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Solitaire - Dec 28, 2008 2:09 pm (#1491 of 2993)

1. Is it an object? Yes.
2. Is it a person? No.
3. Does it have a simple shape, such as spherical or cubic? No.
4. Is the object magical? Yes.
5. Is it in the first three books? Yes.
6. Is it a dark object? No.
7. Has Harry had contact with it? Yes.
8. Is it small enough to go into a school bag? Yes.
9. Is it a Deathly Hallow? No.
10. Did the object help him with his studies? No.
11. Did it help in finding Voldemort's Horcruxes? No.
12. Is the object in DD's office? No.
13. Does it have an owner who bought it? No.
14. Do we see it at Hogwarts? Yes.
15. Is this object alive, like an animal or plant? No, it isn't alive.
16. Was the object manufactured by a human wizard? Probably.
17. Is it used in a game? No.
18. Would the person who had it be happy that they own it? Refer to #13 regarding ownership. I can say that it was extremely useful.
19. Does this thing belong to Neville? No.
20. Can you use the object to detect something or somebody? No.
21. Does this object now belong to Harry? No.
22. Is the object a metallic colour? Yes.
23. Is the object mentioned/seen in the last three books? No.
24. Is it a key? Why, yes, it is! Can you be more specific?
25. Would it be the flying key Harry caught in PS/SS while trying to get to the Philosopher's Stone (it was Flitwick's trial)? Yes, it is the flying key!

Congratulations, Elanor! The next game is yours!

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Elanor - Dec 29, 2008 8:50 am (#1511 of 2993)
Edited by Potteraholic Mar 4, 2011 3:56 pm

1. Is it a person? Yes
2. Is it an object? No
3. Is he/she/it magical? No
4. Is he/she/it Dark? No
5. Is he/she/it in the first three books? No
6. Does this person appear in OotP? Yes
7. Is it Mrs. Figg? No
8. Does Harry come into contact with this person? No
9. Is the person pointed out to Harry e.g they don't talk but knows who they are? He/she is not pointed out to Harry but Harry knows who they are.
10. Is this person affected by an action by Voldie or the DEs? No
11. Do we see this person in Little Whinging? We don't see this person in Little Whinging. Maybe rephrasing your question might help though.
12. Is it someone we hear about in Little Whinging, then? Yes!
13. Is it Mark Evans?

It is Soli!

Congratulations! Looking forward to your next game.

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Solitaire - Dec 30, 2008 10:35 am (#1548 of 2993)

1. Is it a person? No.
2. Is it a place? No.
3. Do we see it in more than one book? No.
4. Is it magical? No.
5. Is it an object? Yes.
6. Do we see it in one of the first three books? Yes.
7. Do we see this object at Hogwarts? Yes, we do.
8. Does Harry own it? No.
9. Is it brightly coloured? No.
10. Would this object fit into a schoolbag? Yes.
11. Is it in POA? No.
12. Does it belong to a student? Yes.
13. Is it alive, like a plant or an animal? No.
14. Did it belong to Neville? No.
15. Do we see it in Chamber of Secrets? Yes.
16. Is this object directly related to the opening of the Chamber of Secrets? No.
17. Is it made of parchment or paper? No.
18. Is this object given as a gift? No.
19. Is it an item of clothing? No.
20. Is it useful? It would always be a useful item, and in this case, it was EXTREMELY useful.
21. Is the student it belongs to a Gryffindor? Yes.
22. Is it the mirror that Hermione and Penny Clearwater used to peer around corners in the hallways as they left the library after researching basilisks? Yes it is!
23. Is the Gryffindor student in Harry's year? Yes, she is. (See #22)

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freshwater - Dec 30, 2008 7:50 pm (#1568 of 2993)
Edited by Potteraholic Aug 24, 2009 6:23 am

1. Is it an object? No.
2. Is he/she/it magical? Not in and of itself...
3. Is it a person? No.
4. Is it a place? Yes.
5. Is it in books 1-3? No.
6. Is it in London? No.
7. Is it a place where things are sold? Yes.
8. Is it a muggle place? No.
9. Is food or drink sold there? No.
10. Do we visit it in DH? No.
11. Does this place sell something that students need for school? Yes.
12. Is it Scrivenshaft's Quill Shop in Hogsmeade?

K, you and I must be psychically linked, Solitaire! YES! We didn't even have it narrowed down to Hogsmeade yet....HOW did you do that? Must be magic....unless....is there any seer blood in your family tree? Hmmmm?

I love the name "Scrivenshaft's".....so evocative and it just rolls off your tongue. The 20 ? game is now yours....

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Solitaire - Jan 1, 2009 2:51 am (#1608 of 2993)

1. Is it a person? No.
2. Is it an object? Yes.
3. Is it magical? Yes!
4. Is it smaller than a shoebox? Yes.
5. Does Harry own it? No.
6. Is it unique? Well, we haven't seen any other ones, but I rather doubt that it is unique.
7. Is it owned by someone who was an adult for the entire series? No.
8. Does anyone own it? Yes.
9. Do we see it in the first book? No.
10. Is it owned by a Hogwarts student? Yes.
11. Is it found in more than one book? No.
12. Is it owned by a girl? Yes!
13. Is the girl who owns it a Gryffindor? Yes.
14. Is it the Muggle diary that Tom Riddle enchanted with a memory of himself and made into a horcrux? No.
15. Is this object seen in book 3? No.
16. Is the object used for school work? No.
17. Does Hermione own this object? Yes, she does.
18. Is it Hermione's beaded bag that she enlarged to carry their suppies in DH? Yes, that is exactly what it is!! I would LOVE to have that purse ... or at least to know the spell she used to enchant it.

