#27-question sorting

I was sorted into Ravenclaw once and Hufflepuff a second time.

QUESTION 1:  Which of the following would you most hate people to call you? Ordinary - Slyth  After you have died, what would you most like people to do when they hear your name? Miss you, but smile - Puff  Given the choice, would you rather invent a potion that would guarantee you: Wisdom - Claw  How would you like to be known to history? The Good - Puff

2 Puff/1 Claw/1 Slyth QUESTION 2:  You enter an enchanted garden. What would you be most curious to examine first? The fat red toadstools that appear to be talking to each other - Puff  What kind of instrument most pleases your ear? The violin - Slyth  Four boxes are placed before you. Which would you try and open The small tortoiseshell box, embellished with gold, inside which some small creature seems to be squeaking. - Puff  Four goblets are placed before you. Which would you choose to drink? The smooth, thick, richly purple drink that gives off a delicious smell of chocolate and plums. - Puff  Once every century, the Flutterby bush produces flowers that adapt their scent to attract the unwary. If it lured you, it would smell of: Home - Puff

4 Puff, 1 Slyth QUESTION 3:  A troll has gone berserk in the Headmaster’s study at Hogwarts. It is about to smash, crush and tear several irreplaceable items and treasures, including a cure for dragon pox, which the Headmaster has nearly perfected; student records going back 1000 years and a mysterious handwritten book full of strange runes, believed to have belonged to Merlin. In which order would you rescue these objects from the troll’s club, if you could?  Select order: Dragon Pox Cure/Merlin’s Book/Student Records - Gryff primary, Claw secondary, but this is the #1 answer in all the Houses and isn't really fair.  Which would you rather be: Liked - Puff. Again, not a fair question; trusted/praised/liked draw 75%+ of the vote, and all give major Puff/Gryff points.  Which of the following do you find most difficult to deal with? Boredom - Gryff primary, Slyth secondary

Gryffinclaw, Hufflepuff, Gryffinslyth QUESTION 4:  What are you most looking forward to learning at Hogwarts? Every area of magic I can - Claw primary, Slyth secondary  If you could have any power, which would you choose? The power of invisibility - Gryff  Which of the following would you most like to study? Centaurs - Claw primary, Gryff secondary in theory (in practice, should be reversed)

Ravenslyth, Ravendor, Gryff QUESTION 5:  One of your house mates has cheated in a Hogwarts exam by using a Self-Spelling Quill. Now he has come top of the class in Charms, beating you into second place. Professor Flitwick is suspicious of what happened. He draws you to one side after his lesson and asks you whether or not your classmate used a forbidden quill. What do you do? Tell Professor Flitwick the truth. If your classmate is prepared to win by cheating, he deserves to be found out. Also, as you are both in the same house, any points he loses will be regained by you, for coming first in his place. - Claw  You and two friends need to cross a bridge guarded by a river troll who insists on fighting one of you before he will let all of you pass. Do you: Attempt to confuse the troll into letting all three of you pass without fighting? - Claw (and most popular)  Which road tempts you most? The cobbled street lined with ancient buildings - Claw  Which nightmare would frighten you most? Standing on top of something very high and realizing suddenly that there are no hand- or footholds, nor any barrier to stop you falling - Claw (but in practice it's Slyth's #1 and Claw's #3)  Late at night, walking alone down the street, you hear a peculiar cry that you believe to have a magical source. Do you: Withdraw into the shadows to await developments, while mentally reviewing the most appropriate defensive and offensive spells, should trouble occur? - Claw  A Muggle confronts you and says that they are sure you are a witch or wizard. Do you: Ask what makes them think so? - Claw

WOW. A 6/6 Claw sweep - that's highly unusual. QUESTION 6:  Dawn or dusk? Dawn - Ravendor  Moon or stars? Stars - Huffledor, but bad question (80% of Claws and 47% of Gryffs answer stars)  Forest or river? Forest - Gryffinclaw

Always Gryff, mostly Claw, sometimes puff QUESTION 7:  Black or white? White - Huffleclaw  Heads or tails? Heads - Ravenpuff  Left or right? Left - Ravenslyth

Always Claw, mostly PUff, sometimes SLyth

Overall, this is a hard call between Puff and Claw:

Q1 - 2 Puff/1 Claw/1 Slyth

Q2 - 4 Puff/1 Slyth

Q3 - Gryffinclaw, Puff, Gryffinslyth

Q4 - Ravenslyth, Ravendor, Gryff

Q5 - Always Claw

Q6 - Always Gryff, mostly Claw

Q7 - Always Claw, mostly Puff

Overall, I think I would narrowly call this Claw 1, Puff 2, Slyth 3, Gryff last (Gryff/Slyth are very close, and Claw/Puff are very close, but there's much more Ravenpuff than Gryffinslyth.) 

Fairest-question: ordinary, tortoiseshell, boredom, every area of magic, cobblestones, forest, left - Is hard to call if it would end up Ravenclaw or Slytherin. (1, (3), (4), (7) Slyth vs. 4, 5, (6), 7 Claw.) Since I'm sure you're not a Slytherin, I'll call it for Claw.

Second-fairest: Good, home, CBR, invisibility, ask why, dawn, heads - again, hard call - 1, 2, (7) Puff vs. (3), 5, 6, 7 Claw vs. 3, 4, (6) Gryff. I think it would go Claw, but it might end up in Gryff; again, since you're definitely more Claw/Puff overall, I'd call it for Claw. 

So I've tried the Pottermore sorting test a few times, but my house has never been consistent, varying on which questions I'm asked. I'd like you to look into it, please, with the 27-question self-sorting: (listed in order from your directory)  

Q1: Cowardly, Don't care because I'm dead, the Bold, Wisdom potion.

Gryff, Slyth, Gryff, Claw. "Don't care" and "The Bold" are relatively unusual answers.

2 Gryff, 1 Slyth, 1 Claw

Q2: Golden potion, violin, luminous pool, pewter box, fresh parchment.

Gryff, Slyth, Slyth, Gryff, Claw

2 Gryff, 2 Slyth, 1 Claw. None of these are particularly unusual: the gold potion is #2 overall (and probably not #1 simply because of having 300 extra Claw Sortings); violin is #2 overall and draws over 30% of all people; the pewter box is vying for most popular with Merlin's.

