101 Facts About Harry Potter

why Alohomora mother factors of muggle and which slash wizard varieties and welcome to 101 facts yes by the way I know Alohomora is used to open doors and doesn't mean hello but it just sounded nice I'm professor Sam Baldor and I'm here to teach you a class about the British perspective odd boy legend who cast more spells and faced more three-headed dogs in his lifetime then you've had hot dinners that is if you've had around 50 ish hot dinners yes that's right it's Harry Potter but why has Daniel Radcliffe been imagining Cameron Diaz in a g-string for the whole time how did Michael smooth criminal' Jackson trying to get involved in the series and what would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood - after through those questions about to be answered so get ready to write a Hippogriff of knowledge into the sunset while spurting of incantations of facts from the end of your cheeky little wand this is 101 facts about Harry Potter number one the Harry Potter series was written by JK Rowling but a Mike quick tip her name is pronounced JK Rowling not JK Rowling we've all been mispronouncing her name the whole time like silly idiots or at least I have number two with seven books eight films two theme parks merchandise at a partridge in a pear tree the Harry Potter brand has an estimated worth of fifteen billion galleons I mean dollars muggle dollars number three over 450 million copies of the books have been sold however the first print run of saucer / slash philosopher / sorcerer ossifer philosopher whatever the hell you want to call it stone was a mere 1,000 copies whoever owns those now are probably very rich muggles number four the debut book first operated into the shelves to flourish from plots and beyond in 1997 and JK Rowling was offered a $3,800 advance for its publication number five the books have since been translated into 77 different languages including Latin for you old school clever clogs out there number six it's estimated that every 30 seconds someone in the world begins reading the Harry Potter series now boom chapter one Go Go Go number seven when Harry Potter in the prison masked man was released publishes our stores not to sell the book until schools were closed for the day to prevent truancy those bloody delinquents dropping out of school to avoid a day of working and reading to read number eight JK Rowling failed again to Oxford the University the city's open to anybody our here and quite lovely this time of year and instead studied French and classics at Exeter University which she described as frantically posh oh lordy dah that's probably what she meant by that just to let you know number nine Harry Potter was turned down twenty-two times by publishers before being picked up 22 mind you I'm sure I can be that record on a Friday night number ten much like a detective writing her will in an old noir movie before being shot by the mob party to double-cross them save the life of a dancer sorry I've got far too into that simile there she completed the first draft of the philosopher's stone in 1996 on an old manual typewriter number eleven her publisher Bloomsbury was so worried that that the house would leak they gave the project the codename Edinburgh pot makers to divert attention I'll come on they could have chosen something without pot in the title Potter heads would have sniffed that out like a bucket in a Chamber of Secrets for goodness sake number one I mean twelve rolling a rooting about Harry's bezzie mate Ron Weasley as a character who swears a lot however the publisher told her to remove the bad language as it wouldn't be suitable for young audiences I'm warning you Hermione keep the Beast of wheels away from Scabbers love can turn it into a tea cosy the number thirteen Oh JK Rowling often found herself short of paper when inspiration came to her we've all been there oh you mean writing paper she wrote her initial ideas for the book down on a napkin and the name of the Hogwarts houses were concocted in the back of a sick bag unused I hope number 14 King of Pop Michael P Jackson once moon walked his way to Rowling to ask to make a musical of the books but she thought the idea was bad get it bad number 15 however a play of Harry's life after Hogwarts is hitting the stage in London in 2016 no doubt we'll see him grapple with student loan debt midlife crises and what day to put the bins out it's going to be thrilling number 16 like the three lead characters JK Rowling's parents met on a train from Kings Cross station maybe that too was heading dogwarts number seven team nicolas flamel the wizard and alchemist who discovered the Philosopher's Stone was actually a real person the real Flamel lived in Paris in the 13 hundreds and was