HP4GU Contest #11 -- Hard Logic

[joym999 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 23575

Hello all, and welcome to this weeks contest.  Since the last logic 
puzzle was so popular, I am giving you another one.  However, I have 
to warn you that this one is much harder.  It also requires some 
knowledge of the HP books, so dont give it to Grandma Gladys who 
loves puzzles unless she has read HP, too.

Remember, do NOT post the answers to the list.  Email them to me at 
HP4GUCon at aol.com, or to the above address.  (And then email them 
again if you dont receive an acknowledgement from me, since the email 
function from the web page often does not work.)

Here you go:

Peeves the Poltergeist has gone to each of the Hogwarts common rooms 
and stolen a wand from at least one student from each house.  
Professor McGonagall finds the missing wands hidden inside a musty 
old Wizard Chess Trophy, but she can't remember which wand belongs to 
which student.  Given the clues below, can you return the right wand 
to the right student, and also find the House and year in school of 
each student witch and wizard?

1. The five students who are missing wands are: a Slytherin 5th year; 
a 3rd year girl; two boys named John and Neil (neither of whom are in 
Gryffindor); and Penny.
2. The five wands (from shortest to longest) are the oak wand, the 
8½" wand, the wand with the unicorn hair, Amanda's wand, and the wand 
made of beech.
3. Of the five students, all three girls have longer wands than 
either of the boys.
4. The shortest wand belongs to a 1st year student, and the longest 
wand is 15" and contains a dragon heartstring.
5. The mahogany wand belongs to Amanda, who is playing on her house 
Quidditch team for the second year, after being a reserve for 2 years.
6. Penny, who owns the longest wand of the five, is the first girl 
from her house to be made Head Girl since Hermione Granger.
7. Neil, whose 7" wand is the shortest of the five, is in the same 
house that his cousin Hannah Abbott was in.
8. The Ravenclaw 4th year's wand is 1½" longer than the shortest 
wand, and the Slytherin 5th year's is 3 ½" shorter than the longest 
wand.
9. The wands of the 2 girls from the same house are made of beech and 
maple.
10. The oak wand has the same magical core as Harry Potter's wand.
11. The owner of the wand with the veela hair replaced Cho Chang on 
his house's Quidditch team.
12. Amy and the girl with the wand containing troll skin are both 
hoping to become Quidditch captains next year.
13. The 9" wand is not the one made of walnut.

Good luck!  Please submit your entry by midnight, Wednesday, August 8.

--Joywitch