101 Most(?) Important Questions for Harry Potter 7 Survey

Post by **TheWagner** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:04 pm

The 101 Most(?) Important Questions for Deathly Hallows

(and Possible Answers).

Some of you might have seen this elsewhere, but I thought that I would post it here, too. In the next post, you will find a list of 101 "big questions" for Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter VII), and possible answers. (Note that there are some general demographic questions in at the end: we do not ask for your credit card numbers, but feel free to send me those as a private message...

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The third post gives my answers. I put that there so that you will see the format for answering them again. (Yes, they are in the instructions: however, this survey was put together by multiple people who have taught at different levels, so we know that instructions will be ignored!

). Just follow that, and my computer (and it's person) will be happy.....

If it all seems to much, then post some of you answers initially. However, when you finish the survey, then please edit your initial post so that all of your responses are in one post!

If there are questions, send me a private message or post them on a separate thread that I am setting up for questions about the survey.

As I noted, this set of questions and possible answers was put together by committee. Numerous people contributed to it. We have tried to allow for as many Harry Potter ideas as we can, even a few that none of the people putting together this survey buy. After all, our interest is, what are the general thoughts?

This also is going to be posted on one or two Harry Potter centric newsgroups. So, if you run into it elsewhere, then answer it only here or there.

Here is the key to the color coding and any symbols, as well as how to provide answers.

Key:

Blue: "Chekovian" questions, where the books explicitly wave the questions in front of us or hinted at possible answers via clues or foreshadowing.
Violet: questions that arise naturally but not explicitly from the books.
Red: questions arising from Rowling's comments, interviews, web-page, etc.
Green: demographic questions that give an idea about the type of people who think particular things. (These do not count towards 101 total, so no wise donkey comments!). Do NOT check multiple answers there: instead, check the one that is "most" true or closest to being true if there is some question.

When answering:

for "MARK ALL THAT APPLY": do NOT contradict yourself!; those will be bounced.
&/ = and/or; that is, either or both might be true, but you think that at least one of them is.
to provide a single answer, type in one line (say) 1. b (number 1, period, space, 'b') to answer "b" for question 1.
to provide multiple answers, type in one line (say) 3. b c (number 3, period, space, 'b', space, 'b') to answer "b & c" for question 3.
if you are truly undecided on a question that does not allow for 2+ responses, then enter (say) "1. a/b" My program will read the '/' as an 'or' and tally this as half a vote for 'a' and half a vote for 'b.' Do not add any "or" or "either" or anything like that: '/' will suffice!
PLEASE DO NOT ADD COMMENTARIES! (I know how hard it is to resist, believe me; but it will make my life a LOT easier!) If you have comments, then by all means raise them on the Harry Potter discussion thread! After all, good questions engender more questions! (Or so my old advisor once told me; that, and never take a wooden nickel from a house-elf......)

So, have it!

