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Wow, yesterday's was rough. Here's hoping that this one isn't too much of an over correction. Enjoy #32!

As a reminder what this is and how it works:

Below are 7 sentences from the 7 HP books. I use a random number generator to pick the book and chapter, then hand pick a sentence that I think is decent. Not too long, too short, too obvious ect.  *** There MAY be repeated books in a set, but there will not be repeated chapters in a set. So there COULD be two from The Philosopher’s Stone, but they would be from different chapters! ***
Scoring your points: It is 2 points for guessing the book, and 1 point for guessing the chapter, for a total of 21 points. It is obviously harder to guess the chapter than the book, but not everyone even cares to remember the chapter titles in the first place, which is totally fair and valid. So chapter titles are just a bonus point.

Below are the sentences and the answers hidden behind spoiler tags! These are fun to make, and I intend to make quite a few more if people keep enjoying them!

1. “Why can’t it be true?” Lupin said calmly, as though they were in class, and Hermione had simply spotted a problem in an experiment with grindylows.  >!The Prisoner of Azkaban - Chapter 18: Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs!<
2. Maybe he was imagining it, maybe not, but he thought a faint whispering was coming from the books, as though they knew someone was there who shouldn’t be.  >!The Philosopher’s Stone - Chapter 12: The Mirror of Erised!<
3. Ron gave a loud false cough, which sounded oddly like “Lockhart!”  >!The Goblet of Fire - Chapter 15: Beauxbatons and Durmstrang!<
4. If I hear you’ve come anywhere near here again, I’ll take another fifty points from Gryffindor! >! The Philosopher’s Stone - Chapter 16: Through the Trapdoor!<
5. He heard one of the girls shriek behind him and twisted around dangerously but could see no sign of a falling body. . . .  >!The Order of the Phoenix - Chapter 34: The Department of Mysteries!< 
6. “He preferred to fight rather than come quietly and was killed in the struggle.”  >!The Goblet of Fire - Chapter 30: The Pensieve!<
7. But as warm blood drenched Harry’s arms, he felt a searing pain just above his elbow. >!The Chamber of Secrets - Chapter 17: The Heir of Slytherin!<

31 is live folks, enjoy!

As a reminder what this is and how it works:

Below are 7 sentences from the 7 HP books. I use a random number generator to pick the book and chapter, then hand pick a sentence that I think is decent. Not too long, too short, too obvious ect.  *** There MAY be repeated books in a set, but there will not be repeated chapters in a set. So there COULD be two from The Philosopher’s Stone, but they would be from different chapters! ***
Scoring your points: It is 2 points for guessing the book, and 1 point for guessing the chapter, for a total of 21 points. It is obviously harder to guess the chapter than the book, but not everyone even cares to remember the chapter titles in the first place, which is totally fair and valid. So chapter titles are just a bonus point.

Below are the sentences and the answers hidden behind spoiler tags! These are fun to make, and I intend to make quite a few more if people keep enjoying them!

1. “And an extra ten points to Gryffindor for sheer cheek!”  >!The Half-Blood Prince - Chapter 18: Birthday Surprises!<
2. “Yes, he is, Ron, please don’t start that again!” >!The Deathly Hallows - Chapter 25: Shell Cottage!<
3. “Er . . . well, it was . . .” said Harry, pulling a dish of rhubarb crumble toward him and helping himself to seconds, “a complete fiasco, now you mention it.” >!The Order of the Phoenix - Chapter 26: Seen and Unforeseen!<
4. “How d’you spell ‘belligerent’?” said Ron, shaking his quill very hard while staring at his parchment. >!The Half-Blood Prince - Chapter 21: The Unknowable Room!<
5. “Of course I’m sure . . . he’s a — a bit of a mess, that’s all.” >!The Half-Blood Prince - Chapter 29: The Phoenix Lament!<
6. “How do you do it?” she added, and there was definite longing in her voice. >!The Deathly Hallows - Chapter 33: The Prince's Tale!<
7. “Give me a reason to do it, and I swear I will.” >!The Prisoner of Azkaban - Chapter 19: The Servant of Lord Voldemort!<

I have determined that the timeframe for becoming a ghost in the HP Universe is not instant, but I have no idea how long it takes and different parts of the series seem to imply different things. This is not a lore breaking observation, or even a proper plot hole, but I find it interesting regardless.

Five interactions have me really thinking about ghosts in HP. I will list them below and then my conclusion:

1. Nearly Headless Nick tells Harryin OotP in regards to dying, ““I was afraid of death,” said Nick. “I chose to remain behind. I sometimes wonder whether I oughtn’t to have . . . Well, that is neither here nor there. . . . In fact, I am neither here nor there . . .” He gave a small sad chuckle. “I know nothing of the secrets of death, Harry, for I chose my feeble imitation of life instead.”

