The Hogwarts Song

"Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hoggy Warty Hogwarts,
Teach us something please,
Whether we be old and bald
Or young with scabby knees,
Our heads could do with filling
With some interesting stuff,
For now they're bare and full of air,
Dead flies and bits of fluff,
So teach us things worth knowing,
Bring back what we've forgot,
Just do your best, we'll do the rest,
And learn until our brains all rot."

Source: Book 1, page 128
The Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 7, The Sorting Hat

Other:
We haven't heard the school song since the first book. Did the teachers rebel against it?

Dumbledore called for the school song when he was feeling particularly buoyant, but times are becoming ever darker in the wizarding world. Should Dumbledore ever suggest a rousing encore, you may assume that he is on top form once more.
Source: JKRowling Website.

Tom Riddle Bullied These Orphans

Person	Quote	Source
Billy Stubbs	"Well, Tom said he didn't do it and I don't see how he could have done, but even so, it didn't hang itself from the rafters did it?	Book 6, Page 267 Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 13, "The Secret Riddle"
Amy Benson Dennis Bishop	..."on the summer outing - we take them out, you know, once a year to the countryside or to the seaside - well, Amy Benson and Dennis Bishop were never quite right afterwards, and all we ever got out of them was that they'd gone into a cave with Tom Riddle. He swore they'd just gone exploring, but something happened in there, I'm sure of it." ... "I never did anything to little Amy Benson or Dennis Bishop, and you can ask them, they'll tell you!"	Book 5, Pages 268, 270 Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 13, "The Secret Riddle"

Mrs. Finnigan

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"I'm half-and-half," said Seamus. "Me dad's a Muggle. Mom didn't tell him she was a witch 'til after they were married. Bit of a nasty shock for him."	Book 1, Page 125 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 7, "The Sorting Hat"
"Like the decorations?" said Seamus, grinning. "The Ministry's not too happy." "Ah, why shouldn't we show our colors?" said Mrs. Finnigan. "You should see what the Bulgarians have got dangling all over their tents. You'll be supporting Ireland, of course?" she added, eyeing Harry, Ron, and Hermione beadily. When they assured her that they were indeed supporting Ireland, they set off again, though, as Ron said, "Like we'd say anything else surrounded by that lot."	Book 4, Page 82 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 7, "Bagman and Crouch"
"She didn't want me to come back to Hogwarts." ... "But-why?" said Harry, astonished. He knew that Seamus's mother was a witch and could not understand, therefore, why she should have come over so Dursley-ish. Seamus did not answer until he had finished buttoning his pajamas. "Well," he said in a measured voice, "I suppose...because of you." "What d'you mean?" said Harry quickly. His heart was beating rather fast. He felt vaguely as though something was closing in on him. "Well," said Seamus again, still avoiding Harry's eyes, "she...er ... well, it's not just you, it's Dumbledore too..." "She believes the Daily Prophet?" said Harry. "She thinks I'm a liar and Dumbledore's an old fool?" Seamus looked up at him. "Yeah something like that." Harry said nothing. ... He was sick of it; ... Mrs. Finnigan had no idea, the stupid woman, he thought savagely. ... "Just read the Daily Prophet like your mother, why don't you?..." "Don't you have a go at my mother," snapped Seamus. ... Ron appeared in the doorway. His wide eyes traveled from Harry, who was kneeling on his bed with his wand pointing at Seamus, to Seamus who was standing there with his fists raised. "He's having a go at my mother!" Seamus yelled. "What?" said Ron. "Harry wouldn't do that - we met your mother, we liked her..." "That's before she started believing every word the stinking Daily Prophet writes about me! said Harry at the top of his voice. ... "Anyone else's parents got a problem with Harry?" he said aggressively. "My parents are Muggles, mate," said Dean shrugging. "They don't know anothing about no deaths at Hogwarts, because I'm not stupid enough to tell them. "You don't know my mother, she'll weasel anything out of anyone!" Seamus snapped at him.	Book 5, Page 217-219 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 11, "The Sorting Hat's New Song"
Seamus Finnigan, on the other hand, refused point-blank to accompany his mother home; they had a shouting match in the entrance hall that was resolved when she agreed that he could remain behind for the funeral.	Book 6, Page 633 Half Blood Prince, Chapter 30, "The White Tomb"
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Sometimes, Harry noticed, the hat shouted out the house at once, but at others it took a little while to decide. "Finnigan, Seamus," the sandy-haired boy next to Harry in the line, sat on the stool for almost a whole minute before the hat declared him a Gryffindor.	Book 1, Page 120 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 7, "The Sorting Hat"