Congratulations, freshwater!

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freshwater - Jan 2, 2009 7:43 pm (#1644 of 2993)
Edited by Potteraholic Mar 20, 2011 6:34 am

1. Is it an object? Yes.
2. Is it human? No.
3. Is it magical? No.
4. Do we see it in the first three books? Yes.
5. Is it in Hogwarts? We see it there once....
6. Do we see it in a place other than Hogwarts? Yes.
7. Is it something that would fit in a shoebox (a non-magical average sized shoe box)? Most likely, yes.
8. Does Harry bring it to Hogwarts? No.
9. Does it come to Hogwarts after having been seen somewhere else? Yes.
10. Is it owned by a student? No.
11. Does it come from Diagon Alley? No.
12. Do we see this object in PoA? Yes.
13. Does an adult bring this to Hogwarts? Perhaps not personally, but, yes, and adult does cause this to happen.
14. Does Dumbledore send this thing to Hogwarts? No.
15. Is it something like the diary that Lucius Malfoy stuffed into Ginny's bag? No.
16. Is this object made of metal? No.
17. Is this object made of paper or cardboard? No.
18. Does it belong to a professor? At one point, yes.
19. Does it come to Hogwarts in HBP? No.
20. Is it used by a student? Uhm...yes.

HINT: The "object" is not permanent.

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BTW, there is a question from Legolas which was not answered.--Solitaire

Thanks, Solitaire, I had completely missed that! Sorry, Legolas!

11 B. Is it used for malignant purposes? For example the cursed necklace was used to try and kill Dumbledore. No, not usually....but, yes, this was used for a malignant purpose at one point.

21. Do we see this item in any other book besides PoA? Yes, remember I mentioned that it did not come to Hogwarts in PoA, but later in the series.

22. Is it edible? YES!

23. Is it the poisoned mead that nearly kills Ron?

Yes, you have it Solitaire! I was thinking of M. Rosmerta's oak-matured mead....it is first mentioned in PoA when the professors have a drink at the Three Broomsticks and Harry overhears them talking about Sirius Black being his godfather. Then we see it poisoned in HBP and nearly doing in dear Ron.

I thought that no one was considering anything like food, so I gave the hint of it not being permanent....figured it wouldn't take long for someone to get it then!

BTW, mead really is a lovely --although alcoholic-- drink. If you are of age, be sure to try it sometime. But it is potent...a little goes a long way.

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Solitaire - Jan 4, 2009 11:10 am (#1682 of 2993)

1. Is it an object? Yes.
2. Is it magical? To be honest, it is listed among the magical items here on the Lexicon, but I do not believe we ever see it used to perform magic.
3. Is it seen inside Hogwarts? Yes.
4. Is it something the average student would own? I do not remember seeing anyone else with such a thing, although I suppose they could have.
5. Does the item perform a similar function in the Magical world and the Wizarding World? Yes, I guess it would.
6. Is this object owned by a student? Yes.
7. Is it owned by Harry? No.
8. Is it used for studying purposes? No.
9. Is it in the first three books? No.
10. Do we see this object outside of Hogwarts as well? We see it one time, outside Hogwarts.
11. Is this object owned by the Weasley family? No.
12. Would this object fit in a pocket? Yes.
13. Was it purchased in Knockturn Alley? Definitely not!
14. Was this object given to its owner as a gift? No.
15. Do we see this object in OotP? No.
16. Do we see this object in HBP? Yes, we do!
17. Is this object owned by a Gryffindor? No.
18. Is the object owned by a Ravenclaw? Yes.
19. Does this object change its owner? No.
20. Are they Luna's spectrespecs? Yes, indeed they are!
21. Does Luna own the object? Yes. (see #20)

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Mare - Jan 5, 2009 2:19 pm (#1707 of 2993)
Edited by Potteraholic Aug 24, 2009 7:01 am

1. Is it a person? Yes
2. Is it an object? No
3. Is it magical? Yes
4. Is this person female? No
5. Is she a student (at some point of the Series)? No
6. Is this person 100% human? Yes
7. Does this person work at Hogwarts? Yes
8. Is he a teacher? Yes
9. Is he less than 5 feet tall? No, I don't think so. I have no idea how high a feet is (we use the metric system), 5 feet would be Flitwick’s height?
10. Is he a teacher at Hogwarts for all seven years? No
11. Is the teacher in question Snape? No
12. Is the teacher in question Slughorn? No
13. Did this professor teacher classes during Harry's time there? (If not, that opens up a lot more options!) Oh, great question now I wish I could answer no, but the answer is Yes!
14. Did this teacher appear in the first 3 books? Yes
15. Is he popular? Not particularly, no.
16. Did this teacher write many books before obtaining his teaching position at Hogwarts? No.
17. Is it Professor Quirrell?

