A Hatstall is when the Sorting Hat takes longer than five minutes to sort a student, and Neville and Hermione came the closest in Harry's year. Unsurprisingly, the hat was split between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw in Hermione's case. Neville, on the other hand, was sorted into Gryffindor…Â
In the wizarding world, a Kneazle is a creature, similar in appearance to a cat, that has the ability to detect unsavory characters. J.K. Rowling has confirmed that Crookshanks is half-Kneazle, hence his dislike for Scabbers (aka Peter Pettigrew).
Diagon Alley got its name from the word "diagonally" - referring to its quaint, crooked appearance. Knockturn Alley, its darker, more sinister counterpart, is a variation on the word "nocturnally".
Hermione' Patronus is an otter, and Ron's is a Jack Russell terrier, a dog that was originally bred to chase otters. The Patronus is a reflection of the soul, meaning they are quite literally soulmates.
J.K. Rowling has said that there are about 1000 students in Hogwarts at a time, but if you use Harry's year as an average class size, the number seems to be closer to 300. (One possible explanation is that students enrolled in the early '90s would have been conceived and born during…Â
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