Chapter 8 Summary: The Quidditch World Cup

[Rita Winston]

No: HPFGUIDX 676

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Kathleen Kelly MacMillan wrote:
<kathleen at c...> wrote:
> > - thus securing Fred and George a nice payoff for their risky 
> > wager in the last chapter.
> 
> My question is:  How on earth did George and Fred predict such an
> odd event? Knowing them, there was more to this than luck.  
> Spending some time with Professor Trelawney, perhaps?

Personally, I think they made their prediction based on their 
knowledge of all the players on both sides and how they had performed 
in the earlier matches. And the twins have never seemed to me to be 
averse to taking an occasional risk...