HP4GU Contest #6 Results

[joym999 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 21319

Well, the results are finally in for HP4GU Contest #6 – and quite a 
contest it was, too.  In this contest you were asked to find words or 
phrases from the Potterverse that began with certain letters in 5 
different categories.

There were many entries from people who clearly scoured the HP books, 
looking for obscure People, Places, Beings, Things and Terms.  In 
fact, people were so intent on finding obscure words that the Person 
entries for the letter H consisted of 2 Olive Hornbys and 2 Hannah 
Abbots, but only 1 Hagrid, 1 Hermione, and no Harrys at all!

Players were asked to choose a word – SNAPE, GHOST, or MAGIC, and 
submit 25 words or phrases beginning with each letter from the word 
chosen in each of the five categories.  Each unique entry was worth 2 
points, making 50 points the highest possible score for any one entry.

Eleven people submitted entries for the word GHOST.  The highest 
score was 34 points, by Mark Navarrete (mark_weasley at hotmail.com), 
who has gone through all the footnotes in QTTA and FB with a fine-
toothed comb.  Anne (old_wych at yahoo.com) and Lea 
(f95lean at dd.chalmers.se) also did quite well, scoring 30 points.

The word MAGIC was the most popular, with 12 players sending in 
entries.  The winner of this one was also Mark Navarrete 
(mark_weasley at hotmail.com), with 30 points.  Elena 
(elena.maestri at unipr.it) and Brandon (bak42 at netzero.net ) also did 
quite well, scoring 29 and 28 points, respectively.

The SNAPE contest attracted only 6 entries.  The winner was, yep, you 
guessed it, Mark Navarrete (mark_weasley at hotmail.com), with 38 
points.  Catherine (catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk) and Joy 
(joy0823 at earthlink.net) each got 34 points.

Clearly, Mark is desperately in need of a 12-step program for his HP 
addiction.  However, I am instead sending him an HP Journal and owl 
bookmark to reward his amazing obsessiveness. (This is also known as 
the Vander Ark Prize, given only to people who truly impress me with 
their fanaticism.)

Thanks very much for participating, everyone!  A list of all the 
words and phrases from the contest entries can be found in the Files 
section.

–Joywitch