Post by **TheWagner** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:05 pm

The link between Harry and Voldemort is due to:
1. the "bit" of Voldemort that is in Harry.
2. a Protego Charm somehow cast there in the backlash of Lily's sacrifice.
3. Lily's soul (or some essence thereof) split between the two from the backlash of Lily's sacrifice.
4. Lily's soul (or some essence thereof) imprinted on the two from the backlash of Lily's sacrifice.
5. something still different (but that will be clarified).
6. something that will not be revealed.
The "bit" of Voldemort in Harry (CoS, Chap. 18 ) is:
1. a piece of Voldemort's soul accidentally put there in the backlash of Lily's sacrifice.
2. some hitherto untold aspect of the mind or magic that is unlinked to the soul put there in the backlash of Lily's sacrifice.
3. something still different (but that will be clarified).
4. not really there:it will be shown that Dumbledore was wrong about this.
5. something that will not be revealed.
Harry's Scar proves to be handy (PSS Chap. 1) because [MARK ALL THAT APPLY]:
1. it holds a piece of Voldemort's soul, which would be bad for Voldemort.....
2. it will once again warn Harry of Voldemort's presence in a key situation.
3. it will permit Harry to perceive Voldemort's thoughts/memories again once Harry learns to overcome Voldemort's occlumency.
4. it won't: Dumbledore just says stuff like that!
"...but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not...."; the power of love is:
1. to bring back key dead characters (Dumbledore, Sirius, James, Lily, Qui-Gon, etc.) at key moments.
2. a love version of Avada Kedavra.
3. to let Harry take advantage of the "love" room in a way that Voldemort cannot.
4. to prevent Voldemort from using legilimency on Harry in some key moments (thus closing Harry's mind).
5. some other specific act of love-powered magic.
6. not any specific magical act, but Harry's ability to love will generate important active and psychological support in key moments &/ allow him to make the choices necessary to beat Voldemort, whereas Voldemort's inability to love has the opposite results; after all, love is all you need (love is all you need).
7. not relevant to the plot or story, but a good source of some fanfic worthy snogging scenes geared towards taking advantage of Dan Radcliffe's Equus role.
8. not relevant at all: Dumbledore's interpretation of the prophecy (or the prophecy itself) was wrong.
"... neither can live while the other survives...."; to survive but to not live means:
1. they are deprived of meaningful things of life while the other survives (e.g., what is life without your love?).
2. both are deprived a proper Afterlife while the other survives.
3. something still different (but that will be clarified).
4. nothing at all, it's just poetic license.
Harry "belongs to" Voldemort (HBP, Chap. 28 ) because Voldemort has:
1. figured out where a piece of his soul is.
2. had enough and now wants to kill Harry personally.
3. realized that because he regenerated using Harry's blood, Harry's death will mean his death.
4. that sort of personality.
5. not: Snape lied about that!
6. a reason that will not be revealed.
Harry defeats Voldemort by:
1. discovering a "love" version of Avada Kedavra.
2. using Sectumsempra on Voldemort.
3. returning to Hogwarts and learning the necessary spells.
4. sacrificing himself (either taking Voldemort with him, or invoking blood/soul/etc. links).
5. trying to sacrifice himself, but the act paradoxically is the one thing that saves him (Instant Karma's gonna get you!)
6. making some other noble, love-inspired choice that catches the loveless Voldemort off-guard.
7. the link between Harry & Voldemort results in Voldemort killing himself when killing (or attempting to kill) Harry.
8. some completely different way (but that will be clarified).
9. letting Neville (the true Chosen one) do so.
10. he doesn't: Voldemort wins in the end.
Harry's glasses " are the clue to his vulnerability", which means that:
1. they are somehow connected to Lily's eyes.
2. they make him more susceptible to legilimancy.
3. they make him less susceptible to legilimancy.
4. they interfere with Harry seeing things for what they really are sometimes.
5. when Voldemort looks through them, he just sees a blur!
6. JKR was making allusions a la Clark Kent and Superman, not about superpowers! (Ergo, it won't be clarified further.)
".... until you learn to keep you mind shut ...." (HBP Chap. 28 ); Harry finally learns Occlumency from:
1. Lupin.
2. Aberforth.
3. Snape.
4. Draco.
5. Hermione.
6. someone else.
7. actually, Harry already knows how to do it from Occlumency lessons, he just has to practice it.
8. nobody; Harry won't be an occlumens by the end of the book.
"For a fleeting instant, Harry thought he saw a gleam of something like triumph in Dumbledore's eyes. But the next second, Harry was sure he imagined it." The effect of Voldemort regenerating with Harry's blood was (will be) to:
1. provide Voldemort's downfall on its own.
2. provide Voldemort's downfall through the mix of Harry having a piece of Voldemort's soul and Voldemort having Harry's blood
3. provide Harry's salvation through the mix of Harry having a piece of Voldemort's soul and Voldemort having Harry's blood
4. allow Harry to survive his self-sacrifice.
5. help Harry destroy Horcruxes.
6. remove Voldemort's soul fragment from Harry.
7. mean that Harry's death will mean Voldemort's death.
8. do nothing; Dumbledore really was evil and glad see Voldemort immunized.
9. do nothing; it will be confirmed that Harry did just imagine this.
10. this will not be revealed.
Voldemort's fate is:
1. death.
2. to become an embittered ghost wishing for death.
3. the fate worse than death threatened by Dumbledore (OotP Chap. 36; see below).
4. actually, b=c!
5. reformation.
6. victory!
Voldemort "finally gets the legroom for which he has been aching during all those years in exile," which means : [MARK ALL THAT APPLY, BUT DO NOT CONTRADICT YOURSELF!
1. a relentless pursuit of Harry.
2. outright attempts to overthrow the Ministry of Magic.
3. outright attempts to takeover at Hogwarts
4. just general mayhem, death, etc.
