[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape's Task and Crouch-Moody as Teacher

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 15584

foxmoth at qnet.com wrote:

> Great idea! But there must be some way of checking for polyjuice,
> because Voldemort states that the Ministry of Magic will be "checking
> and double checking identities" in GoF ch. 1 and sites this as the
> reason to delay the execution of his plans. Might Voldie be cautious
> enough to do some checking himself?

There is a way to check for Polyjuice--it lasts exactly one hour. Just
lock the person you're suspicious of in a room with nothing to eat or
drink for two hours. Voila! The real McCoy. There may be a spell to
check for it, too, which nobody thought to use just randomly (much like
you don't do drug tests until there's a problem). Now that it's a "high
profile" method of disguise, after Barty Jr., they  might indeed be
checking for it. Both sides. Especially since it was probably
Voldemort's idea in the first place.

--Amanda


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