Official Harry Potter Riddle Thread

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[Sakura Parfait]

Is it the Unbreakable Vow between Snape and Narcissa?

[TopXHat]

is it the vanishing cabinet?

[Aquamarine]

Linh_Hoa's got it! It's the draught of living death! biggrin Congrats

[Aquamarine]

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

Rewards:
Answer: 600 gold - Linh_Hoa
Reasoning: 900 gold - Mo0nflower

Hint:
100 gold

Time Limit:
Oct 16

A trial by those copious hands
Gone back in time through most magic lands
Severed the roots and start in health
What is known is through cunning stealth
Though the wheels of time spins again
Weapons tempt Dame Fortune and bring no pain



Wrong Answers:
Time Turner
Lord Voldemort
Death Eaters' Trial - Snape and Barty Crouch Jr.
Trial of Buckbeak
The Pensieve
Horcrux
Aragog
Opening of the Chamber of Secrets
Sirius Black
The Elder Wand
Tom Riddle's Diary
Barty Crouch Jr. as Mad-Eye Moody
The Invisibility Cloak
Resurrection Stone
The Deathly Hallows
The Black Family Tapestry
The Triwizard Tournament
Hogwarts
The Prophecy
Death of Lily and James Potter
Whomping Willow
Albus Dumbledore
Avada Kedavra Curse
The Marauder's Map
Dementors
Ordeals with the Ministry of Magic
Blood Supremacy
Gilderoy Lockhart
Snape's Memories
Mirror of Erised
The Department of Mysteries
The Ministry of Magic
Basilisk
Dumbledore's Army
Dumbledore's Watch
The Forbidden Forest
First Wizarding War
Salazar Slytherin
Philosopher's Stone
Remembrall
Education at Hogwarts
Tom Riddle's Memories
The Gaunts
Snape's Patronus
Legilimency
Severus Snape
Polyjuice Potion
Harry's first Snitch
Harry Potter
Riddles' Murder
The Cave
Voldemort's Ressurection
Mrs. Weasley's Clock
The Hall of Prophecies
Death Eaters
Potions
The Room of Requirement
Draught of Mandrake Roots
Horcrux Hunt
Voldemort's Downfall
Harry's Invisibility Cloak
OWLs
Snape's Childhood
Trials to the Philosopher's Stone
The Marauders
Hermione Granger
Saving Sirius Black
The Imperius Curse
The Sorting Hat
Grawp
Snape working for Dumbledore
Ravenclaw's Diadem
Peter Pettigrew
Voldemort's Past
JK Rowling
Spell to Resurrect Voldemort
Discovery of Draco being Death Eater
Unbreakable Vow between Snape and Narcissa
Vanishing Cabinet

Right Answer:
The Draught of Living Death

[Megs784]

Aquamarine

Linh_Hoa's got it! It's the draught of living death! biggrin Congrats

Holy cheese, you're serious?

[Sakura Parfait]

Congrats to Linh!

[Aquamarine]

Megs784

Aquamarine

Linh_Hoa's got it! It's the draught of living death! biggrin Congrats

Holy cheese, you're serious?

Yep! Now all I need is the reasoning. Why? Where you thinking of that? biggrin

[Megs784]

Aquamarine

Megs784

Aquamarine

Linh_Hoa's got it! It's the draught of living death! biggrin Congrats

Holy cheese, you're serious?

Yep! Now all I need is the reasoning. Why? Where you thinking of that? biggrin

No. I wasn't actually. I just thought that it was already guessed. But, when I checked it was something else I was thinking of.

[x--Green Tea Mochi--x]

Holy crap, I solved the nearly impossible riddle? YAY! I think it was the hint I got that did it for me. xD

Anywho...-cracks hand at the reasoning-

A trial by those copious hands
Gone back in time through most magic lands

One of the ingredients, wormwood, has been used in potions since ancient times. Valerian root has also been used since ancient times (in Greece and Rome). Also, the Draught of Living Death may have been based off the potion featured in the Shakespearean play, Romeo and Juliet (the potion Juliet is given to fall into a deep sleep). The hag Leticia Somnolens from the medieval era also used the Draught of Living Death to put a princess to sleep.

Severed the roots and start in health
I think this refers either to valerian roots or the powdered roots of asphodel.


What is known is through cunning stealth
I think this refers to Snape's method of preparing the Draught, which was different from the book's method. Cunning stealth refers to Harry finding out about it, I believe. However, even though he found out about it, he didn't let anyone else know that he was following Snape's instruction.

Though the wheels of time spins again

Because the Draught of Living Death just puts you into a deep sleep, when you awaken again, time resumes for you.

Weapons tempt Dame Fortune and bring no pain
There's no pain because well...it's just a potion.

There we go, crappy reasoning! smile

[Aquamarine]

Erm, well, you got one line right out of 6. So I really can't give it to you. I'm sorry!! D: Do you want to try again?

[TopXHat]

HOLY CHEESE BITS AND MARCAONI !


.....aquaaaaa-sempai you gave me all the hard ones..i spent 200 gold for no reason....

WAHHHHH

T.T well anyways... congrats Linh-chan your good

so good ..you get a title upgrade...linh-sempai

yep your new title..you earned it

[x--Green Tea Mochi--x]

Nah, that's okay. I'll let someone else try their hand at the reasoning. sweatdrop

[Aquamarine]

MMkay, I'll send the trades when the reasoning is done. biggrin

[Sakura Parfait]

Uhh...Chelsea? Pettigrew's new hand doesn't have anything to do with the Draught of Living Death (a potion). The potion used to resurrect him wasn't the Draught of Living Death at all, and was only mentioned in the first book (when Snape pestered Harry) and the sixth book (what Harry's Potions class had to successfully make in order to get the Felix Felicis potion). sweatdrop

Let me try a hand at this:

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A trial by those copious hands
Gone back in time through most magic lands
Severed the roots and start in health

The first time the Draught of Living Death was mentioned was when Harry was a First Year, when Snape asked him what would happen if he added powdered root of asphodel with an infusion of wormwood.

The trial by copious hands probably refers to the fact that it's a difficult potion to make. Even Hermione couldn't perfect it, and Harry only perfected it via Snape's handwritten instructions.

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What is known is through cunning stealth

Slughorn has absolutely no idea that Harry is following the Half Blood Prince's handwritten instructions--he just thought Harry had inherited Lily's brilliance for potion making.

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Though the wheels of time spins again

This may refer to the fact that Snape's Potions book has remained untouched for years, and then all of a sudden, it's used by Harry in his sixth year by mere coincidence. I may be wrong, though.

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Weapons tempt Dame Fortune and bring no pain

Now this, I don't know. Dame Fortune is the goddess of Fate, but I don't know how she ties in with the Draught of Living Death.