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Just Jauntily Jousting (Posted on 2005-08-15) Difficulty: 3 of 5
A Baron, a Count, a Duke and an Earl met at a jousting tournament. In the first round, two met in the first joust, and the other two met in the second joust; the two winners from the first round met at the second round for the final joust. After the jousting, they declared:

  • Baron: I beat the Earl.
  • Count: I faced both the Baron and the Duke.
  • Duke: I didn't make it past the first round.
  • Earl: At the first round, I lost to the Duke.
  • I knew how many were knights, and how many were liars (though not who was what) but that wasn't enough to know what jousts there had been.

    However, I happened to know that a certain joust had taken place (though I didn't know who won and if it had been in the first or the second round) and that allowed me to know every result.

    Can you deduce this?

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    Hints/Tips What he knew | Comment 4 of 8 |
    The speaker knew the Baron had jousted with the Duke, and that there were two knights and two liars.
      Posted by Federico Kereki on 2005-08-15 23:06:38
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