HP4GU Contest #14 Results

[Joy M]

No: HPFGUIDX 26856

Well, we have a whole bunch of smart people here in HP4GUland.  The 
following people correctly solved the acrostic puzzle:

Jen Faulkner, Vicki Granger, Sheryll Townsend, Jacqueline Brasen, 
Gwen, JAMIE W, Libby, catherine, Julia, Elena Maestri, Brandon, Luce, 
and Amy Zurgatroyd

The quote found in the acrostic diagram is:

  Albus Dumbledore had gotten to his feet.  He was beaming at the 
students, his arms opened wide, as if nothing could have pleased him 
more than to see them all there.
  "Welcome!" he said.  "Welcome to a new year at Hogwarts!  Before we 
begin our banquet, I would like to say a few words.  And here they 
are:  Nitwit!  Blubber!  Oddment!  Tweak!

The phrase from the wordlist is:

Book Two:  Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

The clues from the wordlist are:

Unpopular vegetable: BEET
Vow: OATH
The Moor of Venice: OTHELLO
Hagrid carries one in his pocket: KETTLE
Subject: THEME
Useful spell for getting rid of annoying poltergeists: WADDIWASI
Strange: ODD
Type of sandwich (3 wds.):   HAM AND SWISS
Reverence: AWE
How Norbert likes his meat: RAW
Oldtime movie actor Basil: RATHBONE
YABBA dabba - do
Made a sound: PEEPED
Not this one but the (2 wds.): OTHER ONE
One of the most important courses at Hogwarts: TRANSFIGURATION
Type of suit material: TWEED
You could say that this "half-defines" Buckbeak: EQUINE
Scabbers is one; Mickey is not: RAT
If Harry had killed Pettigrew he would have AVENGED THE  death of his 
parents.  (2 wds.)
NIMBUS  2000:
Wizard who discovered the twelve uses of dragon's blood: DUMBLEDORE
Gregory Goyle hardly ever has one: THOUGHT
Keeper of the Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts: HAGRID
Eddie's real name, sometimes: EDMUND
Wallace's favorite food: CHEESE
Hello, in Texas: HOWDY
U's first name: ALBUS
What Crookshanks says: MEOW
What only Harry could hear: BASILISK
Ravenclaw's symbol: EAGLE
Madam Hooch's Quidditch position: REFEREE
"My country `tis  "  (2 wds.): OF THEE
The best broomstick: FIREBOLT
The most important Quidditch ball: SNITCH
Book by J.K. Rowling's favorite author: EMMA
COLIN  Creevey:
REMUS  Lupin:
Recant (3 wds.): EAT ONE'S HAT
Number of chapters in the third Harry Potter book: TWENTY-TWO
Believe gullibly: SWALLOW