Bragging Rights answer key, chekhov's guns, spoiler report, etc

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No: HPFGUIDX 172376

BRAGGING RIGHTS ANSWER KEY

TK Kenyon/TigerPatronus wrote the questions, JK Rowling wrote the answers:

> 1. Will Harry die and stay dead at the end of HPDH? 
No. (extra credit for predicting he dies and comes back to life)

> 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? 
Not Revealed.

> 5. Assuming Hogwarts reopens as a school, who will return as a 
> student (answer yes or no for each): 
>      a. Harry? 
>      b. Draco? 
>      c. Hermione?
>      d. Luna? 
>      e. Ron? 
>      f. Neville? 
>      g. Ginny? 
b, d, f, g.

> 6. Which will be the most prominent couple to marry in DH, if any? 
Lupin and Tonks.

> 7. Who will be the unusual person who performs magic for the first 
> time "very late in life?" 
Not in book 7. Was Merope Gaunt in book 6 (did anyone have this? I
haven't looked at all the entries.)

> 8. Assuming Hogwarts reopens as a school, who will be the: 
>      a. Head Boy? 
>      b. Head Girl? 
Unknown

>      c. DADA Instructor?
Amycus Carrow. (Partial credit for anyone who said 'a death eater', 
perhaps?)

>      d. Potions Master or Mistress? 
I don't believe this was revealed either.

>      e. Headmaster or -mistress? 
Severus Snape.

> 9. Where do Snape's ultimate loyalties lie? 
With Dumbleore. (extra credit for anyone who manages to work a LOLLIPOPS
reference into their answer)

> 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. In Voldemort
       b. Cup of Hufflepuff
       c. Diadem of Ravenclaw (Unknown artifact of Ravenclaw present at
       Hogwarts should be worth full credit)
       d. Diary
       e. Nagini
       f. Harry (or Harry's Scar, this was unclear - I'd argue full
       credit for either)
       g. Ring (extra credit if "One of the Deathly Hallows" is given in
       another answer)
       h. Locket of Slytherin

> 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: Doe. Partial credit for those who said it was Lily.
Boggart: Not revealed.

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

Not revealed.

In total: 4, 7, three parts of 8, one part of Alternate 1, and Alternate
2 were all not revealed, leaving insufficient data for complete scoring.

SPOILER REPORT

There were copies of the real epilogue and chapter list. The first few
paragraphs [that were revealed on-list a while back] were real. Another
page that circulated separately showing Snape's death was real. The long
list of deaths and page numbers that was spammed various places was
accurate.

I've heard that both real and fake copies of the entire book were
available on online file sharing sites.

A page that I recall seeing but cannot find now, purportedly showing the
involvement of the two-way mirror and having the intriguing line "He
already had my mother's blood?" was fake.

The "Gabriel hacker" plot summary was fake.

http://www.zendurl.com/hallows/ (Bellatrix kills Ron, etc) is fake.

CHEKHOV'S GUNS

This section is on things that we noticed left unanswered, whether they 
answered or not, etc.

First, here's the ones from the original list by Joan of Anarchy.

- Lily's/Harry's eyes
Nothing on this so far as far as I know

- Lily -- & charms, & potions, & Snape, & Petunia
I think there may still be more to petunia, More on that further down.

- Dudley's reaction to dementers
I think this was touched on, as to him having matured some.

- Dumbledore's gleam of triumph
We see a lot of Dumbledore's past that I don't think any of us anticipated

- *That Night* at Godric's Hollow
    a. Flying motorbike
    b. Who else was there?
    c. Why was Lily offered the choice/chance to live?
    d. What actually happened??
We actually get to witness this whole scene. I don't recall that 'c' was 
answered - It's made clear that he gave her several warnings, so there's 
definitely something there that's not shown

- James & Lily thrice defied Voldemort -- how/what?
I don't think this was revealed.

- Hermione & Ancient Runes
It seems to be mentioned once while they're packing, did it ever come 
into play after that?

- Squeaky stair at #4 Privet Drive
Ah. Here's where I think that Petunia's full story hasn't yet been told. 
I think that her first letter from Dumbledore was the start of a long 
correspondence, and that is possibly part of why she objected so 
strenuously to Snape having seen it. The stair is, of course, where she 
keeps the letters.

- Petunia: "that awful boy"
Snape.

- Petunia -- how much does she know?
I don't think this has been fully revealed

- Invisivibility Cloak - when/why was it bequeathed?
I, for one, didn't expect this to become such a major plot point, yet it 
was.

- Pettigrew -- silver hand, life debt
Nothing. We don't even get anything else on life debts generally

- Gryffindor's Sword
Again, central to the plot, though not a Horcrux

- Neville -- memory, toad, herbology
I think the memory thing turned out to be a bust long ago. It might be 
interesting to find there's a reason for it, but it didn't become 
important to the plot

- Ollivander
Well, we certainly know why he scarpered, at any rate!

