I'm telling myself that I won, because frankly, I knew a lot more than any of the other competitors at the Harry Potter Trivia Contest. I really want to give whoever wrote those questions a piece of my mind. According to Mr. Question Man, the Ravenclaw mascot is the raven (as opposed to the eagle). Saying that the Slytherin color (note the singular) is green is unacceptable. They demand green and silver, even though they asked for color as opposed to colors. The judges refused to tell me the "correct" answer, but evidently Voldemort was not 66 in "Chamber of Secrets", despite the fact that he was in his 6th year (and therefore 16) fifty years ago. Also, they wouldn't accept "sherbert lemon" as Dumbledore's favourite candy, insisting on the Scholastic-ized, American-edition "lemon drop". Morons. I *did* get to the finals, but I didn't place. Instead, three people (who clearly acknowleged that I knew a lot more than they did) received their kudos. And when I tried to explain to the judges why their answer keys were wrong (in a very levelheaded, polite, and respectful manner), they threatened to throw me out. ::sigh:: The girl who won second place knew next to nothing, and the girl who won first place kowtowed to my trivia knowledge while we "studied" before the competition. Oh well, there's always next year. I wonder if they'll let me write the questions, or at least let me proofread them before the competition. Then a lot fewer people would go home with headaches.