Bragging rights contest

[Kristen]

No: HPFGUIDX 171856

 
I solemnly swear that I have not read any spoilers!  (Must keep 
the "honorable" in the honorable mention I got for the HBP 
contest.)   

1. Will Harry die and stay dead at the end of HPDH? 
No.  (I think that he he will appear to die but won't actually do so 
on a permanent basis, e.g., he'll go through the Veil or take the 
Draught of Living Death.)

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? 
Dark Mark--but, I don't think that we necessarily find this out.  

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? Enrolled but doesn't attend regularly.
     b. Draco? No
     c. Hermione? Yes (but may take some side trips with Harry)
     d. Luna? Yes
     e. Ron? Yes (but may take some side trips with Harry)
     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.  I think Harry/Ginny and Ron/Hermione will be implied 
in the epilogue.

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

8. Assuming Hogwarts reopens as a school, who will be the: 
     a. Head Boy? Ernie Macmillan
     b. Head Girl? Hermione
     c. DADA Instructor? Bill Weasley (the new head of Gryffindor)
     d. Potions Master or Mistress? Slughorn
     e. Headmaster or -mistress? McGonagall

9. Where do Snape's ultimate loyalties lie? 
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.  The Diary (inactivated)
     b. The Peverell ring (inactivated)
     c. The Slytherin Locket--which is also the locket at GP that 
couldn't be opened
     d. The Hufflepuff cup
     e. Ravenclaw's Wand (which was at Ollivanders)
     f. Nagini (Voldemort hoped to use something of Gryffindor's to 
make a horcrux with Harry's death, but the events at Godric's Hollow 
thwarted that plan, so he used a later death like Bertha Jorkins or 
Frank Bryce to make Nagini)
     g. Still 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. 

Alternate 1. What are Snape's patronus and boggart? 
Patronus:  Phoenix  (I think it's been a phoenix for a while, not a 
recent development)
Boggart:    Dead Potters
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.  Lily and Snape were close (Snape was "that awful boy").
2.  Additional deaths:  Hagrid and at least one Weasley (not Ron or 
Ginny)
3.  There is an undiscovered traitor in the Order.
4.  Privet Drive is attacked right after Harry's birthday (Petunia 
accidentally produces a little magic in defense) and the Dursleys 
have to go into hiding in the wizarding world.
5.  Dumbledore gave Aberforth something to share with Harry in the 
event of DD's death 

Extras, for fun:
Neville will teach at Hogwarts after graduation
Snape was at Godric's Hollow, too late to help.  He found the 
Potters' bodies (before Hagrid).  
Neville will help destroy a Horcrux
Lupin is hiding a big, unpleasant secret, and it might have something 
to do with his use of Legilimency and Occlumency and his knowledge 
about Regulus' death.