FOR DISCUSSION: Ultimate and Last Bragging Rights Contest by TigerPatronus

[Charles Walker Jr]

No: HPFGUIDX 171486

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "TK Kenyon" <tigerpatronus at ...>
wrote:
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> 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? 
> 
Nope. Harry will be one of the few to crawl out of the wreckage of the
final battle.
> 2. Will Voldemort die and stay dead at the end of HPDH? 
> 
Yep. In the words of the munchkins, he'll be "not only merely
dead...really most sincerely dead."
> 3. Excluding Harry and Voldemort, who will be the most prominent 
> character to die and stay dead? 
> 
Well, that's kind of hard to say. I believe that Ron and Hermione are
both going to snuff it. 
> 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. I thought that got established in HBP.
> 5. Assuming Hogwarts reopens as a school, who will return as a 
> student (answer yes or no for each): 
>      a. Harry? NO
>      b. Draco? No
>      c. Hermione?no
>      d. Luna? yes, but she will leave with Ginny and Neville to help
the trio.
>      e. Ron?no 
>      f. Neville? see under Luna 
>      g. Ginny? see under Luna
> 
> 6. Which will be the most prominent couple to marry in DH, if any? 
> 
Bill and Fleur, in a double wedding with Tonks and Remus
> 7. Who will be the unusual person who performs magic for the first 
> time "very late in life?" 
Argus Filch, in response to a bloody floor during or after the final
battle. Just kidding, I think it will be Marge, at 4 Privet Drive,
when Harry is about to leave forever.
> 
> 8. Assuming Hogwarts reopens as a school, who will be the: 
>      a. Head Boy? Ron will be named, but Ernie will serve as his
alternate.
>      b. Head Girl? Hermione will be named, but Hannah Abbot will
serve as her alternate. 
>      c. DADA Instructor? Tonks, who will fall to the DA curse when
she gets bitten by Greyback trying to protect her husband Remus.
>      d. Potions Master or Mistress? New character, who turns out to
be a DE plant.
>      e. Headmaster or -mistress? Minerva, of course. She is the
natural choice.
> 
> 9. Where do Snape's ultimate loyalties lie? With his greasy git
self. He is doing only what he must to keep himself alive and out of
Azkaban.

> 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
>      c. Ring
>      d. Locket (which will be found at 12GP)
>      e. Hufflepuff's cup. (which will be traced with the help of a
certain "wart" named Zacharias who is heir to Hepzibah.)
>      f. The wand from Ollivander's, which will be found along with a
nearly dead Ollivander who has been in hiding. 
>      g. Nagini
> 
> 
> 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: snake (he is, after all, the ultimate Slytherin)
Boggart: Happy, laughing Harry.

> Alternate 2. What is behind the locked door at the Department of 
> Mysteries in the Ministry of Magic? 
>
Love. 
> 
> 
> Predictions (10 points each / 50 points total):
> 
> Make 5 predictions not covered in the Compulsory Question section.

> 1. Hermione will die in Ron's arms. Ron will go slightly mad and get
AK'ed not taking cover as he charges straight into the battle.
> 2. Zacharias smith will be instrumental in finding Hufflepuff's cup.
> 3. Ginny, Luna, and Neville will leave school at some point to go
aid the trio, probably with the wand horcrux.
> 4. Pettigrew will die while Harry is destroying Nagini
> 5. Kreacher will be killed by Hermione as the trio tries to retrieve
the locket.

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