Puzzle #4

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From: melaniem68
Subject: Puzzle #4
Date: 4/24/00 7:03 pm  (ET)

For a change of pace, I thought I'd try a different type of puzzle: a
logic one (my other favorite puzzle type). For those not familiar with
logic puzzles, you are given a introduction and a list of clues to solve
the puzzle. It also helps to make up a chart to keep the clues straight.

No need to remember any HP facts or trivia. In fact, if I've written
this correctly, it can be solved even by someone who's never heard of
Harry Potter!

Clear as mud? OK! As usual, e-mail me with your solutions
(melaniem68 at yahoo.com), or if you have any questions, or are "stuck"
and need more clues. I've written the puzzle below.

Melanie


MEDIEVAL HOGWARTS

It took young Nicky Flamel most of his first year at Hogwarts to get his
five teachers straight, because their names all began with T (Tadsworth,
Tamboni, Tolliver, Tombryan, and Tonilla). Four of his professors were
heads of houses, each in charge of a different Hogwarts house (Gryffindor,
Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, or Slytherin); the fifth did not have a house
of his own, but was a deputy, ready to step in as the head of any
house in an emergency. Each of the five graduated from Hogwarts in a
different year (1305, 1307, 1312, 1314 or 1319), and wound up teaching a
different subject (Astronomy, Charms, Defense against Dark Arts, Potions
and Transfigurations). Using the clues below, can you figure out when
each teacher graduated, which house (if any) he/she was in charge of,
and what he/she taught?

1) The five teachers were the head of Hufflepuff, the 1305 graduate, the
Potions professor, Professor Tonilla and the one who graduated in 1314.

2) Professor Tadsworth graduated in 1312. He was not the head of
Gryffindor, who taught Defense against Dark Arts.

3) The Astronomy professor graduated 12 years before Professor Tamboni,
who was in charge of Ravenclaw.

4) Professor Tombryan was the head of a house, but it wasn't Slytherin.

5) Professor Tolliver taught Transfigurations.

6) Professor Tonilla graduated earlier than the deputy head of house.