rumoured to be an alchemist who discovered a mythical stone that would turn lead into gold number 18 in the hogwarts school exams instead of receiving the great fail students received the grade trolled you get the same grade if you fail to be a decent member of the online community - apparently hey by the way is there one in the dungeon oh okay thanks squirrel number 19 Rowling stated she always intended for the tea of Voldemort to be silent to make it sound all French and stuff as in folder more but it never came across in the books properly number 20 voldemort's wand is made of you know no not not you you as in the wood ye w you you was seen by some as having a great supernatural power and being a symbol for death and rebirth which reflects Voldemort's desire for immortality number 21 Rowling invented Quidditch after a fight with her ex-boyfriend she said that she needed to invent a sport and the importance of the stitch in the game tends to infuriate men so the two came together quite nicely in the end number 22 the Dementors kiss known for quite literally sucking the life and joy out of people represents the depression that JK suffered at the time of writing number 23 Rowling has said she wasn't in a happy place when right in the middle of the series and strongly considered bumping run off that means kill him by the way not anything you know number 24 in the order of the Phoenix novel the code to enter the Ministry of Magic from the street is six two four four two if you borrow the nearest person over fifteen grab their old school mobile phone six two four four two spells out magic whoa whoa whoa it's magic you know don't you've been sorry I'll stop number 25 Harry's parents James and Lily are soul mates because of the Patronus they're wispy white stuff that comes out the end of a wand oh come on grow up the charm is a physical representation of one's soul James's patronesses of stag and Lily's as a doe meaning they are a perfect fit together you know soul wise I hear Jennifer Lawrence's returning supima and mine is a weasel and those two go together like chalk and cheese right right number 26 in case you were wondering in your little head Ron's Patronus is a Jack Russell Terrier doggy and Hermione's is an otter number 27 JK Rowling made Potter head spit out their snitch soap cereal everywhere when she said that she regrets Hermione and Ron ending up together stating that Hermione and Harry would have been a much better fit I know what she means if they got married and bought personalized towels they could really easily share them number 28 JK Rowling revealed that Dumbledore is or was tipper 40 to the curb from a dead homey gay and was in love with a great wizard called Grindelwald number 29 if Dumbledore had a mobile song playing at his funeral Rowling said it would be my way you know my way that song by the Backstreet Boys I won it that oh that's that way sorry I got it wrong number 30 Dumbledore is an old English word for bumblebee Rowling stated she chose the name because she mentioned Dumbledore strolling around the castle humming to himself although Beast buzz JK not hum island that in kindergarten come on now number 31 the name Voldemort comes from French words meaning flying from death number 32 Hagrid's first name Rubeus is latin for something produced from a bramble or a thicket which is out because Hagrid often looks like he's crawled out of a tramps bush I still love him though look at that face number 33 Moore's Madre is the spell that makes the dark mark appear and means take a bite out of death in French a suitable command for death eaters but dangerous and probably quite disgusting for literally everybody else number 34 Professor McGonagall was first named Minerva it's named after the Greek goddess of wisdom and magic so don't mess yeah number 35 her - name also has a mythological origin and means messenger which is apt for her constant delivery of knowledge to others by jowl number 36 the Bella of Bellatrix Lestrange may make you immediately think of the Italian translation for beautiful however in Latin the word means battles which is far more reflected with the death eating Russell Brand's circa 2007 haired yeah that's right I said it I'm with Molly on this not my daughter issue thanks number 37 the school motto is dry code or me Antonin qualms Tita Landis which means never tickle a sleeping dragon in Latin sound advice they're not least because that's Daenerys job oh wait wrong franchise number 38 Rowling is stated that the name Hogwarts may have been subconsciously inspired by the name of the plant at Rowling found in Kew Gardens in New York number 39 expecto literally translates as Iowa - Guardian in Latin number 4 T the driver and conductor of the magic night bus which