5. establishing his own home base rather than skulking in the shadows.
6. nothing really, it is just nice to have legs again.
7. a several city tour as his alter-ego, David Bowie ("the return of the thin white Duke....").
Voldemort's interest in Hogwarts that led him to seek the Defense Against Dark Arts job was : [MARK ALL THAT APPLY]
1. just to find relics for Horcruxes, and (the interest) no longer is really there.
2. to safeguard Horcruxes he hid there as a student, and thus still is there.
3. because he made Hogwarts itself a Horcrux, and thus still is there.
4. to create an army of dark wizards more swiftly, but no longer is really there.
5. as above, but no longer there.
6. to learn magical secrets besides that do not involve Horcruxes, and still is there.
7. as above, but no longer there.
8. something that will not be discussed or clarified further.
In the end, Harry:
1. sacrifices his life to destroy Voldemort.
2. survives, but as a bitter husk of himself due to the deaths of so many close friends.
3. survives & marries Ginny.
4. survives & marries Hermione after Ron and Ginny both turn out to be Death Eaters.
The fact that Harry and Voldemort have brother wands means:
1. Priori Incantatem will happen again when they duel.
2. nothing; they will duel, but the wands won't lock this time.
3. nothing; they will duel, but Voldemort will use another wand.
4. nothing; they will duel, but Harry will use another wand.
5. nothing; Harry and Voldemort will not duel.
The final confrontation will be at:
1. Godric's Hollow (plot symmetry)
2. Privet Dr. (narrative symmetry)
3. the Veil Room (thematic symmetry).
4. the Love Room (alternate thematic symmetry).
5. Hogwarts (no symmetry, but we like the place).
6. wherever Harry catches up to Nagini.
7. wherever Voldemort finally catches up to Harry.
8. somewhere else altogether.
The confrontation(s) between Harry and Voldemort is (are) precipitated by: [MARK ALL THAT APPLY]
1. Potterverse's Battle of the Morannon.
2. Dobby &/ Kreacher continuing to track Draco, which ultimately leads Harry to Voldemort.
3. Harry going after Nagini.
4. Snape leads Harry to Voldemort.
5. Lucius Malfoy or another "reformed" Death Eater leads Harry to Voldemort.
6. Voldemort catching up to Harry.
7. Voldemort taking someone (other than Harry) captive.
8. nothing, as it does not happen.
In the final confrontation, Harry will stand with: [MARK ALL THAT APPLY]
1. himself alone.
2. Ron.
3. Hermione.
4. Ginny.
5. Neville.
6. Luna.
7. the rest of Dumbledore's Army.
8. Draco.
9. Snape.
10. Pettigrew.
11. the (rest of the?) Order.
12. the Aurors.
13. the whole "legions of good."
In the final confrontation, Voldemort will stand with: [MARK ALL THAT APPLY]
1. himself alone.
2. Snape.
3. Pettigrew.
4. Draco.
5. Bellatrix.
6. Lucius Malfoy.
7. the other Death Eaters.
8. an army of Dark Creatures.
9. the whole "legions of evil."
10. <insert your least favorite political personality here>.
The fate that Dumbledore thinks worse than Death (OotP: Chapt 36) is:
1. eternal existence with no body.
2. immortality with a body.
3. never knowing love.
4. an empty threat: Dumbledore is just talking smack.
5. a Spice Girls reunion tour.
6. something that we never will learn.
Snape's loyalties are to:
1. himself.
2. Dumbledore.
3. Voldemort's man through and through.
4. some other character.
5. "None of you will ever know my intentions."
Snape's main motivation is:
1. Lily.
2. revenge against his childhood enemies.
3. revenge against Voldemort for someone other than Lily.
4. hatred of his muggle father.
5. a life debt to James Potter.
6. to supplant Voldemort as Dark Lord.
7. being a grade A git.
Snape's other memory(ies) that he was putting into the Pensieve (OotP) was (were): [MARK UP TO 2]
1. things about Lily.
2. the truth about James rescuing him from Lupin.
3. more scenes of humiliation from his childhood.
4. incriminating evidence about his true loyalty to Dumbldore
5. incriminating evidence about his true loyalty to Voldemort
6. something still different (but that will be clarified).
7. something about which we will never read.
Snape's Worst Memory:
1. will be revealed to be his worst memory because of what happened with Lily, not James.
2. will be confirmed as his worst memory because of what happened with James.
3. both b&c are equally bad to Snape.
4. actually is set up to be a product placement ad for a line of boxers in the movies.
5. will not come up again.
"DON'T TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!" (PoA Chap. 19); what was not understood was:
1. all the stuff about Black's prank on Snape.
2. Snape's Worst Memory.
3. how much Snape actually cared for at least one of Harry's parents.
4. the amount of effort that Snape had put into framing Black himself, and how it might go to waste.
5. something that will not receive further clarification.
The "it" in ".... maybe he - Snape - didn' wan' ter do it anymore" (HBP Chap. 19) was:
1. detering Draco from his (Draco's) mission.
2. helping the Order in some other way.
3. carrying out his end of the Unbreakable Vow.
4. hassling Harry.
5. something different altogether (but that will be clarified).
6. something that we never will learn
"Severus .... please .... " (HBP Chap. 27):
1. kill me.
2. don't kill me.
3. take care of Fawkes after I'm gone.
4. we'll never know!
".... until you learn to keep you mind shut and your mouth closed!" (HBP Chap. 28 ) was:
1. a parting taunt.
2. a parting lesson.
3. something still different (but that will be clarified).
4. said for reasons we never will learn
Snape's old potion book:
1. will help Harry get to &/ destroy one or more Horcruxes.
2. will help Harry defeat Voldemort in some other way.
3. is a Horcrux.
4. will be a device for getting Harry to forgive Snape.
5. will not come up again.
At Spinner's End, Snape was:
1. showing that he is truly loyal to the Dark Lord.
2. willing to make the vow because he is loyal to neither side.
3. caught off-guard and cornered into the Unbreakable Vow.
4. willing to make the vow because he knew that Dumbledore was dying.
5. willing to make the vow because he thought that Draco's mission was to kill Harry.
6. not really there: it was Dumbledore on Polyjuice Potion.