- Sirius' two-way mirror
Nothing, and I, for one, was VERY disappointed, because the night before 
I'd read a fake spoiler that seemed to indicate this was the case

- Veil of death
Nothing further - well, we do know that Sirius passed on to the 
afterlife to be reunited with Lily and James, so that's something

- Snape's allegiance
As if there was ever any doubt. *grin*

- Locket/horcruxes
I believe all _eight_ pieces of Voldemort's soul are now accounted for 
at this point.

- Molly Weasley's greatest fear (dead Weasleys)
"NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!" - nuff said.

- Pensieves
Played a role, at least. I'm not sure anything unanswered about them got 
answered, though.

- Occlumency & legilimency
Not so much.

- SPEW/equality in the WW
Kreacher = Awesome. However, I don't think we saw anything long-term. 
It's not even clear that the anti-muggleborn stuff ever got repealed

- Hermione's E in DADA
Nothing.

Next section of the list is from 'ronnie'...

- Florean Fortesque
Nothing yet.

- DD's visions drinking the potion.
I think that what we've learned about his past might go towards 
explaining this, but I'd have to reread HBP to be sure.

- how exactly did DD die?
Avada Kedavra, but he was dying from the ring. As many of us knew all 
along. The potion, evidently, played no role.

- DD's tale concerning Slytherin's ring
The ring was, again, central to the plot. We do learn that his injury 
was due to being fool enough to put it on, rather than just destroying it.

- Snape's parantage.
I don't think this turned out to be significant

- reason for Longbottoms being tormented.

Nothing - well, we know the reason by default - no grand conspiracies 
were revealed.

- Snape/Narciss/Unbreakable Vow
Again, we find this was all DD's plan all along

 >   33. Weasley's flying car
Nothing

 >   34. Room of Love at MoM
Nothing. We don't even really find out what was in this room.

 >   35. Giants, including Grawp
Well, they were in the final battle.

 >   36. Werewolves, including Fenrir Grayback and Lupin
I don't remember any big showdown between them, but by then it was late 
in the morning, did I miss anything

 >   37. Goblins
I'll save my thoughts on "goblin culture" for another post.

 >   38. How did somebody get into the vault at Gringott's?
Well, we find out one possible way - Polyjuice and Imperius.

 >   39. Dragons, including Norbert the Ridgeback
Norberta, you mean.

Here's Kimberly's list...

 >   40.  Droobles Gum wrappers from Alice Longbottom !
JKR explained there was no significance to these beyond a mother wanting 
to give something to her child. Lots of fanfic authors have encoded 
secret messages, etc, in them, though.

 >   41. What was Dumbledore thinking/feeling during the Cave scene ?
Again, we know a lot about dumbledore's past now, probably that

 >   42. How did Merope get Tom Riddle to stay with her for that brief 
period ?  Love potion or Imperius Curse ?
I thought we knew it was a love potion?

 >   43. Does Snape love ANYone ?   Who ?
Lily, of course.

 >   44. Krum !!
He's got a bit part in this one, starting them on the path of 
investigating Lovegood at least.

 >   45. Will Pettigrew repay his life debt by turning against LV and 
helping Harry ?
Nope.

 >   46. Just how mad IS LV at Lucius for the foul up at the ministry 
and now Draco's failure to kill DD himself ?
This one's answered early on.

And, now for Robin
 > Robin:
 > 47. Who will be using magic late in life: Dudley? Petunia? Mrs Figg?
 > Filch?
It was Merope, as far as anyone can tell.

 > 48. Why all the cat references? Who was Mrs Norris?
I don't think anything ever came of this beyond Crookshanks' importance 
to book 3.

 > 49. Is Snape an animagus spider?
Unknown.

 > 50. What were Harry's parents jobs/professions?
Do we find out? I can't recall, and I did double check the letter to Sirius

 > 51. Why did Film 5 include Kreacher when he wasn't needed for the
 > plot?
Because he gets a lot bigger part in book 7, obviously

 > 52. Does RAB = Regulus Black
Yes

 > 53. Was Kreacher the second creature (but not a wizard) that helped
 > RAB get the locket out of the cave?
Yes

 > 54. What happened in the missing 24 hours in Chapter 1 book 1?
Nothing revealed.

 > 55. Why did Harry;s scar hurt when he was so close to Voldy in Books
 > 1-5, but not in Book 6?
This was revealed in book 5 - Voldemort using Occlumency to shut off the 
connection

 > 56. Is Harry a Horcrux?
Yes

 > 57. Why was Harry "in" the snake in Book 5 when Mr. Weasley is
 > attacked?
Harry and the snake are both Horcruxes, perhaps, or Voldemort was 
possessing the snake. I don't think it's revealed explicitly.

 > 58. Who else was at Godric's Hollow the night the Potters were illed?
Nobody

 > 59. How are Horcruxes made? Destroyed?
We don't get to see how the spell itself works, but basilisk venom is 
apparently the best way to destroy them, and the sword of gryffindor has it.

 > 60. What are the 12 uses of Dragon's blood?
Not revealed

And, now, Janelle:

 > 61.  What are Switching Spells?
What are what, now?

 > 62.  Will the Hogwarts houses unite?
All but Slytherin. Missed an opportunity there, especially with Draco 
being redeemed

 > 63.  SHIPS
Answered, sadly.