KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -After all, it was by mixing his wizarding and Muggle names that he created his new moniker: ‘Tom Marvolo Riddle’, becoming ‘I am Lord Voldemort’.

Detailed explanation-2: -Voldemort’s given name was Tom Marvolo Riddle. In the second book he explains that the appellation “Lord Voldemort” is derived from an anagram of his name: TOM MARVOLO RIDDLE → I AM LORD VOLDEMORT. This is also a play on words, as his name, Tom Marvolo Riddle, is also itself a riddle.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hogwarts years (1938–1945) Riddle was educated at Hogwarts from 1938 to 1945, and was sorted into Slytherin House, a nod to his ancestor Salazar Slytherin. During summer breaks, he was forced to return to the Muggle orphanage, which he despised and dreaded more than any other place on earth.

Detailed explanation-4: -His viciousness to Muggle-borns is connected: Riddle may be half-blood, but Muggle-borns can claim no wizarding heritage, therefore to him they are as low as Muggles themselves. Riddle also hates Muggles because they remind him of his childhood and the Muggle father who deserted him.