[HPforGrownups] FOR DISCUSSION: Ultimate and Last Bragging Rights Contest by TigerPatronus

[Kemper]

No: HPFGUIDX 170971

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?
     Arthur Weasley

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?
     Burkes' shrunken head

5. Assuming Hogwarts reopens as a school, who will return as a
student (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 in DH, if any?
     Same day, double wedding of Billuer and Remonks.
     Epilogue: Ron and Hermione as well as Harry and Ginny ::yawn::

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

8. Assuming Hogwarts reopens as a school, who will be the:
a. Head Boy?  Ernie
b. Head Girl?  Hermione
c. DADA Instructor?  Alastor (though it would be nice to see a competent woman)
d. Potions Master or Mistress?  Horace
e. Headmaster or -mistress?  Minerva

9. Where do Snape's ultimate loyalties lie?
     They lie with Dumbledore.

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.  Diary
c.  Slytherin's Locket
d.  Hufflepuff Cup
e.  Ravenclaw's Tiara
f.  Gryffindor's Sword
g.  Slytherin's Ring

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: Occamy     Boggart:  Lily's death

Alternate 2. What is behind the locked door at the Department of
Mysteries in the Ministry of Magic?
                   The power and glory of love

Predictions (10 points each / 50 points total):

Make 5 predictions not covered in the Compulsory Question section.

-- 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.  The prophecy is also about Snape
2.  Dumbledore created performed a light spell that is the Horcrux's Opposite
3.  Snape will destroy an Horcrux without Harry realizing it
4.  Harry will go beyond the veil
5.  Antipodean Opaleyes can teleport/apparate to opposite ends of the world