Q3: book, cure then records. Trusted, loneliness.

Ravenclaw primary, Slyth secondary on the cure order; avoids the common bias problem of cure/book/records.

Trusted is Hufflepuff primary/Gryff secondary, but UGH AWFUL QUESTION EVERYBODY ANSWERS TRUSTED IT'S AT OVER 55% OVERALL RN. Also this question screws over Ravenclaws MAJORLY and Slyths to a lesser degree.

Loneliness is Puff primary/Gryff secondary and the fairest of the 3 questions.

Ravenslyth vs. 2 Huffledors.

Q4: ability to change past, ghost, hexes and jinxes.

Slytherin primary/Gryff secondary; Gryff primary/Claw secondary; Slyth

Ghosts is hugely unfair as an answer and improperly scored if you're going by actual popularity (in practice it ought to be Ravenclaw primary/Puff secondary; it also takes huge chunks of every House; Gryff gets the top 3 creatures where Slyth doesn't get any of the top 3.) Hexes and jinxes, OTOH, is an extremely unusual answer: easily the least-popular subject on that question.

Slytherdor, Gryffinclaw, Slyth Q4

Q5: volunteer, told Flitwick before test, dark lantern-lit path, eye peering at me, draw wand & discover source, offer to call a mental hospital.

Gryff, Slyth, Slyth, Gryff, Gryff, Puff

Volunteer, tell before test, the alley, draw and discover, and mental hospital are all unusual (at least to a point for mental hospital, although again it's probably only unusual because of the low number of Puff Sortings.) The eye nightmare, your only not-unusual answer, is a completely messed-up question; most Claws also give the Gryff answer where most Slyths give the Claw answer (heights) and nobody gives the Slyth silly voice answer.

3 Gryff, 2 Slyth, 1 Puff

Q6: Dusk, Stars, forest,

Huffleslyth, Huffledor (but also majorly screwed up - should be Ravenpuff), Gryffinclaw

Mostly Puff/Gryff, some Slyth/Claw

Q7: black, tails, left.

Slytherdor, Gryffinslyth, Ravenslyth

Always Slyth, mostly Gryff, some Claw

Thanks; I really don't know what to make of my stubbornly unSortable nature!

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Overall: 

Q1: 2 Gryff/1 Slyth/1 Claw

Q2: 2 Gryff/2 Slyth/1 Claw

Q3: 1 Ravenslyth, 2 Huffledor, but one of those Huffledors is hugely unfair

Q4: Slyth, Slytherdor, Gryffinclaw

Q5: 3 Gryff/2 Slyth/1 Puff

Q6: Mostly Puff/Gryff, some Slyth/Claw

Q7: Always Slyth, mostly Gryff, some Claw

Overall, I'd call you a Slytherdor Hatstall. You might get more Gryffindor in practice, but if you take out the biased/bad questions (trusted, ghosts, eye), it about makes those two exactly even. Ravenclaw's a clear 3rd, Hufflepuff in last, and Hufflepuff would be EXTREMELY hard to get, if not impossible (trusted or loneliness/mental hospital/stars or dusk, but you'd also have to vary the other questions enough to split the vote - a Claw Q1, Gryff Q2, Slyth Q4, and preferably "left" if you pulled stars. It would be really tricky to engineer, but probably possible on the outside.) 

But, yeah - you're never going to get a consistent result because this is so split, and you might even see a fair number of 'Claw Sortings because you can pull Claw answers on every question but 5 (the odds of a Claw Sort goes up when you pull those and probably when you pull a Puff Q5, to pull weight away from Gryff and Slyth.) Overall, I'd say you're a majority Slytherdor.

Fairest-Sorting produces cowardly, golden potion, loneliness, hexes/jinxes, alley, forest, left - which probably goes Gryffindor very narrowly (by about one question - turn that forest into dusk and you have a definite Slyth Sorting.) 

2nd-fairest-Sorting produces The Bold, parchment, BCR, change the past, mental health, dusk, tails. That's likely Slytherin, although again it's a hard call: 1, ((3)), (4), 7 Gryff (there appears to be a very light tertiary Gryff weight on BCR but it usually doesn't factor in enough) vs. (3), 4, (6), (7) Slyth, 2, 3 Claw, and 5, 6 Puff. That's again a really hard call between Gryff and Slyth - I would love to test it to see, but I suspect it would be a very narrow Slyth Sorting.

Pulling your unusual answers to look at them, there are Bold, opinion while alive, jinxes, tell before test, alley, mental hospital, volunteer, draw/discover - which again splits about equally Slyth/Gryff (3 Gryff vs. 4 Slyth, but "tell before test" is one of those answers that ends up not working well in practice either: a majority of Hufflepuffs pick that while a majority of Slytherins opt to lie.) 

So, really, it's not all that surprising that you don't get a consistent result: you really are a Slytherdor Hatstall on this quiz (even if you never see one, because Gryff-involved Hatstalls are really difficult to get for some reason.) 

My brother got Hufflepuff the only time he's taken the Sorting, but we just got the new Harry Potter Wonderbook game, which uses your Pottermore house, and he was wondering what he'd have gotten if he took the whole test.

Q1

Most hate to be called: ignorant or ordinary - Claw or Slyth (interesting, most people who put 2 down put these two together)

After you're dead: Adventures - Gryff

Title: The Great - Slyth

Potion to brew: Wisdom - Claw

So either 2 Claw, 1 Gryff, 1 Slyth, or 2 Slyth/1 Claw/1 Gryff

Q2

Drink: plum and chocolate potion ("it's the one most suitable for consumption") - Puff

Instrument: Drums - Gryff

Garden: Talking toadstools - PUff

Box: Squeaky or Merlin box - Puff or Slyth (but this is not a great question - most Claws pick Merlin's box)

Smell: The sea - SLyth

So either 3 Puff/1 Slyth/1 Gryff or 2 Puff/2 Slyth/1 Gryff

Q3

BCR - Ravenclaw primary, Slyth secondary

Rather be trusted (yes, we know it's an awful question) - Puff primary, Gryff secondary

Being ignored or cold - Slytherclaw or Slytherpuff, depending.

