Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Pre Book Launch Event - Schmoozing Over Coffee
- July 31, 2016
- By Samriddha Bhattacharya
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All hail the Potterheads !!!!
A brilliant job done by Kolkata Bloggers. We needed something like this
for a long long long long time. Thank you guys for allowing all Potter fans to
be a part of something so phenomenal. A big Thank Youuuu to Oxford as well for
being such a sport in hosting an incredible event like this.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - the much awaited eighth book
released on 31st July, which also happens to be J.K Rowling's birthday and
Kolkata Bloggers arranged a Pre Book Launch Event for it on the 30th of July at
the Oxford store in Park Street.
The event was immense fun and let's hear how.
They had organised a Triwizard Tournament (it's a quiz for the
Potterheads, not the real game of guts and magic silly!!).
There were 3 stages to it:
- You had to either take part
in the cosplay or in the blogging contest.
- The best performers from both of them were sent to the next round, where you had to solve a
given set of jumbled words within 20 minutes.
- From there 10 people were selected and sent to the finals. In the final showdown you had to answer a rapid fire
round in a span of 20 seconds.
Here are
a couple of questions from the finals
What was the model of the car in which Harry and Ron rode in the
second year?
Which potion did Harry brew to win the Felix Felicis?
The questions which couldn't be answered by the contestants were thrown to the audience and within the blink of an eye there were arms flailing in the air and people shouting, hoping to get the chance to answer. What a ruckus that was !! Phew..
Have a look at the jumbled words the contestants had to solve in Round 2
Solve them and leave your answers in the comments section below ;-)
The cosplay was something that left the muggles gobsmacked.
A boy who had dressed up as Mad Eye Moody had spent hours to make his walking stick. Look at him !!
Ain't it looking mean?
An adorable munchkin turned up as little Potter
There were so many of them who turned up in super costumes and were sweet enough to pose for all of us to go click click on them !!
And then I found this...
I. Want. One.
When there are wands and capes who can resist the temptation of a little battle?
Out of all the happy people at Oxford on Saturday there was one who was delirious with joy, the winner of the Triwizard Tournament of course !! The prize was a free copy of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. The runner ups were given vouchers from Oxford.
To top it all it was a day that all Potterheads of Kolkata would surely remember.
Kolkata Bloggers, you left us craving for more.
Picture Courtesy: Subhayu Bagchi
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