Revised: Ultimate and Last Bragging Rights Contest by TigerPatronus

[Kamil]

No: HPFGUIDX 171421

1. Will Harry die and stay dead at the end of HPDH?
Yes.

2. Will Voldemort die and stay dead at the end of HPDH?
Yes, err, maybe. I keep thinking that he might discover one of those
things worse than death instead . . . nevermind. Yes.

3. Excluding Harry and Voldemort, who will be the most prominent
character to die and stay dead?
Professor McGonnagal or Snape, depending on who is felt to be the most
"prominent" character

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?
A Dark Mark on his (Draco's) arm. (mind, I think this may be one of
those things we never know the answer to)

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

7. Who will be the unusual person who performs magic for the first
time "very late in life?"
Figgy herself, much to her astonishment

8. Assuming Hogwarts reopens as a school, who will be the:
a. Head Boy? Ernie
b. Head Girl?  Hermione
c. DADA Instructor?  Bill Weasley
d. Potions Master or Mistress?  Professor Slughorn
e. Headmaster or -mistress? Professor McGonnagal

9. Where do Snape's ultimate loyalties lie?
With himself; he no longer believes in Lord Thingy's doctrine but
his loyalties left Dumbledore once it became clear that Dumbledore
would die of the ring curse and would no longer be able to protect
him. He may well try and flip back to Harry's side late in the book if
it starts to look like Harry will defeat Lord Thingy (ie, if Snape
discovers just how many horcruxes have been destroyed), although I'm
sure he'll try and sell it as having been deep undercover and on
Harry's side all along. I doubt Harry will buy it. =D

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. Diary/destroyed
b. Ring/destroyed
c. Locket at 10GP - err, assuming it wasn't one of the things
Mundungus made off with. If it was something he nicked it's probably
with Aberforth now. Although I suppose it could be with Kreacher as
well.
d. Nagini
e. Hufflepuff's cup, wherever it may be
f. The Ravenclaw Tiara, which I believe is in the RoR
g. Harry's scar; not realizing this was Dumbledore's biggest failure,
and it happened because he could not face what Harry being a horcrux
would mean. He cared too much.

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=bat -
Boggert=Harry, grown and looking exactly like an enraged James Potter
(again, I think these are things we may never know)

Alternate 2. What is behind the locked door at the Department of
Mysteries in the Ministry of Magic? Love, in its purest form (on the
other hand, this is something I'm sure we'll know =)

1. The Dursleys will find themselves being forced to shelter in
Harry's house at 10GP after Number 4PD is destroyed when Voldemort
attacks in force on the night of Harry's 17th birthday. They will not
enjoy the experience. At all. Harry will, however. ^^
2. The final battle between Voldemort and Harry will occur behind the
Veil. Harry will take both of them through; Voldemort will not fight
being taken through as hard as he would otherwise, since he believes
Harry will not survive the experience but he will. He believes he has
Horcruxes left (he's still unaware of the R.A.B fake-out, and possibly
unaware of the destruction of others). He's wrong about that, they're
all gone by the time they go through.
3. Harry will communicate with both Sirius and Dumbledore using his
half of the two mirrors. Sirius, by virtue of having his corporeal
body with him, still has his half of the mirror, which he kept in his
pocket at all times lest he miss an attempt by Harry to communicate.
This will prove handy. ^^
4. Tonks' odd behavior in HBP was not the result of her, at that
point, unrequited love for Lupin; she has been Imperio'd and is going
to (unwillingly) betray the Order at a most inconvenient time, leading
to deaths among its members.
5. Because of his deep admiration of her (still) Filch will happily
follow Umbridge's orders once more and as a result Death Eaters will
breech Hogwarts for one final battle. I further suspect he too will
finally live up to a literal meaning of his name and will steal
something important, leading to the break-in.
6. Ginny will find herself able to help Harry's search when she
recovers memories from diary!Tom; when she meets with Harry to tell
him what she's remembered they will find themselves unable to stay
apart from that point on. Among other things. *cough*
7. In the epilogue we will discover that Ginny has had Harry's son.
8. I realize this is based on one of the covers, but it won't count
anyways and it is what I infer from that cover, while others obviously
saw something else, so . . . while at Gringotts the Trio will be
attacked by a dragon after they break into a vault whilst searching
for a particular Horcrux, probably Hufflepuff's Cup. *adds that she
likes the "Harry tames the beast with Parseltongue and it becomes the
dragon they are seen flying on the cover" theory*
9. Neville will take over the deceased Professor Sprout's place as
Herbology instructor and in the fullness of time will be Head of
Gryffindor House.

--
Kamil--->giving all due props to the person who first posed that Ginny
would recover important memories from diary!Tom, and worried that the
predictions not being scored will prove more correct than most of the
ones that are scored. Alas.