Is there a missing hour?

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Snape strode forward, past Dumbledore, pulling up the left sleeve of his robes as he went. He stuck out his forearm and showed it to Fudge, who recoiled. "There," said Snape harshly. "There. The Dark Mark. It is not as clear as it was an hour or so ago, when it burned black, but you can still see it." ... "Severus," said Dumbledore, turning to Snape, "you know what I must ask you to do. If you are ready ... if you are prepared ..." "I am," said Snape. ... "Then good luck," said Dumbledore, and he watched with a trace of apprehension on his face, as Snape swept wordlessly after Sirius."	Book 4, Pages 709-710,713 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 36, "The Parting of the Ways"
"But you didn't return when he came back, you didn't fly back to him at once when you felt the Dark Mark burn -" "Correct. I returned two hours later. I returned on Dumbledore's orders." "On Dumbledore's -?" she began, in tones of outrage. "Think!" said Snape, impatient again. "Think!" By waiting two hours, just two hours, I ensured that I could remain at Hogwarts as a spy!"	Book 6, Page 28 Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 2, "Spinner's End"

Film Box Office Figures

A table of the box office gross (expressed in US$) for each Harry Potter film was made by: the-numbers.com. Includes budgets.

IMDB has a table of All time Box Office Gross including, as of 2/23/07:

• Sorcerer's Stone at #17
• Goblet of Fire at #26
• The Chamber of Secrets at #31
• Prisoner of Azkaban at #38

Links:
Harry_Potter_(films) Entry and Harry Potter Films Category on Wikipedia

Who is Broderick Bode?

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"... and that's Bode and Croaker ... they're Unspeakables..." "They're what?" "From the Department of Mysteries, top secret, no idea what they get up to ..."	Book 4, Page 86 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 7, "Bagman and Crouch"
...a sallow-skinned wizard with a very mournful face got in. "Morning, Arthur," he said in a sepulchral voice as the lift begain to descend. "Don't often see you down here. ..." "Urgent business, Bode," said Mr. Weasley, who was bouncing on the balls of his feet and throwing anxious looks over at Harry. "Ah, yes," said Bode, surveying Harry unblinkingly. "Of course." Harry barely had emotion to spare for Bode, but his unfaltering gaze did not make him feel any more comfortable.	Book 5, Page 135 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 7, "The Ministry of Magic"
A very old, stooped wizard with a hearing trumpet had shuffled to the front of the queue now. "I'm here to see Broderick Bode!" he wheezed. "Ward forty-nine, but I'm afraid you're wasting your time," said the witch dismissively. "He's completely addled, you know, still thinks he's a teapot. ... Next!"	Book 5, Page 486 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 22, "St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries"
"...and we've seen a real improvement in Mr. Bode, he seems to be regaining the power of speech very well, though he isn't speaking any language we recognize yet."	Book 5, Page 511 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 23, "Christmas on the Closed Ward"
"And look, Broderick, you've been sent a potted plant and a lovely calendar with a different fancy hippogriff for each month, they'll brighten things up, won't they?" said the Healer, bustling along to the mumbling man, setting a rather ugly plant with long, swaying tentacles on the bedside cabinet and fixing the calendar to the wall with her wand.	Book 5, Page 512 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 23, "Christmas on the Closed Ward"
TRAGIC DEMISE OF MINISTRY OF MAGIC WORKER St. Mungo's Hospital promised a full inquiry last night after Ministry of Magic worker, Broderick Bode, 49, was discovered dead in his bed, strangled by a potted-plant. Healers called to the scene were unable to revive Mr. Bode, who had been injured in a workplace accident some weeks prior to his death. ... "St. Mungo's deeply regrets the death of Mr. Bode, whose health was improving steadily prior to this tragic accident. ... "Bode ..." said Ron. "Bode. It rings a bell ..." "We saw him," Hermione whispered. "In St. Mungo's remember? He was in the bed opposite Lockhart's just lying there, staring at the ceiling. ... "I met Bode," he said slowly. "I saw him at the Ministry with your dad ..." Ron's mouth fell open. "I've heard Dad talk about him at home! He was an Unspeakable - he worked in the Department of Mysteries!"	Book 5, Pages 546-548 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 25, "The Beetle at Bay"
"Someone made a prophecy about Voldemort and me?" he said quietly, ..."Why couldn't he come and get it himself?" ... "So he's got you doing his dirty work for him, has he?" said Harry. "Like he tried to get Sturgis to steal it - and Bode?"	Book 5, Pages 786-787 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 35, "Beyond the Veil"

