Why was Longbottom tortured?

He and his wife were tortured for information about Voldemort's whereabouts after he lost his powers, as you heard.
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Did Neville witness his parents get tortured?

While Voldemort killed Harry's parents and Lily saved her son through the power of love, the Death Eaters tortured Neville's parents with the Cruciatus Curse. Alice and Frank didn't physically die, but they lost everything that made them who they were, and were sent to St.
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How did Neville Longbottom parents get tortured?

Neville's parents were well-respected Aurors and members of the original Order of the Phoenix until they were tortured into insanity by Bellatrix Lestrange and three other Death Eaters with the Cruciatus Curse when he was about sixteen months old.
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Why did the Longbottoms go insane?

Unaware that Lord Voldemort had fled to Albania, Frank Longbottom could not give them what they wanted. However, this did not discourage the four assailants from trying to uncover Voldemort's whereabouts. The torture resulted in Frank being so physically and mentally depleted that he spiralled into insanity.
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How long were the Longbottoms tortured for?

I know politics can drag on, but I can't believe this period took eight years. It seems most likely to have been maybe two years, three at most. This means the earliest Crouch Jr's 'death' could have been is 1987, placing the attack on the Longbottoms in 1986.
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The Day Neville Longbottom Lost His Parents



Why did Cho betray Harry?

Cho didn't like Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger; she believed that Harry had romantic feelings for Hermione, instead of being friends. This was one of the reasons that Cho and Harry fell apart. However, she fought with Dumbledore's Army during the Battle of Hogwarts, and the most of them survived the war.
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Why did Barty Crouch Jr turn Malfoy into a ferret?

Barty had a bone to pick with Lucius Malfoy and Draco served as a substitute. That was the reason of the memorable ferret incident. The fun part is that Barty didn't need to feign hatred.
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How old were the Longbottoms when they were tortured?

Family. Frank and his wife were Aurors and members of the first Order of the Phoenix. They had a son named Neville together. When Neville was only a year old, Frank and Alice were tortured to insanity by four Death Eaters.
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Was Alice Longbottom a Death Eater?

They earned her wrath by being very efficient at their jobs. They were responsible for a lot of Death Eater captures, arrests, and imprisonments throughout the First Wizarding War. Alice gave birth to their only child, Neville, on 30 July 1980.
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Do the Longbottoms ever recover?

Alice and Frank Longbottom never recovered — they lived out their lives in St. Mungo's.
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Why does Voldemort have no nose?

Following is the accepted answer from there. Voldemort's appearance became more snake-like as he delved deeper into Dark Magic, and his face became more serpentine, which would presumably explain the flattening of his nose.
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Why did Voldemort let Neville talk?

The only reason Voldemort let him talk is because he saw no threat in Neville. “It doesn't matter Harry is gone.” Neville expresses. “Stand down Neville,” is the only voice heard in the crowd of hundreds.
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Why did Moody help Neville?

We know Moody was actually Barty Crouch Jr., and he wanted to give Neville the book for a different reason. He wanted Neville to learn about Gillyweed so that he could pass the information along to Harry, to make sure he succeeds in the Second Task and wins the Triwizard Tournament to fall into the Dark Lord's trap.
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What did Bellatrix do to Hermione?

After being on the run from a bunch of Snatchers, the gang were taken to Malfoy Manor, where Bellatrix proceeded to torture Hermione using the Cruciatus Curse. It was a testament to Hermione's toughness that she was able to walk away without lasting damage.
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Why was Barty Crouch Jr a Death Eater?

Barty Crouch Jr's hatred for his father worsened every day, just like what happened with Tom, and it can be guessed that Barty Crouch Jr possibly got used to doing Dark things every day that lead him to become a Death Eater - after his grudge and rebellion against his father.
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What does the cruciatus curse feel like?

The pain caused by the Cruciatus Curse was described by Harry Potter as being worse than "one thousand white-hot knives, boring into the skin" and beyond what most people would ever experience.
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Is Neville Longbottom a pure-blood?

The Longbottoms

Look at Neville Longbottom – he's pure-blood and he can hardly stand a cauldron the right way up. ' Neville comes from a long-line of pure-blood wizards, although we don't know as much about the individuals as we do with some other wizarding families.
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Why does Barty Crouch Jr do the tongue thing?

It was added into the movie because they needed to give foreshadowing to the audience that Barty Crouch Jr was impersonating Mad Eye. In the book, they use other methods of foreshadowing, (eg winky, more development with Barty Crouch Sr, etc).
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What did Moody do to Draco?

In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, we see Alastor "Mad Eye" Moody dole out punishment to Draco, by turning him into The Amazing Bouncing Ferret.
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What was the spell Moody use on Malfoy?

History. Barty Crouch Jnr (disguised as Mad-Eye Moody) used this spell on Draco Malfoy in the 1994 when he tried to cast a dark charm at Harry Potter behind his back at the Marble Staircase, in front of many students, including Vincent Crabbe who tried to pick the ferret up, only to be scolded by Moody.
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Why could Voldemort touch Harry?

In the graveyard in the Goblet of Fire, Voldemort was able to freely touch Harry without harm once he possessed Harry's blood (which contained Lily's sacrificial protection).
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What would happen if Voldemort didn't use Harry's blood?

If Voldemort didn't use Harry's blood, then he wouldn't be able to get passed the love protection and the next time he tried using AK on Harry the spell would backfire and destroy him again.
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Why did Voldemort split his soul?

When Voldemort was hit by the back-fired Killing Curse at Potters' home in Godric's Hollow, it caused Voldemort's soul to split, with one fragment immediately seeking out the only other living thing in the room and latching onto it — Harry Potter. The rest of Voldemort's mutilated soul fled.
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