Ravenclaw Tests of Logic


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Puzzle Eight - The Guardians

The Ministry of Magic employs specially-trained wizards called Guardians who are ready to respond quickly whenever a magical creature threatens the well-being of a human - whether wizard or Muggle.

On the first Hogsmeade weekend of the year, four Hogwarts students (Brian, Cassidy, Munir, and Wendy) were lucky enough to run into a group of Guardians who'd stopped by the Three Broomsticks. Each of the four Hogwarts students had a conversation with a different Guardian (whose names were Calindra, Destrius, Roake, and Shedra, in no particular order). Each Guardian, as it turns out, began his or her career in a different year (1992, 1993, 1994, or 1995) and specializes in a different dangerous magical creature (Lethifold, Dragon, Kelpie, or Acromantula).

Can you match each of the Guardians to the year his or her career began, to his or her specialty creature, and to the Hogwarts student with whom he or she conversed?

  1. The four Guardians are Shedra, the one who talked to Brian, the one who specializes in Dragons, and the one whose career began in 1994.

  2. Destrius joined the Guardians in 1993.

  3. The Guardian who specializes in Kelpies did not join the organization the year before the Guardian who talked to Wendy.

  4. The Guardian with the Lethifold specialty joined the organization the year after Calindra did, and the year before the one who had a conversation with Munir.

  5. Roake doesn't specialize in acromantulae.
You may use the following table to help you figure it out. When you've completed the puzzle, you may check your work - a link to the solution is at the bottom of the page.


Brian
 

Cassidy
 

Munir
 

Wendy
 

Lethifold
 

Dragon
 

Kelpie
 

Acromantula
 

1992
 

1993
 

1994
 

1995
 

Calindra
 

Destrius
 

Roake
 

Shedra
 

1992
 

1993
 

1994
 

1995
 

Lethifold
 

Dragon
 

Kelpie
 

Acromantula
 



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