DH Final and Ultimate Predictions Contest -- REVISED

[Dave Hardenbrook]

No: HPFGUIDX 171411

Predictions Contest 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, he will live to a ripe old age.
  
  
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?

  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?

   The 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?       YES
       b. Draco?       NO    (He's in hiding with Snape)
       c. Hermione?    YES
       d. Luna?        YES
       e. Ron?         YES
       f. Neville?     YES
       g. Ginny?       NO    (Mrs. W will go into "over-protective"
                              mode, but Ginny will soon rebel
                              and sneak into Hogwarts with Fred and
                              George's aid.)
       
  
6. Which will be the most prominent couple to marry, if any, during the
   time period covered in DH, excluding any epilogue?

   Bill and Fleur.
   
  
7. Who will be the unusual person who performs magic for the first time very late in life?

   Arabella Figg.  (When the DEs descend on Privet Drive at
   12:00:00.00000000001 AM on July 31.)
   
   
8. Assuming Hogwarts reopens as a school, who will be the:

       a. Head Boy?          Ron
       b. Head Girl?         Hermione
       c. DADA Instructor?   Viktor Krum
       d. Potions Master?    Horace Slughorn
       e. Headmistress?      Minerva McGonnegal
       
  
9. Where do Snapes ultimate loyalties lie? 

      Lily Potter, and by extension, Dumbledore (But he still hates
      everyone else...)
      

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. The Diary
    c. The Ring
    d. Slytherin's Locket
    e. Hufflepuff's Cup
    f. Great Auntie Muriel's Tiara (Ravenclaw)
    g. Nagini / Gryffindor's Sword (I think it will change during the book,
                                     but it's the same soul bit -- see
                                     Predictions...)
  


  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 Snapes patronus and boggert?

     Patronus: Unicorn (Symbolizes Lily)
     Boggart:  James Potter (!!)
   
  Alternate 2. What is behind the locked door at the Department
  of Mysteries in the Ministry of Magic?

     Books, Potions and Magical devices representing years of research
     into love, much of the work done or initiated by Lily Potter.
   
  
Predictions (10 points each / 50 points total):
  
Make 5 predictions not covered in the Compulsory Question section.

1. Regardless of whether Hogwarts "officially" reopens, McGonnegall
will insist that Harry finish his education and take his NEWT's...
To this end, she will give the Trio a Time-Turner to use to attend
classes and hunt Horcruxes in the same "Year 7" time frame.

2. Lily Potter is somehow connected with Unicorns.

3. One of the Horcruxes is guarded by one or more Lethifolds.

4. Wormtail will kill Greyback.

5. Nagini is either not a Horcrux or is only an "interim" Horcrux --
LV is still hoping to procure "something of Gryffindor's" (probably
the sword) in order to complete his Four Founders' collection.



Dave