GoF queries ...

[samajdar_parantap]

No: HPFGUIDX 186098

> zanooda:
> We don't know exactly when and what kind of exams foreign
> students take. For example, Fleur mentioned in HBP that at
> Beauxbatons they have some important examination (something
> similar to OWLs, I suppose) after six years of study, not
> after five years, like in Britain. We just don't have enough
> information about foreign schools examination practices to
> judge :-).

samajdar_parantap:
Agreed .. examinations may not be a problem. But still
spending a complete year in a carriage / ship sounds
impossible for a group of students - specially when they
are not even in the competition - looks like a big break
in their education.

> <snip>
> zanooda:
>
> I don't know, when Bagman explained the rules of the third
> task, he didn't say that the champion who touches the cup
> first is the winner, he just said that he/she will receive
> "full marks". I thought "full marks" meant the highest
> possible grade or something of the sort :-). For instance,
> the first champion to reach the cup gets 50 points (which
> are added to his total score), the second one - 45 etc. Of
> course, I may be wrong, it's just how I understood "full
> marks" :-).


samajdar_parantap:
Completely missed the "full marks" part :D Thanks for
reminding.