Links:
Broderick Bode at hp-lexicon

What did Lupin Discover?

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Lupin had pulled out a book and was reading, Sirius stared around at the students milling over the grass, looking rather haughty and bored, but very handsomely so. ... "I'm bored," said Sirius. "Wish it was full moon." "You might," said Lupin darkly from behind his book. "We've still got Transfiguration, if you're bored you could test me. ... Here." He held out his book. Sirius snorted. "I don't need to look at that rubbish, I know it all." ... Snape was on his feet again, and was stowing the O.W.L. paper in his bag. As he emerged from the shadows of the bushes and set off across the grass, Sirius and James stood up. Lupin and Wormtail remained sitting: Lupin was still staring down at his book, though his eyes were not moving and a faint frown line had appeared between his eyebrows. Wormtail was looking from Sirius and James to Snape with a look of avid anticipation on his face. ... Many of the surrounding watchers laughed, Sirius and Wormtail included, but Lupin, still apparently intent on his book, didn't, and neither did Lily.	Book 5, Pages 645, 647 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 28, "Snape's Worst Memory"
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"Your father, on the other hand, favored a mahogany wand. Eleven inches. Pliable. A little more power and excellent for transfiguration. Well, I say your father favored it - it's really the wand that chooses the wizard, of course."	Book 1, Page 82 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 5, "Diagon Alley" Mr. Olivander

Dumbledore's Adventure

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"After all, to the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure."	Book 1, Page 297 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 17, "The Man With Two Faces"
"And now, Harry, let us step out into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure."	Book 6, Page 56 Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 3, "Will and Won't" Leaving Privet Drive

Dumbledore doesn't need an Invisibility Cloak

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"I don't need a cloak to become invisible," said Dumbledore gently.	Book 1, Page 213 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 12, "Mirror of Erised"
Your father left this in my possession before he died. It is time it was returned to you. Use it well. A Very Merry Christmas to you.	Book 1, Page 202 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 12, "Mirror of Erised"
When he had found his voice again, Harry said, "And the invisiblity cloak - do you know who sent it to me?" "Ah - your father happened to leave it in my possession and I thought you might like it." Dumbledore's eyes twinkled. "Useful things ... your father used it mainly for sneaking off to the kitchens to steal food when he was here."	Book 1, Page 299 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 17, "The Man with Two Faces"

This table was inspired by a thought provoking essay found on BeyondHogwarts.com titled Why did Dumbledore have James' cloak?