So Ravenslyth, Huffledor, Slytherclaw, or Slytherpuff - you get a spectrum! Too bad that BI/cold is the best of the questions; it'll throw off a fairest question Sorting.

Talk to animals - Puff primary, Claw secondary

Merpeople - Slyth

STUDY ALL THE THINGS! - Claw primary, Slyth secondary

So Huffleclaw, Slyth, or Ravenslyth

Q5

Confuse the troll - Claw

Tell Flitwick before the test ("I don't want him to think I was just holding it back until I found out he beat me.") - Slyth

Cobblestone path - Claw

No one knows you nightmare - Puff

Withdraw into shadows, review spells - Claw

Ask Muggle why - Claw

3 Claw, 1 Slyth, 1 Puff

Q6

Dusk - Huffleslyth

Stars - Huffledor (and bad question)

Forest - Gryffinclaw

So mostly Puff/Gryff, some Claw/Slyth

Q7

Black (because cat) - Slytherdor

Tails - Gryffinslyth

Right - Gryffinpuff

Always Gryff, mostly Slyth (a bit of Puff)

Overall, I can tell right away he's never going to Sort consistently by this quiz - none of the questions have a decisive lean except 5 and 7! I don't think Hufflepuff is his most likely House - actually, my first impression is that it'll go towards Slytherin!

Fairest question sorting: ordinary or ignorant, plums and chocolate, being ignored or cold, learn everything, cobbled street, forest, right. This really highly dependent on his selections for 1 and 3, but ignorant or being ignored will send this Claw. Ordinary/plums/cold/learn everything/cobbles/forest/right is a much harder call, and one that looks to me like it should be an R/S Hatstall but might just go Ravenclaw anyway. 

Second-fairest Sorting: the great, sea, BCR, talk to animals, ask why, dusk, black or tails - I suspect this will go Slytherin without a Hatstall but is again pretty close between Slyth and Claw. 

Hey,

I'm presuming my 7 question sorting got lost somehow, if not then I put something along the lines of: I identify as a Hufflepuff but I received Slytherin... If I could remember the questions I was asked then I would definitely give them to you here again, but unfortunately, I seem to have a terrible memory and confuse them with the other time I took the quiz (and also got Slytherin...) So I was hoping you could do a 27-questions sorting to help me out, thanks!

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Yup, apparently Tumblr is devouring asks - I don't have anything in my askbox from you and there's nothing tagged in the blog. :(

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Question 1:   Which of the following would you most hate people to call you?

Selfish - Puff

 After you have died, what would you most like people to do when they hear your name? Think with admiration of your achievements - Claw  Given the choice, would you rather invent a potion that would guarantee you:

Love  - Puff  How would you like to be known to history? The Good - Puff

3 Puff, 1 Claw

Question 2:

 You enter an enchanted garden. What would you be most curious to examine first? The bubbling pool, in the depths of which something luminous is swirling - Slyth (water!)   What kind of instrument most pleases your ear?

The violin - Slyth  Four boxes are placed before you. Which would you try and open The gleaming jet black box with a silver lock and key, marked with a mysterious rune that you know to be the mark of Merlin. - Slyth, but this is not really a good question; a majority of Ravenclaws also choose this answer.  Four goblets are placed before you. Which would you choose to drink? The smooth, thick, richly purple drink that gives off a delicious smell of chocolate and plums. - Puff  Once every century, the Flutterby bush produces flowers that adapt their scent to attract the unwary. If it lured you, it would smell of: A crackling log fire - Gryff

3 Slyth, 1 Gryff, 1 Puff

Question 3:

 A troll has gone berserk in the Headmaster’s study at Hogwarts. It is about to smash, crush and tear several irreplaceable items and treasures, including a cure for dragon pox, which the Headmaster has nearly perfected; student records going back 1000 years and a mysterious handwritten book full of strange runes, believed to have belonged to Merlin. In which order would you rescue these objects from the troll’s club, if you could?  Select order: Merlin’s Book/Dragon Pox Cure/Student Records

Ravenclaw primary, Slytherin secondary. This is supposed to be the #1 answer Ravenclaws pick; Slytherins put cure-last. (This at least avoids the common bias of the question, which is cure/book/records.)   Which would you rather be: Liked - Puff

This is not a good question. Trusted/praised/liked is too popular and tilts this entire question to Gryffindor (66%+ of all people pick a Gryff answer) and Puff (50%+ of people pick Puff answers), and Ravenclaw lacks a viable answer - they're least-likely to pick either of the answers JKR gave them points for, and less than 10% of Claws will actually choose a Claw answer! The worst question on this quiz.   Which of the following do you find most difficult to deal with? Loneliness - Puff primary, Gryff secondary, and the best of the Q3s. 

So Ravenslyth, Puff, and Huffledor

Question 4:

 What are you most looking forward to learning at Hogwarts?  Apparition and Disapparition (being able to materialise and dematerialise at will)
 - Slyth primary/Gryff secondary  If you could have any power, which would you choose? The power to read minds - Claw primary, Slyth secondary  Which of the following would you most like to study? Centaurs - Claw primary, Gryff secondary (but the worst Q4; Gryff gets top 3 creatures and in practice this should probably be Gryffinclaw and ghosts Ravendor and not the other way around.) 

So Slytherdor, Ravenslyth, and Ravendor.

Question 5:

One of your house mates has cheated in a Hogwarts exam by using a Self-Spelling Quill. Now he has come top of the class in Charms, beating you into second place. Professor Flitwick is suspicious of what happened. He draws you to one side after his lesson and asks you whether or not your classmate used a forbidden quill. What do you do? Lie and say you don’t know (but hope that somebody else tells Professor Flitwick the truth). - Puff, but this is an interesting problematic question: in practice, tell before the test is the Puff #1 answer and lying is Slytherin's #1! (And then "confront classmate" takes around 30% of everybody's answers anyway, slanting this Gryff overall.)  You and two friends need to cross a bridge guarded by a river troll who insists on fighting one of you before he will let all of you pass. Do you: Suggest that all three of you should fight (without telling the troll)? - Slytherin, and the only question where the Slyth answer usually has a fair chance  Which road tempts you most?

