Why not Accio the golden egg? (Was: Origins of Avada Kedavra)

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 148362

Lolita wrote:
<snip>
> Somebody asked why Harry didn't just accio the egg. <snip> IIRC,
wasn't the task about getting *past* the dragon to get the egg? 
Wouldn't the summoning of the egg be something like cheating, because
 you could do it from almost anywhere? <snip>

Carol responds:
I'm not sure that it would be cheating, exactly, but the task was
designed to test the champions' courage and daring, not their
resourcefulness, and it wouldn't take much courage to stand as far
away as possible (out of reach of fire and claws) and summon the egg.
Well, not much courage if the dragon is chained and can't attack you.
So even if it's not technically cheating, IMO it doesn't really meet
the requirements and would consequently receive a low score from most
if not all of the judges, whereas using a broom requires both skill
and daring. I think there's a subjective element to the scoring, as in
ice skating or gymnastics, where a difficult routine performed with a
few small faults will score higher than a faultless but easy routine.
(Correct me if I'm wrong!) If the crowd at the TWT doesn't ooh and ah
the performance, it won't get a high score. So Crouch!Moody advised
Harry to play to his strengths, to be *impressive* as well as
successful--not just to survive the first task but to earn the highest
score. (Of course, he had an ulterior motive, but his advice did
enable Harry to win that event.)

Carol, with apologies for responding to the post script instead of the
post