Ultimate Bragging rights answer (forgot to answer part of a question)

[Random832]

No: HPFGUIDX 171849

Forgot to answer part of question 8.

Random832 wrote:
> I hereby certify that I have not read or even seen the "epilogue 
> spoiler" you recently mentioned

Still haven't read them. And, to use your official format and wording 
since this revision is from after the time that went into effect:

I hereby certify that I have not read the scanned "Epilogue" pages
or any summary of them. Jordan Abel

> 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.

Crap, I forgot to answer the rest.
c. Kingsley Shacklebolt
d. Horace Slughorn
e. Minerva McGonagall

>> 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. 


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Random832