The Intent is the Thing

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"How did I get the Stone out of the mirror?" "Ah, now, I'm glad you asked me that. It was one of my more brilliant ideas, and between you and me, that's saying something. You see, only one who wanted to find the Stone - find it, but not use it - would be able to get it..."	Book 1, Page 300 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 17, "The Man with Two Faces"
"There's a loophole in the law, you'll find ... As long as he wasn't intending to fly the car, the fact that the car could fly wouldn't -" "Arthur Weasley, you made sure there was a loophole when you wrote that law!" shouted Mrs. Weasley.	Book 2, Page 39 Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 3, "The Burrow"

Powerful Transition

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... said Dumbledore... "I do not think you need worry about being attacked tonight." "Why not, sir?" "You are with me," said Dumbledore simply. "This will do, Harry."	Book 6, Pages 57-58 Half Blood Prince, Chapter 4, "Horace Slughorn"
"I am not worried, Harry," said Dumbledore, his voice a little stronger despite the freezing water. "I am with you."	Book 6, Page 578 Half Blood Prince, Chapter 26, "The Cave" Returning to Hogwarts.

Design of the Dark Mark

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Harry, fear spreading up his numb legs, watched Riddle stop between the high pillars and look up into the stone face of Slytherin, high above him in the half-darkness. Riddle opened his mouth wide and hissed - but Harry understood what he was waying... "Speak to me, Slytherin, greatest of the Hogwarts Four." ... "Slytherin's gigantic stone face was moving. Horrorstruck, Harry saw his mouth opening wider and wider to make a huge black hole. And something was stirring inside the statue's mouth. Something was slitering up from its depths. ... Something huge hit the stone floor of the Chamber. Harry felt it shudder - he knew what was happening, he could sense it, could almost see the giant serpent uncoiling itself from Slytherin's mouth."	Book 2, Pages 317-318 Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 17, "The Heir of Slytherin"
Then he realized that it was a colossal skull, comprised of what looked like emerald stars, with a serpent protruding from its mouth like a tongue. As they watched, it rose higher and higher blazing in a haze of greenish smoke, etched against the black sky like a new constellation. ... "It's the Dark Mark, Harry!" Hermione moaned, pulling him as hard as she could. "You-Know-Who's sign!"	Book 4, Pages 128-129 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 9, "The Dark Mark"
Voldemort bent down and pulled out Wormtail's left arm; he forced the sleeve of Wormtail's robes up past his elbow, and Harry saw something upon the skin there, something like a vivid red tattoo - a skull with a snake protruding from its mouth - the image that had appeared in the sky at the Quidditch World Cup: the Dark Mark.	Book 4, Pages 645 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 33, "The Death Eaters"
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Harry remembered how the snakelike face of Voldemort had once forced itself out of the back of Professor Quirrell's head, and he ran his hand over the back of his own, wondering what it would feel like if Voldemort burst out of his skull. ...	Book 5, Page 492 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 23, "Christmas on the Closed Ward"

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Who is Eileen Prince?

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Harry picked up the crumbling piece of paper and stared at the moving photograph, yellowed with age; Ron leaned over for a look too. The picture showed a skinny girl of around fifteen. She was not pretty; she looked simultaneously cross and sullen, with heavy brows and a long pallid face. Underneath the photograph was the caption: EILEEN PRINCE, CAPTAIN OF THE HOGWARTS GOBSTONES TEAM.	Book 6, Page 537 Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 25, "The Seer Overheard"
"It's just that I was right about Eileen Prince once owning the book. you see ... she was Snape's mother!" ... "I was going through the rest of the old Prophets and there was a tiny announcement about Elieen Prince marrying a man called Tobias Snape, and then later an announcement saying that she'd given birth..."	Book 6, Page 637 Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 30, "The White Tomb"
...a hook-nosed man was shouting at a cowering woman, while a small dark-haired boy cried in a corner.	Book 5, Page 591 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 26, "Seen and Unforeseen"