I'll eternally wait for a London bus stops for as long as I live I called Ernie and Stanley and are named after JK Rowling's grandfather's number 41 because you have to be in at least one Harry Potter film to be considered a British actor many of the cars are connected and related for instance the actor who played the eleven-year-old Tom Riddle with actually the nephew of ray Fiennes who plays Voldemort it's almost like they're playing the same person the meaning of life bill Weasley Spade my domhnall gleeson the son of Brendan Gleeson the actor who plays mad-eye Moody Barty Crouch jr. sawed-off number 43 in the final scene of the final film Draco Malfoy's wife Astoria green grass was played by Tom Felton's real-life girlfriend Jade Olivia who I really hope isn't related to him in any way number 44 Emma Watson had only been in school plays before winning the part of Hermione she was picked on the casting team visited her school looking for potential child actors they must have missed my school because they never came to me I would have been perfect to my innate number 45 Emma Watson Hermione not only shared the same face but they also share the fact that they are both extremely intelligent after filming Harry Potter she went to an Ivy League university in America and did a year at Oxford University number 46 Daniel Radcliffe was in the bath when he found out he got the part of Harry and subsequently cried not because he was in the bath and hated his own naked body but because he got the part I imagine not I imagine Danny rectly from the but let's move on let's move on number 47 when he first audition for the role of Ron Rupert Grint sent an audition tape of him dressed as a lady and rapping the lyrics hello my name is Rupert Grint I hope you don't think I stink which doesn't rhyme but it seems have worked now the 48 tom felton originally auditioned for both Harry Potter and Ron Weasley but the casting team thought he'd be more suited for Draco which is a bit insulting really but hey he probably got over it and didn't need years of therapy number 49 Alan Rickman who played Snape was the only actor to know the final fate of their character before the final books were released Rowling told Rickman that Snape had always loved Lily Potter so he could play the part more accurately number 15 the series was nominated for a total of 12 Oscars but chamber of secrets in order of the Phoenix did not receive any nominations from the Academy at all number 50 une due to the young cast in the first few films there was a dentist on standby for the cast in order to replace any teeth of the actors may have lost during filming dentists repair row number 50 der harras eyes in the films one the vivid green described in the books because daniel radcliffe's eyes reacted badly to the contact lenses I don't get it why didn't they just color in his eyes with film tip pen number 51 the three lead actors were banned from playing any contact sports at all in case they injured themselves in delayed filming time number fifty Katra thereby over 1,000 bottles in the potion classroom age was labeled and filled with something different even though they were so small you couldn't see them on the screen number 50 sank most of the books in Dumbledore's office were phone books that have been rebound and covered in dust so he can look up the name of the spell and get the name of a dotty Chinese restaurant that closed in 1997 number 50 cease daniel radcliffe broke 80 ones during the filming of the entire series because he had a habit of using them as drumsticks what film did he think he was in whiplash number fifty Cent hairy scar was applied to wreck cliffs face over 2,000 times during the filming of the entire series he could have just easily got it as a tattoo and saved everybody a lot of time surely number 50 white bum casts were made for the seats mounted on the brooms to make them more comfortable during filming Wolf Gang nose done has have been an awkward appointment number 50 nurse to prevent spoilers being released to the public like some sort of contagious virus fake names were used for the movies government fire was known as happy days and all of the Phoenix was known as tip-top number 6 - boarding school Harrow school was the only real school used for filming Hogwarts scenes the rest were filmed in universities castles your deepest darkest nightmares and cathedrals across the United Kingdom number 61 both Rosie O'Donnell and Robin Williams both asked for roles without any pay however they weren't able to due to the strict conditions from JK Rowling that all the cast must be British or Irish number 62 like a cheeky little rebellious schoolboy Dumbledore actor Michael Gambon while filming often wore normal clothes under his