[HPforGrownups] FOR DISCUSSION: Ultimate and Last Bragging Rights Contest by TigerPatronus

[Random832]

No: HPFGUIDX 171840

I hereby certify that I have not read or even seen the "epilogue 
spoiler" you recently mentioned

I also, for the record, have not read any other entries in this contest.

TK Kenyon wrote:
>
> 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.

> 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? 

Rubeus 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? 

Dark Mark.

> 5. Assuming Hogwarts reopens as a school, who will return as a 
> student (answer yes or no for each): 
>      a. Harry? 
>      b. Draco? 
>      c. Hermione?
>      d. Luna? 
>      e. Ron? 
>      f. Neville? 
>      g. Ginny? 

None of the above.

> 6. Which will be the most prominent couple to marry in DH, if any? 

Fleur Delacour and Bill Weasley.

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

Petunia Dursley.

> 8. Assuming Hogwarts reopens as a school, who will be the: 
>      a. Head Boy? 
>      b. Head Girl? 
>      c. DADA Instructor? 
>      d. Potions Master or Mistress? 
>      e. Headmaster or -mistress? 

My answer is complex, because there are several possible underlying 
assumptions.

If Hogwarts reopens as a school in 1997, Harry will be offered the 
position of Head Boy, but definitely will not return to Hogwarts as a 
student in 1997.

If the following return as students in 1997:
a. Ronald Weasley
b. Hermione Granger

Otherwise
a. Zacharias Smith
b. Not-as-yet-described Slytherin (Tracy Davis, Daphne Greengrass, other)

If Hogwarts reopened as a school in 1997, and Ginny returned as a 
student in 1997, then in 1998:
a. Harry Potter
b. Ginny Weasley

If neither Ginny nor Hermione did not return as a student in 1997. Also, 
if Hogwarts does not reopen as a school until 1998 or later, and 
Hermione returns as a student:
b. Hermione Granger

And, if Hogwarts does not reopen as a school until 1998 or later:
a. Harry Potter

If Hermione did return in 1997 but Ginny did not [meaning, both will 
only be sixth-years in 1998], then:
b. Not-as-yet-named Slytherin or Hufflepuff one year younger (obviously) 
than Harry.

> 9. Where do Snape's ultimate loyalties lie? 

Will be left unclear. My opinion is that his loyalties lie with 
Dumbledore, but it will not be made absolutely certain in the text and 
there will be just as much grounds for an ESE interpretation then as now.

> 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 by Harry Potter
b. Ring, destroyed by Albus Dumbledore
c. Locket, last seen at Grimmauld place. Currently in Kreacher's possession.
d. Nagini.
e. Unknown artifact of Ravenclaw. Possibly a wand last seen at Ollivander's.
f. Unknown artifact of Hufflepuff. Possibly Hogwarts House Cup.
g. Harry's scar. Was intended for an unknown artifact of Gryffindor 
present at the scene of the GH incident.
h. Remaining portion in Voldemort

> 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. 

I have provided answers for #8 for a variety of situations.

> 
> Alternate 1. What are Snape's patronus and boggert? 

Patronus: Spider

Boggart: James Potter

> Alternate 2. What is behind the locked door at the Department of 
> Mysteries in the Ministry of Magic? 

Broom closet.

> Predictions (10 points each / 50 points total):
> 
> Make 5 predictions not covered in the Compulsory Question section.

1. It will be revealed that Harry's strong mood swings in Book #5 were 
in part incited through his link to Voldemort.
2. Peter Pettigrew will save Harry, fulfilling the life debt, by killing 
Fenrir Greyback.
3. The spell being experimented with by Luna Lovegood's mother, which 
appeared to have gone badly wrong, in fact worked exactly as intended, 
and was a spell for time travel forward in time, and she will arrive at 
a key moment. The reason this qualified as death for purposes of being 
able to see Thestrals was that she died while in the future and never 
made a return trip. This reason may not be stated in the text of the 
book, but will likely be asked and answered in an interview with JKR.
4. The location pictured on the UK children's cover is a secret vault 
within Hogwarts. May or may not be an aspect of the Room of Requirement.
5. Umbridge will be killed by a Werewolf.