Tiger's Bragging Rights Contest Rules Revision-- READ PLEASE and RULES REPOS

[clio44a]

No: HPFGUIDX 171945

Phew, feels like I have to submit my predictions as quick as possible.
I haven't seen any spoilers yet, but after sending this, I want to go
and get spoiled senseless, because I can hardly wait till Saturday. 
Thanks TK TigerPatronus for doing the contest.

Right here I go:

"I hereby certify that I have not read the scanned "Epilogue" pages
or any summary of them." Clio Parker



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?
A 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, Of Course!
d. Luna? No
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 and Tonks and Lupin, whoever you'd like to call more
prominent. 

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

8. Assuming Hogwarts reopens as a school, who will be the:
a. Head Boy? Ernie Macmillan of Hufflepuff
b. Head Girl? Padma Patil of Ravenclaw
c. DADA Instructor? Bill Weasley
d. Potions Master or Mistress? Slughorn
e. Headmaster or -mistress? NOT Minerva MacGonagall. It will be
someone Ministry approved and appointed. Possibly Dolores Umbridge,
but very likely Cornelius Fudge.

9. Where do Snape's ultimate loyalties lie?
 With Lily Evans. Period. And in consequence with her son, meaning:
Snape is fighting on the side of the good guys AGAINST Voldemort, at
least since Lily's death. (I am a fierce Snape/Lily love/friendship
supporter)


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 (CoS, disabled)
b. The Gaunt's family ring (HBP, disabled)
c. Slyterin's locket 
d. Huffelpuff's cup 
e. Ravenclaws wand (Not among the original ones. Made a Horcrux after
Voldys rebirth in GOF, possibly during HBP or DH)
f. In Voldemort
g. Gryffindor's shield or gauntlet 

Horcrux c. d. or g. was already disabled/used during Voldemorts
`death' at Godric's Hallow or is rebirth in GOF, respectively and is
now inactive.


Alternate 1. What are Snape's patronus and boggart?
Patronus: Bumblebee
Boggart: Himself as a Deatheater

Alternate 2. What is behind the locked door at the Department of
Mysteries in the Ministry of Magic? 
The room where the Ministry researches the power and the nature of
human emotions, among them love.

Predictions (10 points each / 50 points total):

Make 5 predictions not covered in the Compulsory Question section.

1. Harry Potter will for the first time in his life leave Great
Britain. He will visit Central and/or Eastern Europe. * 
2. Harry will defeat and overcome Voldemort, but Snape will kill Tom
Riddle's/Voldemort's body in the end.
3. Harry will lose his magical powers. 
4. We will see the insides of the Chamber of Secrets and of Gringott's
again
5. Snape will break the curse of at least one Horcrux or has done so
in the past.

* For the American listies: This includes everything east of Central
France all the way to the Ural mountains in Russia. Romania, Albania
anyone? 


Clio,
who hasn't posted for more than 2 years