Fantasy Literature

The statue of Boris the Bewildered is located near the entrance to the prefects' bathroom on the fifth floor.

Fred Weasley used the codename Rapier on Potterwatch, the underground radio program hosted by Lee Jordan during Deathly Hallows. Other codenames included Royal for Kingsley Shacklebolt and River for Lupin. These secret identities allowed resistance members to communicate safely while Voldemort controlled the official media and propaganda.

Dumbledore mentions in the first book that he has a scar above his left knee that is a perfect map of the London Underground.

Harry and Ginny officially begin their relationship in the sixth book, 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'.

While Ginny's full name is Ginevra, many fans mistakenly assumed it was short for Virginia due to common naming conventions.

Merope Gaunt was Voldemort's mother, a witch from the pure-blood but impoverished Gaunt family. She used a love potion to enchant Tom Riddle Sr., a Muggle, and they married. When she stopped giving him the potion, he abandoned her, leading to her death in London and Voldemort's birth in an orphanage.

Professor Quirrell, possessed by Voldemort, killed the unicorn in the Forbidden Forest to drink its blood and sustain Voldemort's life.

Lee Jordan is the long-time Quidditch commentator for Hogwarts, known for his biased and enthusiastic style.

Firenze the centaur was hired by Dumbledore to teach Divination after Professor Trelawney was dismissed by Dolores Umbridge.

Romilda Vane is the student who attempts to slip Harry a love potion in a box of chocolates during his sixth year.

Algebra is a Muggle mathematics subject and is not taught at Hogwarts. The other options are all magical subjects or fields of study within the wizarding world.

Armando Dippet was the Headmaster of Hogwarts immediately preceding Albus Dumbledore. He appears in flashbacks, such as in the Chamber of Secrets.

In their fourth year, Hagrid has his Care of Magical Creatures students raise Blast-Ended Skrewts, which he bred himself by crossing Manticores and Fire Crabs.

The Dursleys tell the neighbors that Harry attends St. Brutus's Secure Centre for Incurably Criminal Boys to explain his absence while he is at Hogwarts.

Moaning Myrtle was a student at Hogwarts who was killed by the Basilisk. She was sorted into Ravenclaw house.