OPEN: Ultimate and Last Bragging Rights by TigerPatronus

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No: HPFGUIDX 171690

 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? 

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? -- 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, 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 Death Eaters come calling at Privet Drive on 
or after Harry's 17th birthday.


8. Assuming Hogwarts reopens as a school, who will be the: 
     a. Head Boy? - Ernie MacMillan
     b. Head Girl? - Lavendar Brown, but only because Hermione is not 
there
     c. DADA Instructor? - Moody (the real one this time)
     d. Potions Master or Mistress? - Slughorn
     e. Headmaster or -mistress? - McGonnagal (enrollment will be so 
low that she can continue to teach Transfiguration and be 
headmistress)

9. Where do Snape's ultimate loyalties lie? 

With the person whose death was the inadvertent result of Snape's 
decision to join the Death Eaters. He is on Dumbledore's side because 
that is the side against Voldemort. 

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. the locket
      e. the Hufflepuff Cup
      f. Something of Ravenclaws
      g. Something of Gryffindors (but *not* the sword.

 
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: a spider
Boggart: himself, being legillimised (legillimenced?)
 
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.) Harry will consult Bill Weasley for advice on various methods of 
curse breaking

2.) A Weasley (but not Ron, Ginny, or Bill) will be killed

3.) It will be revealed that Regulus Black and Snape were friends 
during their Hogwart's days. 

4.) There will be a point in the story when Harry has to choose 
between pursuing Snape and pursuing a horcrux: he will choose Snape, 
and it will cause a setback in the horcrux hunt, making him rethink 
his desire for revenge against Snape.

5.) Petunia will give Harry something relating to his past when he 
leaves Privet Drive for the last time. Either the orginal letter left 
by Dumbledore or something written by Lily.