2. In King’s Cross in DH, while harry and Dumbledore say:
   “I’ve got a choice?”
   “Oh yes.” Dumbledore smiled at him. “We are in King’s Cross, you say? I think that if you decided not to go back, you would be able to . . . let’s say . . . board a train.”
   “And where would it take me?”
   “On,” said Dumbledore simply.

3. In The Flaw in the Plan it states:
   Something had happened when he had hit Harry with the Killing Curse. Had Voldemort too collapsed? It seemed like it. And both of them had fallen briefly unconscious and both of them had now returned. . . .

4 . In CoS, when Harry and Ron ask Myrtle what happened the day she died:
“I died.”
“How?” said Harry.
“No idea,” said Myrtle in hushed tones. “I just remember seeing a pair of great, big, yellow eyes. My whole body sort of seized up, and then I was
floating away. . . .” She looked dreamily at Harry.
“And then I came back again. I was determined to haunt Olive Hornby, you see.”

And lastly: 5. Also in CoS Nick states:

“But you would think, wouldn’t you,” he erupted suddenly, pulling theletter back out of his pocket,
“that getting hit forty-five times in the neck with
a blunt axe would qualify you to join the Headless Hunt?”

Alright, now that you have those disjointed pieces of info. Myrtle’s comment implies that she basically immediately became a ghost. Nick states that he chose to come back, and Dumbledore says that Harry could chose to go back.
I think that it’s reasonable to assume that when you die, you go to Kings Cross (or however purgatory appears to you) and you can chose to return as a ghost, or “go on”. I believe Harry didn’t come back as a ghost because he had a living body; the killing curse only killed the bit of Voldemort’s soul, where as Nick was just D-E-D, dead.

But then consider that Voldemort and Harry, upon returning to the land of the living had only just hit the ground moments before. People were still going to Voldemorts aid. Had they been unconscious for a significant period of time, say for the amount of “time” that they were in Kings cross, there would probably have been Significantly more panic.

So returning to purgatory is nearly instant.

Then how, HOW, is Nick Nearly headless? Getting hit 45 times with a dull axe left him with an inch of skin connecting his head to his body. 45 times. He would have been dead LONG before getting to one inch of flesh. Assuming every hit was roughly equal, he would probably have died with about half (OR MORE) of his head still attached. So why, if the process of becoming a ghost is nearly instant (“nearly instant? How can it be nearly instant?”) does he have only one inch of skin in ghosts form?

Surely what happens to your body after you die does not affect your ghost form? Otherwise all ghosts would be decayed corpses. Even if the executioner continue to hit him 20 or 30 more times after he died, that shouldn’t have affected his ghost body. Especially if he came back before the executioner was done.

Like imagine he comes back and the executioner is still beheading him. His head would still be significantly attached to his body. Would each blow from the executioner remove more of the ghosts neck? No surely not. Which means sometime had to have passed from him dying and returning as a ghost.

Probably a good bit of time because assuming he died around the 15th or so hit, it would take a good while for the executioner to hit him 30 more times. The guy I would get tired, each swing takes a few seconds, him asking around if they have a better axe, ect.

So my conclusion is that becoming a ghost is not instant, but also must be pretty instant. But also sometimes take a relatively long time.

Did I put away, way too much thought into this? Absolutely. Does any of this actually matter? Not in the slightest, but here we are.

Good morning! Ready for 28? I've currently picked 196 sentences across these, over 200 tomorrow!

As a reminder what this is and how it works:
Below are 7 sentences from the 7 HP books. I use a random number generator to pick the book and chapter, then hand pick a sentence that I think is decent. Not too long, too short, too obvious ect.  *** There MAY be repeated books in a set, but there will not be repeated chapters in a set. So there COULD be two from The Philosopher’s Stone, but they would be from different chapters! ***
Scoring your points: It is 2 points for guessing the book, and 1 point for guessing the chapter, for a total of 21 points. It is obviously harder to guess the chapter than the book, but not everyone even cares to remember the chapter titles in the first place, which is totally fair and valid. So chapter titles are just a bonus point.
Below are the sentences and the answers hidden behind spoiler tags! These are fun to make, and I intend to make quite a few more if people keep enjoying them!

