[HPforGrownups] Tiger's Bragging Rights Contest Rules Revision-- READ PLEASE and RULES REPOST

[Shaun Hately]

No: HPFGUIDX 171869

Posting this now, so as to get it in before I am spoiled.

I hereby certify that I have not read the scanned "Epilogue" pages or any 
summary of them. - Shaun Hately

> 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?

Severus 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?

His 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?

Yes

>b. Draco?

No

>c. Hermione?

Yes

>d. Luna?

Yes

> e. Ron?

Yes

> 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?

Harry Potter

> b. Head Girl?

Hermione Granger

> c. DADA Instructor?

Remus Lupin

> d. Potions Master or Mistress?

Horace Slughorn

> e. Headmaster or -mistress?

Minerva McGonagall

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

He is Dumbledore's man

> 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. Tom Riddle's Diary
b. In Voldemort
c. The ring destroyed by Dumbledore
d. Nagini
e. The Locket of Grimmauld Place
f.  The Hufflepuff Bowl
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 boggert?

Patronus - a lion
Boggart - Dumbledore lying dead

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

The true essence of love

Predictions (10 points each / 50 points total):

Make 5 predictions not covered in the Compulsory Question section.

1. Minerva McGonagall originally came to Hogwarts as a spy for the Ministry 
of Magic
2. Fred and George Weasley will be killed mounting a brave but foolhardy 
attack to rescue their mother
3. Ginny Weasley will attempt to (and will fail in the attempt) seduce Harry
4. Harry will wrongly believe he has been betrayed by Ron
5. Harry will offer to spare Voldemorts life - knowing that the prophecy 
means that he will die if Voldemort lives, but willing to do that for the 
sake of love.

Yours Without Wax, Dreadnought
Shaun Hately | www.alphalink.com.au/~drednort/thelab.html
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facts. They alter the facts to fit the views. Which can be
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