Where was America in Harry Potter?

The state of Massachusetts seemingly plays a large part in the American wizarding community; the city of Boston was featured in the Daily Prophet, considering its weather of note for reporting in its international weather section, Fitchburg is home to the Fitchburg Finches Quidditch team, and Salem is home to both the ...
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Is America ever mentioned in Harry Potter?

Her only mention of the US in the main "Harry Potter" books comes in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," where there was a coven of American witches with "a spangled banner stretched between their tents that read: THE SALEM WITCHES' INSTITUTE" at the Quidditch World Cup.
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Where is the American Hogwarts?

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Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was the American wizarding school, located on Mount Greylock in Massachusetts. It accepted students from all over North America.
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What are the 4 houses of Ilvermorny?

Intended to mirror Hogwarts, Ilvermorny also had four houses: Thunderbird, Wampus, Horned Serpent and Pukwudgie. The students wore robes in blue and cranberry colours and they were fastened by a gold Gordian knot to represent a brooch from Isolt's Irish home.
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Is there magic in America in Harry Potter?

The only known magical government body on the continent was the Magical Congress of the United States of America, commonly referred to as MACUSA, with the wizard Samuel G. Quahog as its President in 2014. It was established in 1693 in reaction to the Salem Witch Trials and the threat of the Scourers.
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Who is the headmaster of Ilvermorny?

Agilbert Fontaine | Harry Potter Wiki | Fandom.
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Who is the only American in Harry Potter?

There are. Verne Troyer, who played Griphook in the first movie, was American, and Elanor Columbus who played Susan Bones, is the daughter of Chris Columbus, the American director of the first two films. Zoë Wanamaker, who played Madam Hooch, was born in America but lived in Britain.
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What house was Queenie in Ilvermorny?

She attended Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where she was sorted into Pukwudgie house. After graduating from Ilvermorny, Queenie acquired a desk job in the Wand Permit Office, within the Magical Congress of the United States of America.
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What is the Ilvermorny version of Slytherin?

Wampus = Gryffindor (bravery, physicality) Pukwudgie = Hufflepuff (emotion, modesty) Horned Serpent = Ravenclaw (mind, knowledge) Thunderbird = Slytherin (wild card, rogue)
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Is Beauxbatons an all-girl school?

Beauxbatons is pictured in the films as an all-girls school, which is directly contrasted in the novel. At least four boys are in attendance in the book and Davet Dumont, Nicholas Flamel, Luc Millefeuille and Vincent Duc de Trefle-Picques were students in earlier decades, showing it is a co-educational establishment.
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What is the most powerful spell in Harry Potter?

Avada Kedavra

The most evil spell of them all – the Killing Curse. If you cast this on someone, and really mean it, you can callously and quickly kill them with a jet of green light. It was how Harry's parents were murdered.
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Who is the founder of Ilvermorny?

Founded by a runaway Irish witch named Isolt Sayre and her No-Maj husband James Steward, the Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is located at the highest peak of Mount Greylock in Massachusetts.
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What do American wizards call Muggle borns?

A Muggle-born (No-Maj-born in the United States), once known as a Magbob and also known by the pejorative Mudblood, was a witch or wizard who was born to two non-magical parents. Their magical abilities did not seem to be at all affected by their Muggle parentage.
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Do American Wizards go to Azkaban?

And the American wizarding laws at the time were pretty dire: while European wizards went to Azkaban, American wizardkind could risk execution.
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Why did America change the name of Harry Potter?

Jaden McNally I once heard an interview with someone saying that it was changed because they didn't think American children would want to read it as much if it had a long word like "Philosopher" in it. They thought "Sorcerer" would better catch the attention of young, American readers.
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What is Ravenclaw in Ilvermorny?

A lot of people want to know the Ilvermorny house equivalent to Hogwarts houses so here you go! Horned Serpent is ravenclaw. Pukwudgie is hufflepuff. Thunderbird is Slytherin. Wampus is Griffindor.
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Who is the Slytherin girl?

The female Slytherins in Harry's year were Millicent Bulstrode, Pansy Parkinson, Daphne Greengrass, and Tracey Davis.
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Is Azkaban only for Hufflepuffs?

Only students of the Hufflepuff house will be able to access the only Hogwarts Legacy mission set in the dementor infested prison. The Hogwarts Legacy map is huge and includes some of the most emblematic locations in the world of Harry Potter, so Azkaban prison was almost a given.
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Did Newt and Tina have a child?

The couple had at least one child, through whom they had a grandson, Rolf Scamander, who married Luna Lovegood, and through whom Tina and Newt had two known great-grandsons, Lorcan and Lysander.
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Is Queenie Bellatrix a Lestrange?

Bellatrix is a Lestrange by marriage to Rodolphus Lestrange, a fellow Death Eater who has a Death Eater brother, Rabastan. All three of them were confined to Azkaban for the torture of Neville Longbottom's parents.
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Who is Jacob and Queenie's child?

Quentin Kowalski may be a descendant of Jacob and Queenie Goldstein, though this would breach Rappaport's Law. Queenie and Jacob would need to have left the United States of America to marry as to protect Queenie from prosecution.
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Why didn't Robin Williams play Hagrid?

Robin Williams was nearly cast as Hagrid in the Harry Potter films but couldn't due to J.K Rowling's all-British rule.
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Who did J.K. Rowling play in Harry Potter?

J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series, did not appear in any of the Harry Potter movies. Rowling played no role in the casting or production of the Harry Potter film series, which was adapted from her books by Warner Bros. Pictures.
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Are there any African American characters in Harry Potter?

In the American version, it specifically stated that one of the students sorted was Dean Thomas 'a black boy even taller than Ron'. Kingsley Shacklebolt- auror and future Minister for Magic- was specifically stated to be black. Padma and Parvati Patil are Indian in descent, as is hinted by their names.
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