The twisting, leaf-strewn path through woods - Gryff. Fairest question overall, but this is biased to Gryff (all Q5s have a bias to one of the four answers.)  Which nightmare would frighten you most?

An eye at the keyhole of the dark, windowless room in which you are locked - Gryff, and this is another question screwed up beyond recognition! A majority of Claws pick this answer while a majority of Slyths pick the Claw answer (and the Claw nightmare of heights is #3 in Ravenclaw.) 

Late at night, walking alone down the street, you hear a peculiar cry that you believe to have a magical source. Do you:

Proceed with caution, keeping one hand on your concealed wand and an eye out for any disturbance? - Puff (and the most popular answer)  A Muggle confronts you and says that they are sure you are a witch or wizard. Do you:

Ask what makes them think so? - Claw (and the most popular answer, but this is still the 2nd-fairest Q5, since Claw-as-most-popular is driven by 90% of Ravenclaws picking this and not by other Houses going for it)

2 Puff, 2 Gryff, 1 Slyth, 1 Claw Question 6:

 Dawn or dusk? Dusk - Huffleslyth  Moon or stars? Stars - Huffledor (but 80% of Claws pick stars vs. not quite 50% of Gryffs)  Forest or river?

Forest - Gryffinclaw

So mostly Gryff/Puff but some Claw/Slyth

Question 7:

 Black or white?

Black - Slytherdor  Heads or tails?

Heads - Ravenpuff  Left or right? Right - Gryffinpuff

So mostly Gryff/Puff but some Slyth/Claw

Overall

Q1 - Puff majority (some Claw)

Q2 - Slyth majority (some Gryff/Puff)

Q3 - Ravenslyth, Puff, and Huffledor

Q4 - Ravendor, Slytherdor, and Ravenslyth

Q5 - Mostly Puff/Gryff but some Slyth/Claw

Q6 - Mostly Puff/Gryff but some Slyth/Claw

Q7 - Mostly Puff/Gryff but some Slyth/Claw

Overall, I'd definitely say you belong in Hufflepuff over Slytherin; I'd even probably say that Gryffindor is a better fit than Slytherin, although it might be slightly less likely because you're more likely to draw a Slyth Q2.

A fairest question Sorting gives: selfish, plums and chocolate, loneliness, Apparition, forest path, forest, right, which is probably actually Gryffindor (but does have that heavy reliance on forests that's not ideal.) 

A 2nd-fairest-question-Sorting gives: The Good, log fire, BCR, read minds, ask why, dusk, heads. That's actually going to go Ravenclaw!

So...wow. You have the most Hufflepuff overall, but part of the issue here is that your Q4 is never Hufflepuff, and Q4 is worth quite a lot. (Also, "liked" is part of an unfair question; you can't draw more than 1 Q1, 6, or 7, where you're showing a lot of Puff; "proceed with caution" isn't in a fairest-question Sort because most people choose it - the Slytherin option on that one is actually the least-popular 4-question answer on the entire quiz; and "stars" is pretty broken. But I don't think Gryffindor beats Puff in any case, especially since the Gryff answers you do give tend to be messed up.)

As you can see, any Sorting is possible for you, and your results are going to vary wildly. I'm guessing for the Slytherin sortings that you pulled a Slyth Q2, cure ordering, and probably the Apparition question - those three make Slytherin much more likely, and if you got dusk (a Huffleslyth answer), it would virtually guarantee it, even before you drew black. But Slytherin's nowhere near the best House for you, and I have to attribute 2 Slyth Sortings to a really bad question draw on your part.

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Thanks so much! And for being such an interesting blog to read! :)

Hiya, Snyder here! I’ve submitted my sorting on Desember 27 (its right below eahxoxo’s) and I forgot to write my result! Sorry for the inconvenience. Anyway, that sorting got me into… Gryffindor. I’ve actually been sorted into Slytherin before, by choosing;

1.    I  don’t care what people think of me after I’m dead

2.    Home

3.    Merlin’s book, cure, records.

4.    Every area of magic I can

5.    No one remembers who you are

6.    Forest

7.    Tails

But my friend felt something was off, so she forced me to do another one. Since I’m now more confuse than ever, I decided to do the whole 27 questions sorting.

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This does make sense as a Slyth Sorting, although it's super-close to Hatstalling: I think that heads might have done a Hatstall or thrown it to Ravenclaw entirely, it's that close. 1, (3), (4), (7) are Slyth vs. 3, 4, (6) Claw (and 2, 5 Puff; ((3)), 6, 7 Gryff, where the (()) denotes a tertiary weighting.) So it makes sense as Slyth, but is literally a coin-toss away from a different outcome.

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 Q1:

Hate to be called…

Selfish - Puff

After you’ve died… I don’t care what people think of me after I’m dead; it’s what they think of me while I’m alive that counts - Slyth

Like to be known as… The Great - Slyth

Invent a potion that guarantees… Power - SLyth

3 Slyth, 1 Puff (and power and opinion while alive are least-common)

  Q2:

Goblets The mysterious black liquid that gleams like ink, and gives off fumes that make you see strange visions - Slyth (this is least-common but highly specific to Slyths)

Favorite instrument Drums - Gryff (2nd-least-common)

Magical garden The silver leafed tree bearing golden apples - Claw (but draws a ton of Gryffs; is more popular in Gryff than their statue)

Boxes

Merlin’s - Slyth (but again this question sucks - this box is more popular in Ravenclaw than their own)

Flutterby bush smell Home - Puff

2 Slyth, 1 of each other House

  Q3:

Troll goes berserk Merlin’s book, cure, records - Claw primary, Slyth secondary, Gryff tertiary

You rather be… (yes, we all know that this is the WORST QUESTION EVAR.) Trusted - Hufflepuff primary, Gryff secondary

Have the hardest time dealing with… Loneliness - Puff primary, Gryff secondary

 So mostly Huffledor, with that Ravenslyth (Gryff tertiary) cure.

Q4:

Superpower

The power to change the past - Slytherdor

Creature Centaurs - Ravendor, but worst creature question - in practice, this is Ravenclaw's #3 answer and Gryff's #1 by a mile (and Claws love Gryff ghosts where they're barely #2 for Gryff.) 

