CHAPTER 2: Guessing Games?
"Let's play a little game," Sprout said. " A mixer, an ice-breaker. Everyone stand up, and I'm gonna put a nametag on your back. This tag will have someone famous on it you'll recognize, but you're not allowed to look at it to see who it is. You have to figure it out by asking yes or no Qs to everyone else. Go."
After she had stuck all the tags one everyone's backs, they started reluctantly to ask each other Qs. Most didn't want to mix at first. It was difficult for Hermione- she had neither Harry nor Ron for company. She moved over to Lavender and Justin who were talking. After looking at their tags, she saw Lavender was Dumbledore and Justin was Darth Vader.
"Oooh," they yelled, "Answer our Qs!" (By the way, for you non-Minervish speakers, Q stands for Question.)
"Okay."
"Am I magical?" Lavender said.
"You are..."
"And me?" yelped Justin excitedly.
"Um..." was Vader? He could hardly be called a Muggle... "I suppose."
"Well, am I real" -Justin.
"No."
"Me?" -Lavender.
"Certainly."
"A girl, right?"
"No."
" A guy?"
"Yes."
"Young?"
"No."
"Old? Like... older than 40?"
"Yes."
"60?"
"Older."
"Older than 80?"
"Yes!"
"Who's a wizard."
"A good one?"
"Yes."
"Dumbledore!"
"Good!"
"And me?" -Justin. "A guy?"
"Yes."
"Young?"
"No."
"Not real, so in a book?"
"Maybe, but not famous for that."
" A movie, than."
"Yep."
"Muggle movie, obviously."
"Yes, a great famous one, too."
"Recent?"
"No. Well, yes, and no."
"Ah, so a series, than."
"Yes."
"Am I the good guy?"
"NO."
"Star Wars!"
"Yes!"
"Darth Vader!"
"Yes! Now, my turn." She turned around to show them her tag. "Am I famous?" she asked. They snorted and grinned at each other. "Well?"
"Okay, okay everyone!" shouted Sprout, "We're not making much progress in some areas, so we're gonna mix it up a bit, k? I'll pair you all up a bit differently."
She did so.
Hermione ended up with Lee Jordan. He laughed harder at her tag than Lav and Justin had.
"What, am I a muggle?"
"No!" he laughed.
"A witch."
"No."
"Wizard?"
"Yep."
"Young?"
"Yes."
"Famous?" she asked hesitantly, remembering the others' reaction to this Q. She had been right to hold back.
"YES!" he burst, "Ho, yes!"
"Am I as young as a student?"
"Si."
"And I'm famous?"
"Yes!" he chuckled.
Suddenly, it hit her. "No," she murmured, "No, they wouldn't do that!"
"Yes, they would, and they did-"
"No! I'm not... not... Harry?"
Lee now practically fell on the floor with hysterical laughter. "No, oh no. Much more close, I'm sure!"
Huh? she thought, who could be closer than Ha... Oh, no. God, no. She practically passed out.
"Not... not... Vic...Vicky..... Krum?"
"Ho, ho, took you a while, hun."
"Oh, no. That's so... so..."
"Cruel?"
"YES!" she shrieked, stumbling into a chair.
"Dude, breath in, breath out, and answer my Qs..." he turned around and pointed at his back.
She stopped moaning and giggled a bit.
"What, is it my ex, too?" he laughed, "But at least Alicia's not famous."
"No," she huffed, "it's not Spinnet. It's just that-"
"So, am I famous?"
"Yeah."
"Have I ever met this person?"
"Not up close, but you've seen him."
"Oh, a wizard."
"Yeah."
"Sports?"
"Uh, I don't really know, that's what's so funny."
"Dude, if it's something you don't know, it has to be sports."
"Ok, yeah."
"Quidditch?"
"Oh my gosh! I just remembered who it is! Yes, it's Quidditch!"
"Ok, calm down. From the cup of last year?"
"YES!"
"Not Bulgaria."
"Ha ha. No," she glared.
"Ireland- seeker!"
"Yes!"
"Troy Mullet!"
"Good!"
"Well, imagine that, we got the two seekers. Too bad Harry wasn't included on someone else's back."
"Ha ha."
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Sean and Brittany were paired together.
Sean had Britney Spears. Brittany had the Weird Sisters.
"So," said Sean, "screw this guessing game, how you doin'?"
"Whoa, your antlers are so short!" she commented, amazed.
"My... antlers?"
"That's how cheese put it."
"Ok.... right. Maybe we will play this tag game thing. But forget the yes or no thing. Just answer me this: who am I?"
"Cheater! Okay, you're Britney Spears."
"Nice!"
"And my beard?"
"Huh?"
"Who am I?"
" The Weird Sisters. Kinda fits you. Well, look at how fast we finished this game! No problem. Imagine that."
She smiled. "Santa Turkey would be proud."
"Rrrrright."
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Meanwhile, a far more normal pair was guessing. Well, not altogether normal. Bill had already established his was a wizard of great political importance, who wasn't greater than Dumbledore.
"Duh!" said Bill, "Fudge. Yuck."
"Yes, you're right! How did you guess that? You are sooo amazing," Jessica breathed, smiling, gazing into his eyes. "Now, will you help me?"
"K, guess."
"Am I beautiful?"
"No."
"Pah! How dare you?" she fluffed her hair. "That's so rude. Now, am I a witch?"
"No."
"Wizard."
"No."
"A muggle girl?"
"No."
"Boy?"
"Yes."
"A real one?"
"No."
"From a movie."
"No."
"TV?"
"No."
"Then WHAT?"
"Well, a comic book."
"A BOOK? They gave me a BOOK?"
"Well, sorta..."
"I don't know any books!!!! Tell me who I am!!!"
"Well aren't we supposed to-"
"Fine!" she ripped it off her back. "Jughead Jones? Who is THAT? What an ugly name!"
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Justin, Draco, and Neville were together. Bad combo. Justin, of course, already knew he was Darth Vader, and Neville was still trembling, having just found out he was Snape, much to Malfoy's satisfaction.
"Now," he snapped, "Tell me, am a wizard?"
"Eeeeek!" shrieked, Justin, for he had seen the back of Malfoy's tag, "Ooooh, yay!" It was his favorite singer, his idol, Justin Timberlake!!!
"No, said Justin, "You're not a wizard!"
"A witch?"
"No!"
"Surely not a muggle...."
"Yes, but a special one!"
"A special muggle? What the hell's wrong with you?"
"He's my idol! Don't you know Justin Timberlake?"
"Who is THAT?"
"The leader of N*Sync! The coolest!"
"What? A muggle singer?? How DARE they? Just wait till my father finds out they gave me a MUGGLE!"
Neville shrank farther into his seat.
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Haunalie had long before given up trying to ask Tiki Qs. After a long period of:
"Do you speak English?"
"Chise Kong Wa?"
"DO... YOU... SPEAK... ENGLISH?"
"Oh, si, very much give England thank, you."
...she gave up and they both looked at their cards. He was Jackie Chan. They had given her Marilyn Monroe, who couldn't be more different.
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Ginny, Lavender, and Lindsay were having quite a time. Lindsay hadn't known anything about Winston Churchill, some Muggle leader, and eventually the just let her look at it.
Ginny's card said J.K. Rowling on it.
No one who he was.