I'm going to sleep, see you tomorrow!

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Solitaire - Jan 8, 2009 8:45 pm (#1751 of 2993)

1. Is it an object? Yes
2. Is it a person? No.
3. Is he/she/it magical. Yes.
4. How about Dark, Eeeeevil Dark? No.
5. Is this magical object seen in the first 3 books? No.
6. Is it owned by a Hogwarts professor? No.
7. Is it owned by a Weasley? Yes, among others.
8. Does Harry use it? Yes he does!
9. Would this object fit into a pocket? Absolutely!
10. Do we first see this object at Hogwarts? Yes.
11. Would this object be used to detect things that are Dark, eeeevil dark? No.
12. Is this object useful for fun and games? No.
13. Do we see it anywhere other than Hogwarts? Kind of but not really. LOL I think that answer will make sense when you know what it is! LOL
14. Does this object have movable parts? No.
15. Is it a Fred & George product? No.
16. Is it edible? No ... although it might be interesting to see what could happen if you did.
17. Is it used for schoolwork? No.
18. Is it owned by a Weasley parent? No.
19. Is it (or was it at some point) owned by Gryffindor students that are not Harry or Ron? Wow, this is a tough one to answer. I guess yes.
20. Do we only see this singular object or do we see more of them, let's say it's mass produced and either in fashion or just being used regularly by more people? Yes, there is more than one.
21. Is this object seen in OotP? Yes.
22. Is it a Filibuster Firework? No.
23. Are these things owned by both males and females? Yes.
24. Are they something that people can purchase in a store? I suppose the "raw materials," if that's what you want to call them, came from a store; but the finished products were original.
25. Is it something you wear? No.
26. Are they small, shiny, disc-shaped items? Why, yes, I believe they are, Mrs. Brisbee!
27. The DA fake galleons? YES!!!

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Mrs Brisbee - Jan 10, 2009 10:35 am (#1783 of 2993)

1. Is he/she/it magical? No.
2. Is it a person? No.
3. Is it a place? No.
4. Is it an object? Yes.
5. Is this non-magical object owned by a witch or wizard? Yes!
6. Do we see this object in more than one location? Yes.
7. Has this object ever been a present? No.
8. Has this object been bought at Diagon Alley, although it is not magical? Unknown. I don't recall a store for said object in Diagon Alley.
9. Is this non-magical object owned by a current or past member of the Ministry of Magic? I think the answer is yes, but the answer might be technically, no. Probably no. I need to think about the definition of "Ministry of Magic". Is the Wizarding government supposed to mirror the British Parliament exactly? So the "Ministry" is the governing body, right? Now I need a lesson in British government structure. Edited: I think I'll interpret Ministry of Magic broadly as "Wizarding Government", and say yes.
10. Is this object owned by a student? No.
11. Do we see it in more than one book? Yes.
12. Is this non-magical object seen in DH? Yes.
13. Is it owned by Dumbledore? Yes! Which is why 9 confused me. Is the Wizengamut part of the judiciary, and in a parliamentary system is it considered part of the Ministry branch? Anyway, it looks like it is part of the Ministry in the Wizarding World as the whole government is simply called the Ministry of Magic, even if the ministry isn't the whole government in a parliamentary system.
14. Do we see this non-magical object of Dumbledore's "in the flesh" or do we only ever see it in the pensieve? Edit to make it a yes/no question: Is it only seen in the pensieve? No.
15. Is this object edible? No.
16. Is this object "owned" by other people in the HP series, although in a slightly altered form? Dumbledore, and no one else, has always owned this one item in its exact form as far as I know. Other people own objects of this kind, although in slightly different forms.
17. Is it Dumbledore's glasses? YES, It is Dumbledore's iconic glasses!

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TomProffitt - Jan 11, 2009 2:35 pm (#1828 of 2993)
Edited by Potteraholic Aug 24, 2009 7:31 am

1. Is it a magical person? No
2. Is it an object? Yes
3. Is it a magical object? No, or at least not that we are aware
4. Does it belong to a Wizard/Witch? No
5. Do we see it in the first 3 books? Yes
6. Does it make (or is it capable of making) a sound? Yes
7. Do we see more than one of them in the series? Yes, but I am referring to a specific item of this type
8. Do we see it at #4 Privet Drive? No
9. Does it belong to a specific muggle we know in the books? No
10. Do we see it at a wizarding place? Yes
11. Do we see it at the Burrow? No
12. Is it portable? No
13. Do we see this particular item at Hogwarts? Yes
14. Is it bigger than a bread box? Yes
15. Does it belong to Filch? No
16. Can it be found at Gringott's? No
17. Do we see it in more than one book? Yes
18. Does it belong to Hogwarts (rather than to a particular wizard or witch)? Yes, but it is associated with a particular character
19. Is it associated with Dumbledore? No
20. Is it associated with Hagrid? No. Prior to question 18, I was answering "belongs to" as though the associated character were the owner. Technically, though, the object belongs to Hogwarts. So, the object is not associated with a Witch, a Wizard, a Muggle, Filch, Dumbledore, or Hagrid
21. So a big, bulky thing is standing around at Hogwarts, cannot be moved around and makes sounds. I'd say it's a piano, but there isn't a piano mentioned in the books. Is it standing in a classroom? No. Not being portable does not necessarily mean that it is as big and bulky as piano.
22. Is it associated with McGonagall? No
23. Is it the clock in the clock tower? (Or am I suffering from movie contamination?) No, it is not in the tower, and Yes, you are suffering from movie contamination.
24. Is it ever used by one of the professors in teaching a class? No, we never see it used by a professor in class and it is highly unlikely that they would do so, conversely I think it is highly probable that a professor has used it outside of class.
25. Is it something that is located inside the castle? Yes
26. Is it located in a common area to which all students and faculty alike have access, like a hallway or the Great Room? Yes, technically it is restricted to half of the school, but that is a rule we see frequently violated
27. Is it associated with a magical being? I'd say, Yes, as you have to have been a magical being to become one of what the associated character is
ETA 28. Is it by any chance located in the girls' bathroom where Myrtle hangs out? Yes, it is
29. Is it her toilet? Yes it is! Yea, I didn't think that it would be this hard.

