Book Five, Harry is able to see the Thestrals because he has seen death (when he witnessed Cedric Diggory die). Yet he watched the deaths of his own parents when he was a baby so why couldn’t he see the Thestrals all along?

Maybe you have to remember the death.

Parvati and Lavender are practising basic locomotion charms by making there pencil cases race each other (Book Five). As they use scrolls and quills, what would they need pencil cases for?

To put the quills in, maybe?

In one of his letters to Sirius in Book Four Harry mentions Dudley getting angry and throwing his PlayStation out the window. But this book is set in 1994; the PlayStation came out a year later. How did Dudley get his hands on this toy before anyone else?

I thought the books were in current times? She wrote the first book 1994, but I'm not sure if thats the based time.

When Rita Skeeter interviews Harry in Book Four, she says she writes for the Daily Prophet. Yet her article on the Harry-Hermione-Viktor love triangle appears in the Witch Weekly. Who does Rita really work for?

Newsreports don't all write for one company.

We are told Harry inherited just one thing from his father – the invisible cloak (Book Two). But in the first book we were told he inherited some gold from his parents. Which is it?

The gold was from his parents, the invisiblity cloak was from his dad.

Aunt Petunia says that her sister Lily, Harry’s mother, would ‘come home every vacation with her pockets full of frog spawn, turning teacups into rats’ (Book One). As she was doing this in her muggle home, which is illegal according to Ministry of Magic rules, why wasn’t she expelled from Hogwarts as Harry almost was?

One of two answers. It was legal at the time, or she was using an expression.

In Book Two, Professor McGonagall announces that the exams have been cancelled. What impact would this have on the careers of students who missed their OWLs and NEWTs?

Maybe summer tests or something.

Professor Snape feeds Neville’s toad a shrinking solution that he made in Potions class in Book Three. His toad turns into a tadpole – but surely it should have became a miniature toad?

Its magic. Anything can happen.

Hermione illuminates her wand when outside the school (Book Four). Ron does the same thing two pages later: As underage wizards, they are not allowed to do this, so why are they not caught and punished?

If they were at the Burrow at the time then I think that would explain it.

At the Quidditch World Cup, Bagman calls flying deliberately to collide with someone ‘Skinning’ (Book Four). But according to Quidditch Through The Ages, the correct tearm is ‘Blatching’. Which is right?

Both?!?!?

The Sorting Hat says that Slytherin took only pure blood wizards into Hogwarts (Book Five). Voldemort’s mother was a witch, his father a muggle, so how did he manage to get in?

Dumbledore says it is your choices that chose who you are.

In Harry’s first Occlumency lesson he is taught that only muggles believe in mind-reading (Book Five). Yet later Harry is accused by Ron of reading Voldemort’s mind. Why does Ron believe in something that only muggles are supposed to subscribe to?

Ron doesn't know anything about Occlumency. Snape was just pissing Harry off.

In Book Five, Sirius tells Harry that his dad, James, was never a Hogwarts Prefect, yet in Book One Hagrid told Harry his father was head boy. Is this possible?

I don't think you have to by Prefect to be Head Boy or Girl

there you go. i couldn't think of any answers for some of them. If you have any questions about them then ask.

[Alien]

I can't believe I typed all that up and you gave some of those answers. Most of your answers are speculation

[Angelixx]

Originally Posted by Alien

I can't believe I typed all that up and you gave some of those answers. Most of your answers are speculation

you cant believe that you got answers?? what di you expect from this thread....everyone to just read and then not say anything?

[Alien]

Originally Posted by Angelixx

you cant believe that you got answers?? what di you expect from this thread....everyone to just read and then not say anything?

No, I was looking for more than speculative answers.

[Angelixx]

Originally Posted by Alien

No, I was looking for more than speculative answers.

well itll be hard to get those seeing as a lot of the blunders are just that, blunders....there usually isnt an exact reason for a blunder **shrugs**

[Alien]

I was kinda hoping for real answers to show the News Paper they were wrong.