7. not really there: it was Slughorn on Polyjuice Potion.
8. doing something else altogether (but that will be clarified).
9. this will not be clarified.
Dumbledore trusted Snape because:
1. Dumbledore thought (correctly or incorrectly) that Snape loved Lily.
2. Dumbledore thought that killing people Snape knew (even if he hated them) was too much for Snape.
3. Dumbledore thought that killing babies was too much for Snape.
4. Dumbledore was just blinded by his "second chance" philosophy (and will be shown to have been such).
5. of a reason that will not be revealed.
Snape will:
1. be shown to be a "good guy" all along and live, but not have too much impact on the plot.
2. die saving Harry, with all forgiven and forgotten.
3. die saving Harry bitterly, doing it because of Lily but cursing the fact that only Lily's eyes live in Harry.
4. die trying to kill Harry.
5. be killed in a different circumstance by Harry, Ron &/or Hermione or a vengeful Order member.
6. die after Voldemort's downfall while leading the remainder of the Death Eaters in battle.
7. live and escape to become a Dark Lord for the sequels that Rowling must write!
8. actually sit out this book: his part of the story is done.
The effect of a life debt is:
1. to compel the debtor against his/her will do aid the debtee.
2. to influence the debtor slightly in his/her actions.
3. ultimately trumped by free-will: the debtor pays off as he/she sees fit in the manner that he/she sees fit.
4. something that will not be clarified.
Pettigrew will pay off his life debt by:
1. attacking Voldemort.
2. willingly sacrificing himself to save Harry.
3. being unable to carry out an order to harm or kill Harry.
4. arguing against an order to harm or kill Harry.
5. unwillingly hesitating at some key moment, allowing Harry to live.
6. eh, wait 'til next lifetime (or the sequels!)
Bang! Bang! Wormtail's Silver Hand will:
1. harm Harry.
2. harm or kill Ron, Hermione or Ginny.
3. save Harry by killing a werewolf.
4. save Harry by killing Nagini.
5. save Harry in some other way.
6. save Harry's Anakin Skywalker costume for the Halloween party.
7. kill Voldemort.
8. contribute to Voldemort's death once Harry realizes that it is a Horcrux.
9. crush Voldemort's wand.
10. do nothing of import - it just looks cool.
Voldemort was accompanied to Godric's Hollow by: [MARK ALL THAT APPLY]
1. Peter Pettigrew.
2. Severus Snape.
3. nobody.
4. somebody other than Snape or Pettigrew.
5. nobody of whom we will ever learn (i.e. this won't be answered!).
Voldemort offered to spare Lily (PSS, Chap. 17) because:
1. of the magical power of Lily's eyes.
2. of a deal with Snape.
3. of a deal with Pettigrew.
4. Voldemort likes to be unpredictable.
5. Voldemort fancied Lily.
6. of a reason that will not be revealed.
"You have Lily's eyes" (PSS, Chap. 17) will: [MARK ALL THAT APPLY]
1. cause Pettigrew to do sometihng important for Harry
2. cause Snape to do something important for Harry.
3. make Voldemort offer to spare Harry as he offered to do for Lily.
4. confer magical powers onto Harry.
5. do nothing; those baby green Chekovian pistols got fired getting Sluggy's memory and that is that.
The "awful boy" Petunia overheard telling Lily about Dementors (OotP, Chap. 2) is (was):
1. James Potter.
2. Sirius Black.
3. Remus Lupin.
4. Peter Pettigrew.
5. Severus Snape.
6. an as yet unnamed character.
7. Petunia lied: there was no such person, and we will read that she learned of Dementors some other way.
8. this will not be revealed.
The major thing that we still have to learn about Lily is:
1. she had magical eyes (something akin to being a metamorphagus).
2. she was friendly with Snape.
3. she was friendly with Pettigrew.
4. she was friendly with just about every guy she met.
5. a special use of Charms.
6. a special use of Potions.
7. she used magic to make James fall in love with her.
8. James used magic to make Lily fall in love with him.
9. something to do with one (or more) of her three defiances of Voldemort.
10. something to do with Slughorn &/ the Slug Club.
11. there is much more to how she saved Harry than we knew.
12. she was coerced into marrying James and never loved him (naturally or magically).
13. something still different from any of these things (but that will be clarified).
On the night of 31 October 1981, James Potter's invisibility cloak was:
1. on Hagrid, outside of Godric's Hollow.
2. with Snape, but he was not wearing it.
3. on another Order member outside of Godric's Hollow
4. being used on an important Order mission not involving Godrics Hollow.
5. doing something about which we will not read.
".... a little bit more to Aunt Petunia than meets the eye" i.e., she: [MARK ALL THAT APPLY]
1. truly wanted to be a witch.
2. was in love with Snape.
3. was in love with another young wizard.
4. knows much more about the wizarding world than she admits.
5. really is capable of courage and love.
6. refused to attend Hogwarts despite magical ability.
7. this will not be revealed.
"Remember my last" (OotP Chap. 2) - the letter(s) before the last was (were) about:
1. backup plans in case Lily should somehow sacrifice herself for Harry and trigger this unique confluence of events.
2. why Petunia could not attend Hogwarts.
3. how to repress magic fully.
4. tips about flowers and gardens.
5. nothing that will be revealed.
Dudley's worst memory (OotP Chap. 2) was about:
1. seeing one of his parents accidentally perform magic.
2. accidentally performing magic.
3. the Mars Bar that got away.
4. an occasion where he had a glimpse of just what a pathetic bigot he is.
5. something different from the above.
6. something about which we will not read.
The "character who does manage in desperate circumstances to do magic quite late in life" will be:
1. Filch.
2. Figgy.
3. Vernon.
4. Dudley.
5. one of Dudley's gang.
6. one of the Dursley's once-mentioned friends/neighbors/work associates.
7. Tony Blair.
8. Col. Fubster.
9. none of the above.
R.A.B. is: ["?" MEANS THAT WE DO NOT KNOW THAT THIS INITIAL IS CORRECT]
1. Regulus ?A. Black.
2. ?R. Andromeda Black (she either kept her maiden name or stole it before getting married?).
3. ?R. Amelia Bones.
