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Are Hogwarts teachers allowed to hit students?
In the movies we can see Snape smacking Harry and Ron several times. Is this acceptable?
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Why didn't Dumbledore make a sound when he appeared at Privet Drive?
In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Dumbledore appears at Privet Drive:
A man appeared on the corner the cat had been watching, appeared so suddenly and silently you'd have thought he'd just popped out of the ground. The cat's tail twitched…
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How does Arrakis maintain a breathable atmosphere without vegetation?
Arrakis (also known as "Dune") is an entirely desert planet that has had a sizable population of Fremen who have lived there for generations, in addition to numerous offworlders. Breathing of course converts oxygen to carbon dioxide, and plants are…
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Is there any canonical reference to the fate of the Blue Wizards: Alatar and Pallando?
All I've ever been able to find is that they arrived in Middle-earth and left to go do something outside of the scope of the story. Has anyone ever found any additional information?
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Who are the Avengers avenging?
When you name your group "The Avengers" presumably you are avenging something (or someone) right?
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Why did the best potions master have greasy hair?
It's the resident joke mentioned even by Fred in his pirate radio programme:
"He can run faster than Severus Snape confronted with shampoo"
-Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Since he was a student at Hogwarts, he's been mocked for his unkempt…
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Why didn't Gollum grow old and die after he lost the One Ring to Bilbo?
Gollum had his life largely extended because he possessed the One Ring. He appeared to be an old, deformed, and twisted creature.
According to this list, he had the Ring for 478 years. His loss of the Ring and the events of The Lord of the Rings are…
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Why didn't Harry try harder to learn magic?
In the books Harry is actually shown to be a bit of an underachiever in school. He barely makes the grades he needs to become an Auror (I forget if he actually does make the grades he needs or not). He constantly relies on Hermione to just know what…
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What did Madam Hooch do all day?
Far be it from me to accuse the Hogwarts teachers of not working hard enough but I struggle to see how Flying Teacher is really a full-time occupation. As far as I can tell, Madame Hooch has two main jobs:
Teaching the first-year students how to…
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Do you remember the memories that you've placed in a pensieve?
If Snape was removing his memories of Lily and placing them in the pensieve every time he and Harry practiced Occlumency to keep Harry from seeing them, does that mean that Snape, in essence, could no longer remember them? Does that also mean that…
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Did Sauron survive?
According to Tolkien himself Sauron had a physical form in the third age:
...in a tale which allows the incarnation of great spirits in a physical and destructible form their power must be far greater when actually physically present. ... Sauron…
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How did Dumbledore block the Avada Kedavra spell?
In The Order of the Phoenix, Voldemort uses Avada Kedavra on Harry, but Dumbledore clearly deflects it.
But in The Goblet of Fire, Moody mentions that there is no way to fend off that particular Curse.
So how did Dumbledore do it?
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What exactly about Aunt Petunia is "More than meets the eye"?
Reading through a few questions (this one in particular) I came across this quote:
Is Aunt Petunia a Squib?
J. K. Rowling: Good question. No, she is not, but — [Laughter]. No,
she is not a Squib. She is a Muggle, but — [Laughter]. You will have
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Can the Force be used to fly?
In The Empire Strikes Back Yoda uses the Force to lift Luke's X-Wing out of the water and put it on land. In Attack of the Clones and in many instances in the second series of The Clone Wars, Anakin (and others) use the Force to jump higher than…
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Did Harry Potter ever get on a Famous Witches and Wizards card?
Considering Harry Potter's fame, did he end up on a Famous Witches and Wizards card, possibly after the Battle of Hogwarts, or even before?
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