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E: 21/12 (1pm 20/12!) Win A Jar Of Retro Sweets (email)

In the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory film, what colour does the spoiled young girl turn when she eats the experimental Three-Course-Dinner gum?


Answer: A) Violet
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  • The girl was call violet i dont think that was the colour she turned, i think the answer is blue

    Next, Violet Beureguarde eats a three-course dinner that is made into a stick of gum. First course, she got tomato soup, hot, creamy and delicious, second course, roast beef. But disaster strikes when she reaches the third course, blueberry pie. She turns blue and swells like a blueberry.
    :beer:
  • MrMrsR
    MrMrsR Posts: 674 Forumite
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    alienbuffy wrote: »
    The girl was call violet i dont think that was the colour she turned, i think the answer is blue

    Next, Violet Beureguarde eats a three-course dinner that is made into a stick of gum. First course, she got tomato soup, hot, creamy and delicious, second course, roast beef. But disaster strikes when she reaches the third course, blueberry pie. She turns blue and swells like a blueberry.

    She did turn blue but its not an option on the comp page so violet is what they are looking for I think :)

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  • josie301
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    alienbuffy wrote: »
    The girl was call violet i dont think that was the colour she turned, i think the answer is blue

    but the options are:

    A) Violet
    B) Taupe
    C) Eggshell

    so violet is the closet from those

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  • yes strange , i have emailed them about this , as they have the answer wrong
    :beer:
  • Dearsmore
    Dearsmore Posts: 2,670 Forumite
    alienbuffy wrote: »
    yes strange , i have emailed them about this , as they have the answer wrong

    Yes, thanks for that, would be good to get confirmation, although we don't have much time. It might just be a kind of 'play on words' regarding her actual name? Because she looks a violet colour in this video :D
  • JoJoY
    JoJoY Posts: 388 Forumite
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    edited 19 December 2010 at 10:08PM
    In the film the Dad says something like "Violet you're turning violet Violet." I've tried Google but can't find it but have watched the film enough times that the quote has stuck in my head :rotfl:

    Edit: I found it, it's a little way down the page HERE said by Sam Beauregarde
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  • Dearsmore
    Dearsmore Posts: 2,670 Forumite
    Sam Beauregarde: Violet! You're turning violet, Violet! Just as I thought...a play on the girls name.

    Good luck everyone :)
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