Subject to learn Every area of magic I can - Claw primary, Slyth secondary

So Gryff/Slyth/Claw split here

  Q5:

Troll Volunteer to fight - Gryff (and uncommon answer)

Cheating housemate Lie - Puff (although there's a LOT of crossover with Slytherin here)

Path The cobbled street lined with ancient building - Claw (and not common answer)

Nightmare No one remembers who you are - Puff

Strange noise

Proceed with caution, keeping one hand on your concealed wand and an eye out for any disturbance (is it any wonder that this is the most popular answer?) - Puff 

Muggle confrontation Ask them why they think so - Claw (again, any wonder that this is most popular, especially when 2 of your other options are calling a mental hospital or jinxing?) 

3 Puff, 2 Claw, 1 Gryff

  Q6:

Dawn or dusk? Dawn - Ravendor

Stars or moon? Stars - Huffledor (you know this should be Ravenpuff)

Forest or river? Forest - Gryffinclaw

Always Gryff, mostly Claw, never Slyth

Q7: Black or white? Black - Slytherdor

Heads or tails? Tails - Gryffinslyth

Left or right? Left - Ravenslyth

Always Slyth, mostly Gryff (never Puff)

Overall:

Q1 - Mostly Slyth (some Puff)

Q2 - Split (slight edge to Slyth, but it comes off a bad question)

Q3 - Mostly Huffledor, some Ravenslyth

Q4 - Pretty evenly split between Slyth, Gryff, and Claw

Q5 - Puff #1, Claw #2, a bit of Gryff

Q6 - Always Gryff, mostly Claw

Q7 - Always Slyth, mostly Gryff

Given this overall, I'd say you're never going to get a consistent Sorting; it honestly comes down to question selection. There's less Puff than other Houses, but it's still possible with selfish/home/loneliness or trusted/lie or proceed or no one/stars (or even 3-4 of those answers, as long as you split the other votes well enough.) But overall it's super, super split between the other Houses.

A "fairest-question Sorting" produces selfish/inky potion/loneliness/learn everything/cobbled street/forest/left, which is Ravenclaw but really split between everybody (less Gryff, but still - 1, 3 Puff, 2, (4), (7) Slyth, 4, 5, (6), 7 Claw, and (3), 6 Gryff.) A "second-fairest-question-Sorting" produces The Great/home/BCR/change the past/lie/dawn/black or tails, which is probably Slytherin with a very strong hint of Gryff. 

** Holy crap, the 12/27 Sorting was Gryffindor?!

For a refresher for everybody else, that was:

1. Power 2. Merlin's box 3. Book/cure/records 4. Centaurs 5. Volunteer 6. Dawn 7. Black

1, 2, (3), 7 are Slyth; 3, 4, 6 are Claw; (4), 5, (6), (7) Gryffindor. And (4), 5, (6), (7) beat the others for a Gryffindor Sorting! That's really odd to me, since 3/4's primary answers are generally given more weight than other questions and 6/7 are least-heavily-weighted. (However, this does give weight to the idea that Gryffindor gets a tertiary weight on book>cure>records, something I usually don't bother counting since it's so rarely chosen by Gryffs and doesn't often factor in - that may have made the difference here. Book>cure>records is supposed to be the #1 choice for Ravenclaws, #2 for Slytherin, and #3 for Gryffindor (in practice, it's the #2 for Claw, #3 for Slyth, and #3 for Gryff - cure/book/records dominates everybody.) Either that or answering both 6/7 in the way of a single House gives something of a bonus towards going there (see also the Sorting from yesterday, where dusk/left tosses what looks like a highly split Puff Sorting into Slytherin.) But I suppose if you give (3), (4), 5, (6), (7) to Gryff it does make sense, and Gryffindor rightfully should have a tertiary weight on book>cure>records if all Houses get 3 answers on that question. (I thought that, owing to the popularity of cure-first answers, Gryff might not - but nope, it really does look like they do. On that note, I have to wonder if Gryff also gets some kind of tertiary on "change appearance," in which case...well, holy extra quiz bias on an already pro-Gryff quiz, Batman.) 

QUESTION 1:

Which of the following would you most hate people to call you? Selfish - Puff After you have died, what would you most like people to do when they hear your name? I don’t care what people think of me after I’m dead; it’s what they think of me while I’m alive that counts - Slyth Given the choice, would you rather invent a potion that would guarantee you: Wisdom - Claw How would you like to be known to history? The Wise The Good The Great The Bold

...I don't see anything that indicates an answer here? Wise/Claw, Great/Slyth, Good/Puff, Bold/Gryff, but idk which you'd choose. 

1 Puff, 1 Slyth, 1 Claw, 1 ?

QUESTION 2:

You enter an enchanted garden. What would you be most curious to examine first? The silver leafed tree bearing golden apples - Claw (but there's significant crossover with Gryff in practice) What kind of instrument most pleases your ear? The violin - Slyth (and 75% of people pick this or piano in practice) Four boxes are placed before you. Which would you try and open? The small pewter box, unassuming and plain, with a scratched message upon it that reads ‘I open only for the worthy - Gryff (and most popular) Four goblets are placed before you. Which would you choose to drink?

The smooth, thick, richly purple drink that gives off a delicious smell of chocolate and plums - Puff Once every century, the Flutterby bush produces flowers that adapt their scent to attract the unwary. If it lured you, it would smell of: Fresh parchment - Claw

2 Claw, 1 of every other House

QUESTION 3:

In which order would you rescue these objects from the troll’s club, if you could? Dragon Pox Cure /Student Records/Merlin’s Book

Puff primary, Gryff secondary Which would you rather be: Liked

Puff, though this question is terrible and should be thrown out - most everyone answers trusted/praised/liked and Ravenclaws don't have an option they actually choose. Which of the following do you find most difficult to deal with? Boredom - Gryff primary, Slyth secondary

So Huffledor, Puff, Gryffinslyth            

QUESTION 4:

What are you most looking forward to learning at Hogwarts? Every area of magic I can - Claw primary, Slyth secondary If you could have any power, which would you choose? The power of invisibility - Gryff Which of the following would you most like to study? Centaurs - Claw primary, Gryff secondary (though in practice this question has huge issues - the top 3 answers are all Gryff-weighted and this is Gryff's #1 answer and Claw's #3.) 