4. Aberforth ?R.?A.?B. Dumbledore.
5. Madame Rosmerta ?A. ?B.
6. Dennis ?R. ?A. Bishop.
7. ?R. Amy Benson.
8. Rupert "Axebanger" Brooks.
9. Rosalind Antigone Bungs.
10. Dumbledore: his online chat name was "Romulans Are Best," and he just forgot to leave the note behind.
11. one of the Burkes or Borgins.
12. someone still different but already named in the series.
13. a name not yet mentioned in the books.
R.A.B. betrayed Voldemort because:
1. Voldemort ordered killed someone RAB loved.
2. RAB realized that killing is wrong.
3. RAB learned that Voldemort was not a pureblood.
4. some other reason.
5. RAB never was loyal to Voldemort.
6. of a reason that will not be revealed.
R.A.B. figured out that the Cave had a Horcrux because: [MARK ALL THAT APPLY]
1. of stories that old Death Eaters told RAB.
2. RAB tracked down the orphans tortured there.
3. RAB helped Voldemort stock the lake with Inferi.
4. RAB was the Death Eater assigned to guard the Cave.
5. RAB tracked Lord Voldemort to the cave.
6. pure luck.
7. of a reason that will not be revealed.
Dumbledore will contribute from beyond the grave by: [MARK ALL THAT APPLY]
1. returning as a ghost.
2. Priori Incantatem on Snape's wand.
3. returning through the Veil.
4. returning in some other way.
5. Harry examiningthe memories that he left behind.
6. through Fawkes.
7. one or more of his portraits.
Grindelwald will be important to the story:
1. as backstory for developing Dumbledore or Potterverse further (but he will be mentioned).
2. as his death provided Dumbledore with a Horcrux.
3. he taught Voldemort the Horcrux spell.
4. not at all! Rowling has to prevaricate on some of these questions, otherwise she would give away too much!
Besides the Trio, Voldemort and (sort of) Slughorn, the following living people know about one or more of Voldemort's Horcruxes: [CHECK UP TO 4, BUT DO NOT CONTRADICT YOURSELF!]
1. Nobody.
2. Bellatrix Lestrange.
3. Lucius Malfoy.
4. Severus Snape.
5. Aberforth Dumbledore.
6. Peter Pettigrew.
7. R.A.B. (assuming that RAB is not one of the above).
8. who doesn't?
The two hidden Horcruxes are at/in: [MARK UP TO 2]
1. the Orphanage.
2. the Riddle House.
3. the Chamber of Secrets.
4. the Slytherin Dormitory.
5. the Hogwart's Trophy Room.
6. the Room of Requirement.
7. some other place in Hogwarts.
8. Hogwarts because Hogwarts is a Horcrux!
9. Privet Dr.
10. Godric's Hollow.
11. Azkaban
12. The Malfoy Mansion
13. Borgin & Burkes
14. St. Mungo's
15. Gringotts.
16. wherever it was that Voldemort learned the Horcrux spell.
17. Lord Grindelwald's old hangout.
18. somewhere in Albania.
19. Salazar Slytherin's tomb.
20. the tomb of one of the other 3 founders.
21. somewhere in Egypt.
22. in the safe keeping of a faithful Death Eater.
23. some place of which we have no inkling.
Slytherin's Locket is:
1. in some unknown trash heap.
2. in Kreacher's stash.
3. at the Malfoy's.
4. in some shop or home after Mundungus sold it.
5. with Mundungus or with his stash of other ill-gotten goods.
6. in Aberforth's keeping.
7. on the bottom of the Lake in the Cave.
8. somewhere with Dumbledore's stuff as he already took it in a prior visit.
9. a total red herring as it never was a Horcrux.
The Trio will figure out a fourth Horcrux locality by/from:
1. RAB's "notes" (in whatever form: written, memories, Kreacher, etc.)
2. Dumbledore's "notes" (in whatever form: written, memories, portrait, etc.)
3. RAB's notes + Dumbledore's notes together will provide an insightthat neither alone could.
4. classes at Hogwarts.
5. Harry seeing it in Voldemort's mind via the link.
6. Harry using legilimency on one of the Death Eaters who knows about the Horcrux.
7. Harry using legilimency on Neville to recover Neville's altered memories.
8. sheer dumb luck.
9. nothing at all, as Harry will turn the task over to responsible adults.
The Trio will figure out a fifth Horcrux locality by/from:
1. RAB's "notes" (in whatever form: written, memories, Kreacher, etc.)
2. Dumbledore's "notes" (in whatever form: written, memories, portrait, etc.)
3. RAB's notes + Dumbledore's notes together will provide an insight that neither alone could.
4. classes at Hogwarts.
5. Harry using seeing it in Voldemort's mind via the link.
6. Harry using legilimency on one of the Death Eaters who knows about the Horcrux.
7. Harry using legilimency on Neville to recover Neville's altered memories.
8. sheer dumb luck.
9. nothing at all, as Harry will turn the task over to responsible adults.
The unknown Horcrux ("something of Ravenclaw's or Gryffindor's") is:
1. Ravenclaw's Tiara.
2. Ravenclaw's Wand.
3. Ravenclaw's Scepter.
4. Ravenclaw's Blood Vial.
5. Ravenclaw's Mirror of Erised.
6. Gryffindor's Sword.
7. Gryffindor's Codpiece.
8. Hogwarts itself.
9. some cool object with an Eagle or a Lion on it that we've never seen before, but it will be obvious once Harry gets past all of the traps etc. to find it.
10. none of the above: Voldemort never found (or necessarily even sought) a relic from either of those two.
Harry will get past the traps, etc., guarding the remaining Horcruxes by:
1. information in the Defense Against Dark Arts books that he got from Sirius and Lupin.
2. bringing Bill Weasley along.
3. learning curse detection from Bill.
4. using spells from the Half-Blood Prince's Potion book.
5. letting Hermione detect the curses with arithmancy.
6. some other way.
7. this will not be an issue as Harry will not face anything like the Cave again.
Nagini:
1. is a Horcrux.
2. is not a Horcrux but Dumbledore's way of informing Harry of the properties of an animate Horcrux.
3. is neither a Horcrux, nor informative; Dumbledore was just plain wrong.
Regarding the Horcruxes, Harry will: [MARK ALL THAT APPLY]
1. retain his resolve and not tell anybody.
2. tell Ginny.
3. tell the Order.
4. tell only particular Order members (e.g., Bill or Lupin or Hagrid, etc.)
5. tell the Ministry.
Harry will remove Voldemort's soul fragments from Horcruxes by:
1. simply breaking/killing the object in question, either physically or with magic (e.g., Sectumsempra).
2. with a spell that he must learn.
3. basilisk poison.
4. acromantula (giant spider) poison.
5. dragon's blood (use #11!).
6. tossing them through the Veil.