Dumbledore robes and put a pack of cigarettes in his sock number 63 robbie coltrane who plays Hagrid once got a fruit bat and a mini fan stuck in a shaggy beard which had to be cut out with scissors and I thought the cheeto dust I got caught in my mustache that one time was Roth Nintendo I mean number 64 in order to make things more realistic in the Philosopher's Stone in scenes in which children are seen doing schoolwork the child actors are doing their actual school work from actual real life school number 65 Emma Watson often brought her pet hamster Millie on the set of the Philosopher's Stone when the hamster eventually died set their crate has built a tiny coffin with velvet lining and a silver plaque with Millie's name engraved on it our IP Millie she's on the big hamster wheel in the sky now number 66 number 67 John Williams provided the score for both Harry Potter and Star Wars in 2002 which may be why some of the music used in the Quidditch match in the Chamber of Secrets was also used during the speeder chase scene in Star Wars Episode two Attack of the Clones number 68 to get a more realistic movement of a floating knitting-needles in the Chamber of Secrets a crew member filmed his mother knitting for several hours can you imagine something more tedious than that wait who said that number 69 a picture of middle-earth you magician extraordinaire Gandalf from the Lord of the Rings can be seen in the collection of great Wizards and Professor Dumbledore study in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets only eagle eyes can spot it though that is you know unless they're busy deciding whether or not to say Frodo number 70 during the filming of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets an outbreak of head lice hit the children in the cast well okay not not literally hit to me number 71 Moaning Myrtle may look like a wispy blue schoolgirl but the actor who played her Shirley Henderson was 37 when she appeared in the Chamber of Secrets number 72 to gain a deeper understanding of their roles the director of Prisoner of Azkaban Alfonso Cuaron made the three lead actors write essays on their characters in true Hermione fashion Emma Watson wrote a 16 page essay but burn a bet reprinted copying place of the word Ron 16,000 times number 73 Alfonso told the visual effects team that he would like the rain to turn to ice from the Dementors appear however due to his thick Mexican accent which don't worry I'm not going to attempt they mistook ice for ice and therefore a storyboard with eyes falling from the sky was presented to Alfonso much to his surprise number 17 Thor Karam recommended to daniel radcliffe that he pretended he was looking at Cameron Diaz in a g-string when he had to act awkwardly if he wanted him to be sick or cry he'd probably make him watch Cameron Diaz in sex tape number 75 in prison of Azkaban in the scene where students are sleeping in the Great Hall the director and Snape actor Alan Rickman played a prank on Daniel Radcliffe or the remote-controlled whoopee cushion lull it sounds like you've expelled rectal gas mr. Potter oh that was a bad Snape that was that was bad I'm sorry number 76 the Prisoner of Azkaban is the only film to not feature Voldemort in any form in the Harry Potter series that it's not just in general still like modern what appears in Jimmy's list or something Tom Felton's Hogwarts robes had their pockets sewn shut because he kept trying to sneak food onto the set come on what is it with this Carson sneaking stuff onto set number 70 Ian Brown lead mumble of the Stone Roses where the celebrity cameo in the movies he appears as a leaky cauldron customer in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban number 79 Viktor Krum no relation to salacious crumb only has two lines in the Goblet fire ik waiting to 20 words quality not quantity though or at least that's what I'm reassured number 8 tea in the Goblet of Fire when the champions are entering the arena for the third task the students from boba Tom dancing the Macarena it seems knuckle cheese pop it's a big new genre in the French magic world their victory song is I could do doo doo push pineapple shake the tray number 80111 a tank that holds half a million gallons of water was built to film the underwater scenes hey there's a big bit of water that you could have used for free called the sea silly filmmakers number 82 Daniel Radcliffe alone logged 41 hours and 38 minutes in total filming in the underwater tank did he even take a breath is he part fish the conspiracy starts here number 83 young Icelandic viewers apparently laugh their Icelandic heads off when Rita Skeeter was first introduced the word Skeeter in Icelandic translates to the word meaning defecating fitting really as