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07-31-2011, 02:21 AM
| | |  J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter site Pottermore announces Magical Quill challenge
The homepage of Pottermore has been updated to announce a Magical Quill challenge. As most Potter fans know, the Magical Quill at Hogwarts senses when a magical child is born and notes that child's name to become a future student at the wizarding school when they turn 11 years old.
The Magical Quill challenge will ask questions from each of the seven books over the course of seven days, starting tomorrow, July 31 – Harry Potter’s birthday. Those able to answer the question will add the answer to the end of the quill.pottermore.com URL, which will then lead them to a website. Once they find the Magical Quill on the website, it will take them back to Pottermore where they can register for early access to the Beta site. Those unable to register in time tomorrow will get another chance to answer another question the next day (and the next…) until the last question is posted on August 6, so don’t give up! 
The following was posted on Pottermore’s blog which gives more details about the Magical Quill challenge: The eagle-eyed amongst you may have spotted the hidden link in our You ask, we answer’ blog post from 19 July, which took you to an interview J.K. Rowling gave in 2000.
In the interview was some interesting information about a Magical Quill, located in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The Magical Quill detects the birth of a magical child and writes their name down in a large book. Every year, Professor McGonagall checks the book and sends owls to the children who are turning eleven, to inform them that they have a place at Hogwarts.
Each day for seven days, from 31 July to 6 August, we will be placing a clue on the Pottermore homepage to help you locate The Magical Quill. If you find it, you’ll have the chance to gain early access to Pottermore.
There will be a new clue every day, and each clue will relate to a different book in the Harry Potter series. On Day 1 the clue will relate to Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, on Day 2 the clue will relate to Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and so forth. The clues will also vary in difficulty. On Days 1-3 the clues will be harder, and on Days 4-7 the clues will be easier.
To find The Magical Quill, you need to solve the clue and add the answer to the end of the web address quill.pottermore.com/ This will lead you to a website where The Magical Quill will be located while early access places are available. The Magical Quill’s location will change every day.
Example:
Clue: How many books are there in the Harry Potter series? Multiply this number by 10.
Answer: 70
Add this number to the end of the website address. In this case it would be: quill.pottermore.com/70
Hit ‘Return’ to go to the website where The Magical Quill is located.
Once you have found The Magical Quill, you will be redirected to Pottermore.com. If the registration process is still open for that day, you will be able to submit your details to register to access Pottermore early.
It’s important to note that finding The Magical Quill does not guarantee you access to registration, as registration will only remain open while the early access places allocated for the relevant day, between 31 July to 6 August, are available.
Don’t worry if you don’t manage to register first time. There will be plenty of opportunities to find The Magical Quill as we will be revealing a new clue each day from 31 July to 6 August. For those who miss out on early access to Pottermore, please note the site will be open to all from October .Keep visiting Pottermore to find out when registration commences.
We won’t be telling you when a clue goes live, so you’ll need to keep a careful eye on Pottermore.com over the seven-day period. However, we will let you know, via Pottermore.com and the Insider, when registration for a particular day has come to an end.
Finally, please note that we will not be enabling early access to the site straight away. Once The Magical Quill challenge is over, we will send successful early access registrants a Welcome email, letting them know when they will be able to access Pottermore. We won’t be able to let everyone into the Beta site at the same time, so please be patient with us. You may have to wait a few weeks for your Welcome email to arrive.
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07-31-2011, 02:23 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Australia
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SO excited! Praying I will be able to find the Magical Quill! Although I am normally hopeless at these kind of things... Just this once?
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07-31-2011, 02:23 AM
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how are you supposed to do it when the site won't even let you in, hopefully they fix that
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07-31-2011, 02:26 AM
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i can't even get into the pottermore site...it's stuck on the support message about too many people showing interest... :\
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07-31-2011, 02:27 AM
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Fingers crossed!!! Good luck everyone!!!
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07-31-2011, 02:29 AM
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Oh, I really want this! I wonder what the 1st clue will be...
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07-31-2011, 02:30 AM
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| | Hippocampus
Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Australia
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Originally Posted by 10or  how are you supposed to do it when the site won't even let you in, hopefully they fix that Quote:
Originally Posted by mellypotter1223 i can't even get into the pottermore site...it's stuck on the support message about too many people showing interest... :\ Really? It was like me for that earlier today but now it is working. Just hanging out for the Clue now!
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07-31-2011, 02:30 AM
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| | Gnome
Join Date: Feb 2011
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I'm in, but I don't know what the first clue is. anyone have an idea?
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07-31-2011, 02:30 AM
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| | Gnome
Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Toronto Canada
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I can't wait for this contest to begin and I hope that I get early access
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07-31-2011, 02:31 AM
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Hmm, interesting idea and a true test of the fans! 
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07-31-2011, 02:31 AM
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Hope I manage to be among those million.
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07-31-2011, 02:34 AM
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| | Hippogriff
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Oooh can't wait! *gets on Pottermore website now* 
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07-31-2011, 02:39 AM
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With the site constantly crashing...I think I may just wait until registration is open to everyone  and I can't help but feel like we keep getting countdowns that are merely leading to MORE countdowns 
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07-31-2011, 02:50 AM
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I'm on the website and it's working and all but I don't know what to do from here  how do I find this clue!!  I'm so confused!
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07-31-2011, 03:04 AM
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| | Hippocampus
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Is the clue already up right now, or is it coming up tomorrow? I'm confused...,.
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07-31-2011, 03:05 AM
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I hope I am able to get in early (if at all) so I can go to sleep. I'm not sure if I can last 7 days without sleep! Not sure my boss would appreciate me calling in sick either. I didn't plan a vacation week for this :-(
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07-31-2011, 03:12 AM
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it's 31'st of july, is the clue up yet?
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07-31-2011, 03:13 AM
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Does anyone know when the first clue will be up? It took a few minutes, but the Pottermore site finally loaded and I'm not sure what to look for in terms of the clue. Thanks.  | |
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07-31-2011, 03:20 AM
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| | Hippocampus
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Originally Posted by mikrro Does anyone know when the first clue will be up? It took a few minutes, but the Pottermore site finally loaded and I'm not sure what to look for in terms of the clue. Thanks. according to Pottermore Insider We will not be told when a clue goes live only when registrations have filled up for tha day. I'm sure social networking sites will go crazy once it is up so we will know. Can't wait!
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07-31-2011, 03:22 AM
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| | Glumbumble
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It took forever for them to let me in, I had to have 10 tabs open or something. Now I just have to wait for the clue. But I'm so excited. I really hope I can find the quill. asdfghjkl | |
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07-31-2011, 03:25 AM
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Do we know what time the question/clue will be up or am I gonna have to reload every minute until it I see it? 
Because I am willing to do that. 
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07-31-2011, 03:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Elsie And that seems to be vaguely confirmed on Tumblr, as well. I'm just trying to find out what to do to pass the time for the next four hours now! | |
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07-31-2011, 03:32 AM
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does anymore know how to make a account for pottermore ? :$
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07-31-2011, 03:34 AM
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| | Yeti
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Kanto
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Originally Posted by amandagayle And that seems to be vaguely confirmed on Tumblr, as well. I'm just trying to find out what to do to pass the time for the next four hours now! Thank you so much
I was too lazy excited to read everything 
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