7. feeding them to a Dementor.
8. feeding them to a Crumplehorn Snorkaxe.
9. leaving them in a room with Ron & Hermione until the Horcruxes commit suicide to escape the incessant bickering & pent up sexual tension.
10. letting specially trained "de-Horcruxing" Aurors or Order members do it.
Regarding Hogwarts, Harry will:
1. not have any choices, as it will be closed.
2. retain his resolve and not return at all even though the school reopens.
3. retain his resolve and not return as a student,but he will visit while hunting Horcruxes.
4. somehow be forced to return against his will.
5. realize that he needs another year of school to do all of this and return to Hogwarts.
Sectumsempra will: [MARK ALL THAT APPLY]
1. be used to remove Harry's scar.
2. be used to hurt/kill Voldemort.
3. be used to hurt other (assumed!) baddies.
4. be used to break Horcruxes.
5. not come in to play.
At the Dursleys: [MARK UP TO 3]
1. Harry will take out his anger and hatred on the Dursleys when he turns 17.
2. Harry, Ron & Hermione will save the Dursleys from Death Eaters after the Charm lifts.
3. Harry will finally forgive the Dursleys.
4. none of these things will happen.
Harry will finally get back at Dudley by: [MARK ALL THAT APPLY]
1. nothing; Harry got back at Diddikins in "Dudley Demented."
2. jinxing him.
3. ironically providing Dudley with what Dudley (thinks he) wants.
4. somehow making Dudley see himself for what he truly is.
5. leaving Dudley forever in Harry's debt.
At Bill & Fleur's Wedding: [MARK ALL THAT APPLY]
1. Harry & Ginny reunite.
2. the Death Eaters attack, kidnapping Ginny or someone else important to Harry.
3. the Death Eaters attack, but without really affecting the plot.
4. Harry figures out who RAB is from conversations with Lupin or other wizards.
5. nothing much will happen: this will be a background narrative detail unworthy of more than a paragraph.
At Godric's Hollow, Harry will: [MARK ALL THAT APPLY]
1. find a Horcrux.
2. learn his parents' backstory.
3. learn that he is a descendant of Gryffindor.
4. figure out who RAB is.
5. actually, Harry will not get there during the main plot as events will constantly postpone this.
6. do none of these: he will simply visit his parents grave(s).
Ron Weasley will help the Horcrux hunt by: [MARK ALL THAT APPLY]
1. applying "common sense" wisdom from knowing the wizarding world.
2. winning a big chess game.
3. unleashing hitherto undeveloped magical skills in potions or charms.
4. just being brave and supportive.
5. he won't: he really is a traitor.
6. he won't: Harry will turn it over to someone else, and Ron will be in school.
Ron will:
1. live, marry Hermione and bicker happily ever after.
2. live, but lose Hermione.
3. betray Harry but survive in disgrace.
4. betray Harry and die as a result.
5. die saving Harry.
6. die saving Hermione.
7. die saving both Harry & Hermione.
8. die due to one of Fred & George's jokes (e.g., Avada Kedavra Puddings).
9. die saving a family member.
Hermione Granger will help the Horcrux hunt by: [MARK ALL THAT APPLY]
1. using arithmancy to detect the magical traps the Voldemort left behind.
2. looking up where Voldemort left the Horcruxes at Hogwarts in "Hogwarts, A History"
3. providing knowledge from her O in History and extracurricular reading.
4. she won't: she really is a traitor.
5. she won't: Harry will turn it over to someone else, and Hermione will be in school.
Hermione will:
1. live, marry Ron and bicker happily ever after.
2. live, but lose Ron.
3. betray Harry but survive in disgrace.
4. betray Harry and die as a result.
5. die saving Harry &/ Ron.
6. die saving another Weasley.
S.P.E.W. will:
1. liberate the house-elves and provide a legion for the big war.
2. lead to Kreacher telling Harry all he knows about Regulus.
3. cause Hermione to skip a Horcrux mission to lead a protest.
4. do nothing; it is just a little Amnesty International plug David Copperfield style!
Kreacher's apparent dementia will be revealed to be:
1. exactly what Sirius suspected; talking to Mrs. Black's portrait for too long.
2. a result of drinking the potion in the Cave.
3. a result of forcing someone else to drink the potion in the Cave.
4. be revealed to a conflict in orders from his masters regarding (ultimately) Horcruxes &/ Voldemort.
5. because of something at Grimmauld Place other than a Horcrux but important to the plot.
6. of still different origins from any of the above.
7. X: it not be explained further.
Ron and Hermione:
1. FINALLY get together after 4 years of near misses in some horribly sappy scene...
2. FINALLY get together after 4 years of near misses but largely 'off camera'; neither is a protagonist after all!
3. were together by the end of the last book, actually; Harry just did not notice.
4. will not get together until the Epilogue.
5. get together but split up after Ron betrays Harry.
6. get together but split up after Hermione betrays Harry.
7. never get together before one or the other (or both) dies (or JKR stops writing, at any rate).
The Trio's decision to not return to Hogwarts will be:
1. moot because Hogwarts won't open.
2. calmly accepted as the decision of responsible adults.
3. accepted by some, but cause Mrs. Weasley to go ballistic with no real effect.
4. accepted by others, but cause Mrs. Weasley to go ballistic leading to bad things for Harry (e.g., undue attention from the Ministry or Voldemort).
5. not accepted and people will try to force Harry to return.
6. not an issue as Harry will change his mind about that.
Regarding Harry's mysterious quest, the Order of the Phoenix will:
1. accept Harry's decision to not fill tell them what he and Dumbledore were doing with grace.
2. try to gently persuade Harry to let them help, but not force the issue.
3. try to persuade Harry to let them help, and force the issue with no real effect.
4. try to persuade Harry to let them help, and force the issue, endangering Harry.
5. just take over the Horcrux hunt after Harry decides that they should do it instead of him.
Regarding Harry's mysterious quest, the Ministry of Magic will:
1. accept Harry's decision to not fill tell them what he and Dumbledore were doing with grace.
