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Where do the Dwarves put all the stone from the Mines of Moria?
In Lord of the Rings, the Fellowship of the Ring heads into the Mines of Moria to escape from the Watcher in the Water after attempting to cross over the Misty Mountains.
Inside the Mines of Moria there are skyscraper sized halls and there are…
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How could Harry be better at Potions than Snape?
In his sixth year Harry managed to generate a glowing reputation at Potions in the eyes of Slughorn by following Severus Snape's hints and tips as recorded in Snape's old Potions textbook.
For the rest of the week's Potions lessons Harry continued…
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Why didn't the Empire target Yavin Prime?
If Yavin Prime was fired upon, the scattered debris would have destroyed Yavin 4 as well.
Why did they wait to make a direct shot?
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Why did Harry get his letter by owl instead of from someone from Hogwarts?
We know that Muggle-borns get someone from Hogwarts with their acceptance letter to explain everything to their parents.
Q: How are Muggle parents convinced to let their kids go to Hogwarts, a
strange place they never heard of before; and…
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Had James Potter and Vernon Dursley ever met?
His last,
comforting thought before he fell asleep was that even if the Potters
were involved, there was no reason for them to come near him and
Mrs. Dursley. The Potters knew very well what he and Petunia
thought about them and their kind. . .…
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Where exactly is Azkaban?
In Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban, we learn that Sirius Black escaped Azkaban by transforming into a dog and swimming to the mainland, and then hid in the forbidden forest.
The movies always made Azkaban seem like it was in the middle of the…
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Why does Hermione say she went looking for the troll?
In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Hermione is in the toilets when Harry and Ron lock in the troll. She lies and says that she went looking for the troll. Why? She could have just said that she was in there because she needed the toilet…
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How does He-Man turn back into Prince Adam?
We've all seen, once per episode, Prince Adam hold his sword in the air, shout
"By the power of Greyskull"
and he and his cat getting transformed into the hulking skeleton-fighting duo, "He-Man" and "Battle-Cat" in a spectacular lightning-filled…
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Why does Voldemort always attack at the end of a year?
Something that I find interesting about Voldemort is how predictable he is! In all of the books apart from book 6, he attacks at the end of the school year! Why do all of his attacks happen around this time of the year?
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Do orcs drink water?
At least in the film version of Return of the King, Frodo and Sam run out of water while trekking across Mordor, apparently having been unable to refill their water pouches in the tower or at any other point past there.
We know that the orcs eat…
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What is Mr Incredible's real name?
The 2004 Pixar movie The Incredibles follows the lives of the forcibly retired superhero Mr Incredible and his family. Shortly after we are introduced to Robert (Bob) Parr we discover that he and his family are in some sort of witness relocation…
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Why are stormtroopers stationed outside the Death Star near the turbolaser batteries adjacent to Bay 327?
Comments in another question led me to this image from A New Hope:
Why are stormtroopers walking around outside near the turbolaser batteries? What is there to guard or patrol in the cold vacuum of space? Are they doing an exterior patrol?
These…
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How does Quark attract customers to his bar given that the drinks and food can be gotten free from a replicator?
If I can get a good drink free of charge, why should I pay for any drinks? Quark's customers can always get the food and drinks free of charge from the replicator. It is after all a post-scarcity world.
Why is Quark's bar always so crowded? I can…
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Why do Phineas and Ferb get 104 days of summer vacation?
There's 104 days of summer vacation
And school comes along just to end it
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
In the title sequence, we see the calendar starting at June 3. 104 days later would be…
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What is the name of the move that Obi-wan uses to remove Anakin's limbs?
I could be thinking of something else in the Star Wars universe but is the move that Obi-Wan used to remove the limbs of Anakin called something? Like does that move have a name? Or is there a name for any strike that removes a limb that the Jedi…
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