[Angelixx]

I have some most likely logical answers to two of those though:
We are told Harry inherited just one thing from his father – the invisible cloak (Book Two). But in the first book we were told he inherited some gold from his parents. Which is it?

the cloak was ONLY from his father...one thing.....however the gold was from both his parents not just his father


Hermione illuminates her wand when outside the school (Book Four). Ron does the same thing two pages later: As underage wizards, they are not allowed to do this, so why are they not caught and punished?

i think this is when they are running through the forest away from the death eaters? In book three harry was allowed to do magic in extreme cases......they were saving their lives at the time so i think it would have been allowed...plus mapic and chaos was reigning at the time so the ministry would have been preoccupied

[Angelixx]

Originally Posted by Alien

I was kinda hoping for real answers to show the News Paper they were wrong.

why? everything has blunders...nothing wrong with that

[insaneMoViEgoer]

We are told Harry inherited just one thing from his father – the invisible cloak (Book Two). But in the first book we were told he inherited some gold from his parents. Which is it?
Didn't Dumbledore give it to Harry and just said (wrote) "I think you should have it" or something like that?

[Mobycat]

In regards to the basilisk - those that were petrified did not see it through a lens, mirror or glass.

Specifically, they saw it's *reflection* through those. Notable exception - Justin saw it through Nick - but that's a ghost, so we don't know how that would affect something. Colin didn't see it through a lens per se - he saw a reflection through his camera. The eyepiece some cameras use (SLRs, to be specific) are actually reflected images.

Also, I may be mistaken, but it never said Nick was revived with Mandrake potion.

One question I've always wondered - why didn't the Ministry look for the dark mark on Sirius? Since he doesn't have it, wouldn't it be obvious he wasn't a death eather?

[Angelixx]

Originally Posted by Mobycat

In regards to the basilisk - those that were petrified did not see it through a lens, mirror or glass.

Specifically, they saw it's *reflection* through those. Notable exception - Justin saw it through Nick - but that's a ghost, so we don't know how that would affect something. Colin didn't see it through a lens per se - he saw a reflection through his camera. The eyepiece some cameras use (SLRs, to be specific) are actually reflected images.

Also, I may be mistaken, but it never said Nick was revived with Mandrake potion.

One question I've always wondered - why didn't the Ministry look for the dark mark on Sirius? Since he doesn't have it, wouldn't it be obvious he wasn't a death eather?

thats what i always wondered,.....i always just figured since they didnt give him a trial either...they were kinda in so much chaos and anger they didnt bother to think loigxally....just put him under lock and key immediately

[katronium]

Originally Posted by Alien

‘Perks, Sally-Anne’ is ‘sorted’ into a house at Hogwarts before Harry Potter in Book One because pupils are called in alphabetical order. But in the fifth book she is not called out before Harry to take her OWL exams. What happened to her?

she died, get over it.

[Angelixx]

Originally Posted by katronium

she died, get over it.

LMFOA omg that is the funniest **** ive ever heard lmao

[Mobycat]

Originally Posted by Alien

I was kinda hoping for real answers to show the News Paper they were wrong.

Most of the answers are speculation, yes. But most of the questions are speculation, too. And a sign that someone has WAY too much time on their hands.

[Alien]

Originally Posted by Mobycat

Most of the answers are speculation, yes. But most of the questions are speculation, too. And a sign that someone has WAY too much time on their hands.

Actually the article was written by two people but yeah they do give off a Sad impression.

[Dan's_Gurl]

Originally Posted by Angelixx

thats what i always wondered,.....i always just figured since they didnt give him a trial either...they were kinda in so much chaos and anger they didnt bother to think loigxally....just put him under lock and key immediately

But wouldn't they eventually think 'Hey, why didn't we ever get proof??' I understand that it looked like he killed a hell of a lot of people, so technically they were right to do that. But they never let him have a fair trial! They could have at least checked for the dark mark! It's not fair.

[Angelixx]

Originally Posted by Dan's_Gurl

But wouldn't they eventually think 'Hey, why didn't we ever get proof??' I understand that it looked like he killed a hell of a lot of people, so technically they were right to do that. But they never let him have a fair trial! They could have at least checked for the dark mark! It's not fair.

yeah looking at Fudge...i dont think he is very fair...neither is crouch...there was just so much prejudice and detemination to get rid of a death eater in the time of panic that they didnt WANT to be fair

[WebMonkey]

i love faults.

[Tara]

Originally Posted by Alien

These possible blunders were in the Mail on Sunday.

In Book Four; why was Mrs Weasley so worried about her family when the Weasleys have a very useful clock which shows the whereabouts and condition of the Weasley family members at any given time?

Is this when they are at the cup. With the going ons at the world cup, the clock was probably pointing to 'Mortal Peril' since it was a horrific situation that they were it. it would not be odd for Molly to be worried about her kids if they all had their hands on the clock pointing to Mortal Peril.