Portkey Problem... and Tasks question

[blenberry]

No: HPFGUIDX 32966

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., CB <eleri at a...> wrote:

> Setting up the portkey during the last challenge was the only way 
Voldemort 
> could get Harry away without people wondering where he'd gotten to. 
Most 
> would have assumed it was part of the challenge. If they'd rigged 
something 
> else as a portkey any other time, people would have been all up in 
arms the 
> second Harry vanished. Doing it the way he did gave LV extra time 
to act.



I agree, although I wonder... did Dumbledore know any of what 
happened in the maze?  Just wondering why he only asked Harry what 
happened after he touched the Cup.  I wondered if the crowd could see 
down into the maze over the top of the 20-foot hedges, since the 
Quidditch seats are high.  And if none of it was visible, then 
weren't both the second and third tasks pretty lousy spectator 
events?  The champions go in, and the crowd waits for an hour... not 
much for Bagman to commentate on, either.