Ravenslyth, Ravendor, and Gryff

QUESTION 5:

One of your house mates has cheated in a Hogwarts exam by using a Self-Spelling Quill. Now he has come top of the class in Charms, beating you into second place. Professor Flitwick is suspicious of what happened. He draws you to one side after his lesson and asks you whether or not your classmate used a forbidden quill. What do you do? Tell Professor Flitwick that he ought to ask your classmate (and resolve to tell your classmate that if he doesn’t tell the truth, you will). - Gryff, but the most popular answer (all 5 questions have one answer that's super-popular.) You and two friends need to cross a bridge guarded by a river troll who insists on fighting one of you before he will let all of you pass. You: Suggest drawing lots to decide which of you will fight? - Puff, and the least-popular answer on this one Which road tempts you most? The cobbled street lined with ancient buildings - Claw Which nightmare would frighten you most? Standing on top of something very high and realizing suddenly that there are no hand- or footholds, nor any barrier to stop you falling - Claw, though this question is messed up - a majority of Claws pick the Gryff eye, a majority of Slyths pick this one.

Late at night, walking alone down the street, you hear a peculiar cry that you believe to have a magical source. You: Proceed with caution, keeping one hand on your concealed wand and an eye out for any disturbance - Puff (and most popular) A Muggle confronts you and says that they are sure you are a witch or wizard. You: Ask what makes them think so? - Claw (and most popular)

3 Claw, 2 Puff, 1 Gryff

QUESTION 6:

Dawn or dusk? Dawn - Ravendor Moon or stars? Moon - Slytherclaw (though only 20% of Claws answer moon in practice) Forest or river? River - Slytherpuff

So 50% Slyth/Claw, 33% Puff/Gryff

  QUESTION 7:

Black or white? Black - Slytherdor Heads or tails? Heads - Ravenpuff Left or right? Right - Gryffinpuff

50% Gryff/Puff, 33% Slyth/Claw

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Thank you~ :D

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No problem, but I'm afraid this is hugely inconclusive.

1. Puff/Claw/Slyth split - idk what your last one is

2. 2 Claw, 1 of each other House - again, pretty even split

3. Huffledor, Hufflepuff, Gryffinslyth - depends on which question

4. Ravenslyth, Ravendor, Gryff - mostly Gryff or Claw, but depends on the question

5. 3 Claw, 2 Puff, 1 Gryff, though there are issues

6. Mostly Ravenslyth, chance of Huffledor

7. Mostly Huffledor, chance of Ravenslyth

So basically you're never going to get a consistent House. It's hard even to call a least-likely House! 

The "fairest question Sort" would be selfish, plums and chocolate, boredom, every area of magic, cobbled street, dawn, right, which is hard to call - that's 1, 2, (7) Puff, 3, (6), 7 Gryff; 4, 5, 6 Claw, (3), (4) Slyth. That's probably Ravenclaw.

Second-fairest-question Sort would be "The ___" (so we'll drop to wisdom, I guess), wisdom/fresh parchment, CRB, invisibility, draw lots (choosing instead of confront because it's an odd answer), river, heads or black - which is Hufflepuff if we go with draw lots and heads, Gryffindor if confront and black. 

I've already submitted one combo of my sorting test answers, but I'd like to submit my answers to all of the questions. Like I shared before, I'm a Ravenclaw and most of the time I'm sorted into this house. In the past (Although, some of my answers have changed since then), I'd sometimes be placed in Hufflepuff and every now and then, Slytherin.

Here we go.

QUESTION 1:

 Which of the following would you most hate people to call you? -Selfish (second choice: ignorant) - Puff (ignorant is Claw)  After you have died, what would you most like people to do when they hear your name? -Miss you, but smile (second choice: Think with admiration of your achievements) - Puff (achieve is Claw)  Given the choice, would you rather invent a potion that would guarantee you: -Wisdom - Claw  How would you like to be known to history? -The Wise (second choice: The Good) - Claw (second is Puff)

2 Claw, 2 Puff - and your second choices tend to be Puff/Claw as well!

QUESTION 2:

 You enter an enchanted garden. What would you be most curious to examine first? -The statue with the twinkling eye - Gryff, but not a great question - there's huge crossover between the Gryff statue and the Claw tree, to the point where more Gryffs pick the tree and statue led for Ravenclaw for quite a while. The toadstools are Puff.

(The eye is what catches my attention. It's what makes it different from other statues. My second choice: toadstools)

  What kind of instrument most pleases your ear? -The piano - Claw; your ranking actually mirrors the overall popularity of each instrument. (Rank from favorite to least favorite: Piano, Violin, Drums, Trumpet)

Four boxes are placed before you. Which would you try and open -The gleaming jet black box with a silver lock and key, marked with a mysterious rune that you know to be the mark of Merlin. - Slytherin, with your 2nd choice being Claw, but this again is a terrible question because Ravenclaws pick the Slytherin box more often than their own, because of the temptation bit! (Ravenclaw's box is the only one with an explicit downside and is BY FAR the least-picked of the four.) 

(I would like to say the golden box because of the secret knowledge, but I’m not particularly excited about it having unbearable temptation. That can be troublesome.)

Four goblets are placed before you. Which would you choose to drink? -The smooth, thick, richly purple drink that gives off a delicious smell of chocolate and plums. - Puff (It sounds like the safest and most pleasing, the others seem too suspicious.)

Once every century, the Flutterby bush produces flowers that adapt their scent to attract the unwary. If it lured you, it would smell of: -A crackling log fire - Gryff (although your reasoning is fairly Puff) (the log fire would remind me of home on a cold night.)

2 Puff, 1 of each other House

QUESTION 3:

 A troll has gone berserk in the Headmaster’s study at Hogwarts. It is about to smash, crush and tear several irreplaceable items and treasures, including a cure for dragon pox, which the Headmaster has nearly perfected; student records going back 1000 years and a mysterious handwritten book full of strange runes, believed to have belonged to Merlin. In which order would you rescue these objects from the troll’s club, if you could?  Select order: -Merlin’s Book/Dragon Pox Cure/Student Records (I used to pick Merlin's book/Student Records/Dragon Pox Cure, but then I thought about the importance of the cure and how much work had been put into it.)

