A Few Questions....

[MarganaLaFey]

Hi y'all! I've had a few questions about the HP universe and was hoping you could help:

1) Do wizards wear muggle clothing under theri robes? For example, Harry was wearing a T-shirt under his robes when he went to change into his quidditch robes in POA.

2) Do electronics work at Hogwarts? I distinctly recall that Harry had an alarm clock in POA....

3) How did Harry know hot to use his quill when he first got to Hogwarts? Growing up as a muggle, he presumably used ink pens, yet the day after the train ride he's in class using a quil.

4) Exactly how far is Hogsmead from the castle. Harry had to walk for an hour in the secret passage in POA....

5) Why do most of the wizards in training appear to be English, even though Hogwarts is in Scotland?

well, that's it for now. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Alice I]

Hello and welcome to B&O

1) Do wizards wear muggle clothing under theri robes? For example, Harry was wearing a T-shirt under his robes when he went to change into his quidditch robes in POA.

I think that the young folks do but maybe not the older folks. Ie: Archie from the Quidditch World Cup who says that he likes a healthy breeze around his privates.

2) Do electronics work at Hogwarts? I distinctly recall that Harry had an alarm clock in POA....

I do not remember an alarm clock in POA but never the less Hermione points out very clearly that eletronics don't work around Hogwarts because of all the magic.

3) How did Harry know hot to use his quill when he first got to Hogwarts? Growing up as a muggle, he presumably used ink pens, yet the day after the train ride he's in class using a quil.

Well I would guess that he figured that out when he bought all his new school supplies in Diagon Alley nearly a whole month before school started. He even started reading his spell books right away because Hedwig is named after someone he read about in one of his books.

4) Exactly how far is Hogsmead from the castle. Harry had to walk for an hour in the secret passage in POA....

Well it's not terribly far and that passage that Harry followed was windy and went under the lake so it also went down a fair piece. The HP Lexicon has a map showing Hogwatrs grounds and the Village of Hogsmead that might help.

5) Why do most of the wizards in training appear to be English, even though Hogwarts is in Scotland?

Well I don't know how many are strickly speaking English. Seamus is Irish, Padma and Parvati are Indian, Cho Chang is chinise, Dean is african etc... The school is simply in the northern aspect of Great Brittan which is of couse Scotland.

Hope that helps.

well, that's it for now. Any help would be greatly appreciated.[/quote]

[Scellanis]

1) That maybe depends on whether you come from a pure blood family and how you were brought up but I bet everyone at Hogwarts wears something under their robe....

3) Quils are easy to use...its like a less reliable version of the fountain pen. But I have a quil, actually I have several..some have fancy metal fitting on the end like what you would get in a fountain pen...just dip it in the ink pot, wipe off the excess on the rim so you don't get a drip and then start writing as you would with a pen. If he had to carve the nibs then it may be a little harder but its only like sharpening a pencil with a knife really, not hard. Btw, I had this obsession with quils before I discovered Harry Potter...its a calligraphy thing....related to my liking for art.

5) I bet the reason it is in Scotland..in the highlands is because Scotland is very sparsley populated up there due to the montains...perfect place to hide away a wizard school specially when you have magical stuff to help with the travelling to and getting supplies and everything.....

[Ferrus]

2) No, electric mechanisms don´t work at Hogwarts, so I imagine that the alarm clock (and Harry´s watch) are clockwork.