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Solitaire - Jan 12, 2009 7:59 pm (#1857 of 2993)

1. Is this a person? No.
2. Is this something or someone from a particular book? That is, does it appear only in one book or is it seen in more than one? This particular one is seen only once, in one book. There are other similar ones, however, and we see them somewhere else.
3. Is this something a magical object? It was not magical, but it was used for a magical purpose. (That was a big hint!)
4. Is it an animal? No.
5. Is it in one of the last three books? Yes.
6. Was the magical purpose it was used for helpful to Harry? Yes, it was.
7. *ahem* Is it bigger than a bread box? No, I don't think it is. It might be a wee bit smaller, actually.
8. Was this item useful to Harry in potions class? No.
9. Is this non-magical object owned by a student? No.
10. Did we see this object at Hogwarts? Yes.
11. Is the object owned by a staff member of Hogwarts? Well, it's at Hogwarts, and a specific staff member uses it. Whether it's actually owned by that person is unclear ... and unimportant.
12. Is it used by Madam Pince? No.
13. Does it lie around in a room, or is it carried around a lot? We only see it once, so it's hard to say. It was sitting on a surface. Then it was used. That was it!
14. Was it the portkey Dumbledore created in OP? Tom, you must be psycho--um, I mean psychic! YES, that is it!
15. Is it used in potions? No.
16. Is it used by Mr. Filch? No.

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TomProffitt - Jan 14, 2009 8:33 am (#1882 of 2993)
Edited by Potteraholic Aug 24, 2009 12:59 pm

1. Is it a person? Yes
2. Is it an object? No
3. Is it a magical person/place/thingy? Yes
4. Are they on the Dark Side? No
5. Is it a person of the female persuasion? No
6. Do they work in retail? No
7. Student? (as opposed to adult.) Yes
8. Do we see him at Hogwarts? Yes
9. Is this person human? (As opposed to elves or centaurs.) Yes
10. Was this student enrolled at Hogwarts during Harry's 6 years there? Yes
11. Is this male Hogwarts student in Gryffindor? Yes
12. Is he in Harry's year? Yes
13. Did he inherit a deluminator from Dumbledore? No
14. well that leaves four... Is he from Irish heritage? No
15. Is it Dean? Hm ... if the answer to 14 & 15 is no, well ... No
16. ...well, maybe is it Neville then? No
17. Is it Harry? Yes, it is!

I just wondered if I could stump people by being obvious.

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Potteraholic - Jan 16, 2009 3:39 am (#1914 of 2993)

1. Do we ever see it/he/she in London? Yes
2. Is it a non-magical something? Yes
3. Is it alive? No
4. Is it Dark? No
5. Is it connected to the Dursleys? Yes
6. Do we see it in the first three books? Yes
7. Is it a place? (just to make sure we are dealing with an object here...) No
8. Does it belong to Dudley? No
9. Is it an object? (I thought we should clarify) Yes
10. Does it belong to Aunt Petunia? Yes
11. Is it usually found in the kitchen? No (Note: I am taking 'found' to mean 'stored'. Hope that's okay.)
12. Is it edible? [b]No
13. Does Petunia wear this thing? Yes
14. Is it a part of the furniture? No
15. Do you count Surrey as London? Yes
16. Is it salmon-pink? Yes
17. Is it her apron? No
18. Is it her cocktail-dress? YES!

Yes, Julia, that is exactly what I was thinking of: Aunt Petunia's salmon-pink cocktail dress from CoS, ch. 1, 'The Worst Birthday'. It's what she was wearing for that dinner with the Masons. Wanted to pick something where I could just answer Yes or No, but still managed to trip up! And had a feeling you'd get it since you asked Question #13.

Now, what will you be thinking of, I wonder?

