JKR site update WOMBAT part 2 - RESULTS- Question about answers

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 159201

 > Tonks:
> Maybe we should compare the answers of all of the people who got an 
> Outstanding, because so far some of them do not match.  Sorry, it 
is 
> the Auror in me. 
> 
 
Hickengruendler:

I hope it is okay to do this here and not on the Off-Topic, since it 
does include speculation about Canon, after all.

Like I said, I did the test twice and got one E and one O. And 
although I remember mostly which answers I chose, I am not sure which 
answers I chose on the first try and which on the second. My 
suspicion is, that she used a point system, where the best answer got 
maybe 4 or 5 points, and the second best or third best answers still 
got some points.

But anyway:

> 1. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
>
> -Hags eat small children
> -Inferi cannot speak
> -Goblins fear sunlight
> -There are no female centaurs
> -Vampire bites are curable nowadays

Inferi cannot speak. The Goblins were in the Three Broomsticks in GoF 
interrogating Bagman during the day, and there was no mentioning that 
they were afraid of standing near the window or something. I don't 
know about the Vampire bites. We haven't seen any female centaurs, 
but maybe they are obliged to stay back. Like already mentioned 
during this thread, Steve from the Lexicon said, that Hags definitely 
eat children according to JKR, therefore I suppose this is the 
correct answer, but I chose the Inferi one, because I think they 
would loose a lot of their creepiness, if they suddenly started to 
talk.

> 2. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
>
> -Ghosts can cause movement of both liquid and gas
> -Freshwater merpeople are less warlike than salt
> -The werewolf's snout is shorter than that of the true wolf
> -There are no male veela
> -Hags have four toes on each foot

Myrtle caused water movement in CoS. And I know there's *some* 
difference between the snouts of a wolf and a werewolf. The Veela one 
sounded true to me. I had no idea about the other two. I chose once 
the merpeople one and once the Hags one.

> 3. Which of the following are considered MOST dangerous by the
> Ministry of Magic?
>
> -Dementors
> -Hags
> -Inferi
> -Vampires
> -Werewolves

Inferi. It was just my gut feeling. The ministry underestimated the 
Dementors for quite a long time and thought, they could control them. 
They do not seem to think this about the Inferi, therefore that's 
what I chose.

> 4. Which of the following are considered AMORTAL (have never died,
> and can never die) by the Ministry of Magic?
>
> -Dementors
> -Ghosts
> -Inferi
> -Poltergeists
> -Vampires
>

Ghosts and Inferi can be ruled out. They died to became ghosts or 
Inferi. And normally Vampires a) were once human and died to become 
Vampires and b) can be killed. Granted, we don't know if this is the 
case in Potterverse as well, but I see no reason, why for example 
Sanguini could not die. And I surely hope the Dementors can be killed 
somehow. That leaves the Poltergeists. Peeves is definitely not a 
real ghost, and he never was a real person, therefore he did not die 
to become a Poltergeist. And given what he represents within 
Hogwarts, it makes sense to me that he cannot be killed.

> 5. Which (still unresolved) issue do most historians believe
> triggered the infamous goblin rebellion of 1612?
>
> -Lack of goblin representation on the Wizengamot?
> -Wizard attempts to enslave goblins and use as house-elves?
> -Wizard refusal to grant goblins the right to carry a wand?
> -Attempt of wizards to regain control of Gringotts bank
> -Series of brutal goblin-slayings by wizard murderer Yardley Platt

The last one can be ruled out, I think. It's not unresolved. I 
haven't heard anything about wizards trying to use goblins as house-
elves, and I think someone would have mentioned it. D sounds unlikely 
as well, IMO. I think I voted once for the Wizengamot one and once 
for the one with the wands, but I'm not sure anymore. It's also 
possible that I voted for one of them both times.

> 6. Which of the following statements on giants is TRUE?
>
> -Giant clans are matriarchal (females in charge)
> -Female giants are usually larger than males
> -Giants' eyesight is very poor compared with that of humans
> -Giants are nocturnal
> -Many giants are cannibals

Not the first one. And I think the second one goes hand in hand with 
the first. Didn't Hagrid say, that they often rip off each other's 
heads to become the Gurg. Therefore I assume the bigger ones areb in 
advance, and that if the female giants were bigger, the clans would 
be matriarchal. Grawp was at Dumbledore's funeral, which was during 
the day, and I think if the last one were true, Rita Skeeter would 
have mentioned it in her article about Hagrid, or Hagrid would have 
mentioned it during his tale in Ootp. That leaves the third option.

> 7. Which of the following statements on house-elves is FALSE?
>
> -House-elves have an average life-expectancy of 200 years
> -A house-elf's allegiance is foremost to its house (rather than to
> the inhabitants of the house)
> -House-elves cannot be ordered to kill themselves
> -House-elf magic is sufficiently powerful to override wizards
> enchantments
> -House-elves breed infrequently and then only with their master's
> permission

Kreacher is bound to oblige Harry, even though Harry doesn't live in 
GP12. Therefore I chose the answer with the house.

