Final answer:
In Snape's Potions puzzle in the Harry Potter series, there were two bottles that contained nettle wine. The potions were part of a riddle designed to protect the Philosopher's Stone.
Step-by-step explanation:
In the puzzle that Snape set to protect the Philosopher's Stone, as described in the first book of the Harry Potter series, there were seven different potions to choose from. Among them, three bottles contained nettle wine. Here is a breakdown of the potions as they were presented in the book:
- One potion to move forward (to the Stone).
- One potion to go back (to the entrance).
- Two potions are nettle wine.
- Two potions are poison.
- Two potions are there to deceive (dummy potions).
To solve the puzzle, one had to decipher a logical riddle that revealed which potion did what. In this case, the two bottles on the far ends were nettle wine, meant to be harmless distractions from the true nature of the puzzle.