OoP Prediction Derby -- Moved to OT Chatter

[catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., justanopinion2001me at y... wrote:
> 1.  What new magical place will we visit?
 
I have no wish for anyone to end up in Azkaban.  I am hoping that it 
will be St Mungo's Hospital - not because Harry has been incarcerated 
there, but perhaps because we are to meet Neville's parents, (or 
Lockhart again?!)

> 2.  Are any of the Dursleys wizards?  Who?
A possibility that it is Petunia?  We've dabated about whether it was 
she who blew up Aunt Marge.  Perhaps she is the person who comes to 
magic late in life, as JKR has suggested some such person exists.

> 3.  Identify the next DADA teacher.
I'd quite like to see the real Mad-Eye.  I have a feeling it could be 
Mrs Figg, and am still wondering if Mrs Figg is a contempoary of 
James Potter and Co. and has aged herself up.

> 4.  Which "beloved" character(s) will die?  Any other deaths, and 
if 
> so, who?  
I don't know if it is to be a "beloved" character - more a fan of 
Harry's.  Isn't that the rumour?  If so, I refuse to believe that it 
will be Hagrid, so probably either Dobby, Colin Creevey or Fleur 
Delacour.

> 5.  Of Lupin, Sirius, Krum, Fleur, Lockhart, Winky, Dobby, Moody, 
> Bagman, Madam Maxime, which characters will have roles in OoP?

Hopefully Lupin, Sirius definitely - the rest I don't really care 
about.

> 6.  At the end of OoP, will Dumbledore be the headmaster?
Yes!  I hope so!

> 7.  At the end of OoP, will Fudge be the Minister of Magic?
Hopefully, because if JKR is following her Roman History, his 
successor will be LUCIUS Malfoy.

> 8.  At the end of OoP, will Neville be the same forgetful boy, or 
> will he have changed in some way?
He changes all the time.  I think that Lupin and Crouch-as-Moody 
helped boost his confidence in GoF.  I am still of the opinion that 
he was a victim of a over-done memory charm, so fear that his bad 
memory is irreparable.

> 9.  At the end of OoP, will Sirius have cleared his name?
I hope so!  However, if the Dementors turn to Voldemort, at least he 
won't be under the threat of the Dementor's kiss anymore (at least 
not from the MoM, anyway.)

> 10.  Will Harry and Voldemort have a confrontation?
Hopefully not.  Time for a rest on that one, I think.  I think that 
Voldemort will be regrouping after his last encounter, and unless he 
is very stupid, will not want to meet face to face with Harry for 
some time.

> 11.  Of the following magical things, which will a character use or 
> confront:  pensieve, veritaserum, boggart, Marauder's Map, whomping 
> willow, polyjuice potion, nifflers, portkeys, rememberall, floo 
> powder, time turner, sneakoscope, foe glass, secrecy sensor, knight 
> bus.

I hope Harry got (gets) his map back.  As to the rest, I like many 
others, think that Polyjuice potion has now been used so effectively, 
that I am always going to be suspicious of characters from now on.  
As for the rest, I am sure portkeys and floo powder will be used - 
everyday things, after all.  I am hoping that JKR will come up with 
new and exciting things for us - she's never failed us yet.

> 12.  Will there be Quiddich?  If so, who will be the Gryffindor 
> Keeper?  Gryffindor Captain?
Gryffindor Captain - probably the twins, jointly (taking it in turns 
perhaps) or whoever is the most senior of the girls.  Keeper.  
Everyone goes on about Ron - how about Ginny?

> 13.  Will anyone else turn out to be an animagus?  Who?
Don't know - had enough of animagi now. Unless we hear something 
about Lily.  Or Snape is a vampire-bat.

> 14.  Who is Mundungus Fletcher?
One of the "old crowd."  I like him.  He seems eccentric and rather 
decrepit (sp?).  Trying to hex Arthur, he probably has a temper - 
trying to swindle the MoM - enterprising.  I always saw him as being 
a contemporaray of Dumbledore - an old crony?  Doesn't Arthur Weasley 
refer to him as "old" Mundungus Fletcher.

> 15.  Will Wormtail use his silver hand in an important way?

I don't know, but the reference someone made to lycanthropy and 
silver are very ominous.  Revenge against Lupin for attempting to 
kill him before Harry's intervention?