Rita Skeeter Challenge - CLOSED

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Subject: Rita Skeeter Challenge - CLOSED Fri Feb 24 2006, 04:00

We all know of Rita Skeeter's columns in the paper, but what if she made the headlines?

For this first challenge, I am offering 3 sets of house points.

1st place: 30 housepoints
2nd place: 15 house points
3rd place: 5 housepoints

All you have to do is to come up with 6 newspaper headlines about Rita Skeeter, make them as funny or as serious as you want! The judges will anounce the winners!

Have Fun!

Subject: Crack at it Fri Feb 24 2006, 04:31

Alright here's taking a crack at this lol.

1) "Shoo Fly Don't Bother Me."

2) "How Does it Feel to Have the Quill Turn on You?"

3) "Rita Skeeter - The Life of a Mouth."

4) "Who, What, Where, When and Why did Rita Skeeter Ever Think she Could Pose?"

5) "The Truth Behind the Mask - Oh Wait That's Not a Mask."

6) "Beware of the Beetle"

There you have it my headlines haha! Not my best - I like the first one lol.

~Veronica [LilyFlower] :flower:

House of Ravenclaw

Subject: Re: Rita Skeeter Challenge - CLOSED Fri Feb 24 2006, 06:34

I thought I'd try my hand at this challenge. I had fun coming up with these headlines, making up puns and plays-on-words.

I BELIEVE I’M A FLY – EXCLUSIVE SKEETER STORY!

SWALLOWED BY AN OLD LADY, A SPIDER, A BIRD, A CAT, A DOG, A GOAT, A COW AND A HORSE! RITA SKEETER EXCLUSIVE!

SHE’S FLYING WITHOUT WINGS: RITA SKEETER CAUGHT OUT AS SECRET ANIMAGUS

IS SHE GONNA CRAWL, GONNA CRAWL, GONNA CRAWL TO THE UGLY BUG BALL? WILL SKEETER ATTEND THE MINISTRY CELEBRATIONS?

SKEETER HOTEL SCANDAL! WILL SHE MCFLY TO THE ROOM ON THE THIRD FLOOR?

COME FLY WITH ME! RITA SKEETER IN EASY JET AIRLINE SHOCK!

Subject: Re: Rita Skeeter Challenge - CLOSED Fri Feb 24 2006, 07:58

1. Rita Skeeterbehind on the fashion - where did she get those specs?
2. Bugged! - the unregistered animagus imprisoned in a jar
3. Rita's lovelife - the hottest news on Rita's love life with fellow beetle
4. Rita starts new band: The Insects Squashed
5. Rita's five children: butterfly, beetle, worm, toad and ant
6. Zipped: Rita forced to wear zip over mouth like old childrens programme Rainbow

Subject: Re: Rita Skeeter Challenge - CLOSED Fri Feb 24 2006, 08:23

Good job everyone!!! I love all your answers. Ok here are mine, I kind of went with a funny approach. Anyway I hope you like them

1.
"Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film."

2.
"Those who live by the sword... get shot by those who don't."

3.
"He's not dead... he's electroencephalographically challenged."

4.
"Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. "

5.
"The things that come to those who wait, may be the things left by those who got there first."

6. (This is my favourite one..lol)
"I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be without sponges."

Anyway, I know this really doesn't have anything to do with Harry Potter, but you didn't say it had to..lol So I used my imagination.

Thanks
~*Christina*~

Subject: Re: Rita Skeeter Challenge - CLOSED Fri Feb 24 2006, 13:20

This shall be fun! :D

1) Bug Buggered – Rita In The Jungle!

2) Skeeter Jarred For Life!

3) Rita On The Loose – Ministry In Beetle Drive!

4) Skater Slid In Skeeter Slip!

5) Ravishing Reporter in Right Royal Disgrace!

6) Rita Unregistered Animagus – Prophet Slimed (With Beetles)!

Yes. That was fun. Rita Skeeter Challenge - CLOSED 410894

Subject: Re: Rita Skeeter Challenge - CLOSED Fri Feb 24 2006, 14:08

ok - i dont think that i can get as good one as the others but here goes:

1: Head found in the clouds: Rita Skeeter flew too far and cant get down.

2: First quill sent to Azkaban: Rita denies any knowledge of the crime

3: Long lost twin: Skeeter has found Scooter

4: Love in the air? A beetle and a fly seen together

5: Rita missing! Spider being charged!

6: Rita found: The insect world applauds

Subject: Re: Rita Skeeter Challenge - CLOSED Fri Feb 24 2006, 17:24

All righty ima take a jab at dis!

1.) Rita Skeeter finds out that Harry Potter IS 14!

2.)Ritas headlines lie...i mean fly to the Daily Prophet

3.) Ritas secret jelousy toward Hermione Granger!

4.) Rita Skeeter gets signed into an insane asylum after found wearing that puke green looking suite!

5.)Could she be anymore annoying....why yes she can

6.) Rita is in hiding from an enraged Hermione Granger

7.) Rita Skeeter....Man? Or He she!?

8.) History of Rita Skeeter "When she first relized she had a knack for lying"

9.) Rita Skeeter found dead when stabbed by annoyed quill!

10.) Pedaphile Alert....Rita Skeeter is comming to get you Harry!!!!!!!

Subject: Re: Rita Skeeter Challenge - CLOSED Sat Feb 25 2006, 00:57

1. Fly Away
2. Life as a Beatle - What hurt the most was being stepped on
3. Scoop it, don't poop it!
4. Rising up from the maggots
5. A different perspective from down here
6. Beatles don't land on their feet

Well, I thought that they were creative :x :afro:

Subject: Re: Rita Skeeter Challenge - CLOSED Sun Feb 26 2006, 06:48

1.Nutcase is bug
2. When we said Rita bugs us we ment it!
3. Rita goes into the Wacky shack.
4. Little girl caches Rita Sketterin bug form! (Hermione gets mad because they say 'little girl')
5. Rita a bug? or crazy Bug?
6.She all old news and starting to BUG us!

Subject: Re: Rita Skeeter Challenge - CLOSED Sun Feb 26 2006, 11:04

1. Rita Skeeter stars in theatrical production of 'A Bugs Life'.
2. Call in the exterminators, Rita's on the loose!
3. Who ya gonna call? Bug Busters!
4. Get your fly swatters ready!
5. Rita Skeeter stars in Bugsy Malone
6. Found! Fifth member of the Beatles!

Subject: Re: Rita Skeeter Challenge - CLOSED Mon Feb 27 2006, 20:00

My headlines for good old Rita:

BREAKING NEWS! Rita Skeeter is nabbed for smuggling illegal quills into China and Asia

Rita's Enemy List--REVEALED! Wasborian (that quittetch team that i can't remember)WASPS get on Rita's bad side

NEW! Seekerlicious Bug Spray! Wanna get rid of the bugs fast? Send in the BEATLE!

Bubbly Rita is welcomed to the premire of Dude, where's my Beatle?

Rita in St. Mungos for emergency wing transplant! Will her new butterfly wing work out OK?

Subject: Re: Rita Skeeter Challenge - CLOSED Tue Feb 28 2006, 14:22

This challenge was extremely difficult to award as they were all so good. I had a panel of two judges mark each title out of ten and then combined the marks. Note - these judges were not part of the site and did not see the names.

After this, the housepoints have been awarded as follows;

1st place: Duck the Duck - 30 housepoints
2nd place: rip_dogfather - 15 points
3rd place: running_swift - 5 points
cute_polkadot_chick - 5 points