1. “But he didn’t even break his glasses.” >!The Prisoner of Azkaban - Chapter 9: Grim Defeat!<

2. “Ah, go boil yer heads, both of yeh,” said Hagrid. >!The Philosopher’s Stone - Chapter 4: The Keeper of the Keys (bonus point if you nail the next line.)!<

3. They had been talking in low voices, but as the heavy door swung closed behind Harry an ominous silence fell. >!The Order of the Phoenix - Chapter 8: The Hearing!<

4. Two enormous feet sticking out at the bottom and a loud puffing sound told them that Hagrid was behind it. >!The Philosopher’s Stone - Chapter 12: Mirror of Erised!<

5. “Ah, well, Snape . . . Harry Potter, you know . . . we’ve all got a bit of a blind spot where he’s concerned.”  >!The Prisoner of Azkaban - Chapter 21: Hermione’s Secret!<

6. “THIS — HAS — SOMETHING — TO — DO — WITH — POTTER!” >!The Prisoner of Azkaban - Chapter 22: Owl Post Again!<

 

 7. “She laughed at my mustache!” >!The Half-Blood Prince - Chapter 15: The Unbreakable Vow!<

Good morning, r/harrypotterbooks! 27 is ready to be picked apart!

As a reminder what this is and how it works:
Below are 7 sentences from the 7 HP books. I use a random number generator to pick the book and chapter, then hand pick a sentence that I think is decent. Not too long, too short, too obvious ect.  *** There MAY be repeated books in a set, but there will not be repeated chapters in a set. So there COULD be two from The Philosopher’s Stone, but they would be from different chapters! ***
Scoring your points: It is 2 points for guessing the book, and 1 point for guessing the chapter, for a total of 21 points. It is obviously harder to guess the chapter than the book, but not everyone even cares to remember the chapter titles in the first place, which is totally fair and valid. So chapter titles are just a bonus point.
Below are the sentences and the answers hidden behind spoiler tags! These are fun to make, and I intend to make quite a few more if people keep enjoying them!

1.  “I’ve learned not to expect too much from boys.” >!The Half-Blood Prince - Chapter 21: The Unknowable Room!<

 2. “You need to treat people like they’re scum!” >!The Deathly Hallows - Chapter 26:  Gringotts!<

 3. “Yeah, we were just wondering that,” said a familiar voice from behind her. >!The Order of the Phoenix - Chapter 33: Fight and Flight!<

4. “Fred and George can’t have gone that far,” said Ron, pulling out his wand, lighting it like Hermione’s, and squinting up the path. >!The Goblet of Fire - Chapter 9: The Dark Mark!<

5. Harry went next; he crawled forward, headfirst, and slid down an earthy slope to the bottom of a very low tunnel.  >!The Prisoner of Azkaban - Chapter 17: Cat, Rat, and Dog!<

6. Uncle Vernon made another funny noise, like a mouse being trodden on. >!The Philosopher’s Stone - Chapter 4: The Keeper of the Keys!<

7. “He’s been looking dreadful for days; I’ve been telling him to get a move on.” >!The Chamber of Secrets - Chapter 12: The Polyjuice Potion!<

20 down, X more to go! Don’t know if imma do this for a month, or longer, or shorter I suppose, but I’m still enjoying making these, and yall seem to still enjoy doing them!

As a reminder what this is and how it works:
Below are 7 sentences from the 7 HP books. I use a random number generator to pick the book and chapter, then hand pick a sentence that I think is decent. Not too long, too short, too obvious ect.  *** There MAY be repeated books in a set, but there will not be repeated chapters in a set. So there COULD be two from The Philosopher’s Stone, but they would be from different chapters! ***
Scoring your points: It is 2 points for guessing the book, and 1 point for guessing the chapter, for a total of 21 points. It is obviously harder to guess the chapter than the book, but not everyone even cares to remember the chapter titles in the first place, which is totally fair and valid. So chapter titles are just a bonus point.
Below are the sentences and the answers hidden behind spoiler tags! These are fun to make, and I intend to make quite a few more if people keep enjoying them!

 1. If this is dying, thought Harry, it’s not so bad. >!The Chamber of Secrets - Chapter 17: The Heir of Slytherin!<

2. “Mmm,” said Harry, wishing he could say something a bit more interesting. >!The Philosopher’s Stone - Chapter 5: Diagon Alley!<

 3. “Well, with feet that size, hard not to,”  said a drawling voice from behind them. >!The Goblet of Fire - Chapter 9: The Dark Mark!< 

4. Apparently Ron had hoped that this point would come up later, if at all. >!The Deathly Hallows - Chapter 19: The Silver Doe!<

5. They were taking turns covering themselves with fur or boils and jumping out at her from behind statues. >!The Chamber of Secrets - Chapter 11: The Dueling club!<

6. “It’s got to be a pretty boring life, hasn’t it, being a hat?” >!The Goblet of Fire - Chapter 12: The Triwizard Tournament!<

7. Hagrid shuffled into view, hiding something behind his back. >!The Philosopher’s Stone - Chapter 14: Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback!<

Got a few funny sentences in this batch. They might not be the hardest ones, but they got a good chuckle out of me lol.