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Julia H. - Jan 18, 2009 3:41 am (#1970 of 2993)

1. Is it a person? No.
2. Is it a place? No.
3. Is he, she, or it magical? No.
4. Is it a non-magical object? Yes.
5. Is it at Hogwarts? No.
6. Is it bigger than a bread box? Yes.
7. Has Harry used it? No.
8. Do we see it in more than one book? Yes.
9. Is this object located in the Dursley residence? No.
10. Is it in Diagon Alley? No.
11. Is it a common item? Yes.
12. Is it in Hogsmeade? No.
13. Is it seen at the Weasley home? No.
14. Is the item found in a house only? No.
15. Is it larger than a cow? Yes, I think it is. It's quite large.
16. Is it in London? No.
17. do we see it at the MoM? No.
18. Is it seen in all 7 books? No.
19. Is it a specific item? (such as "Vernon's mustache" not simply a general item like "a mustache") Yes.
20. Have we seen Wizards use this huge, non-magical item? No.
21. Does this item remain stationary? Yes.
22. Do we see this item at Xeno Lovegood's house? No.
23. Is it a building? No, but...
24. Is it the war memorial in Godric's Hollow? No.
25. Is it seen in either of the last 2 books? Yes.
26. Is it the Riddle House? No.
27. Do we see it at 12 Grimauld Place? No.
28. When in use, does this object move, as in across the landscape? No.
29. a) Is this object indoors, No.
29. b) or outdoors? Yes.
30. Is it in Little Hangleton? No.
31. Do we see it in DH? Yes.
32. Is it seen prior to Goblet of Fire? No.
33. Do we also see it in HBP? Yes.
34. Is this non-magical object seen in Godric's Hollow? No.
P.S.....bigger than a cow? Are you sure? It is difficult to compare but it is definitely taller than a cow.
35. Is it the lake in the Forest of Dean? No.
36. Is it the chimney that you can see from Spinner's End? Yes.

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Dryleaves - Jan 18, 2009 1:50 pm (#1999 of 2993)
Edited by Potteraholic Aug 24, 2009 8:33 am

1. Is it a person? Yes.
2. Is it a place? No.
3. Is it magical? Yes.
4. Is it human? Yes.
5. Is it at Hogwarts? No.
6. Should we talk about this person using "she"? No.
7. Does "person" include things that used to be people, like ghosts? Yes, in a way.
8. Is this person alive any time between Harry Potter's birth and the end of the second war? Hmm... Yes, I think so, but I’m not sure.
9. Is it someone who is no longer alive? Yes.
10. Is he a Black? No.
11. Was he a member of the Order of the Phoenix? No.
12. Do we see this person in one of the memories placed into the Pensieve? Yes.
13. Do we see a photograph of that person? No.
14. Do we read about him in HBP, in "The House of Gaunt"? Yes.
15. Is it Tobias Snape, Severus' father? No.
16. Is the person on the dark side? No.
17. Is it Prof. Binns? No.
18. Does he work for the Ministry? Yes.
19. Is it Bob Ogden?

Yes! Congratulations, Soli!

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Solitaire - Jan 19, 2009 10:13 am (#2030 of 2993)
Edited by Potteraholic Aug 24, 2009 8:45 am

1. Is it a person? No.
2. Is it a place? No.
3. Is it found in Britain? Yes.
4. Is it a magical object? Yes.
5. Do we see it in Scotland? Yes, we do.
6. Would it fit in a pocket? Most definitely, yes.
7. Is it a common object, as opposed to unique? Yes, it is quite common in the Wizarding community.
8. Is it made of wood? No.
9. Does Harry come into contact with this object? Yes.
10. Do we ever see it in the Gryffindor common room? No, I don't think so.
11. Is it owned by a student? Well, many students have certainly had one.
12. Is it edible? Yes.
13. Is it something that is worn on the body? No.
14. Do teachers also use this object? Hm ... I'm not sure if we have seen them do so, but I wouldn't doubt it!
15. It may be edible, but is it something someone like Ron would actually want to eat? Yes, absolutely!
16. Is it available at Honeyduke's Sweet Shop? Why, yes, I think it is!
17. Is it a kind of chocolate? Yes.
18. Is it made of chocolate? Yes.
19. Is it Chocoballs? No.
20. Is it Chocolate Frogs? YES, it is CHOCOLATE FROGS!

Congratulations, Freshwater!

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freshwater - Jan 21, 2009 5:20 pm (#2076 of 2993)

1. Is it a place? No.
2. Is it an object? Yes....
3. Is it magical? No.
4. Is it a person? No.
5. Do we see this non-magical object at the Dursleys? No, heaven forbid!
6. Is it bigger than a breadbox? No.
7. Is it small enough to go into a pocket? Might be a tight squeeze, but, yes.
8. Is it made of metal? No.
9. Is any part of it made of paper? Hmmm, maybe...but not the live part **BIG hint**
10. If it is an object, but it has a "living" part, is it a plant? No.
11. Is this object some kind of animal? Nearly...yeah...sorta.
12. Maybe like a pet? No, not desirable as a pet.
13. Do we see whatever this is in PS/SS? No....and since this is proving to be a confusing topic, here's a hint: we see these live,non-magical things in several books, but the specific one I'm thinking of (remember 'Vernon's mustache' vs. 'a mustache'?) is seen in only one book.
14. Do we see this specific critter in one of the last three books? Yes, in one of them.
15. Does Harry have one of these? No.
16. Do we see or hear about it in a Care of Magical Creatures class? No.
17. Does this non-magical critter appear in OotP? No, but you're close...
18. Do we see this critter at Hogwarts? No.
19. Is this critter dangerous? Only slightly.
20. Is it the garden gnome decorated to be an "angel" on top of the Weasley's Christmas tree in HBP? YES! I think it's the funniest thing in the entire book! Congrats, Julia!

