DH predictions contest: REVISED

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No: HPFGUIDX 171919

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

3. Excluding Harry and Voldemort, who will be the most prominent 
character to die and stay dead? 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?   The 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?  No
     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?"   Mrs. Figg

8. Assuming Hogwarts reopens as a school, who will be the: 
     a. Head Boy?   Ernie McMillan
     b. Head Girl?   Hermione Granger
	     c. DADA Instructor?  Viktor Krum
     d. Potions Master or Mistress?  Horace Slughorn
     e. Headmaster or -mistress? Minerva McGonagall

9. Where do Snape's ultimate loyalties lie?   Dumbledore'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. Riddle's Diary
     b. Riddle's Head Boy Badge
     c. Slytherin's Locket
     d. Slytherin's Ring
     e. Hufflepuff's Cup
     f. Harry's Scar
     g. 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 boggert? Snape's patronus 
is probably a bat and his boggart is probably a Voldemort who has 
become aware of Snape's treachery against him.

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.

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. Someone who we have thought to be dead, (Regulus Black or Amelia 
Bones), will be revealed to be alive.
2. Neville will somehow defeat/kill Bellatrix.
3. Time Travel will be important: not used again within the time 
frame of DH, but revealed to have been used in the past
4. Ravenclaw and Slytherin will unite, Hufflepuff and Gryffindor 
will unite, as a result of a decreased student population
5. Fred and George Weasley will join the Order and be killed in the 
course of their duties.