As a reminder what this is and how it works:
Below are 7 sentences from the 7 HP books. I use a random number generator to pick the book and chapter, then hand pick a sentence that I think is decent. Not too long, too short, too obvious ect.  *** There MAY be repeated books in a set, but there will not be repeated chapters in a set. So there COULD be two from The Philosopher’s Stone, but they would be from different chapters! ***
Scoring your points: It is 2 points for guessing the book, and 1 point for guessing the chapter, for a total of 21 points. It is obviously harder to guess the chapter than the book, but not everyone even cares to remember the chapter titles in the first place, which is totally fair and valid. So chapter titles are just a bonus point.
Below are the sentences and the answers hidden behind spoiler tags! These are fun to make, and I intend to make quite a few more if people keep enjoying them!

1. He had reckoned, of course, without the special features that Mr. Weasley had added. >!The Chamber of Secrets - Chapter 5: The Whomping Willow!< 

2. Harry had been wrong: What he had read had indeed made him feel worse. >!The Deathly Hallows - Chapter 11: The Bribe!<

3. “Jiggery pokery!” said Harry in a fierce voice. >!The Chamber of Secrets - Chapter 1: The Worst Birthday!<

4. Just then, Neville caused a slight diversion by turning into a large canary. >!The Goblet of Fire - Chapter 21: The House-Elf Liberatiom Front!<

5. He could tell from Ron’s and Hermione’s faces that they were scared; he was not particularly confident himself, and yet he was sure the time had come to put their plan into operation. >!The Deathly Hallows - Chapter 12: Magic is Might!<

6. “I don’t want to know how it fell into your possession.”  >!The Prisoner of Azkaban - Chapter 14; Snape’s Grudge!<

7. After ten noisy, rocky minutes, the trees thinned, and Harry could again see patches of sky. >!The Chamber of Secrets - Chapter 15: Aragog!<

Lucky Number 13 is ready! Good Luck, fellow nerds!

As a reminder what this is and how it works:

Below are 7 sentences from the 7 HP books. I use a random number generator to pick the book and chapter, then hand pick a sentence that I think is decent. Not too long, too short, too obvious ect.  *** There MAY be repeated books in a set, but there will not be repeated chapters in a set. So there COULD be two from The Philosopher’s Stone, but they would be from different chapters! ***
Scoring your points: It is 2 points for guessing the book, and 1 point for guessing the chapter, for a total of 21 points. It is obviously harder to guess the chapter than the book, but not everyone even cares to remember the chapter titles in the first place, which is totally fair and valid. So chapter titles are just a bonus point.

Below are the sentences and the answers hidden behind spoiler tags! These are fun to make, and I intend to make quite a few more if people keep enjoying them!

1. “Something you have to say is more important than the Ministry of Magic, Potter?” >!The Philosopher’s Stone - Chapter 16: Through the Trapdoor!<
2. Harry borrowed Ron’s quill, scribbled Yes, please, see you later on the back of the note, and sent Hedwig off again.  >!The Philosopher’s Stone - Chapter 8: The Potions Master!<
3. “— you can’t Apparate anywhere inside the buildings or grounds,” said Harry quickly. >!The Half-Blood Prince - Chapter 4: Horace Slughorn!<
4. But she was wrong, his case was different.  >!The Deathly Hallows - Chapter 18: The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore.!<
5.  Hermione and Ginny muffled their laughter in the bedclothes.>! The Order of the Phoenix - Chapter 38: The Second War Begins!<
6. Harry saw George half glance at Fred, before smiling at Ron. >! The Goblet of Fire - Chapter 29: The Dream!<
7. A little later, Harry sensed, by a freshening of the air, that they had reached the edge of the forest.  >!The Deathly Hallows - Chapter 36: The Flaw in the Plan!<

Back on track again with #11. I'll tell you, in some of these chapters it is SO difficult to find a sentence that is guessable, but doesn't immediately give the chapter away. There is seemingly always at least one in every "CYGTBAC". 2, 4, and 5 were ALL like that in this batch. I genuinely have to spend almost an hour sometimes just picking 7 sentences 😂. Ah well. It's good fun and a way to engage with other HP nerds <3.

As a reminder what this is and how it works:

Below are 7 sentences from the 7 HP books. I use a random number generator to pick the book and chapter, then hand pick a sentence that I think is decent. Not too long, too short, too obvious ect.  *** There MAY be repeated books in a set, but there will not be repeated chapters in a set. So there COULD be two from The Philosopher’s Stone, but they would be from different chapters! ***
Scoring your points: It is 2 points for guessing the book, and 1 point for guessing the chapter, for a total of 21 points. It is obviously harder to guess the chapter than the book, but not everyone even cares to remember the chapter titles in the first place, which is totally fair and valid. So chapter titles are just a bonus point.

Below are the sentences and the answers hidden behind spoiler tags! These are fun to make, and I intend to make quite a few more if people keep enjoying them!

