Revised: DH Ultimate and Final Predictions Contest for Bragging Rights

Tue Jul 3 00:00:31 UTC 2007

No: HPFGUIDX 171153

Coming out of lurkdom to join in the fun! (Revised, because I don't know 
what I'm doing since I rarely post - I hope this one is right).

Compulsory Questions (50 points total):

If you believe the answer to a question is a new character,
write "new character" *and* describe relationships to old characters
or characteristics of new character for full credit.

1. Will Harry die and stay dead at the end of HPDH?
No

2. Will Voldemort die and stay dead at the end of HPDH?
Yes

3. Excluding Harry and Voldemort, who will be the most prominent
character to die and stay dead?
Order: Hagrid (and sadly, probably more, but I think Hagrid will be
one of, if not the most, prominent of them)
DEs: Bellatrix

4. From HBP (p125, American Hardcover), in the shop while the trio
were listening with Extendable Ears, what did Draco show Borgin that
scared him?
His Dark Mark

5. Assuming Hogwarts reopens as a school, who will return as a
student, which means enrolled in classes whether or not they attend
the classes (answer yes or no for each):

a. Harry? No
b. Draco? No
c. Hermione? Yes
d. Luna? Yes
e. Ron? Yes
f. Neville? Yes
g. Ginny? Yes

I think H, R, G will do so begrudgingly. Ginny will go at her
Mother's insistence. R & H at Harry's.

6. Which will be the most prominent couple to marry, if any, during
the time period covered in DH, excluding any epilogue?
Bill & Fleur

7. Who will be the unusual person who performs magic for the first
time "very late in life?"
Arabella Figg, during the inevitable attack on Privet Drive once
Harry turns 17.

8. Assuming Hogwarts reopens as a school, who will be the:
a. Head Boy? Ron
b. Head Girl? Hermione
c. DADA Instructor? Bill Weasley, much to his newlywed bride's
chagrin
d. Potions Master or Mistress? Slughorn
e. Headmaster or -mistress? McGonagall (leaving open a
Transfiguration post to be filled byTonks?)

9. Where do Snape's ultimate loyalties lie?

With Dumbledore

10. Identify the seven Horcruxes. (If you think there are more or
less than seven, write "n/a" or add extra letters as necessary.
Horcruxes in previous books and previously inactivated Horcruxes
must be identified for full credit. If you think one of the soul
pieces is in Voldemort so there are six external Horcruxes plus the
bit still in him, then write "In Voldemort" for one of the answers.)
a. Ring
b. Locket (12 GP)
c. Diary
d. Hufflepuff Cup
e. Ravenclaw Wand (the one in the window at Ollivander's)
f. Tom Riddle's award for service to the school
g. in Voldemort

This one was incredibly difficult, but I'm guessing Voldie never got
his hands on a Gryffindor artifact. And I just have a feeling about
that service award. Plus, having a horcrux in Hogwarts helps along
the narrative; Harry can finally make his way back to Hogwarts to
reunite with Ron, Hermione, and Ginny prior to the penultimate
battle (I think there will be a big battle of Order vs. DEs at
Hogwarts, but it will end with Harry vs. Voldemort one-on-one in
another locale  probably the MoM).

In case Hogwarts does not reopen, or in case we do not have
sufficient information to answer #5 and #8 above, these two
alternate questions will used in place of #5 and #8, above. If #5
and #8 are sufficiently answered in DH, the alternate questions will
be used as tiebreakers.

Alternate 1. What are Snape's patronus and boggart?

Patronus: I'm torn between a lily and a phoenix, but I'll go with
phoenix (what better way to prove his allegiance to DD?)

Boggart: DD's death

Alternate 2. What is behind the locked door at the Department of
Mysteries in the Ministry of Magic?
Like everyone else, I too believe it is Love.

Predictions (10 points each / 50 points total):

Make 5 predictions not covered in the Compulsory Question section.

-- Only your first 5 predictions will be evaluated and included in
your score. Extra predictions may be marveled at but will not be
scored.

1. Snape was the "awful boy" Petunia was referring to. This will
most likely be revealed by Petunia when she tells all to Harry post-
Privet Drive battle.

2. Snape and Lily definitely had some kind of past, but if
romantic, it was completely one-sided.

3. Neville will be the one to do in Bellatrix.

4. Dumbledore did not die of an AK.

5. Charlie and his dragons, including Norbert, will arrive to help
fight in the penultimate battle.

For the marveling (or, at least, the contemplating):

6. Harry will inherit some useful, never-before-seen (to us), item
(s) from Dumbledore that will assist him in Voldie's downfall.

7. Percy will try to make amends with his family, but will be
killed battling with the Order before getting forgiveness from all
of the Weasleys (see: Fred & George).

8. Dobby knows more about Voldie than he's told Harry. He hasn't
told Harry because he doesn't realize how valuable his information
is, but once revealed it will greatly assist Harry in his horcrux
hunt.

9. There was more going on with Tonks' strange behavior in HBP than
her love of Lupin.

10. Ginny will become an animagus (something feline  note the
frequent cat-like descriptions of her), a power she may stealthily
use to help Harry with his horcrux search, or possibly to keep tabs
on him without his knowledge.

Other Theories I have read in this contest that I agree with but are
so original, I didn't dare use them in my own top 5:

1. The Potter family is a descended from Bowman Wright, the
inventor of the golden snitch. (Kelly)

2. The centaurs will join the OOP at a crucial moment, thereby
recreating the members of good forces as depicted in the brethern
fountain at MOM (Colwilrin)

3. Snape will save Ginny's life. (M. Clifford)

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