Why did the Cup have to be the portkey?

The Cup was made into a Portkey because Harry was bound to touch it with Crouch Jr. making it easier for Harry. If Harry were to disappear anytime during the school year, it would have triggered a massive manhunt and with Dumbledore in charge, the truth would be found out.

Why was the Triwizard Cup a two way portkey?

The Cup was a portkey to the stage outside the Maze, so that there could be no argument over who first laid hands on it. This is why it was made exempt from the Hogwarts wards against portkeys. So all Crouch had to do was add a second Portus on top of the first one.

Can anything be a portkey?

Almost any inanimate object could be turned into a Portkey. When secrecy was paramount, and mass movement was planned, the chosen Portkey would be a nondescript object secreted in an out-of-the-way place, so that it would be taken for a piece of unimportant debris by Muggle passers-by.

Who turned the Triwizard Cup into a portkey?

We all know what happened next. The Cup has been turned into a portkey by Barty Crouch Jr., and both were whisked away to the graveyard in Little Hangleton, where Cedric was killed immediately, and Harry watched in horror as Voldemort was resurrected.

Can a Muggle use a portkey?

Yes muggles would be transported if they touch a portkey. Also there is nothing in the canon to suggest that muggles cannot use magical means of transport. This is what makes portkeys dangerous and their use is restricted by the Ministry of Magic.

Was the Triwizard Cup a Horcrux?

Although she did not know that the cup was a Horcrux, Lestrange treated the object with extreme priority, storing it in her family vault at Gringotts Wizarding Bank, considered to be impossible to plunder.

What was the Portkey in the Goblet of Fire?

Portkeys appeared in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire first as a means of getting to a major event, specifically the Quidditch World Cup, where it was used to transport those members of the Weasley family and those members of the Diggory family who were unable to Apparate.

Why did the portkey go back to Hogwarts?

Voldermort did not want the wizarding world to know he had returned. Was the plan was to kill Harry at the graveyard and return his body to Hogwarts via the portkey so people would assume he died as a freak accident in the tournament (much like Cedric).

What color does a portkey glow?

Immediately after casting, the target would glow bright blue, as the Portkey did when it is ready, but after a few seconds, it would return to its normal colour.

What color does a Portkey glow?

Is floo powder real?

Floo powder was invented by Ignatia Wildsmith in the thirteenth century. Its manufacture is strictly controlled. The only licensed producer in Britain is Floo-Pow, a company whose Headquarters is in Diagon Alley, and who never answer their front door.