1. “You don’t think they’re watching the house?” >!The Philosopher’s Stone - Chapter 3: The Letters from No One!<
2. “Nor have I,” said Hermione, “but I know the theory.” >!The Deathly Hallows - Chapter 9: A Place to Hide.!<
3. “I ’spect he’s got hundreds of ideas, brain like his,” said Hagrid.  >!The Half-Blood Prince - Chapter 19: Elf Tales!<
4. Long live Harry Potter. >!The Deathly Hallows - Chapter 17: Bathilda’s Secret!<
5. “We do not help,” he said in a harsh, croaky voice.>! The Goblet of Fire - Chapter 26:  The Second Task!<
6. They had never heard Hermione speak to a teacher like that before.  >!The Prisoner of Azkaban - Chapter 6: Talons and Tea Leaves!<
7. “Were the tortoises supposed to breathe steam?” >!The Prisoner of Azkaban - Chapter 16: Professor Trelawney’s Prediction!<

Good morning, HP aficionados. Accidently released "#10" yesterday, despite never doing a #9! So, uh... Here's "#9" I guess lol. Tomorrow should be #11

As a reminder what this is and how it works:

Below are 7 sentences from the 7 HP books. I use a random number generator to pick the book and chapter, then hand pick a sentence that I think is decent. Not too long, too short, too obvious ect.  *** There MAY be repeated books in a set, but there will not be repeated chapters in a set. So there COULD be two from The Philosopher’s Stone, but they would be from different chapters! ***

Scoring your points: It is 2 points for guessing the book, and 1 point for guessing the chapter, for a total of 21 points. It is obviously harder to guess the chapter than the book, but not everyone even cares to remember the chapter titles in the first place, which is totally fair and valid. So chapter titles are just a bonus point.

Below are the sentences and the answers hidden behind spoiler tags! These are fun to make, and I intend to make quite a few more if people keep enjoying them!

1. “Dumbledore’d go ballistic,” said Fred confidently.  >!The Prisoner of Azkaban - Chapter 13: Gyrffindor Versus Ravenclaw!<
2. But instinct, overwhelming instinct, told him that this was not Dark Magic. >!The Deathly Hallows - Chapter 19: The Silver Doe!<
3. Harry thought Dumbledore was asking for a near miracle. >! The Goblet of Fire - Chapter 36: The Parting of the Ways!<
4. Harry stood stunned for a few seconds, then, remembering he was supposed to be in the greenhouse, he opened the door and slid inside. >!The Chamber of Secrets - Chapter 6: Gilderoy Lokchart!<
5. There was no benign smile upon Dumbledore’s face, no twinkle in the eyes behind the spectacles. >!The Goblet of Fire - Chapter 35: Veritaserum!<
6.  Harry thought she was probably right, but he wasn’t going to tell her that. >!The Philosopher’s Stone - Chapter 9 The Midnight Duel!<
7. Looking highly disconcerted, Ernie muttered something about unfinished Transfiguration homework and scurried away. >!The Order of the Phoenix - Chapter 27: Snape’s Worst Memory!<

Good morning r/harrypotterbooks, #10 CYGTBAC is live (I really need to think of a catchier name, any suggestions?)

As a reminder what this is and how it works:
Below are 7 sentences from the 7 HP books. I use a random number generator to pick the book and chapter, then hand pick a sentence that I think is decent. Not too long, too short, too obvious ect.  *** There MAY be repeated books in a set, but there will not be repeated chapters in a set. So there COULD be two from The Philosopher’s Stone, but they would be from different chapters! ***
Scoring your points: It is 2 points for guessing the book, and 1 point for guessing the chapter, for a total of 21 points. It is obviously harder to guess the chapter than the book, but not everyone even cares to remember the chapter titles in the first place, which is totally fair and valid. So chapter titles are just a bonus point.
Below are the sentences and the answers hidden behind spoiler tags! These are fun to make, and I intend to make quite a few more if people keep enjoying them!

1. To say it aloud would be to make it final, absolute, irretrievable. >!The Order of the Phoenix - Chapter 37: The Lost Prophecy!<
2. Ever been taunted for your woeful wandwork?  >!The Chamber of Secrets - Chapter 8: The Deathday Party!<
3. For a second, Harry wondered how it had got there — but there were more pressing matters to deal with. >!The Chamber of Secrets - Chapter 17: The Heir of Slytherin!<
4. Harry and Hermione almost fell over Ron; they skidded to a stop right in front of him. >!The Prisoner of Azkaban - Chapter 17: Cat, Rat, and Dog!<
5. You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!  >!The Goblet of Fire - Chapter 36: The Parting of the Ways!<
6. “As if it wasn’t specifically stated in paragraph twelve of the Guidelines for the Treatment of Non-Wizard Part-Humans —” >!The Goblet of Fire - Chapter 10: Mayhem at the Ministry!<
7. “I’d watch out for him if I were you, Dumbledore.” >!The Prisoner of Azkaban - Chapter 22: Owl Post Again!<