Whew! Can anyone else appreciate my dilemma? Garden gnomes are sort of human like, although they are treated like a garden pest...like moles or a destructive insect. And, despite the resemblance to human body, face, etc., they do not interact intelligently with humans, or with each other for all that we see in the books. So I decided that they were not human, or magical creatures like centaurs or goblins, or plants, or places.....that seemed to leave only the category of "things" or --as we'd been stating it-- "objects". I did look them up in the Lexicon, but did not find any info to affect this view of garden gnomes. It did say that Xeno Lovegood referred to their magical abilities, but we never actually saw any evidence of that.

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Julia H. - Jan 25, 2009 11:42 am (#2140 of 2993)

1. Is he/she/it/the place/the animal magical? Yes.
2. Is he/she/it/whatever solid? Yes.
3. Can he/she/it be found in London? Yes.
4. Is it a person? Yes.
5. Is this person a male? In the actual story, yes.
6. Do we see this person in the first 3 books? Yes.
7. Do we see this magical male in PS/SS? Yes and no.
8. Is this magical male an adult? Typically, yes.
9. Do we see this person in the books in real time? Yes.
10. Does this magical male adult attend Hogwarts as a student during any of the first three books? No.
11. Does the Man work at the MOM? No, or at least I don't know about it.
12. Is this guy a baddie? It depends.
13. Is this Male at any time incapacitated so that he will carry out someone else’s will? It does not happen in the books.
14. Although this man is not a student is he a teacher? Not always and not necessarily.
15. Is it James Potter? No.
16. Is it Barty Couch JNR? No.
17. Is this person alive at the end of DH, not necessarily at the end of the epilogue? As this person appears in the books, no.
18. Do we ever see this person at Hogwarts? Yes.
19. Is this magical male adult who is sometimes a teacher Mr. Remus J. Lupin? No.
20. do we ever see this person in the form of a painting? Yes and no.
21. Does this person ever take a ride in Hermione's magic purse? No.
22. Does this magical male have a name? We may know this person by name but it is not a name that you are looking for.
23. Is this magical adult male a human, as opposed to some kind of magical creature? Yes, human, at least as the person appears in the books.
24. Should we be looking for something like a title or position (ie. headmaster, minister of magic), rather than a specific individual? Yes.
25. Am I the Heir of Slytherin? No.
26. A title...are you thinking of "Potions Master"? No. (What gave you this idea?)
27. Is my title Head Boy? No.
28. Do I exist in Muggle mythology? No.
29. Is this person at Hogwarts most of the time? In some cases yes, in some cases no, but being at Hogwarts does not come with the title (if you mean that).
30. Can more than one living person have this title at a time? Yes.
31. Is the person a member of the Order of the Phoenix? As this person appears in the actual story, yes.
32. Is this title Minister of Magic? No.
33. Is this title "Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry"? No.
34. Is this person a magical mischief maker? No.
35. Is this title "Secret Keeper"? Yes!!!

Congratulations, Orion, the next puzzle is yours!

OK, the puzzle is solved. I hope you don't mind that I decided to think of a person who is not a specific person. Several people can be Secret Keepers, in the books we have two (Dumbledore and Pettigrew). These two happen to be male (and human) but it does not mean a Secret Keeper always has to be male (or human, for that matter). I guess a Secret Keeper is typically an adult (not only in the actual story) but perhaps it is possible, in principle, to make an underage wizard or witch a Secret Keeper (we are not told). Dumbledore is at Hogwarts most of the time but Pettigrew is not. I had problems with questions like "do we see this person in PS?" or "do we ever see a portrait of this person?" because we do see Dumbledore in PS and we see his portrait, but in PS Dumbledore does not appear as a Secret Keeper (the concept is not introduced yet) and Dumbledore's portrait is not the portrait of the Secret Keeper but of the Headmaster. That's why I answered "yes and no" - we see a specific Secret Keeper but not "the Secret Keeper".

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Orion - Jan 27, 2009 2:08 pm (#2169 of 2993)
Edited by Potteraholic Aug 24, 2009 10:59 am

1. It is a thing or object? No.
2. Is it a person? No.
3. Is it Dark? Yes, some people think so.
4. Does it/he/she ever interact with Harry directly? Yes.
5. Do we see it/him/her in the first three books? Yes.
6. Is it magical? Yes.
7. Is it something that, pending discusion, could be called a creature? No.
8. Is it a place? No.
9. Is it an abstract concept? No and yes. No, it isn’t abstract, but very real. Yes, you could call it a concept.
10. Is it a spell or incantation of some sort? No.
11. Does carry it around with him all of the time, except maybe in the epilogue? Yes. (I guess you mean Harry. You do, don’t you?)
12. Does it appear in all seven books? No.
13. Is it Harry's scar? No.
14. Is it Voldemorts bit of soul that is stuck in Harry like a horcrux? No, but you’re close.
15. Is it Harry's hatred of Snape? (sorry its a bit out there-perhaps I should eat some dinner) No. No, it’s magical.
16. Is it Lily's blood? No.
17. Is it the protection that comes from Lily's sacrifice? No. You’re welcome, Tom!
18. Is it some kind of memory? No.
19. Ability to speak Parseltongue?

