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Padfoot_Prongs

@Padfoot_Prongs

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Posted: 11 years ago

#721

Originally posted by: _TheBlackRose_
Probity Probes? 😆

how wat where? mahn i need to read it again.

Congrats gal and thanx for solving it.

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Padfoot_Prongs

@Padfoot_Prongs

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Posted: 11 years ago

#722

Originally posted by: pinks2911
Tadaaa!!! Finallyyy...
We have an answer to the riddle..😃

Ushoshi, you are so right!!!!👏

Probity probes..

Explanation will be up soon..

Congratulations Ushoshi!⭐️

finally. i still wanna knw how Ushoshi guessed it. i didn't read this word anywhere.

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Avie

@Avie

Dazzler

Posted: 11 years ago

#723

Thin and tall

I might be called
The probe is a detector which looks like a car antenna.. Hence I used the words thin and tall

Only at dark times I was called

It is a type of a dark detector used to detect concealment spells or magical objects which might pose a danger to the magical community..

With the ones everyone hated

These probes were used by Argus Filch (who every student of Hogwarts hated) on students coming into Hogwarts.. Also the Death Eaters (who are naturally hated by everyone in the wizarding community) stationed guards outside Gringotts..

Not only the one but many who can't be named

Not only the single caretaker Argus Filch but also the many Death Eaters used this

Everything I can and will see

The detector detects all kinds of magical activity and concealed spells or enchantments.. Nothing can escape a detector

Now you gotta tell, who is the actual me

Probity Probes

~~~~~Other Clues~~~~~

The answer is definitely magic but also in muggle world..

Dark detectors are also available in the Muggle world..

Connected to the Ministry

The Ministry only introduced Probity Probes.. Hence they are connected

Appearance in books

The probe definitely appears in Book 6 and Book 7.. Appearance in Book 5 is a possibility.. Since Harry went to his hearing, there might be a chance the probe was used on him when he entered the Ministry..

Found mostly near two

The probes mostly made appearance near The Ministry of Magic and at Gringotts.. Also at Hogwarts but not that often

One the head while the other is also huge

The Ministry is the head of the Wizarding community and it is a huge building.. While Grigotts is also a huge place

Adventurous but dangerous not always they were

Harry had some adventures at both the places.. But they weren't always a danger for him..

Link to the answer: 119019389

Edited by pinks2911 - 11 years ago

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Avie

@Avie

Dazzler

Posted: 11 years ago

#724

Originally posted by: mannu_minnie
finally. i still wanna knw how Ushoshi guessed it. i didn't read this word anywhere.

Posted the explanation Mannu.. It might help you recollect.. Like I said at the beginning, even I had forgotten about it..

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Ushoshi

@_TheBlackRose_

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Posted: 11 years ago

#725

OMGz, I had been thinking along those lines for a while, but kept negating it as I couldn't exactly fit it in 😆

I finally thought to give it a shot and turns out it's right 😲 😆

Wow, the first riddle I solved

Thanks for the explanation...

Edited by _TheBlackRose_ - 11 years ago

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Ushoshi

@_TheBlackRose_

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Posted: 11 years ago

#726

Originally posted by: mannu_minnie
finally. i still wanna knw how Ushoshi guessed it. i didn't read this word anywhere.

I guessed it firstly by 'thin and tall' and that it was mentioned in the last three books + connected to the ministry.

It was in the last book, Harry confunds the guards at Gringotts to prevent them from checking with the probity probes. I gathered that it must have been mentioned in the fifth and sixth book as well, but I don't remember having read the word there...

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Avie

@Avie

Dazzler

Posted: 11 years ago

#727

Originally posted by: _TheBlackRose_
OMGz, I had been thinking along those lines for a while, but kept negating it as I couldn't exactly fit it in 😆
I finally thought to give it a shot and turns out it's right 😲 😆
Wow, the first riddle I solved
Thanks for the explanation...

Better late than never.. Finally you did it..⭐️

Congrats on solving your first ever riddle..😃

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Avie

@Avie

Dazzler

Posted: 11 years ago

#728

Originally posted by: _TheBlackRose_
I guessed it firstly by 'thin and tall' and that it was mentioned in the last three books + connected to the ministry.
It was in the last book, Harry confunds the guards at Gringotts to prevent them from checking with the probity probes. I gathered that it must have been mentioned in the fifth and sixth book as well, but I don't remember having read the word there...

5th book is a possible appearance.. Harry went to his hearing and so the probe might have been used on him.. It isn't mentioned but assumed coz every visitor is subjected to a search before entering the Ministry..

6th book.. Security is tightened around Hogwarts.. And to prevent dark artefacts from being brought into the school, Filch used Probity probes on the students after they came back from their visit in Hogsmeade and also while going there.. Ron also comments at that point that why does it matter if we smuggle anything out.. All that matters is what we bring in.. And for this Ron was checked twice..