EDIT: this was actually supposed to be #9, not number ten. Whoops. I’ll post “9” tomorrow

Good morning! I think I made the past couple a bit too hard, so here’s hoping this one is a bit more tame 😅

As a reminder what this is and how it works:
Below are 7 sentences from the 7 HP books. I use a random number generator to pick the book and chapter, then hand pick a sentence that I think is decent. Not too long, too short, too obvious ect.  *** There MAY be repeated books in a set, but there will not be repeated chapters in a set. So there COULD be two from The Philosopher’s Stone, but they would be from different chapters! ***
Scoring your points: It is 2 points for guessing the book, and 1 point for guessing the chapter, for a total of 21 points. It is obviously harder to guess the chapter than the book, but not everyone even cares to remember the chapter titles in the first place, which is totally fair and valid. So chapter titles are just a bonus point.
Below are the sentences and the answers hidden behind spoiler tags! These are fun to make, and I intend to make quite a few more if people keep enjoying them!

It was a different story here: Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall were deep in conversation, both looking extremely grave. >!The Order of the Phoenix - Chapter 25: The Beetle at Bay!<

You ask deep questions, Mr. Potter. >!The Deathly Hallows - Chapter 24: THe Wandmaker!<

They played Exploding Snap, set off the very last of Fred and George’s Filibuster fireworks, and practiced Disarming each other by magic. >!The Chamber of Secrets - Chapter 18: Dobby’s Reward!<

The ghost patted his arm, giving Harry the sudden, horrible feeling he’d just plunged it into a bucket of ice-cold water. >!The Philosopher’s Stone - Chapter 7: The Sorting Hat!<

I shall go and fetch the people who do have that happy power.  >!The Chamber of Secrets - Chapter 5: The Whomping Willow!<

“I think he just wanted to get out of there, Harry,” said Hermione. >!The Half-Blood Prince - Chapter 7: The Slug Club!<

Harry sniffed and a foul stench reached his nostrils, a mixture of old socks and the kind of public toilet no one seems to clean. >!The Philosopher’s Stone - Chapter 10: Halloween!<

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Good morning! I've got the next Can you Guess ready. So the last one accidently was WAY harder than I intended. My bad! Its difficult for me to properly gage the difficulty of a sentence, since I have the context of the sentence when I pick it. I had already made this one before I got feedback on the last, but I'll try to tone it down for #6!

As a reminder what this is and how it works:

Below are 7 sentences from the 7 HP books. I use a random number generator to pick the book and chapter, then hand pick a sentence that I think is decent. Not too long, too short, too obvious ect.  *** There MAY be repeated books in a set, but there will not be repeated chapters in a set. So there COULD be two from The Philosopher’s Stone, but they would be from different chapters! ***
Scoring your points: It is 2 points for guessing the book, and 1 point for guessing the chapter, for a total of 21 points. It is obviously harder to guess the chapter than the book, but not everyone even cares to remember the chapter titles in the first place, which is totally fair and valid. So chapter titles are just a bonus point.

Below are the sentences and the answers hidden behind spoiler tags! These are fun to make, and I intend to make quite a few more if people keep enjoying them!

1. She looked up at Ron and her frostiness seemed to melt. >!The Order of the Phoenix - Chapter 14:Percy and Padfoot!<
2. “Get your fat bottom off the ground, quick!” >!The Order of the Phoenix - Chapter 2: A Peck of Owls!<
3. “You’re lagging behind, everybody else has started, and Neville’s already got his first pod!” >!The Half-Blood Prince - Chapter 14: Felix Felicis!<
4. Silhouetted on the dark horizon, high on the cliff over the lake, stood the many turrets and towers of Hogwarts castle. >!The Chamber of Secrets - Chapter 5: The Whomping Willow!<
5. Then Hermione walked forward and took her place between the other two. >!The Deathly Hallows - Chapter 27: The Final Hiding Place!<
6. He pulled his glasses out of his pocket and put them on again. >!The Deathly Hallows - Chapter 9: A Place to Hide!<
7. Harry would have screamed, but he couldn’t make a sound.  >!The Philosopher’s Stone - Chapter 17: The Man with Two Faces!<

Thank y'all for the support I am getting making these, as they are very fun to make and y'all seem to like them! I plan to post another tomorrow, prolly around the same time?

