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Riddle 1

Dark green in colour, I croon when touched;
My appearance repulses, so this doesn’t happen much.
I pulsate and squirm, emit sap from my skin.
All but healers and one other would chuck me in the bin.
More often than not I bring grimaces to a face,
I’m blessed not with beauty nor elegance nor grace.
I know not what I smell, but how I smell to you:
Noisome and stale, a miasma of poo.

Answer: Mimbulus Mimbletonia

Author: Nicolette Bakopoulos

Percent correct: 70.7%

This post has been edited by mjk: 04 June 2010 - 12:52 PM

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Riddle 2

Three is one
One is three
Get by me
First step, done
What am I?

Answer: Fluffy (Three-headed dog was also accepted as an answer if you did not put Fluffy)

Author: The Flying Broomstick

Percent correct: 83.9%

This post has been edited by mjk: 07 June 2010 - 01:14 PM

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Riddle 3

Now you see me
Now you don't
You may think you have me,
but you won't.
When my glitter fades away
With something else you must pay.

Answer: Leprechaun Gold

Author: Songbird

Percent correct: 86.3%

This post has been edited by mjk: 11 June 2010 - 08:08 AM

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Riddle 4

The prettiest of the Beauxbatons though this character is not, the name begins in that direction.
More knowledgable than young Harry on magical history of the 17th century.
At last if you are still at a loss, this fort was one of the first to close in that famous wizarding alley behind the Leaky Cauldron.

Answer: Florean Fortescue (Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour was also accepted)

Author: Jenn Massier

Percent correct: 87.2%

This post has been edited by mjk: 14 June 2010 - 02:36 PM

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Riddle 5

Without these Hedwig would never take flight.
The duty of Fluffy who’s ready to bite.
The Horcrux hidden in yon castle tower.
The force Lucius wields over ministry power.
Look at the start of these magical few,
Ollivander, Snape, and Albus too.
What you will find when the answers unite,
Is a magical way to really take flight.

Answer: Wingardium Leviosa

Author: MalfoyDiva

Percent Correct: 93.8%

This post has been edited by mjk: 18 June 2010 - 12:55 PM

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Riddle 6

Forced to be a holder
For worst crime’s result.
Forever a slave,
Follower ‘til death.
Who is it?

Answer: Nagini

Author: sswolf

Percent Correct: 40.5%

Staff note to read after knowing the answer: We understand that Peter Pettigrew was a definite potential (amongst a few others), but Pettigrew does not fit all the clues, foremost, "holder for worst crime's result." This one particular clue seemed to be missed by most people when leaving comments about your answer choice in your e-mails. Length of servitude and being a follower are key points, but not the only ones in this case. As we know from the series, the worst crime is killing someone and LV used this to create his horcruxes, which then created "holders" for his piece of soul. Pettigrew and many others did possess LV at some point, but none of them were a result of LV killing someone (other than Harry, but he does not fit as a follower until death). We are sorry if any of you felt this riddle was particularly lax on the clues or misleading, but we do screen these through the entire team and this was deemed a fair riddle with the given clues (and solved by us).

This post has been edited by mjk: 21 June 2010 - 03:58 PM

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Riddle 7

I lay in wait for one to come
to undo the magic that was once done
Evil abounds within my core
from one who came long before
rumors and legends all thought untrue
unknown and unsolved was my mystery, too.
My horrors have cost the life of one
Then I was found, my obscurity is gone.

Answer: Chamber of Secrets

Percent Correct: 44.4%
Author: Songbird

This post has been edited by mjk: 25 June 2010 - 12:54 PM

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Riddle 8

When Diana looks upon us,
The dreaded time is here.
We rise up, but fall down.
The ascent of Helios,
The sight of Theia
Signifies the end of one,
And the beginning of another.
What are we?

Answer: Werewolves or werewolf

Author: CH

Percent Correct: 78.6%

This post has been edited by mjk: 28 June 2010 - 11:17 AM

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Riddle 9

Judge no book by its cover, it is said amongst the wise
My unappealing outside my true usefulness belies
The swiftest means to reach thy goal lies well-concealed in me
Extend thy hand then, pilgrim, and embrace thy destiny

Answer: A portkey (or portkeys)

Author: WeenyOwl

Percent Correct: 57.1%

This post has been edited by mjk: 02 July 2010 - 08:11 AM

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Riddle 10

Grotesque you might say,
Unpleasant I am to see.
Stoic, cold, impassive,
Indifferent to your plea.
Beg, beseech, implore;
All are done in vain,
Still unaffected,
A private presence I maintain.
But if you relay a secret,
To me a special treat,
I am moved to include you
In the privacy I keep.

Answer: Gargoyle statue outside Headmaster's office

Author: onespeedonly

Percent Correct: 72.2%

This post has been edited by mjk: 05 July 2010 - 11:50 AM