I am not making up the fact that the number 7 plays an important part in the “Harry Potter” series. People have said it many times. There are 7 books in the main series, 7 Weasley siblings, 7 years at Hogwarts, 7 players per Quidditch team, and 7 horcruxes.
Anyway, here are 7 unique questions I have about the franchise.
1: Do Ilvermorny Students learn French and Spanish?
It was great to learn that there is an American wizard school. Everyone even got to learn about it in the 2016 film, “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them.”
However, it serves not only wizard children in the US, but also all of North America. That means Canada, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean.
I did research on this school on a Wikia site and saw that they learn the same subjects British and Irish children learn at Hogwarts, like transfiguration, potions, and so forth. But if it’s all of North America, where some people speak Spanish or French, how do students and staff communicate with everybody?
Maybe half-bloods and muggle-borns, (or no-maj, the American equivalent to the term, “muggle,”) learn those languages in non-magical elementary schools, and pure-bloods learn them through their homeschooling education. J.K. Rowling has actually confirmed that kids born in wizarding families are educated at home before they go off to their respective boarding schools to study magic.
2: Why aren’t national anthems sung before Quidditch games?
In real life, the country’s national anthem is always sung at sporting events before the games start. But in “Harry Potter,” no national anthem has been sung before Quidditch games.
Obviously, muggle-borns know their country’s national anthems. But do kids who grew up in the wizarding world know them? Could the International Statute of Secrecy have gotten in the way?
3: Does Dumbledore know Harry’s handwriting?
When Harry’s name comes out of the goblet of fire in the fourth installment, everyone accuses him of cheating. But he didn’t enter. Someone else entered for him.
Although Dumbledore has a ton of responsibilities, and can’t keep track of every student’s information (such as their dates of birth), he seems to think Harry put his name in the goblet of fire right after it comes out.
I don’t remember if Harry’s handwriting was described. But does it really mimic or resemble similarities to the actual person who entered Harry into the Triwizard Tournament?
At the very least, Harry would have recognized his own handwriting and may have convinced Dumbledore and everybody else that he didn’t recognize the handwriting on the parchment if it differed from the person who entered him.
4: Could Harry have forged Uncle Vernon’s handwriting for his Hogsmeade Permission Slip?
In “Prisoner of Azkaban”, Harry attends his third year at Hogwarts. Third-year students can visit the local village, Hogsmeade, as long as they have a parent or guardian’s permission. Harry convinces Uncle Vernon to sign his permission form – but only if he behaves.
But he gets angry at Uncle Vernon’s sister, Marge, and he unintentionally causes her to blow up like a balloon and fly away. So, there went his chance of getting his form signed.
However, what if Harry forged Uncle Vernon’s signature?
Yes, it’s dishonest. Maybe magic has a way of detecting forgery, but I could be wrong. While the trace detects underage wizardry, I can’t imagine that it or any other magic that monitors wizards tracks every action a magician takes.
5: Why is the age of consent 17 in the wizarding world?
Authors usually have reasons behind details in their stories, especially J.K. Rowling. She chooses names and other elements carefully and with meanings. But it seems to be a mystery to why wizards are legally adults when they turn 17.
6: Who takes care of the students’ animals when they’re in classes?
For some odd reason, students are allowed to bring animals. They have owls for delivering mail. They can also bring a cat or a toad (and a rat in Ron’s case until something about that changes).
But where do the animals go when students can’t be with them? How do they act? When do they get their food, relieving breaks, and so forth?
While Hagrid is the gamekeeper, he can’t possibly take care of every single animal, especially cats since they make him sneeze. Hmmm…
7: What happens if a wizard child moves to another country?
When a wizard kid is born, his or her name is added to the respected wizarding school list of their nation. Obviously, they have to grow up and be 11 by September 1st before they can attend. But schools, like Hogwarts, are only available to children in the UK and Ireland.
So, my guess is that if a magician kid moves to another country, his or her name is crossed off the old school’s list and added to the new one.
For instance, if a child moves from England to France, maybe their name is removed from the Hogwarts’ list and added to the Beaubaxtons list.
That’s it for all the questions I have about “Harry Potter” that I can’t find elsewhere.