Yes, legolas, it's Parseltongue! Congratulations! I'm looking forward to your new question.

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legolas returns - Jan 29, 2009 2:59 pm (#2220 of 2993)

1. Does the thing have the letter 'M' in it? Bit random your first question but yes there is an M in it somewhere.
2. Is the thing a person? Partly.
3. Is the person magical? The person refered to is magical.
4. Is this thing a centaur? The person is not a magical creature.
5. Is it a member of any humanoid being? (An alternative would be Mad-Eye, because he is only partly human and partly wood.) 100% homegrown Human! This does not contradict Q2 so don’t be confused.
6. Is it a group of humans? A group always suggests three or more people so the answer is no.
7. So this single individual with human genes, magical but only partly a person contains an M, which is a great help. Is he male? Yes, but in another way it is female.
8. Is the colour purple involved? The colour purple is not involved although I wish it was because it's my favourite colour.
Please note that you will not need to currently look up books to know the answer to this. Don't worry Azi you will know what I am talking about.
9. Is it a specific person with a name or is it an expression for a member of any sort of persons (Sorry. Partly persons.)? Both but the name is not the main item being identified.
10. Is it two people? Yes, two people are involved but one of them is the individual of importance with the item we are identifying.
11. Is it a title? No.
12. Is the item smaller than a postcard? If you placed the item on the postcard it would fit even though it is thicker than a postcard. If you flattened the item it would still fit on the postcard but it would be really messy *shudder* and you might want to be sick.
13. Do we see this at Hogwarts? Yes, but it’s seen in other places as well.
14. Do we see this in all seven books? Yes and also in the Epilogue in a different place.
15. Is the item a shop-bought item? It’s not something you can buy.
16. Is the item unique and inherited? It is certainly inherited.
17. Are the item and the person(s) always together? (As in we see this item always with the same person?) The item always comes with the person.
18. Is the item a part of the body? Yes, but identification of the body part is not the final answer.
19. Is the item green? Yes. A very nice shade of green by all accounts.
20. Has anyone, either a character or the narrator, mentioned whether this item has an odor? No, it’s not smelly.
21. Would be person(s) be on the good side? Yes.
22. Harry's green eyes or the green eyes inherited in the family??? Yes, the eyes are green and are Harry's eyes, they are inherited and in the family but that is not quite the final answer. So everyone tells him!
23. Is it the "look at me" moment? (Trying to find the M.) No but what was Snape doing? It has been mentioned in every book.
24. Legilimency? Snape looking into Harry's eyes and reading Harry's thoughts? No, I don't think Snape was doing Legilemency as he was dying.
25. Lily's eyes? Yes, you are correct. I was looking for Harry has his Mother's eyes.

Congratulations Me and my shadow. This is mentioned by everyone who knew Harry's parents.

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me and my shadow 813 - Jan 31, 2009 1:35 pm (#2271 of 2993)

1. Am I human? No.
2. Is this an inanimate object? Yes it is.
3. Can it be found at Hogwarts? Yes, sometimes.
4. Is it a magical object? No.
5. Does it belong to Harry? No, it doesn’t.
6. Does this inanimate non-magical object belong to a student? No, it does not.
7. Does this inanimate non-magical object belong to an adult member of the OotP? No, it doesn’t.
8. Could you put this object in your pocket? Yes.
9. When this non-magical, inanimate object is at Hogwarts, is it always in the possession of one particular person? We only see it with one person, but it has technically been in two people’s possession in Hogwarts.
10. Does anyone wear this object? No.
11. Is the object a Dark object? No, it’s not Dark.
12. Is this object used for teaching? No.
13. Does it belong to Dumbledore? No, it does not.
14. Is this item a Deathly Hallow? No, it is not.
15. Do you store something within the object? Not exactly – the answer is both the object(s) and what they are stored within.
16. Is any part of the object made of paper? We see this object in two different settings, and the storage part changed. In both situations, the material make-up of said storage is not described, but could be paper-like. The contents within is not of paper at all and is the "real" answer here.
17. Is any part of this object edible? Yes.
18. Does the edible part of this object taste sweet? Yes.
19. Is it the hat adorned with a vulture that Snape got out of cracker and gave to DD? No.
20. Does the edible part of this object have anything to do with an orange or some other citrus fruit? No is the technical answer. Yes is the lenient (leniant?) answer.
21. Was this item seen in Honeydukes? Yes, it was.
22. Is it a lemon drop? No, it is not.
23. Is this object a piece of some sort of candy? ****y****e****s****
24. Non-magical candy ... Is it some of their home-made fudge? No, it is not.
25. Is it the crystallised Pineapple that Slughorn likes? YES!

Congratulations, legolas! The answer I had in mind is Sluggy's box/bag of crystallised pineapple. We see it in a box in Sluggy’s office and in a bag in Sluggy’s hand at Honeydukes.

· 9) It must have been in Tom’s possession within Hogwart’s before he presented it to Sluggy in “Sluggish Memory”.
· 10) I was soo tempted to say ‘well, Luna might like to make them into a necklace to wear with her radish earrings’!