Ravenclaw primary, Slytherin secondary; your old answer reversed them. BCR is meant to be Ravenclaw's #1 answer (in practice every House orders Cure/book/records); BRC is meant to be Slytherin's #1.

 Which would you rather be: -Liked - Puff, but problematic; this question basically sucks because 75% of people pick trusted/praised/liked. Ravenclaw has no good options (87% of them pick trusted/praised/liked vs. less than 10% picking the 'Claw answers) and Slytherin's not much better. This question's HUGELY skewed to Gryff (trusted/praised) and Puff (trusted/liked.)   Which of the following do you find most difficult to deal with? -Cold - Slyth primary, Puff secondary. Least-biased of the questions, though you avoided the bias in the cure order.

So Ravenslyth, Slytherpuff, or Hufflepuff

QUESTION 4:

 What are you most looking forward to learning at Hogwarts?  -Every area of magic I can - Claw primary, Slyth secondary  If you could have any power, which would you choose? -The power of invisibility - Gryff  Which of the following would you most like to study? -Ghosts - Gryff primary, Claw secondary, but HUGELY problematic: in practice, this should be Ravenpuff (42% of Claws pick ghosts vs. 27% of Gryffs, and ghosts is #1 in Claw and Puff in practice but barely #2 in Gryff!) Gryff gets weight for the top 3 creatures - ghosts, werewolves, centaurs. Add to that that Slytherin gets 4/5/6 (merpeople, vamps, goblins) and Puff gets trolls, and that Houses tend not to pick the answers they're supposed to (Ravenclaws love werewolves, Puffs ghosts, centaurs is more popular in Gryff than it should be) and you end up with a bad Q4. (Vamps is Slytherpuff, merpeople Slyth.) 

(I'd also like vampires and merepeople)

So Ravenslyth, Gryff, or Gryffinclaw

QUESTION 5:

 One of your house mates has cheated in a Hogwarts exam by using a Self-Spelling Quill. Now he has come top of the class in Charms, beating you into second place. Professor Flitwick is suspicious of what happened. He draws you to one side after his lesson and asks you whether or not your classmate used a forbidden quill. What do you do? -Tell Professor Flitwick that he ought to ask your classmate (and resolve to tell your classmate that if he doesn’t tell the truth, you will). - Gryff, but the most popular answer by far (each Q5 has one or two REALLY POPULAR ANSWERS - 3 are Gryff, 2 Claw, 1 Puff. All the Slyth answers are not good.)   You and two friends need to cross a bridge guarded by a river troll who insists on fighting one of you before he will let all of you pass. Do you: -Attempt to confuse the troll into letting all three of you pass without fighting - Claw, and most popular  Which road tempts you most? -The cobbled street lined with ancient buildings - Claw (the woods path is the most popular) (Second: the twisting, leaf-strewn path through the woods)  Which nightmare would frighten you most? -Standing on top of something very high and realizing suddenly that there are no hand- or footholds, nor any barrier to stop you falling - Claw, but this nightmare question is seriously screwed up: a majority of Claws pick the Gryffindor eye, while a majority of Slyths pick the Claw heights. (The eye is scary, too)

 Late at night, walking alone down the street, you hear a peculiar cry that you believe to have a magical source. Do you: -Withdraw into the shadows to await developments, while mentally reviewing the most appropriate defensive and offensive spells, should trouble occur. - Claw (Puff's "proceed" is #1)  A Muggle confronts you and says that they are sure you are a witch or wizard. Do you: -Ask what makes them think so? - Claw (and most popular)

5 Claw, 1 Gryff

QUESTION 6:

 Dawn or dusk? -Dawn - Ravendor (I love hearing nature wake up and watching the sunrise.)  Moon or stars? -Stars - Huffledor, but this is screwy as well: over 80% of Claws vs. 47% of Gryffs pick stars. (I’m fascinated by constellations and the number of stars there are. I’d love to go out in the ocean on a moonless night and stare at the sky blanketed by stars. A person doesn't normally experience that.)  Forest or river? -Forest - Gryffinclaw (You get both food and protection from the forest, as well as a river that flows through.)

So always Gryff, mostly Claw, a bit of Puff

QUESTION 7:

 Black or white? -White - Huffleclaw  Heads or tails? -Tails - Gryffinslyth  Left or right? -Left - Ravenslyth (By default, I would want to say right because I'm right-handed. Although, I basically have equal hemispheric dominance, with a slightly higher dominance in my left brain. the right side is controlled by the left brain.)

So mostly Claw/Slyth, a bit of Puff/Gryff

Overall: 

1 - Ravenpuff split

2 - About equally split; 2 Puff vs. 1 of all others

3 - Ravenslyth, Puff, Slytherpuff

4 - Ravenslyth, Gryff, Gryffinclaw

5 - 5 Claw, 1 Gryff

6 - Always Gryff, mostly Claw

7 - Mostly Slyth/Claw split

Hi again:)

I sent to you some time ago my Gryff sorting, on dec 13 to be exact, and you told me that it was a super-close sorting between Gryff and Claw. So I got curious, if I had gotten a different set of question, would I still most likely ended up in Gryffindor or not, so I answered all possible questions. Can you pls analyse for me my Q27 answers as well? Thank you in advance, and for your last analysis as well!

