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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How did Harry get Nimbus 2000?

Harry Potter has owned several broomsticks. Harry started using the average school broomstick. Later in his first year, Minerva McGonagall sent him a Nimbus 2000 after he became part of Gryffindor Quidditch Team.
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Did McGonagall buy Harry's Nimbus 2000?

In the movie, professor Minerva McGonagall gives Harry Potter a Nimbus 2000 when he joins the Gryffindor Quidditch team. “I watched the first movie, and paused many times throughout the scene and saw that there were different styles for the shots and different versions,” he said.
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Why did McGonagall take Harry's broom?

History. Minerva McGonagall taking Harry's Firebolt away, so that it could undergo the stripping-down process Correctly suspecting that Sirius Black sent it, Hermione Granger reported it to Professor McGonagall. McGonagall then confiscated it for testing, in order to ensure Harry's safety.
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What is special about the Nimbus 2000?

Broomstick information

The Nimbus 2000 was a broomstick produced by the Nimbus Racing Broom Company as part of their successful line of racing brooms. At the time of its release in 1991, it was the fastest broomstick in production.
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Harry Potter gets his first broomstick - Nimbus 2000



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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Which is the fastest broom in Harry Potter?

The Firebolt was capable of going from nought to one hundred and fifty miles per hour in ten seconds. This broomstick also boasted an unbreakable Braking Charm, superb balance and precision, and hovered at reasonable mounting height when let go. By 1994, the Firebolt was the fastest broomstick in the whole world.
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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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How much is Firebolt worth?

In GoF, the Triwizard Tournament prize is a thousand galleons and that's a significant amount. While Harry's in Diagon Alley in PoA, he overhears that the Ireland Quidditch team put an order of 7. Going on this information, each Firebolt would probably be slightly over 200 galleons.
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Who buys Harry his Nimbus 2000 in the book?

And yet, very early on in his first year, Harry Potter is gifted a Nimbus 2000 by the head of his house Professor McGonagall. This no doubt made Harry Potter the only first year student to be allowed their own broom.
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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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What was in Vault 713?

At the beginning of the first book, Gringotts Vault 713, a higher-security vault, held a small grubby bag, which we later learn contains the Philosopher's Stone. Albus Dumbledore sends Hagrid to retrieve it while he escorts Harry to Diagon Alley.
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Did McGonagall pay for Nimbus?

It's never explicitly stated who paid for this broom, however it's likely to have been McGonagall herself as she's the one who made arrangements for Harry to receive it and it's unlikely she'd have access to Harry's inheritance to use that to pay for the broom due to McGonagall not being his legal guardian.
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Who gave Harry invisible cloak?

Ten years later, Dumbledore gave Harry Potter the Cloak of Invisibility as a Christmas present anonymously and told him to "use it well".
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Why didnt Snape help Quirrell?

In muttering his countercurse at the Quidditch pitch and saving Harry, Snape shows that either he already suspected and was under orders to stop Quirrell OR he was simply doing it because of his obligation to protect Harry from his promises to Dumbledore and because James saved him once, or for Lily's memory.
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What does Dumbledore see in the mirror?

When looking in the Mirror, Dumbledore first saw his and Grindelwald's younger selves agreeing to a blood oath, followed by an image of Grindelwald in the film's present day. As Dumbledore admitted to Aurors trying to track down the evil wizard, the pair were once even closer than brothers.
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What is the slowest broom in Harry Potter?

7 Shooting Star. The Shooting Star is an affordable broomstick option. It's used primarily as a learning broomstick, and it's the broom used to teach students at Hogwarts. Ron once commented that his first broom was the Shooting Star and it was so slow that butterflies were able to pass by him.
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What was Harry's last broom?

The Firebolt is a costly broom and Harry Potter was among the first to own one.
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Is Fire-Boltt 360 waterproof?

Fire-Boltt 360 SpO2 Full Touch Large Round Display with in-Built Games, 8 Days Battery Life, IP67 Water Resistant with Blood Oxygen and Heart Rate Monitoring (Black)
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Did Crookshanks know Scabbers was an Animagus?

Yes, Crookshanks was half-kneazle and had a sense of what Scabbers truly was. Sirius actually explains that after he gained Crookshank's trust he was able to communicate to what "Scabbers" actually was.
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What form is Hermione's Patronus?

Hermione's patronus is an otter, which means Rowling based Hermione's patronus on her favorite animal. It makes sense that Rowling would choose her favorite animal for Granger. The author has said that she sees much of herself in the young wizard, including shared "insecurity and a great fear of failure."
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How did Harry Potter parents get so rich?

"Linfred was a vague and absent-minded fellow whose Muggle neighbours often called upon his medicinal services," Rowling explained. It was these "medicinal services," including "Skele-gro" and "Pepper Potion," that were the beginnings of the Potter family fortune.
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Can a Muggle fly a broom?

Wands and brooms (and flying cars) are tools that channel magic. Thus the same way that Muggles cannot use wands to perform magic, they wouldn't be able to use brooms to fly.
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What broomstick does Draco Malfoy have?

Comet 260. This broom has been owned by Draco Malfoy, Cho Chang and Nymphadora Tonks in the series. It was mentioned in the first book and again in the fifth book.
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Is Quidditch a real sport?

Quidditch is more widely known as the sport played by fictional character Harry Potter, but the sport has evolved into the real world and now its official league announced a huge shift away from its creator.
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