What is the answer to the potion riddle?

Since the potions that allowed the drinker to go forward or backward were unique, and from the third clue the biggest one could not be poison, red and black bottles must contain nettle wine. From the first clue, white and green bottles, to the left of nettle wine, must contain poison.

What is the answer to Snape’s riddle?

Three of us are killers, waiting hidden in line. Are twins once you taste them, though different at first sight. Since the giant bottle is not poison and it is a twin to the second from the left, we know these two are nettle wine (2nd and 6th). Therefore, two of the poisons are to the left of these (1st and 5th).

How does Hermione solve Snape’s puzzle?

Or, as Hermione sums it up quite succinctly: “Seven bottles: three are poison; two are wine; one will get us safely through the black fire, and one will get us back through the purple.” And, of course, if you don’t make a choice, you’re stuck in the chamber forever between the purple flame and the black.

What is the riddle of the seven bottles?

One among us seven will let you move ahead, Another will transport the drinker back instead, Two among our number hold only nettle wine, Three of us are killers, waiting hidden in line.

What potion did Hermione drink?

Polyjuice Potion
It was all for a good cause – breaking into the Lestrange vault – but we have to admit it was downright disturbing when Hermione Granger took Polyjuice Potion so she could trick the Gringotts goblins into thinking she was one of Voldemort’s closest Death Eaters.

Was the potion riddle in the movie?

So I finished the first book (Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone) yesterday, and of course a lot of things in the book are not in the movie, including the the potion puzzle created by Snape as part of the challenges leading to the philosopher’s stone.

What is the answer to the first question Snape asks Harry?

“The first thing Snape asks Harry is “Potter! What would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood?” According to Victorian Flower Language, asphodel is a type of lily meaning ‘My regrets follow you to the grave’ and wormwood means ‘absence’ and also typically symbolised bitter sorrow.

What does Snape mean in the first potions class?

He said, “According to Victorian flower language, asphodel is a type of lily meaning ‘my regrets follow you to the grave’ and wormwood means ‘absence’ and also typically symbolizes bitter sorrow.” If you combined that, Snape’s words mean “I bitterly regret Lily’s death.”

Is Polyjuice Potion illegal?

So, for polyjuice, the potion is legal for everyday use, like allowing a celebrity to go shopping uninterrupted, but if you use polyjuice to commit a crime, it is the crime that is illegal, not the polyjuice itself.

Does Polyjuice Potion change your gender?

The effect of the potion is only temporary, and depending on how well it has been brewed, may last anything from between ten minutes and twelve hours. You can change age, sex and race by taking the Polyjuice Potion, but not species.