As a reminder what this is and how it works:

Below are 7 sentences from the 7 HP books. I use a random number generator to pick the book and chapter, then hand pick a sentence that I think is decent. Not too long, too short, too obvious ect.  *** There MAY be repeated books in a set, but there will not be repeated chapters in a set. So there COULD be two from The Philosopher's Stone, but they would be from different chapters! ***
Scoring your points: It is 2 points for guessing the book, and 1 point for guessing the chapter, for a total of 21 points. It is obviously harder to guess the chapter than the book, but not everyone even cares to remember the chapter titles in the first place, which is totally fair and valid. So chapter titles are just a bonus point.

Below are the sentences and the answers hidden behind spoiler tags! These are fun to make, and I intend to make quite a few more if people keep enjoying them!

1. It was, now Harry looked around properly, the only picture in the room. >!The Deathly Hallows - Chapter 28: The Missing Mirror !<
2. Harry privately agreed, though the thought didn’t cheer him up at all. >! The Philosopher’s Stone - Chapter 3: The Letters from No One!<
3.  Mind you, they’d have to dig me up first, because Mum would’ve killed me. >!The Prisoner of Azkaban - Chapter 4: The Leaky Cauldron!< 
4.  It hurt a lot, which seemed to rule out the possibility that he was having a very bizarre dream. >!The Prisoner of Azkaban - Chapter 21: Hermione’s Secret !<
5. “It’s my fault, it’s all my fault, Hermione, I’m sorry.” >!The Deathly Hallows  - Chapter 17: Bathilda’s Secret!<
6. A murmur ran through the crowd as Adrian Pucey dropped the Quaffle, too busy looking over his shoulder at the flash of gold that had passed his left ear. >!The Philosopher’s Stone - Chapter 11: Quidditch !<
7. “Can you imagine what it might have been, Potter?” >!The Prisoner of Azkaban - Chapter 14: Snape’s Grudge !<

Hello, all! Y’all seemed to like the last one I posted and asked for another, and i loved seeing your responses so here is “Can you guess the Book and Chapter?” (#2). Probably won't do more than one per day max going forward.

As a reminder what this is and how it works:

Below are 7 sentences from the 7 HP books. I use a random number generator to pick the book and chapter, then hand pick a sentence that I think is decent. Not too long, too short, too obvious ect.  *** There MAY be repeated books in a set, but there will not be repeated chapters in a set. So for example, there may be two (or more) from The Philosophers Stone, but they would be from different chapters! ***

I have adjusted the point system. It is now 2 points for guessing the book, and 1 point for guessing the chapter, for a total of 21 points. I had had it the other way previously, since it is obviously harder to guess the chapter than the book, but not everyone even cares to remember the chapter titles in the first place, which is fair and valid. So now the Chapter Title is just a bonus point. 

I have also tried to include some softball picks as some of my last batch almost no one got. Looking at you, sentence number one. Genuinely like 3 people got it lol.

Below are the sentences and the answers hidden behind spoiler tags! LMK if you would like more and if you have any feedback. These are fun to make!

1. The rest of the team hung back to talk to one another as usual at the end of practice, but Harry headed straight back to the Gryffindor common room, where he found Ron and Hermione playing chess. >!The Philosopher’s Stone - Chapter 13: Nicolas Flamel!<

2. “‘I’m very busy with schoolwork, of course’ — How can she be?” said Ron in horror.>! The Chamber of Secrets - Chapter 4: At Flourish and Blotts!<

3.   “I might remind you that your pincushion, Thomas, still curls up in fright if anyone approaches it with a pin!” >!The Goblet of Fire - Chapter 17: Beauxbatons and Dumstrang!<

4.  No one was talking much except Hermione Granger, who was whispering very fast about all the spells she’d learned and wondering which one she’d need. >!The Philosopher’s Stone - Chapter 7: The Sorting Hat!<

5. He felt the last of his strength leave him, and his head hit the ground as he fainted. >!The Prisoner of Azkaban - Chapter 20: The Dementor’s Kiss!<

6. People goggled through the bars at him as he lay, starving and weak, on a bed of straw. >!The Chamber of Secrets - Chapter 2: Dobby’s Warning!<

7. “And even underage wizards are allowed to use magic if it’s a real emergency, section nineteen or something of the Restriction of Thingy —“ >!The Chamber of Secrets - Chapter 5 The Whomping Willow!<

I had an idea for a trivia game, and if this is well received, I’ll do more.

Below are 7 sentences from the seven books. I used a random number generator to generate the book and chapter, then hand picked a sentence that I thought was descent (not too short, too long, too obvious if it said the name of a character that only appeared in one book, etc.)

There may be repeats! For example there could be 2 or more sentences from the same book.

The answers will be below hidden behind Spoiler tags.

Scoring:
One point for guessing the book, Two more points for guessing the chapter (at least the name), for a maximum of 21 points.

The sentences are:

1.At this point, Fred caught his mother’s eye and quickly busied himself with the marmalade.

