Ultimate and Last Bragging Rights by TigerPatronus

[rklarreich]

No: HPFGUIDX 171855

Hurrying to get this in before the contest disappears...

> "I hereby certify that I have not read the scanned "Epilogue" pages 
> or any summary of them."  Signed by ROBERTA.

[A thin tongue of brilliant flame issued from TigerPatronus's wand 
and wound its way around Roberta's clasped hands like a red-hot wire.]

Compulsory Questions (50 points total):
 
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?
Luna Lovegood
 
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?
An edible Dark Mark he had just grabbed from Weasley's Wizard 
Wheezes.  (Well, no, I don't really think so, but "Something none of 
us will ever think of" won't get me any points either.)
 
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, he's a wanted criminal
c. Hermione? YES, but only for part of the year, during lulls
d. Luna? YES
e. Ron? See under Hermione
f. Neville? YES
g. Ginny? YES
 
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?"
Filch
 
8. Assuming Hogwarts reopens as a school, who will be the:
a. Head Boy? Ron will be appointed and turn it down very 
reluctantly.  Ernie Macmillan will be the replacement.
b. Head Girl? Hermione will be appointed and turn it down, and it 
will be agonizing.  Hannah Abbott will be the replacement.
c. DADA Instructor? A new character whom Harry will meet early in the 
book, according to the pattern for the "new teacher" in each book.  
He or she will turn out to be on Voldemort's side.
d. Potions Master or Mistress? Slughorn
e. Headmaster or -mistress? McGonagall

9. Where do Snape's ultimate loyalties lie?
With Dumbledore.
 
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 (from Grimmauld Place)
e. Hufflepuff cup
f. Ravenclaw tiara, passed down to her descendant Muriel Weasley
g. Harry's scar
  
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 boggart?
Patronus:  Phoenix
Boggart:  disappointed Dumbledore
 
Alternate 2. What is behind the locked door at the Department of
Mysteries in the Ministry of Magic?
 
The distilled force of love
 
Predictions (10 points each / 50 points total):
 
Make 5 predictions not covered in the Compulsory Question section.

1.  Snape was always Dumbledore's man and originally infiltrated the 
DEs as Dumbledore's spy.  He leaked part of the Prophecy on 
Dumbledore's orders.  And the plan of Zeus--er, Dumbledore--was 
accomplished.

2.  We will hear the rest of the two prophecies that were smashed in 
the Hall of Prophecy by Lucius and Bellatrix's spells bouncing off 
each other.

3.  Ron will finally try firewhisky at Bill and Fleur's wedding, and 
he will behave embarrassingly under its influence.  Harry and 
Hermione will try to restrain him for his own good, and while they're 
struggling Ron will kiss Hermione in the middle of the dance floor.

4.  A Horcrux will turn up in the Riddle house.  That's why the 
families that lived there after the Riddles said there was a "nasty 
feeling about the place."

5.  Ron will finally stand up to Fred and George and tell them where 
they get off.  F&G will be first astonished, then impressed.