Official Harry Potter Riddle Thread

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Yes! I got sorted into the house I wanted!	27.4%	[ 61 ]
Ugh...I ended up in the wrong house.	9.4%	[ 21 ]
I like Gold	14.3%	[ 32 ]
Sadly, no. D:	48.9%	[ 109 ]
Total Votes:			[ 223 ]

[.Herms.]

HP Limit:SS, CoS, PoA, GoF, OotP, HBP, DH

Rewards:
Answer: 200 gold (Name of winner)
Reasoning: 200 Gold (Name of winner)

Hint:
1. Cost 100 gold

Time Limit:
April 19, 2009- April 25, 2009

Made of a precious substance and injustice
I was destroyed by spells meant for another
Ten eyes look forward but I look backwards
Usually bound in stillness, I offered help in dire straits.

Wrong Answers:
Diadem (of Ravenclaw)
Thestral (x2)
Time Turner
Pensieve (?)
Harry’s Wand
The Prophecy
The Resurrection Stone
The sorting hat
The Sorcerer’s Stone
Sirius’ Mirror
Sirius
Hedwig
Arianna Dumbledore
Unicorn
Portkey
Severus Snape
Tom Riddle’s Diary


Correct Answer:

[.Herms.]

*I changed two lines to be a little more specific and descriptive, respectively...I didn't mean to make an unsolvable riddle. Keep thinking! These guesses have been amazing!!*

HP Limit:SS, CoS, PoA, GoF, OotP, HBP, DH

Rewards:
Answer: 200 gold (Name of winner)
Reasoning: 200 Gold (Name of winner)

Hint:
1. Cost 100 gold

Time Limit:
April 19, 2009- April 25, 2009

Made of gold and injustice
I was destroyed by spells meant for another
Ten eyes look forward but I look backwards
Usually bound in stillness, I offered help in a corrupt place.

Wrong Answers:
Diadem (of Ravenclaw)
Thestral (x2)
Time Turner
Pensieve (?)
Harry’s Wand
The Prophecy
The Resurrection Stone
The sorting hat
The Sorcerer’s Stone
Sirius’ Mirror
Sirius
Hedwig
Arianna Dumbledore
Unicorn
Portkey
Severus Snape
Tom Riddle’s Diary


Correct Answer:

[Vapid Philosophy]

OH MY GOD I AM SO EXCITED.

The Fountain of Magical Brethren

Made of gold and injustice
The statue of made of gold and the injustice is that the fountain depicts a witch and wizard as the two focal points of the fountain, with the other, "lower" beings looking up in "awe and adoration
I was destroyed by spells meant for another
The majority of the statues were destroyed because they were used as shields by Dumbledore to block Voldie's curses
Ten eyes look forward but I look backwards
OotP back cover has the fountain and the centaur is looking backwards while everyone else looks forwards
Usually bound in stillness, I offered help in a corrupt place.
They are usually still, and they offered help as shields in the ministry of magic battle, which was a corrupt place.

Oh my gosh please be right.

[.Herms.]

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Yay!! Congratulations Vapid Philosophy!!

You are quite right! Most of your reasoning is dead on, except the ten eyes bit. I was getting at, there's literally ten eyes on the statue (5 figures), but the statue itself represents a "backwards" way of thinking.
But whatever! You got it!

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[.Herms.]

HP Limit:SS, CoS, PoA, GoF, OotP, HBP, DH

Rewards:
Answer: 200 gold (Vapid Philosophy)
Reasoning: 200 Gold (Vapid Philosophy)

Hint:
1. Cost 100 gold

Time Limit:
April 19, 2009- April 25, 2009

Made of gold and injustice
I was destroyed by spells meant for another
Ten eyes look forward but I look backwards
Usually bound in stillness, I offered help in a corrupt place.

Wrong Answers:
Diadem (of Ravenclaw)
Thestral (x2)
Time Turner
Pensieve (?)
Harry’s Wand
The Prophecy
The Resurrection Stone
The sorting hat
The Sorcerer’s Stone
Sirius’ Mirror
Sirius
Hedwig
Arianna Dumbledore
Unicorn
Portkey
Severus Snape
Tom Riddle’s Diary


Correct Answer:The Fountain of Magical Brethren

[Vapid Philosophy]

YAY. The gold was what tipped me off, that helped alot. Wow, this was by far the hardest Harry Potter riddle that I have attempted. Awesome job Herms.

[Abyssia Holland]

eek Whoa! That never even crossed my mind! That was an excellent guess and an excellent riddle!

[Anika_Strizuki]

Congratulations to Vapid Philosophy.

Anyone else want to try a new riddle?

[~Yun-Ju~]

**♫~♫~♫~♫~♫~♫~♫~♫~♫~♫**

Holy Crap!
I would have never guessed that!

Nicely done Vapid ^^

**♫~♫~♫~♫~♫~♫~♫~♫~♫~♫**

[Druella Rosier]

Wow, that was a hard riddle. sweatdrop

[Anika_Strizuki]

So, is anyone going to post a riddle?

[.Herms.]

Hehe, I'm going to take a break and do some guessing, but I look forward to the next riddle! mrgreen

[Poor_huni]

I am so going to post a riddle when I can come up with one.

[.Herms.]

Hoorah! Happy riddling. heart

[WriterGirl57]

This looks like fun. I would love to join in when the next riddle gets posted. I'm currently rereading the series, but I totally missed the answers to the other riddles after reading through the whole topic. Cool idea.