Take it away, legolas……

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legolas returns - Feb 1, 2009 10:34 am (#2306 of 2993)

1. Is it a place? No, I am not a place.
2. Are you human? No, I am not Human.
3. Are you a Magical Creature? No.
4. Are you a spell or incantation? Yes.
5. Do we see this in the first three books? No.
6. Do we see Snape use this spell or incantation? No.
7. Is it Sectumsempra? No cuts and blood involved.
8. Is this a spell that would be used in dueling? We have not seen it used as such but I suppose it could be.
9. Is it a spell that is learned and used by the DA? No.
10. Does this spell use magic on things rather than beings? There is a castor of the spell and it affects someone but how the magic works inbetween casting and the end result is unknown.
11.Does the spell work on inanimate objects? No.
12. Do we know the incantation for the spell (if there is one)? No.
13. Do we see this spell being taught or used in a official Hogwarts class? No.
14. Is it one of the many spells Hermione suddenly knows in DH? No.
15. Is this spell associated with Dark Magic? No.
16. Do we ever see this spell performed by one or more of our Trio? No.
17. Is this spell performed more than once on the pages of the books? It is described "off camera" as having happend more than once e.g just after the event.
18. Do we ever see this spell used by an Order member? No, the members of the order are all grown-ups.
19. Do we hear of a Weasley using this spell? Yes.
20. Is it the Bat-Bogey hex? Yes .

Well done! Your turn now. My comment about grown-ups was just meaning that I would not expect a grown-up to cast such a spell.

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Solitaire - Feb 1, 2009 3:15 pm (#2326 of 2993)

1. Am I human? No.
2. Is it an object? Yes.
3. Is the object used for non dark purposes rather than being a dark object? No.
4. Does it talk, cry, yell, moan or give out any other sound? No.
5. Is it magical? No.
6. Could you buy it at Borgin and Burke's? Gee, I don't know. I suppose it's possible.
7. Is it dark? No.
8. Is it a weapon of sorts? (Knife, dagger...) Yes.
9. Can it be worn? No.
10. Is it the knife Bellatrix uses to kill poor Dobby? Yes!!

(That was too easy, wasn't it? I wanted something that was not so obscure it would take 50 questions to guess and would allow another game today. I hate when they are only updated once or twice, especially on a weekend, when people can actually play!) Anyway ...

Congratulations, Mare! The next game is yours!

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Mare - Feb 4, 2009 3:22 am (#2373 of 2993)
Edited by Potteraholic Aug 24, 2009 11:56 am

1. Am I human? No
2. Is it an object? Yes.
3. Is it magical. No
4. Do we see it at Hogwarts? No.
5. Do we see it somewhere in London? Yes.
6. Do we see it at 12GP? No
7. Do we see it at the Ministry of Magic? Yes
8. Do we see it in DH? No.
9. Is it part of the fabric of the MOM e.g Non removable? No
10. Does it belong to the Ministry of Magic or someone who works there? (As opposed to being brought there by someone else.) Good question, I guess technically it belongs to the MoM.
Hint: Although when we see it no MoM workers are present at all.
11. Is it a rare object? Pfff, hard questions: Yes and No. It is certainly not valuable but in a way also very unique. If I had to choose my answer would be No.
12. Does it play a role in Wizard Trials? No.
13. Is it found on MOM levels 1-4? No.
14. Is it found in the Department of Mysteries? No
15. Is it found in what could be called the reception area e.g the area with the fires (atrium)? No
Again; it is possible that the object is taken there, but it isn't mentioned there and we don't actually see it there.
16. Is it associated with a particular Ministry worker? No, although the object I'm thinking of is associated with a particular person. Also hint: Think moustache vs. Vernon’s moustache.
17. Does the object move? Not on it's own, No.
18. Is it small enough to fit in your pocket? Yes. (Which means it can be moved if you choose to carry it around...)
19. Is it made of paper? No.
20. Do we see it in Arthur's office? No.
21. Does it have something to do with Mr. Crouch? No, sorry.
22. Do we see it in more than one book? No
23. Do we see it in the Aurors Department? No.
24. Is it to do with the Department of Magical games? Only asking because Hassan Mustafa the referee at the World Cup had a Vernon Dudley like moustache. No, the moustache was a reference to an earlier discussion about looking for one particular item, even though there are more of that sort of item.
25. Do we see it in OOTP? YES!
26. Do we see it in HBP? No.
27. Is it an Educational Decree? No.
28. Do we see it during the battle at the Ministry at the end of OP? No.
29. Is it a token from the Muggle phone booth entrance for "visitor to the Ministry"? Yes, I think... Are you sure token is the word you are looking for, or are you thinking about the toilets? also I'm looking for a specific item. (But I'm not fussy anymore, it's time for someone else to get a turn at this game!)
30. Is it the little badges that the phone spits out. "Harry potter, Rescue Mission"? YES! Congratulations! I didn't think it would take that long. I really love the dry sense of humor that comes with that badge.

The problem with the badges is that it is never made clear if you are allowed to keep them (so is the MoM the owner, or is Harry?).
And with the badge Harry gets when he goes to the hearing we are told he pins it on, with the badges the rescue mission gets it isn't very obvious if they are left in the phone booth or put in a pocket, so it is also not clear if they ever get to one of the floors. Made the questions a bit harder to answer then anticipated...

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