2. try to gently persuade Harry to let them help, but not force the issue.
3. try to persuade Harry to let them help, and force the issue with no real effect.
4. try to persuade Harry to let them help, and force the issue, endangering Harry.
5. be too busy with Voldemort to worry about what Harry is doing.
6. just take over the Horcrux hunt after Harry decides that they should do it instead of him.
Regarding other matters, the Ministry of Magic will:
1. continue its old Tory cronyism that helps Voldemort more than hinders him.
2. be more obsessed with Harry than with Voldemort.
3. a&b.
4. reform and start to do something effective.
5. be entirely in the background and not relevant to the plot or story.
6. just take over the Horcrux hunt after Harry decides that they should do it instead of him.
Draco Malfoy will:
1. reject Voldemort and ally with Harry.
2. remain loyal to Voldemort.
3. reject both Voldemort and Harry, and simply pulls out of the story & plot.
4. be stuck in between, unable to decide whom he hates more.
Draco:
1. lives.
2. dies trying to kill Harry.
3. dies trying to save Harry.
4. dies at Voldemort's command.
5. dies when Pansy's father catches up to him.
6. dies because he hates both sides so much that he "freezes" in a key situation.
7. "freezes" in a key situation, but is saved by Harry.
Ginny Weasley will:
1. join up with the Trio part way through.
2. will be taken captive by Voldemort &/ his followers.
3. will turn the tables and rescue Harry.
4. reveal herself to be allied to the Death Eaters because she is a pureblood.
5. pretty much sit this one out.
Ginny's impressive magic will be:
1. becoming an animagus.
2. generally powerful magic that saves Harry &/ Ron &/ Hermione.
3. the ultimate bat-bogey hex.
4. revealing that she can apparate before she is supposed to be able to do so.
5. some other powerful spell.
6. greatly over-esteemed by JKR (sort of like those "Three Big Questions" that Lost episode was supposed to answer...).
Neville Longbottom will:
1. join up with the Trio part way through.
2. be the one to finish off Bellatrix.
3. a&b.
4. pretty much sit this one out.
Neville's poor memory:
1. will be revealed to be a by-product of a memory charm (a la Bertha Jorkins), but not affect the plot.
2. will be revealed to be a by-product of a memory charm, and the recovered memory(ies) will be important.
3. will be revealed to have been due solely to lack of confidence.
4. will not be featured in the book at all.
Hagrid will: [MARK ALL THAT APPLY]
1. provide Harry with additional information about 31 October 1981.
2. prove important for some other reason associated with that night.
3. provide Harry with information that Dumbledore gave him (Hagrid).
4. be useful by getting Grawp to help Harry destroy Horcruxes.
5. be useful by getting Grawp to lead a group of giants in a big battle.
6. remain relegated to the background again.
The missing 24 hours or so between the time Hagrid took the bike and when he got to Privet Dr. were because:
1. Hagrid got lost.
2. It just takes a while to fly from Godric's Hollow to Privet Dr.
3. Hagrid went on additional mission for Dumbledore that no longer has any consequences.
4. Hagrid went on additional mission for Dumbledore that proves to be important now.
5. Hagrid went to a hiding place while Dumbledore prepared things (Figgy, spells, etc.)
6. of something that we will not learn (e.g., n ot in the book, or Rowling messed up sums, etc.).
Fawkes will: [MARK ALL THAT APPLY]
1. return when Dumbledore does (and we will see this).
2. return and "adopt" Harry as his new master.
3. go to Aberforth.
4. find a new master other than Harry or Aberforth.
5. be used to destroy Horcruxes.
6. save Harry after Harry sustains a mortal wound defeating Voldemort.
7. save Harry after Harry sustains a mortal wound in some other manner
8. save Ron, Hermione, Ginny or some other important character.
9. remind Harry via song of Dumbledore, etc., and thus influence a BIG choice by Harry.
10. fetch some important artifact for Harry.
11. never be seen again.
Weasley's Wizard Wheezes: [MARK ALL THAT APPLY]:
1. provide valuable defensive gear (cloaks, hats, etc.)
2. provide dangerous jokes that become weapons.
3. accidentally supplies the bad guys again.
4. will be the scene of some event, but not actively contribute.
5. will not be relevant.
Sirius' two way mirror will:
1. help Harry communicate with the dead.
2. help the trio communicate with each other during the quest.
3. help Harry order breakfast from Kreacher without moving his arm (wink wink....)
4. get broken while Ginny tries to teach Hermione how to use makeup.
5. do absolutely nothing in this book.
Bellatrix:
1. is killed by Neville.
2. is killed by Harry.
3. is killed by Snape.
4. is killed by Pettigrew.
5. is killed by Voldemort.
6. is killed by Narcissa.
7. dies some other way.
8. joins the good guys and lives.
9. lives to be a possible Dark Lady for the sequels.
10. will not be featured in the book at all.
Delores Umbridge:
1. realizes the errors of her ways and helps the Order &/ Harry in the end.
2. is run out of the ministry for being a bigoted idiot.
3. gets busted helping Death Eaters, whom she thought were on the "good" side because of their ancient pureblood ancestry.
4. realizes that she has much more in common with the Death Eaters and joins them.
5. is killed after lipping off to a Giant, Centaur, house-elf, Muggleborn, etc.: after all, Newton > Merlin!
6. actually will not get the comeuppance expected and not be mentioned.
Percy Weasley will, in the end,:
1. repent his defection and reconcile with his family.
2. repent his defection and die redeeming himself.
3. gets busted helping Death Eaters, whom he thought were on the "good" side because of their ancient pureblood ancestry.
4. remain the Ministry's man, through and through, and never repent his actions of OotP.
5. join the Death Eaters.
6. be revealed as having been a spy for the Order all along.
7. sit this book out.
Fenrir Grayback:
1. is killed by Remus Lupin.
2. is killed by Bill or Fleur.
3. is killed by Peter Pettigrew's silver hand.
4. is killed by Maxwell's Silver Hammer.
5. is killed by Tonks, after he kills Lupin.
