Did Dumbledore know about the time turner?

Dumbledore already knew about Hermiones' Time Turner. Dumbledore loves Hagrid and we can very easily say that he was against the execution of buckbeak regardless of his feelings for Hagrid anyway.
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Did Dumbledore know they were taking Buckbeak?

On the day of Buckbeak's "execution" and Sirius' capture, Dumbledore tells Harry and Hermione to save both by going back in time. Harry and Hermione believe Buckbeak to be dead, but Dumbledore knows better -- he was present when Buckbeak's absence was discovered.
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Why didn't Dumbledore use the Time-Turner to save Harry's parents?

The time turner couldn't have been used to save Harry's parents because it was too far back in time; you cannot go back more than five hits without there being very bad consequences.
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Did Dumbledore give Hermione the Time-Turner?

And on top of that, the ramifications of time travel can be severe, as seen much later in the stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. At the beginning of Prisoner of Azkaban, Hermione is given the Time-Turner by Professor McGonagall, the head of Gryffindor House and the school's Transfiguration teacher.
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Why did Harry not use a Time-Turner to save Sirius?

In OotP, saving Sirius would have caused a time paradox.

The only way of saving him using a Time-Turner would have been to go back in time and interfere with established events. Harry would have had to jump out of somewhere to change what he already knew had happened, right under his slightly younger self's nose.
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Why Didn't Dumbledore Realize That Moody Was a Fake? - Harry Potter Theory



Why didnt Hermione use the Time-Turner?

TL;DR: They didn't use the Time-Turner to defeat Voldemort because it would have been narratively unsatisfying. "Time-Turners don't go back that far" does not answer the question. Time-Turners are completely fictional, so they can do whatever Rowling wants.
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What does Sirius say to Hermione?

He informed Hermione that they need more time and that with any luck two innocent lives could be saved. On this perplexing note, he bade them good luck and told Hermione that three turns should do. Before leaving, he gave them the exact location of Sirius in Flitwick's office.
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Did Dumbledore know Sirius was innocent?

They could have learned it at Hogwarts. Dumbledore did know that Sirius was innocent, because he is the one who set up the fidelius charm and the Potters almost chose Sirius, but Sirius thought it would be obvious, so he suggested pettigrew to be the secret keeper.
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Why did McGonagall give Harry the Nimbus 2000?

This broomstick was arranged for Harry by Professor Minerva McGonagall after he was given a spot on the Gryffindor Quidditch team, as Seeker. He rode this broom in all school Quidditch matches until 1993, when, during a match against Hufflepuff, he was attacked by Dementors and fell off his broom.
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Why can't Harry use the Time-Turner?

The time turner couldn't have been used to save Harry's parents because it was too far back in time; you cannot go back more than five hits without there being very bad consequences. They saved Buckbeak because he was about to die three hours before.
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Why didnt Voldemort use Time-Turner?

Originally Answered: In Harry potter series why didn't Voldemort used time turner to save his horcruxes? Because by the time he got to know that Harry was after his horcruxes it was already too late. 4 of 7 horcruxes where already destroyed. And he didn't have enough time to find a time turner.
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Did the Burrow burn down in the books?

The Death Eaters didn't burn down the Burrow in the books.

The Weasley's house is named the Burrow. Warner Bros. Most of these mistakes are about scenes or details that the films left out, but in "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" the filmmakers actually added a scene.
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Where do the Weasleys live after their house burns down?

The Weasleys were forced to abandon their home during the height of the Second Wizarding War when they became targets of the Death Eaters. Arthur and Molly also moved back to the Burrow following the Battle of Hogwarts. Their home eventually became "quite the photo op for wizarding history buffs".
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What did Dumbledore do in his free time?

Professor Dumbledore enjoys chamber music and tenpin bowling. Another achievement of him is the creation of the Deluminator - a unique magical object that was his invention.
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Who threw the rock at Harry's head?

Harry and Hermione need to save Buckbeak without being seen. But the other thems are inside Hagrid's hut, not leaving. Hermione throws a rock at other Harry's head to draw his attention to the Minister's arrival.
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Why did Sirius Black return to Hogwarts?

Sirius's whole purpose in breaking out of Azkaban and coming to Hogwarts was to kill the traitor who'd caused the deaths of his friends and his own false imprisonment. That's why he kept muttering "He's at Hogwarts" even while still in Azkaban (leading people to think he was hunting for Harry to kill him).
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Why did Snape jinx the broom?

The truth came out when Professor Quirrell admitted to Harry that he'd jinxed the broom and claimed he'd have gotten away with it too if it hadn't been for those meddling counter-curses. In other words, Snape tried to save Harry's life, and the only thanks he got was being set on fire. Harsh.
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How did Sirius afford a Firebolt?

He used a cat. And no one thought that was weird. Crookshanks just waltzed into the quidditch store with money and a note to send a Firebolt to Harry Potter and the store clerk was just like, "oh, tots normal" and sent it along.
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Who gave Harry the fastest broom Prisoner of Azkaban?

In Prisoner of Azkaban, Sirius Black anonymously sends Harry a Firebolt broom after the demise of Harry's Nimbus 2000 in the Whomping Willow.
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Did Dumbledore know the marauders were Animagi?

"Last night Sirius told me all about how they became Animagi," said Dumbledore, smiling. "An extraordinary achievement - not least, keeping it quiet from me. ..." Show activity on this post. No, and Lupin explicitly says Dumbledore didn't know.
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Did Dumbledore know Moody was an imposter?

The only time he acted out of Moody's character was when he took Harry out of Dumbledore's sight in the aftermath of Voldemort's return, and Dumbledore immediately noticed it as such and realized he was an imposter, which is how he saved Harry's life (again) at the end of Goblet of Fire.
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Why is Harry's dad called Prongs?

James Potter

James's Animagus form was that of a stag, which earned him his nickname, Prongs. Strikingly, Harry's Patronus was a stag and his mother Lily's was a doe, a female deer, showing that the family's characters were in harmony and formed part of the same animal group.
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What is Ginny's Patronus?

Coincidentally, the Patronus of Harry's future wife, Ginny, was a horse. James Potter's Patronus was the same form as his Animagus.
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Why did McGonagall give Time-Turner Hermione?

Hermione Granger received one from Professor McGonagall in 1993, so that she could attend more classes in her third year than time would allow.
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Why can't Hermione produce a Patronus?

Hermione simply never got that amount of practice. The Patronus charm was never part of their coursework, and it was never mentioned as being in any volume of "The Standard Book of Spells" so she couldn't learn it just by reading ahead.
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