many of us know regis writing is a right low - I mean sorry I mean Skeeter Skeeter right loaded Skeeter number 84 Alan Rickman banned Rupert Grint and Matthew Lewis for being anywhere near his new BMW when filming order of the Phoenix as they spilled their milkshake in his old car during the Goblet fire VRP drama in the order of the Phoenix during the breakfast in the Great Hall boxes of cereal can be seen with the name cheery elves and Pixies pops with color schemes similar to those of Cheerios and sugar puff boxes they're also drinking milk straight from the Dementors teat kidding but where do they get the milk from number 86 the order of the Phoenix was originally an ass hurting three hours long and 45 minutes of it had to be trimmed out number 87 are you ready for an O because it's coming over 40 kittens were brought in for a kitten photo shoot to be featured on the dishes and bridges office they were all adopted after filming Oh told you there it was number 88 because you know deep down you deserve to be punished which is the biggest ever number 89 for the half-blood Prince a third of the set of the borough was built only to be burned down again for the big burning fire scene it took 14 weeks to build and six minutes to burn down number 90 the half-blood Prince is Daniel Radcliffe's least favorite Harry Potter movie because he hates his own performance in it Oh Danny Boy you were perfectly fine I'm sure you had lots of dollars to wipe your eyes with number 91 now if you two don't mind I'm go to bed before either of you come up with another clever idea to get us killed or worse expelled okay so this is in from the half-blood Prince but it's always worth reminding yourself it's worse to be expelled and killed guys no but I do this scene outside the cave with the Horcrux capped was shot and the clips of mower in West Ireland and is the only scene to be shot outside the UK number 93 this is what it's like to force me to do vodka shots number 94 over two million coins were made for scenes in Gringotts Bank for the final two films alone and their legal tender in some shops in London okay that last bit isn't true but I'd love to see you try number 95 Jamie Campbell Bower who plays Grindelwald accidentally broke his ankle while jumping at the window after stealing the Elder Wand luckily there was some Skellig aura around whoo number 96 in the Deathly Hallows Part 1 the Seven Harry's one cup scene was so complicated that it took over 90 tanks to perfect number 97 in a reality mashing mind f one of the posters in the London cafe that Harry Ron Hermione operate into is for Daniel Radcliffe's play Equus number 98 during the rehearsals of the Dirty Hallows Daniel Radcliffe stunt double David Holmes was flung against the wall by an explosion and broke his neck he's still alive but unfortunately now he's paralyzed from the waist down number 99 Jamie whale 'it's he played crap in the films was cut from the cast for the final two movies after he was arrested for possession of cocaine he was then sent to prison for his participation in the 2011 London riots classic Slytherin right there number 100 the scene of old immortal Dumbledore's grave at the beginning of Deathly Hallows part-2 made history it was apparently the first time a scene have played before a Studios logo in a studio based Hollywood film in over 75 years number 101 Deathly Hallows part-2 is the only film in the series where Harry doesn't deliver the final line his son Albus instead finishes the film and the series by saying ready when he's about to port the Hogwarts Express and there wasn't a dry eye in the bloody house oh that's my child had gone that was 101 fact about Harry Potter and I don't know about you but I don't love Lee time if you want 101 episodes more than a house-elf craves the sweet aroma of a sock then click on subscribe right now and they'll app right before your very eyes when they're ready or if you haven't yet had your fill of British actors sitting about with magic and Dragons then why not head on over to trend craves 10 things you didn't know about Game of Thrones you also have a lovely time there too I'm sure Oh Harry Potter the thing that made me eagerly await by my letterbox for a Hogwarts letter more enthusiastically than a dog without a social life wait do dogs have social lives they talk to each other well you know they they bark and you know they sniff stuff is that social I mean obviously not by our standards you can get you know arrested for doing that not barking the other sniffing thing but they I mean dogs kind of communicate right hmm I want to go spawn a cocker spaniel for a bit mischief managed

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Length: 24min 38sec (1478 seconds)

Published: Thu Dec 24 2015