QUESTION 1:

Which of the following would you most hate people to call you? Ignorant - Claw After you have died, what would you most like people to do when they hear your name? I don’t care, while I’m alive that counts - Slyth Given the choice, would you rather invent a potion that would guarantee you: Wisdom - Claw (most popular answer) How would you like to be known to history? The Good - Puff

2 Claw, 1 Slyth, 1 Puff

QUESTION 2:

You enter an enchanted garden. What would you be most curious to examine first? The bubbling pool - Slyth What kind of instrument most pleases your ear? Piano - Claw (most popular) Four boxes are placed before you. Which would you try and open The small pewter box- Gryff (most popular) Four goblets are placed before you. Which would you choose to drink? Delicious smell of chocolate and plums - Puff Once every century, the Flutterby bush produces flowers that adapt their scent to attract the unwary. If it lured you, it would smell of: Home - Puff

2 Puff, 1 Claw, 1 Gryff, 1 Slyth (overall, really divided)

QUESTION 3:

A troll has gone berserk in the Headmaster’s study ...... Select order: 1.Dragon Pox Cure  2.Merlin’s Book  3.Student Records

Gryff primary/Claw secondary, but the #1 answer of all Houses, not really reliable. Which would you rather be: Liked - Hufflepuff, but again, falls into the trusted/praised/liked trap. (About 10-15% of all people answer this, making it 3rd popular in most Houses except Puff, where it's #2.)  Which of the following do you find most difficult to deal with? Cold - Slytherpuff, least biased

So Gryffinclaw, Hufflepuff, or Slytherpuff

QUESTION 4:

What are you most looking forward to learning at Hogwarts? Every area of magic - Ravenclaw primary/Slyth secondary If you could have any power, which would you choose? The power to change your appearance - Slyth primary/Claw secondary, but problematic (over 50% of Claws answer this vs. less than 25% of Slyths; more Gryffs than Slyths answer it) Which of the following would you most like to study? Vampires - Slytherpuff

So Ravenslyth, Slytherclaw, or Slytherpuff

QUESTION 5:

***Here's the thing about Q5: All the Q5s are fairly biased and have 1 very clearly most-popular answer - and you've given ALL of the most popular answers here. (They split 3 Gryff/2 Claw/1 Puff.) Basically, these are the answers given by the majority of people regardless of what House they're actually in - the answers are way too popular and don't say much about where you belong. So this question in practice tilts you Gryff overall, but doesn't really say all that much about you - just that you pick the answers that appeal to everybody in general.

One of your house mates has cheated in a Hogwarts exam ......... Tell Professor Flitwick that he ought to ask your classmate - Gryff You and two friends need to cross a bridge guarded by a river troll who insists on fighting one of you before he will let all of you pass. Do you: Confuse the troll to pass without fighting - Claw Which road tempts you most? The twisting, leaf-strewn path through woods - Gryff Which nightmare would frighten you most? An eye at the keyhole of the dark, windowless room in which you are locked - Gryff, but this is a bad question: the majority of Claws give this answer, majority of Slyths give the Claw answer (up high)

Late at night, walking alone down the street, you hear a peculiar cry that you believe to have a magical source. Do you: Proceed with caution, keeping one hand on your concealed wand and an eye out for any disturbance - Puff A Muggle confronts you and says that they are sure you are a witch or wizard. Do you: Ask what makes them think so - Claw

QUESTION 6:

Dawn or dusk? Dusk - Huffleslyth Moon or stars? Moon - Slytherclaw, but 80% of Claws pick stars in practice. Forest or river? Forest - Gryffinclaw

So always-Slyth, mostly-Claw

QUESTION 7:

Black or white? White - Huffleclaw Heads or tails? Heads - Ravenpuff Left or right? Right - Gryffinpuff

Always-Puff, mostly-Claw

Overall:

1 - More Claw, but split Claw/Slyth/Puff

2 - Fairly evenly split between all Houses; slightly more Puff

3 - Gryffinclaw, Hufflepuff, Slytherpuff; Slytherpuff is fairest

4 - Ravenslyth, Slytherclaw, or Slytherpuff

5 - mostly Gryff/Claw, but the huge bias issue here

6 - Always Slyth, mostly Claw

7 - Always Puff, mostly Claw

So I'd actually say you're more Slyth/Claw than anything - it's a virtual tie and depends on how much you want to consider Q5 and its natural anti-Slyth bias. (With Q5 in, you're more Claw; if you consider the other answers and the overall bent of this, removing things like the cure ordering, I'd say you're more Slytherin, but it's very narrow.) Also, you display a fairly solid chunk of Hufflepuff - you actually have the least Gryffindor, although it's definitely a possible Sorting, as you've seen! (It relies on a Gryff Q2/cure ordering/Gryff Q5/forest/right, and it helps if you get vampires and a non-Claw Q1.) 

A "fairest question Sort" gives you ignorant, plums and chocolate, cold, every area of magic, woods, forest, right - which is a hard call, but probably ends up as Ravenclaw (1, 4, 5 vs. 2, (3), (7) Puff, 3, (4) Slyth, and 5, 6, 7 Gryff; you can see that's really super-close, with Gryff narrowly 2nd, Slyth 3rd, and Puff last.) A second-fairest question Sort provides "The Good, home, CBR, change appearance, confront classmate, dusk, white or heads," which is probably Hufflepuff with Ravenclaw in 2nd, Gryff in 3rd, and Slyth in last.) So you're very divided overall, but Ravenclaw and Slytherin are most overall and Gryffindor's in last - so no, I don't think you'd get Gryff again on a random question draw. You're yet another person who the Sorting isn't going to provide very consistent results for; you'll have to rely on how you identify and where you'd most like to be.

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Also my brother asked me to send you his 7Q Puff sorting as well, can you analyse that for him as well pls?

1. Selfish

2. Trumpet

3. Trusted

4. Vampires

5. Eye at the keyhole

6. Stars

7. White

Your brother, on the other hand, is mega-Puff, at least per this Sorting: 1, 2, 3, (4), 6, 7 are all Hufflepuff. (3), 5, (6) are Gryff in 2nd, Slytherin in 3rd with 4, Ravenclaw in last with (7) - but note that trusted is the SINGLE WORST QUESTION/ANSWER ON THIS TEST (40-50% of people answer it, including 56% of Ravenclaws; Ravenclaws have no answer they actually give - 87% of them answer trusted/praised/liked which are not Claw-weighted - and Slytherins are stuck with envied/feared, with only a secondary on praised to save them. Meanwhile, 66%+ of all people will give Gryff answers (trusted/praised) and 50%+ will give Puff answers (trusted/liked.) And the eye nightmare and stars are also things that have Gryff weight but are problematic - the eye nightmare is both very popular overall and waaay popular with Ravenclaws, while stars should really be a Ravenpuff answer if we went by what people in those Houses actually choose. So the Gryff 2nd is largely based on biased or messed-up questions!