FOR DISCUSSION: Ultimate and Last Bragging Rights Contest by TigerPatronus

[ebennet68]

No: HPFGUIDX 171175

After mostly lurking, I had to take part in this discussion. Here are 
my predictions. (I hope that I'm not too far off.)

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?
Severus Snape

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?
death eater's mark

5. Assuming Hogwarts reopens as a school, who will return as a
student (answer yes or no for each):
a. Harry? Yes
b. Draco? No
c. Hermione? Yes
d. Luna? Yes
e. Ron? Yes
f. Neville? Yes
g. Ginny? Yes

6. Which will be the most prominent couple to marry in DH, if any?
Bill and Fleur, Tonks and Lupin
Epilogue: Ron and Hermione as well as Harry and Ginny 

7. Who will be the unusual person who performs magic for the first
time "very late in life?"
Argus Filch, in some odd twist of fate fighting along side the twins

8. Assuming Hogwarts reopens as a school, who will be the:
a. Head Boy? Harry
b. Head Girl? Hermione
c. DADA Instructor? Bill Weasley (and he'll stay in the position once 
the curse is broken)
d. Potions Master or Mistress? Slughorn
e. Headmaster or -mistress? Minerva 

9. Where do Snape's ultimate loyalties lie?
 With Dumbledore, the first person to believe in him

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. In Voldemort
b. Diary (destroyed)
c. Slytherin's Locket
d. the cup (destroyed)
e. Nagini
f. That wand featured in the window of Olilvanders
g. the ring (destroyed)

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 boggert?
Patronus: Phoenix (why Snape was trusted by DD)
Boggart: His father
Alternate 2. What is behind the locked door at the Department of
Mysteries in the Ministry of Magic?
It's where Lily worked and it's where they study the power of 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. I believe Harry will get something he needs to defeat Voldy from 
the Room of Requirement

2. Harry will indeed talk to Sirius again, through a portrait or 
beyond the veil

3. Aberforth Dumbledore will play a part in helping Harry defeat 
Voldemort. 

4.  I think the reason why Harry inherited so much from his parents 
is that James' family is descended from the man who invented the 
Golden Snitch, which so happens to have taken place in Godric's 
Hollow. Godric's Hollow was where the Potter family home was.


5. Petunia will support Harry in such a way that he will be 
incredibly surprised by how kind she is. 

and one more for good luck:

6.Neville's parents will have their minds restored . (Whether during 
the course of DH or the epilogue, I'd like to think it could happen.)


Sarah O (ebennet68)