some pointless questions from GOF

[thomasmwall <thomasmwall@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 50370

">2. Was there a House Cup at all in the fourth year?
<SNIP>"

"No, it was not done out of respect for Cedric. I also think JKR is 
trying to 
show that things are changing. The House Cup was something we knew we 
were 
going to have, because we had the last three years. Now that's gone. 
In fact 
I bet it won't come back till book 7 if at all."


I agree that there is no mention of the house cup winners during the 
final banquet, but I don't think that it's due to respect for the 
departed.

As far as I remember, there is nothing in canon to support the notion 
of a House Cup during the Triwizard Tournament.  Actually, due to the 
nature of the Tournament, it would seem (to me) to be highly 
inappropriate to have such a contest, when everyone's supposed to be 
supporting their school champion.  I'm not sure how the other schools 
organize their students, but in Hogwarts' case, a house cup during a 
Tournament year would do nothing but undermine support for the 
Hogwarts Champion.

To supplement that, I don't recall any mention of points being added 
to or taken from any of the houses or students during GoF, although 
this could just be a lapse in memory on my part.

-Tom