2.Dumbledore smiled at Harry behind Fudge’s back, his eyes twinkling.

3.Then, with a wave of his wand, all the tables zoomed back along the walls leaving the floor clear, and then he conjured a raised platform into existence along the right wall.

4.She unfolded the paper, glanced at the front page, and spat out a mouthful of pumpkin juice all over it.

5.”Shame, my father always said he was a good wizard in his day.”

6.”A mere memory starting to act and think for itself?”

7.The fact was that he had given the matter a great deal of thought over the
past fortnight.

Also, let me know if you have any ideas how to improve this idea going forward.

1. >!The Chamber of Secrets - Chapter 4: At Flourish and Blotts!<
2. >!The Goblet of Fire - Chapter 30: The Pensive!<
3. >!The Goblet of Fire - Chapter 23: The Yule Ball!<
4. >!The Goblet of Fire - Chapter 31: The Third Task!<
5. >!The Half Blood Prince - Chapter 7: The Slug Club!<
6. >!The Half Blood Prince - Chapter 23: Horcruxes!<
7. >!The Order of the Phoenix - Chapter 16: In the Hog’s Head!<

I had an idea for a trivia game, and if this is well received, I’ll do more.

Below are 7 sentences from the seven books. I used a random number generator to generate the book and chapter, then hand picked a sentence that I thought was descent (not too short, too long, too obvious if it said the name of a character that only appeared in one book, etc.)

There may be repeats! For example there could be 2 or more sentences from the same book.

The answers will be below hidden behind Spoiler tags.

Scoring:
One point for guessing the book, Two more points for guessing the chapter (at least the name), for a maximum of 21 points.

The sentences are:

1.At this point, Fred caught his mother’s eye and quickly busied himself with the marmalade.

2.Dumbledore smiled at Harry behind Fudge’s back, his eyes twinkling.

3.Then, with a wave of his wand, all the tables zoomed back along the walls leaving the floor clear, and then he conjured a raised platform into existence along the right wall.

4.She unfolded the paper, glanced at the front page, and spat out a mouthful of pumpkin juice all over it.

5.”Shame, my father always said he was a good wizard in his day.”

6.”A mere memory starting to act and think for itself?”

7.The fact was that he had given the matter a great deal of thought over the
past fortnight.

Also, let me know if you have any ideas how to improve this idea going forward.

1. >!The Chamber of Secrets - Chapter 4: At Flourish and Blotts!<
2. >!The Goblet of Fire - Chapter 30: The Pensive!<
3. >!The Goblet of Fire - Chapter 23: The Yule Ball!<
4. >!The Goblet of Fire - Chapter 31: The Third Task!<
5. >!The Half Blood Prince - Chapter 7: The Slug Club!<
6. >!The Half Blood Prince - Chapter 23: Horcruxes!<
7. >!The Order of the Phoenix - Chapter 16: In the Hog’s Head!<

I had an idea for a trivia game, and if this is well received, I’ll do more.

Below are 7 sentences from the seven books. I used a random number generator to generate the book and chapter, then hand picked a sentence that I thought was descent (not too short, too long, too obvious if it said the name of a character that only appeared in one book, etc.)

*There may be repeats! For example there could be 2 or more sentences from the same book*

The sentences will be below and I will comment with the answers hidden behind Spoiler tags.

Scoring:
One point for guessing the book, Two more points for guessing the chapter (at least the name), for a maximum of 21 points.

The sentences are:

1.At this point, Fred caught his mother’s eye and quickly busied himself with the marmalade.

2.Dumbledore smiled at Harry behind Fudge’s back, his eyes twinkling.

3.Then, with a wave of his wand, all the tables zoomed back along the walls leaving the floor clear, and then he conjured a raised platform into existence along the right wall.

4.She unfolded the paper, glanced at the front page, and spat out a mouthful of pumpkin juice all over it.

5.”Shame, my father always said he was a good wizard in his day.”

6.”A mere memory starting to act and think for itself?”

7.The fact was that he had given the matter a great deal of thought over the
past fortnight.

Also, let me know if you have any ideas how to improve this idea going forward.

EDIT: the spoiler symbols aren’t showing up in my comments for some reason so I’ll just include them here:

>!1. The Chamber of Secrets - Chapter 4: At Flourish and Blotts!<
>!2. The Goblet of Fire - Chapter 30: The Pensive!<
>!3. The Goblet of Fire - Chapter 23: The Yule Ball!<
>!4. The Goblet of Fire - Chapter 31: The Third Task!<
>!5. The Half Blood Prince - Chapter 7: The Slug Club!<
>!6. The Half Blood Prince - Chapter 23: Horcruxes!<
>!7. The Order of the Phoenix - Chapter 16: In the Hog’s Head!<

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