hh_clubs | History of Magic: Where's Binns? (Term XX, Activity #08)

Activity: Where's Binns?
Points: Participation Only: 1 point per clue found, 10 points for solving the final prompt. Maximum of 20 points
Deadline: Submit by Tuesday, August 30th @ 23:59 UTC (timezone converter).
Details: Oh no! Professor Binns has been kidnapped! Addmitedly the criminals were quite brilliant being able to kidnap a ghost, but not brilliant enough: They left footsteps. Follow these steps and you will surely find your teacher!

-Clues are only hidden in this community, but they can be found everywhere. Every month, every year, every club.
-Each clue will tell you where to look to find the next one, although, of course, it won't tell you the exact post.
-Use this link to look by date. Just change the 08 to the correct month and the 2011 to the correct year!
-Clues are hidden in a new comment by me,

flyingharmony. Some may be found in collapsed threads.
-Submit the links to the clues by using the textbox below. Clues are numbered so you don't get confused.
-Of course you're welcome to edit your entries and add links as often as you'd like within the deadline!
-You don't have to, but you will get ten additional points if you solve the final prompt.
-Whenever a clue says "Last year", we're counting the year the current clue is hidden in. e.g. if you find Clue 5 in 2009 telling you to look for Clue 6 in a post last year, we're talking about 2008.

The first Clue: You decided to take the dare and follow the footsteps to find Professor Binns. It looks like the kidnappers are traveling through time! They seem to be particularly interested in a very personal activity taking place in January last year...

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