TIGERPATRONUS' bragging rights contest?

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No: HPFGUIDX 171883

"I hereby certify that I have not read the scanned "Epilogue" pages
or any summary of them." (BECKY WILLIAMS.)

Rules:

Copy these questions and email your answers *both* to
*tigerpatronus* *at* *yahoo* *dot* *com* and to the newsgroup. You
must email your entry to TigerPatronus to be entered in the contest.
You will receive an email confirmation of your entry. In the event
of a dispute, the entry posted to the group will be your back-up.

Deadline: Thursday, July 19, 2007, at 11:59 pm (midnight) EDT. (No
Friday entries will be accepted.)

Any details released by JKR or subsidiaries are worth no credit
*after* they are released. Example: if you predict that "The trio
will ride a dragon,'" it will be worth 0 points. However, if you
make a prediction *and email your prediction to the list and to
TigerPatronus* and *then* the detail is released, you will get full
credit.

If you are JKR, work at the publishing company, hacked Bloomsbury's
computers, or have somehow else have already read the book, don't
enter. We will find out, hunt you down, and give you a virtual
thermonuclear wedgie.

Specificity will be rewarded. Brevity is . . . wit.

All decisions of the judges (TigerPatronus and her Minions) are
arbitrary, ruthless, and final. (Minion recruitment will begin soon.)


Prizes:

Grand Prize (1): Bragging rights in perpetuity. All HPfGU members
must address you as "Your Brilliance," "Leader of the
Intelligentsia," "The HP-est," or another superlative title of your
own choosing. A filk will be composed in your honor. A year's worth
of free butterbeer.

Honorable Mentions (10): Bragging rights in perpetuity. All HPfGU
members must address you as "Pretty Smartie," "A Member of the
Intelligentsia," "Quite HP-ish," or a subordinate title of your own
choosing. A free case of butterbeer.


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? NO HE WILL
DISCOVER THAT DUMBLEDORE WAS RIGHT THERE IS A FATE WORSE THAN DEATH
I.E. DEMENTORS REMOVE HIS SOUL OR HE LOSES HIS MAGIC

3. Excluding Harry and Voldemort, who will be the most prominent
character to die and stay dead? SEVERUS SNAPE BUT I WILL CRY IF I AM
RIGHT. HE WILL DIE SAVING HARRY

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? THE DARK MARK OF COURSE

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? NO
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?"

TEMPTED TO SAY AUNT PETUNIA BUT I WILL GO WITH
MRS ARABELLA DOREEN
FIGG

8. Assuming Hogwarts reopens as a school, who will be the:
a. Head Boy? ERNIE MACMILLAN
b. Head Girl? HERMIONE GRANGER
c. DADA Instructor? A NEW CHARACTER PREVIOUSLY UNMENTIONED
d. Potions Master or Mistress? PROFESSOR SLUGHORN
e. Headmaster or -mistress? PROFESSOR MCGONNOGAL

9. Where do Snape's ultimate loyalties lie? HE IS DUMBELDORE'S MAN
THROUGH AND THROUGH

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. Helga Hufflepuffs cup
c. Ravenclaw's tiara (and its at Hogwarts)
d. Slytherin's locket (at Grimmauld Place)
e. Marvolo's ring
f. Voldemort's pet snake
g. Inside Voldemort himself


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? HIS PATRONUS IS
A PHOENIX AND WILL HAVE CHANGED TO THAT SINCE DUMBLEDORE DIED. HIS
BOGGART IS VOLDEMORT OR HIMSELF KILLING DUMBLEDORE

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



Predictions (10 points each / 50 points total):

Make 5 predictions not covered in the Compulsory Question section.

Current Off-Limit Spoilers:
-- Predictions that describe any the covers are worth 0 points
unless they include specific information not obvious in the cover.
-- SPOILER: Kreacher will be in DH. (David Yates, interview.) (Note:
because we are pretty sure that Kreacher will figure at least
somewhat prominently in DH, any predictions about his presence on a
cover will also be worth 0 points.)
-- The probable identity of "R.A.B." as stumbled around by JKR
during Leaky / Mugglenet interview will earn 0 points.
-- Predictions based on "Gabriel the Hacker" are allowed but we will
laugh at you when they're wrong.
-- Anything stupidly obvious (e.g., Harry will turn 17, Ron and
Hermione will date, Voldemort is evil, someone will perform magic,)
will be worth 0 points, at most. Negative points are possible.
-- "Negative" predictions, i.e., "The Centaurs will *not* come
skipping into Hogwarts offering free pony rides," will receive no
credit.
-- Only your first 5 predictions will be evaluated and included in
your score. Extra predictions may be marveled at but will not be
scored.

1. SNAPE WILL SEND MESSAGES TO HARRY AND CO THROUGH HIS PATRONUS.
THE PATRONUS WILL BE A PHOENIX TO REPESENT DUMBLEDORE AND THEY WILL
THINK DD IS ALIVE AND SENDING MESSAGES. NOBODY WILL KNOW THEY ARE
FROM SNAPE AS HIS PATRONUS WILL HAVE CHANGED DUE TO THE TRAUMA OF
DUMEBLEDORE'S DEATH. (CAN YOU TELL I'M A DIE HARD DDM SUPPORTER??)

2. PETER PETTIGREW WILL DIE REPAYING HIS LIFE DEBT TO HARRY

3. SOMEONE CLOSE TO HARRY WHO HE TRUSTS A LOT WILL BETRAY HIM. NOT
SURE WHO BUT SOMEONE SIGNIFICANT LIKE PROF MACGONNOGAL OR LUPIN OR
SOMEONE. SOMEONE SEEN AS A TRUSTED FIGURE OF AUTHORITY

4. DUMBLEDORE IS A DIRECT DESCENDENT OF GODRIC GRYFFINDOR

5. ABERFORTH WILL FEATURE MORE PROMINENTLY, HELPING HARRY OUT