Who killed Tom Riddle?

He was finally killed by his own backfiring curse after Albus Dumbledore and Harry Potter, following Dumbledore's death, succeeded in destroying all of his Horcruxes.
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How did Tom Riddle survive?

The diary of Tom Riddle was a horcrux, so the Tom Riddle we see at the end is the fragment of Voldemort's soul from that horcrux. He uses a spell of some kind of trade Ginny's life for his own, allowing him to return to a solid body.
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Is Tom Riddle a Death Eater?

Presumably, although the gang disbanded after Riddle graduated from Hogwarts in 1945, it was a precursor to the Death Eater organisation. According to Riddle, he was even already going by the name "Lord Voldemort" among the members of the gang.
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How did Tom Riddle turn into Voldemort?

Riddle ultimately changed his name, by way of an anagram, from "Tom Marvolo Riddle" to "I am Lord Voldemort", as a way of removing his own heritage and of exalting himself, and he killed the Riddle family, partly because they were Muggles, and partly because they abandoned him and his mother.
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What was Voldemort's end goal?

Voldemort's short-term goals are well defined: Killing Harry and achieving immortality. The former is a means to the latter. Voldemort needs to kill Harry for two reasons. First, Voldemort believes in the prophecy and needs to eliminate “the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord” (OotP 831).
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Is Tom Riddle half-blood?

Tom Riddle has a witch mother and a Muggle father, making him a half-blood wizard.
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Who killed Fred Weasley?

Fred was killed in an explosion possibly caused by Augustus Rookwood. One of the last things Fred heard before dying was Percy joking about resigning from the Ministry.
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Who killed Antonin dolohov?

When the battle later resumed, Dolohov was defeated by Filius Flitwick, a former duelling champion. His fate following the battle is unknown, though it is possible that he was killed by Flitwick.
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How did Voldemort get his baby body?

His Child-Form When Resurrected

Pettigrew mixed up a potion for Voldemort using unicorn blood and the venom of Nagini. With this potion, they were able to create a new body for Lord Voldemort to finally return to.
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Could Tom Riddle have been saved?

Yes, his upbringing wasn't great, but not all kids who go to orphanages grow up to be evil mass murderers. I think had there been strong intervention early on, perhaps he could have been saved. But by the time Dumbledore came to invite him to Hogwarts he was already on that path.
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Who is the true heir of Hufflepuff?

The Heir of Hufflepuff was none other than Cedric Diggory, who was well on his way to fulfilling the prophecy of the Heir of Hufflepuff when he was tragically murdered by Peter Pettigrew.
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How did Bellatrix get pregnant?

Yep, that happened: Bellatrix and Voldemort had sex sometime around Order of the Phoenix or Half-Blood Prince, and their wild night in bed led to a child named Delphi Diggory/Riddle/Lestrange. According to Delphi herself, she was born sometime before the Battle of Hogwarts.
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Who betrayed Harry Potter?

6 PETER PETTIGREW - BETRAYED HARRY

He basically made it his entire career to screw over the poor kid along with his entire family. Wormtail was the one who told Lord Voldemort where the Potter's were staying so if it wasn't for his actions, Harry wouldn't have grown up as an orphan.
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Why did Peter betray the Potters?

When Lord Voldemort first started gaining power, Peter immediately defected from the Order of the Phoenix and joined the Death Eaters out of fear for his own life. Peter betrayed James and Lily Potter, who entrusted him to be their Secret-Keeper when they cast the Fidelius Charm.
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Who killed Professor Flitwick?

During a Charms class, Ron Weasley's wand flew out of his hand and hit Flitwick squarely in between his eyes, leaving a great green boil there, which he presumably rectified. He also set a piece of homework for his second years to do, which involved using The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 2.
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Who killed Fenrir Greyback?

In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Hermione's Stunning Spell sends Greyback off the Viaduct Courtyard to the ravine below and to his death after he was discovered mauling Lavender Brown.
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Who killed Mad Eye Moody?

Moody didn't know it and was angry with Podmore, because he had taken his Invisibility Cloak. Mundungus was paired along with Moody during the Battle of the Seven Potters. When Voldemort attacked them, Mundungus was frightened and disappeared, abandoning Moody, who was killed by Voldemort.
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Who killed Dobby?

Also attempting to protect Harry from a group of Death Eaters, Sirius is killed by his cousin, Bellatrix Lestrange, who also kills Dobby.
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Who killed Hedwig?

With the issue of Harry's iconic owl at the forefront, Jo Marie Walker continues to explain that the Death Eater that kills Hedwig is none other than Snape.
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Who killed Nymphadora Tonks?

On 2 May, 1998 Tonks fought in the Battle of Hogwarts and was finally murdered by Bellatrix Lestrange, her maternal aunt and a Death Eater, a devoted servant of Lord Voldemort. Her murder was avenged by her order colleague and friend Molly Weasley. After her death, her son was raised by her mother and Harry.
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Was Voldemort's snake a person?

Nagini was originally a female human Maledictus, with the ability to transform into a snake. By 1927, she was a featured attraction in a wizarding circus owned by Skender (who claimed to have found her in the 'jungles of Indonesia').
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Is Bill Weasley a werewolf?

Although he wasn't turned into a werewolf, he did develop some wolfish tendencies such as a liking for very rare steaks. He married Fleur on August 1, 1997, although their wedding was disrupted by the arrival of Death Eaters following the fall of the Ministry of Magic.
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Is Tom Riddle in Fantastic Beasts?

So far, Fantastic Beasts hasn't featured a young Tom Riddle, but it wouldn't be surprising if the final movie (whether Secrets of Dumbledore or another one) shows Riddle graduating Hogwarts and creating his first Horcruxes, linking the series to that of Harry Potter.
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Who killed delphini?

9 She Gets Attacked By Cedric

The plan is to prevent Cedric from winning the Triwizard Tournament and reaching the portkey. They go back in time several times, and on one attempt, Cedric actually ends up attacking Delphini.
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