6. is killed by Tonks, even though just to avenge Lupin's childhood bite.
7. turns on Voldemort, after realizing Voldemort has lied to him, and is killed by LV or some DE.
8. turns on Voldemort, after realizing Voldemort has lied to him, andsurvives to become a villain in the sequels.
9. is killed by someone else.
10. bites someone with a blood-borne illness and die of that.
11. is imprisoned and force-fed wolf's bane at each full moon.
12. is imperiused into babysitting Lupin and Tonk's puppies.
13. is restrained with a magic chain, at the cost of Harry's (or some other good guy's) hand!
14. is in Azkaban already and remains there throughout the entire book.
Bill Weasley's injuries will result in Bill:
1. actually becoming a werewolf.
2. not turning, but still becoming dangerous at the Full Moon.
3. being what he now is (scars, taste for red-meat, etc.).
4. nothing at all that will be discussed (i.e., nothing will be mentioned, as opposed to c) being confirmed).
Ollivander dissappeared because:
1. he really is loyal to Voldemort.
2. he is hiding from Voldemort.
3. Voldemort kidnapped him to make a new wand to defeat Harry.
4. Voldemort kidnapped him because Olivander knew about a Horcrux.
5. of a reason that will not be revealed: it was just good for narrative drama.
The character in the background who steps forward is:
1. Aberforth Dumbledore.
2. Andromeda Tonks nee Black.
3. Auror Dawlish.
4. Caradoc Dearborn.
5. Regulus Black.
6. one of the two putative missing Gryffindor girls.
7. someone still more obscure.
8. House-elf #3.
The traitor among the good guys is: [MARK ALL THAT APPLY]]
1. Minerva McGonagal.
2. Tonks.
3. Ron.
4. Ginny.
5. Hermione.
6. Neville.
7. someone else.
8. nobody.
The following will die: [MARK ALL THAT APPLY]]
1. Ginny Weasley.
2. Neville Longbottom.
3. Luna Lovegood.
4. Remus Lupin.
5. Rubeus Hagrid.
6. Fred Weasley.
7. George Weasley.
8. Lucius Malfoy.
9. Kreacher.
10. Sybill Trelawney.
As a result of Voldie War II, the Muggles will: [MARK ALL THAT APPLY]
1. sight waves of oddly dressed people, but dismiss this as a fashion fad.
2. sight waves of magical creatures, but dismiss this as drugs , crazy people, aliens, Elvis, etc.
3. show sharply rising rates of depression, etc. to breeding dementors, with no positive effects.
4. as above, but causing an economic boom on chocolate and Prozac investments.
5. retaliate for acts of mass destruction, which hurt only innocent Muggles.
6. as above, but witha huge impact on the Wizarding world.
7. do nothing, really; a few Muggles die as collateral damage, but the obliviators get right on it.
8. become fair game from June - July under Ministry Proclamation 6275 after Voldemort wins.
9. not do anything about which we will read; after all, who cares about Muggles?
10. engage in their own parallel war and ignore the wizards.
11. learn about the Wizarding World; being related to wizards becomes quite "hip," making the Dursleys very popular.
Deathly Hallows refer to:
1. the Horcruxes (a la Arthurian quests).
2. the places where the Horcruxes are hidden (a la medieval quests).
3. a&b.
4. something to do with Godric's Hollow.
5. some new magical creatures.
6. some new group of wizards.
7. a graveyard.
8. where souls gather after their bodies die.
9. an ironic name for makeout point at Hogwarts.
10. something else altogether (but that will be clarified).
11. something that will not be at all clear from the book itself. (note: this will be correct only if nobody gets it: if you don't and we do, that's your fault!)
The scene from The Prisoner of Azkaban movie that accidentally foreshadows something will prove to be:
1. Snape shielding the trio.
2. Lily seeing goodness that others did not.
3. that Harry would one day see how much like James and Lily he (Harry) is.
4. something that happened in HBP (e.g., Buckbeak driving off the werewolf).
5. something else altogether (but that will be clarified).
6. Rowling must have dozed off and imagined it; I mean, what did that movie have to do with Harry Potter anyway???
The final word, "scar," will refer to:
1. the scar on Harry's head.
2. the scar that was on Harry's head; it's gone now.
3. a new scar that Harry will acquire.
4. a scar on Harry's child.
5. the scar on Dumbledore's knee showing the tube lines.
6. a scar on another character.
7. a scar on the landscape or some other inanimate object.
8. a completely different physical scar from any of the above.
9. an emotional or psychological scar, not a physical one.
10. nothing; JKR will have changed that.
Regarding the books, I have read (or listened to):
1. all multiple times.
2. all once.
3. some but not all of them.
4. none of them.
Regarding the movies, I have:
1. seen all multiple times.
2. seen the last 2 several times, but the first 2 only once.
3. seen the first 2 several times, but the last 2 only once.
4. seen all once.
5. stopped going because the first one was so bad.
6. stopped going after Columbus left.
7. seen none of them.
I read HP fanfiction:
1. voraciously.
2. only occassionally.
3. never touch the stuff.
4. er, what is "fan-fiction?"

[*]Regarding Harry Potter and the internet, I:

check Potter-specific websites daily.
check Potter-specific websites occassionaly.
get info from general SciFi/Fantasy sites
get info from newsgroups where HP is an "other" (e.g., Tolkien or Pullman newsgroups).
have no idea how I even got here [/col

Post by **TheWagner** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:06 pm

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Post by **Glawariel** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 11:00 pm

Whoa! I am both extremely impressed (super kudos to all who participated in the creation of the survey) as well as extremely daunted and intimidated. So

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And here I thought I'd have nothing to do during my 12 hour layover in LA. The big question is should I attempt in now or wait until I've finished rereading the books in preparation for Deathly Hallows. (pre and post reading may be an interesting comparison...)

Post by **Teremia** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 12:58 am

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