<< February, 2008>>

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Updates were hampered this month.   My apologizes to the dedicated fans who continued to visit and wish us well.

-Belinda Hobbs
Manager and Editor of the Floo Home Page

1992 (PS)
22nd - Quidditch match between Hufflepuff and Gryffindor which Snape referees.

1993 (CS)
1st - Hermione leaves hospital 
Mandrakes are getting secretive and moody. 
14th -  Valentine's Day- Lockhart's Very Special Valentine's Day.  Harry talks to Tom Riddle by means of the diary.

1994 (PA)
3rd - Lupin and Harry discuss the Dementor's Kiss over a bottle of butterbeer.  Harry finally gets the Firebolt back.  Scabbers disappears, Crookshanks is blamed.
5th -  At the Gryffindor vs. Ravenclaw Quidditch match, it is a clear, cool day with a light breeze.  Gryffindor wins in spite of Malfoy, Flint, Crabbe, and Goyle trying to sabotage Harry by wearing a Dementor disguise.  Sirius Black rips Ron's bed curtains trying to get to Scabbers.
6th - Security is tightened in the castle, security trolls guard the Fat Lady, whose picture has been repaired and rehung. 
8th - Neville receives a Howler from his Gran.  Harry and Ron visit Hagrid.
11th - Buckbeak's hearing in London.
12th - Hogsmeade weekend.  Harry gets caught by Snape after Malfoy spots him in Hogsmeade.  Hermione receives word from Hagrid that Buckbeak will be executed.

1995 (GF)
22nd - A brown owl returns with Sirius' note asking Harry the date of his next Hogsmeade weekend.  Harry sends it off with a reply. 
24th -  The Second Task takes place at 9:30 a.m. in the lake.  Harry and Cedric are tied for first place with 85 points each.

1996 (OP)
14th -  Valentine's Day- Harry and Cho go to Hogsmeade, have coffee at Madam Puddifoot's.  In The 3 Broomsticks, Harry sees Hagrid, with new injuries, meets Hermione, Rita and Luna. Harry gives Rita an interview for Quibbler. 
16th - Hermione analyzes Harry and Cho's date.  Ron has a bad Quidditch practice.
21st - Quidditch match: Gryffindor loses to Hufflepuff, 240-230 (Ginny catches Snitch).  In his dream, Harry almost pushes open the mysterious corridor door.
23rd - March issue of  Quibbler appears with Harry's  interview.  Harry gets loads of letters.  By midmorning, Educational Decree #27 makes possession of the Quibbler an expulsion offense. 
24th - Before Transfiguration class  Cho says sorry, kisses Harry.  Seamus changes his mind about Harry.  The Quibbler reprints fastest-selling-ever issue. 
Harry dreams of being Voldemort and questioning Rookwood, Avery wrongly told Voldemort that Bode would be able to remove "it," Rookwood putting Voldemort on right track.

1997 (HBP)
1st - First Apparition lesson.  Harry overhears Draco talking to Crabbe.

1998 (DH)
entire month - (Indeed the entire winter) Harry, Ron, and Hermione travel the countryside in their tent.

3- Warwick Davis: Professor Flitwick (1970)
4- John Kearns: HP Lexicon staff 
6 - Arthur Weasley
8- John Williams: Composer (1932) 
8- Roger Lloyd-Pack: Barty Crouch (1944)
12- Afshan Azad: Padma Patil (1988) 
16- Belinda Hobbs: Floo Network Editor (1964)
17- Bonnie Wright: Ginny Weasley (1991) 
21- Alan Rickman: Professor Snape (1946) 
22- Julie Walters: Molly Weasley (1950) 
25- James and Oliver Phelps: Fred and George Weasley (1986) 
27- Timothy Spall: Peter Pettigrew (1957) 
28- Alfred Burke: Headmaster Armando Dippet (1918) 

Events & Reminders

2008

June 19-21, 2008: Convention Alley 2 - Ottawa, Ontario Canada

July 10-13, 2008: Portus 2008, Hilton Anatole in Dallas, Texas

July 13 - 18, 2008: NIU Muggle Academy summer camp, sponsored by Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois USA

July 25-27, 2008: Accio 2008, Magdalen College, Oxford UK

August 7-11, 2008: Terminus sponsored by Narrate Conferences, Inc.- Chicago, Illinois USA

November 14-16, 2008: As-yet-unnamed conference sponsored by Northern Illinois University, Illinois USA

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince film will be released in theaters
November 20 – Germany, Netherlands
November 21 – Brazil, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Turkey, UK, USA
November 26 – Belgium, France
November 27 - Australia
November 28 - Bulgaria, Poland, Russia, Spain
December 6 - Japan

2009

May 21-24, 2009: “LeakyCon”, Boston, MA

June 26-29, 2009: Sectus 2009, Bodelwyddan Castle, Wales CANCELLED

July 23-26, 2009: “Level Two 2009”, San Jose, California

December 1, 2009: Wizarding World of Harry Potter Theme Park opens at Universal Studios, Orlando Florida

2010

July 15-18, 2010: Infinitus 2010 at “Wizarding World of Harry Potter Theme Park", Universal Studios, Orlando Florida

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows film to be released in theaters

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PotterCast- Interview with Jo! - PotterCast

We are experiencing difficulties with our trivia creator. Please check back.

Each month we will post three little “snippets”, tiny screenshot images, from Jo Rowling’s official website, www.jkrowling.com

Your challenge is to scour the pages of Jo’s site, searching for the exact location the snippet can be found. Some will be easy, and some will be difficult to find… but all will be visible somewhere on the current interactive flash version of her site. (Not the Text only version, because it has no pictures, obviously!) None will be from previous versions that are no longer visible, such as “behind the door”. Once you’ve found the exact location of all 3 snippets, send us an email with your answers. Be sure your answers are descriptive enough for us to determine that you've truly found it.

For example:

“On the desktop” would not be an acceptable answer here. It should read something like, “On the desktop, below the keyboard and above the Rubber eraser Portkey".
Ready?

Current Snippet Search Challenge -

1. Snippet Search was unavailable for this month

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Dec- Jan Snippet Search Challenge -


1. The gift on the desk behind the door, using the timeturner back to 21/12/06.

2. Again from using the timeturner back to 21/12/06, the wreath on the door.

3. Using the timeturner to 20/12/04, a candle from the Christmas tree behind the door (after answering a riddle correctly).

Winners December 07-January 08:
1. John R.
2. Priscilla
3. Bandersnatch
4. Sonny Luna
5. Darlene Huey
6. Serphina

WORD SCRAMBLE (by Mike Weinstein, edited by Anna Graham)
Unscramble the letters in each phrase to reveal a Potter-related term that fits into the given category.  All terms can be found in the Harry Potter Lexicon.

Potion Ingredients
1. WE FEIGN LILACS
2. A NOTICE
3. AL REPENTS
4. RON’S NUN CHOIR
5. NO TWEEZERS

CRYPTOQUOTE (by Mike Weinstein, edited by Cody Goldbug)
A short quote from J.K. Rowling (archived at Accio Quote!) has been encoded with a substitution cipher, in which each letter of the alphabet is replaced with a different one.  (For instance, every Q in the cipher might stand for E in the original text.)  Can you decipher the quote?

A Word of Caution