Links:
Fan Art of Eileen and Baby Severus

Bezoars

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"Let's try again. Potter, where would you look if I told you to find me a bezoar?" Hermione stretched her hand as high into the air as it would go without leaving her seat, but Harry didn't have the faintest idea what a bezoar was. ... "I don't know, sir." ... "Sit down," he snapped at Hermione. "For your information, Potter, ... A bezoar is a stone taken from the stomach of a goat and it will save you from most poisons."	Book 1, Pages 137-138 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 8, "The Potions Master"
He found it hard to concentrate on Snape's Potions test, and consequently forgot to add the key ingredient - a bezoar - meaning that he received bottom marks.	Book 4, Page 396 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 22, "The Unexpected Task"
...Harry bent over the Half-Blood Prince's book and turned a few pages with unnecessary force. And there it was, scrawled right across a long list of antidotes: Just shove a bezoar down their throats. Harry stared at these words for a moment. Hadn't he once, long ago, heard of bezoars? Hadn't Snape mentioned them in their first-ever Potions lession? "A stone taken from the stomach of a goat, which will protect from most poisons." ... He hastened toward the store cupboard and rummaged within it, ... until he found, at the very back, a small cardboard box on which had been scribbled the word BEZOARS. ... Inside were half a dozen shriveled brown objects, looking more like dried-up kidneys than real stones. Harry seized one, put the box back in the cupboard, and hurried back to his cauldron. ... "Oh, you're like your mother. ... Well, I can't fault you. ... A bezoar would certainly act as an antidote to all these potions!" ... "Just like his mother, she had the same intuitive grasp of potion-making, it's undoubtedly from Lily he gets it. ... Yes, Harry, yes, if you've got a bezoar to hand, of course that would do the trick ... although as they don't work on everything, and are pretty rare, it's still worth knowing how to mix antidotes. ..."	Book 5, Pages 377-378 and 397-398 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 18, "Birthday Surprises"
"There you are then," said Slughorn handing Harry and Ron a glass of mead each before raising his own. "Well, a very happy birthday, Ralph -" "Ron -" whispered Harry. But Ron, who did not appear to be listening to the toast, had already thrown the mead into his mouth and swallowed it. ... Ron had dropped his glass; he half-rose from his chair and then crumpled, his extremities jerking uncontrollably. Foam was dribbling from his mouth, and his eyes were bulging from their sockets. ... Harry lept over a low table and sprinted toward Slughorn's open potion kit, pulling out jars and pouches, while the terrible sound of Ron's gargling breath filled the room. Then he found it - the shriveled kidney like stone Slughorn had taken from him in potions. He hurtled back to Ron's side, wrenched open his jaw, and thrust the bezoar into his mouth. Ron gave a great shudder, a rattling gasp, and his body became limp and still.
PONDER THIS
"An excellent point," said Professory Dumbledore. "My own brother, Aberforth, was prosecuted for practicing inappropriate charms on a goat."	Book 4, Page 454 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 24, "Rita Skeeter's Scoop"

Special

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"He believed it much quicker than I did - I mean, when you told him he was a wizard," said Harry. "I didn't believe Hagrid at first, when he told me." "Yes, Riddle was perfectly ready to believe that he was - to use his word - 'special,'" said Dumbledore.	Book 6, page 276 Half Blood Prince, Chapter 13, "The Secret Riddle"
"Perhaps," said Snape, his dark, cold eyes narrowing slightly, "perhaps you actually enjoy having these visions and dreams, Potter. Maybe they make you feel special - important?" "No, they don't" said Harry, his jaw set and his fingers clenched tightly around the handle of his wand. "That is just as well, Potter," said Snape, coldly, "because you are neither special nor important, and it is not up to you to find out what the Dark Lord is saying to his Death Eaters."	Book 6, page 590 Half Blood Prince, Chapter 26, "Seen and Unforseen"