> 8. In a recent Ministry of Magic poll, what was identified as the
> issue most concerning the wizarding community at the present time?
>
> -Insufficient information given by Ministry of Magic regarding the
> return of Lord Voldemort
> -Insufficient action taken by Ministry of Magic to fight Lord
> Voldemort
> -Inadequate Ministry of Magic resources devoted to the protection
of
> the wizarding community
> -Over-reaction of the Ministry of Magic to the return of Lord
> Voldemort, which is the best thing that has happened to the
> wizarding community in many years

I voted one time for the lack of information and one time for the 
lack of action. No specific reasons, but both seems very likely to me.

> 9. According to a recent article in the Daily Prophet, which
subject
> at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry has been complained
> about by parents more than any other (over 100 year period)?
>
> -Care of Magical Creatures
> -Defense Against the Dark Arts
> -History of Magic
> -Muggle Studies

Care of Magical Creatures. Didn't Hagrid's predecessor retire because 
he wanted to enjoy life with his remaining limbs? That does not sound 
as if the danger of the subject is *solely* Hagrid's fault.  

> 10. What percentage of wizards and witches believe that Weather-
> Modifying Charms should be regulated due to their effect upon the
> environment? (Figures collected by Committee for Experimental
Charms)
> - 3%
> - 33%
> - 53%
> - 93%

Don't know. I went with 33% on my first try and 53% on my second try, 
simply because they were in the middle. I've no idea, really.

> 11. Which health scare at St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies
> and Injuries has recently caused widespread panic? (Source: St.
> Mungo's Admissions Department)
>
> -Suspected brain damage due to Imperius Curse
> -Suspected death due to Thestral sightings
> -Spate of suspected werewolf bits
> -Uncontrollable bleeding due to 'Nosebleed Nougat'

Werewolf bites. With Fenrir at large (even though he probably isn't 
after the end of HBP, but he was until then), this seems to be the 
most likely cause for panic.

> 12. What change would 18% of wizards like to see to the
requirements
> for membership of the Wizengamot? (Source: Ministry of Magic poll)
>
> -Average age lowered from 87
> -Proof of pure-blood status
> -Maximum of three years in post
> -Goblin representation

Really, it could be all of this, except the one about Goblin 
representation, IMO. I do not think that 18% of the wizarding society 
care about Goblin rights. It's IMO more likely, that these is the 
number of fanatic purebloods. But I still chose the first answer, 
because this is exactly the kind of ironic comparison to our real 
world JKR would make. I mean, doesn't the average age of those groups 
in our world sometimes seem like 87 as well? ;-)

> 13. Assuming that you already have a wand, which THREE of the
> following would you consider indispensable in case of trouble?

I chose the cloak and the broom both times and once the sneakoscope 
and the other time the foe glass. In retrospective, the for glass 
might be more useful, since it warns you, when the enemy is 
approaching, while the Sneakoscope only rings, when he's around. 

> 14. Which of the following is the ONLY magical invention whose
> effect has not yet been duplicated FULLY by Muggle ingenuity?
>
> -Flying broomstick
> -Mrs. Skower's All-Purpose Magical Mess Remover
> -Omnioculars
> -"reparo"
> -Self-ironing robes

Reparo.

> 15. Which of the following is the ONLY Muggle invention whose
> effects cannot be duplicated FULLY by magic?
>
> -Aeroplane
> -Car
> -Computer
> -Telephone
> -Television

The Computer. We haven't seen a Television either, but given what we 
know about the magic, it could easily be invented by a combination of 
a few wizarding items we know.

> 16. The following beliefs are widely held in the wizarding world,
> but only ONE is actually TRUE. (According to the latest research
> from the Institute of Muggle Studies) Which is it?
>
> -Muggleborn witches/wizards are more likely to produce Squib
> children than those who have one or more wizarding parents.
> -Muggleborn witches/wizards usually have a witch or wizard ancestor
> somewhere in their family tree, though s/he may be generations back.
> -Muggleborn witches/wizards are generally less prone to certain
> magical ilnesses than those who have one or more wizarding parent.
> -Muggleborn witches/wizards are generally slower to show signs of
> magic in childhood than those who have one or more wizarding
parents.
> -Muggleborn witches/wizards have great natural rhythm.

I chose the one with the magical illnesses. Maybe the Muggle Gene can 
stop them from breaking out.

> 17. Which of the following statements is FALSE? (According to the
> latest research from the Institute of Muggle Studies)
>
> -It is possible for a Muggle to produce elementary magic if they
> have access to a wand and a book of spells.
> -It is possible for a Muggle to inadvertently stumble upon
magically
> protected areas such as Diagon Alley and St. Mungo's Hospital for
> Magical Maladies and Injuries.
> -It is possible for a Muggle to see and correctly identify magical
> creatures.
> -It is possible for a Muggle to see and yet deny the existence of
> magical creatures, even without magical intervention.
> -It is possible for a Muggle to believe in impossibilities

I'm pretty sure the first one is false. Didn't JKR answer this 
recently?

> 18. Muggle are:
>
> -Ignorant
> -In danger
> -Inferior to wizards
> -Insensitive to their surroundings
> -Interesting
> -Irritating facts of life

Muggles are in danger. 

Hickengruendler