FOR DISCUSSION: Ultimate and Last Bragging Rights Contest by TigerPatronus

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No: HPFGUIDX 171630

De-lurking for the first time since HBP... don't mind me.

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?
Hagrid

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 (answer yes or no for each):
a. Harry? No
b. Draco? No
c. Hermione? No
d. Luna? Yes
e. Ron? No
f. Neville? Yes
g. Ginny? No

6. Which will be the most prominent couple to marry in DH, if any?
Harry/Ginny in the epilogue

7. Who will be the unusual person who performs magic for the first
time "very late in life?"
Mrs. Figg

8. Assuming Hogwarts reopens as a school, who will be the:
a. Head Boy? Not said
b. Head Girl? Not said
c. DADA Instructor? Shared among existing teachers.
d. Potions Master or Mistress? Slughorn
e. Headmaster or -mistress? McGonagall

9. Where do Snape's ultimate loyalties lie?
With himself, but he is trying to defeat LV

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 of Tom Riddle (Destroyed)
c. Peverell ring (Destroyed)
d. Slytherin's locket (With Aberforth)
e. Hufflepuff's cup
f. Nagini (With LV)
g. McGuffin (With Bella)


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?
Insufficient information to answer.

Alternate 2. What is behind the locked door at the Department of
Mysteries in the Ministry of Magic?
The room on the US cover.


Predictions (10 points each / 50 points total):

Make 5 predictions not covered in the Compulsory Question section.

Current Off-Limit Spoilers:
-- Predictions that describe any the covers are worth 0 points
unless they include specific information not obvious in the cover.
-- SPOILER: Kreacher will be in DH. (David Yates, interview.) (Note:
because we are pretty sure that Kreacher will figure at least
somewhat prominently in DH, any predictions about his presence on a
cover will also be worth 0 points.)
-- The probable identity of "R.A.B." as stumbled around by JKR
during Leaky / Mugglenet interview will earn 0 points.
-- Predictions based on "Gabriel the Hacker" are allowed but we will
laugh at you when they're wrong.
-- Anything stupidly obvious (e.g., Harry will turn 17, Ron and
Hermione will date, Voldemort is evil, someone will perform magic,)
will be worth 0 points, at most. Negative points are possible.
-- "Negative" predictions, i.e., "The Centaurs will *not* come
skipping into Hogwarts offering free pony rides," will receive no
credit.
-- 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. Harry kills LV without murdering him the same way he did when he
was a baby- a rebounding AK. He's probably trying to protect Ginny.
2. Mundungus stole the Locket from Grimmauld Place and sold it to
Aberforth.
3. The Phoenix that Harry thought he saw fly out of the tomb will give
him nudges in the right direction throughout the book, mostly in
dreams. It won't take physical form until near the end of the book, if
then.
4. Draco, Snape or both redeem themselves by bringing a known Horcrux
to wherever Harry is staying at the time.
5. Hogwarts will be open, but with a skeleton crew (the heads of
houses and teachers that can't leave) and very few students. OWLs will
held at the MoM.

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