Objective

Simulate a Magic 8-Ball. The user asks a question and gets one of six answers back at random.

The question never gets used in a calculation — asking for it just makes the toy feel real.

Skills to Practice

• Prompting a user for input
• Generating a random number with random
• Branching with if / elif / else
• Formatting custom output

Tasks

• Create a new Python program named cc-magic-8-ball.
• Prompt the user to ask the Magic 8-Ball a question.
• Generate a random number, then use it to choose one of the six answers below.
• Every one of the six must be reachable. Run it several times to check.
• Display the chosen answer.

• It is certain.
• Without a doubt.
• Ask again later.
• Cannot predict now.
• Don't count on it.
• Outlook not so good.

Sample Output

Ask the Magic 8-Ball a question: Will I ace my exam? [Enter]

Magic 8-Ball says: Outlook not so good.