KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -The mountain troll is brought into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry during the first novel by Professor Quirinus Quirrell, whose ability to control trolls, especially large ones, is considered a rare talent among people.

Detailed explanation-2: -Professor Quirrell, to create a diversion so he could go after the Philosopher’s Stone, let a mountain troll into the castle on Hallowe’en, 1991. It wandered around the corridors until Harry and Ron locked it in a girls’ bathroom, only to realize soon after that Hermione Granger was also in that particular bathroom.

Detailed explanation-3: -So when Newt identifies three types of troll in the Fantastic Beasts textbook: mountain, forest and river – his description has its roots in existing myths.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Troll in the Bathroom was a mountain troll brought into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on 31 October (Hallowe’en) 1991 by Quirinus Quirrell, then possessed by Lord Voldemort, in an attempt to steal the Philosopher’s Stone of Nicolas Flamel.

Detailed explanation-5: -To do that, Quirrell needed to have a proper look at what was guarding it on the third floor corridor. By letting the troll into the school, he caused a distraction and knew he would have time to investigate… he just didn’t foresee quite how pivotal that choice would be.