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Bertie Botts Every Flavor Fiasco

October
05

Are you ready for a logic problem - just for fun? See if you can use the clues below to figure it out!

Harry and his friends decide to share the last of a packet of Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor beans and each person got one bean. None were impressed with the flavor of their bean, so they decided to show off their skills by casting different spells on them. Who cast what spell on which bean?

Friends: Harry, Ron, Hermione, Neville and Hagrid
Colors: Green, Blue, Red, Orange and Purple
Flavors: Vomit, Earwax, Cardboard, Snot and Mud
Spell: Vanishing, Speaking, Levitating, Exploding and Growing

  1. The boy with the cardboard flavored bean cast a spell that made noise. The earwax flavored bean was very quiet.
  2. Harry’s bean was a primary color.
  3. Hermione’s bean, which was not purple, grew almost out of control.
  4. The red vomit flavored bean was levitated.
  5. Hagrid’s bean, which was not a primary color, exploded after a failed illuminating spell.
  6. Neville’s orange bean did not speak.
  7. The green bean questioned where the orange bean had gone.
  8. The snot flavored bean was blue. The green bean did not taste like earwax. The purple bean was mud flavored.

Note: Primary colors refer to pigment colors - blue, red, and yellow.

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