Hogwarts Championship 2025 (Final Results + Leaderboard pg 142) - Page 142

Here are the scores by category across our 5 judges. A big thank you to Yuvika_15, Leprechaun, -RD-, and LizzieBennet for taking the time out to judge the potions (you will get badges shortly for the great work you did). And of course I was the fifth judge.

Creativity (out of 40 per judge) - Total was 174 points

Originality (out of 40 per judge) - Total was 175 points

Use of HP ingredients (out of 20 per judge) - Total was 100 points

Grand Total - 449 points

Creativity (out of 40 per judge) - Total was 193 points

Originality (out of 40 per judge) - Total was 192 points

Use of HP ingredients (out of 20 per judge) - Total was 97 points

Grand Total - 482 points

Creativity (out of 40 per judge) - Total was 160 points

Originality (out of 40 per judge) - Total was 158 points

Use of HP ingredients (out of 20 per judge) - Total was 91 points

Grand Total - 409 points

Creativity (out of 40 per judge) - Total was 168 points

Originality (out of 40 per judge) - Total was 171 points

Use of HP ingredients (out of 20 per judge) - Total was 93 points

Grand Total - 432 points

It is time to share the questions and answers from the last subject. The topic was Defense and I had 5 sub-topics. I have noted below how many questions I asked from each sub-topic.

Military Questions (2 questions)

What does the military acronym HALO stand for?

High Altitude-Low Opening

What was The Red Baron’s real name?

Manfred von Richthofen

Which war is the Battle of Jutland fought in?

World War I

Florence Nightingale was a nurse during which war?

The Crimean War

What does Cinco de Mayo celebrate?

The Mexican army’s victory over France in 1862 in the Battle of Puebla

What is a military occupation?

A deliberate use of offensive operations to seize and hold areas beyond the reach of friendly forces

CBRN Questions (1 question)

What term did CBRN replace?

NBC

What does the term CBRN mean?

Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear

Which country had the first CBRN defense team?

Argentina

Close Quarter Battles (1 question)

Close quarter battles are tricky and very dangerous because of which hallways are often referred to as this term.

Fatal funnel, since it has limited options for cover, if any

What other area apart from hallways are considered problematic in close quarter battles?

Stairwells because going up and down can tire a team and every corner is a blind

Name the 4 types of foot movement used in close quarter battle.

Creep, shuffle steps, quick pace, dash

Martial Arts (4 questions)

In Hawaiian martial arts, sometimes a leiomano is used, which is made from?

Shark teeth

Which martial art form is a traditional sword format instead of hand-to-hand?

Kendo

Where was the 1 in K-1 derived from?

From Formula 1, as it expresses the top class of racing

What does the K stand for in K-1?

K stands for a mixture of all the styles – karate, kung-fu, and kickboxing

What colour belt do female ninjas wear before the black belt and what does it signify?

Red belt to signify the extra danger of their feminity or sexuality or I accepted red belt to signify proficiency and training

In a Samurai sword set, there are 3 swords. What is the name of the largest one?

Katana

In a Samurai sword set, there are 3 swords. What is the name of the middle one?

Wakazashi

In a Samurai sword set, there are 3 swords. What is the smallest sword called?

Tanto

What are the 3 types of contact in kickboxing?

Light contact, semi contact, and full contact

When and how was Tae Kwan Do founded?

Founded in Korea in the 1950s when masters from the other arts came together and combined their arts

In Tang So Do, what are the 4 basic kicks called?

Front snap, roundhouse, side, and spinning back

What form is believed to be the only form of Kung Fu invented by a woman?

Wing Chun

Borders (3 questions)

Name the two countries that share a border with Andorra.

France and Spain

Which 2 countries border Eswatini?

Mozambique and South Africa

Which country is surrounded by South Africa?

Lesotho

Name the country surrounded by Italy and dominated by mountains.

San Marino

Which 2 countries share the longest binational land border in the world?

USA and Canada

Name 2 landlocked countries bordered by China and India.

Bhutan and Nepal

How long is the border of the Vatican City?

3.2 km

How long is the border of Monaco that it shares with France?

5.47 km

China has the world’s longest borders. It shares the longest border with Mongolia. How long is this border?

4,677 km

And with that we are now ready to announce the winning house of Hogwarts Championship 2025!

Let's go in order. With 10,513 points, Ravenclaws came in 4th place. Congrats guys!

With 11,004 points, Gryffindors came in 3rd place! Congrats to you too!

Now with 12,297 points, our second place house is, aka our runner-ups, the Hufflepuffs! A very big congrats!

And finally, with 13,442 points, the Slytherins win the Hogwarts Championship 2025! And yes, Dumbledore is rolling in his grave as we speak.

Here is your prize Slytherins (along with your badge to come shortly). Prize is made by oh_nakhrewaali. I know the horror.

It is also time to announce the winner of each House aka the House Champion. In Hogwarts Championship 2026, these House Champions will get a special advantage and will be in the same Houses that they just won from! I haven't decided what the advantage will be just yet, but if they play next year (and if I have a championship next year), these folks will get an advantage!

With 1,100 individual points, Mrina (minakrish) is the House Champion of the Slytherins!

With 1,010 points, Soni (SoniRita) is the House Champion of the Ravenclaws!

With 1,070 points, Faiza (FaizaK) is the House Champion of the Gryffindors!

With 1,020 points, Diya (foreverlazy) is the House Champion of the Hufflepuffs!

Finally it is with great pleasure that I present the leaderboard at the House level and at the individual level.

You will all receive your badge(s) shortly!

Ahha Slytherin u PPL were very smart

Congratulations for the win

Ya sure Dumbledore must be turning in his grave

And voldy dancing in his grave

Great game

Congratulations to everyone

Ya congratulations to Faiza specially from the gryffindor

Well done

All the teams did well

And ya it's no secret Slytherin was leading from the beginning

Kuch toh gadbad hai 🙎🤔🤔🤔

Anyways we really enjoyed this game

It was real fun

So thanks Shreya for the game

And thanks to all of u for keeping entertainment alive

So tadaaa now

Till we meet again new game

Enjoy.

Congrats slytherins

Congrats to all the winners - Mrina, Diya, Faiza, Soni

Congrats to my Hufflepuffs for coming 2nd!!

Just got the badge.

Thanks for the badge, love it