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Wacky Wakkey
In a land far, far away, called Wakkey, there are 4 rulers who rule 4 different lands, wear 4 different crowns with 4 different populations.
Rulers: King Ray, King Ross, Queen Rose, Queen Rosa
Lands: Bang, Boom, Bam, Buzz
Crowns: Gold, Diamond, Silver, Bronze
Populations: 1000, 800, 300, 200
Figure out who owns what land, wears which crown and rules what population.
Clues:
1. The ruler with the lowest population wears the silver crown.
2. Queen Rosa is ruler of Bang.
3. King Ray does not rule and has a hatred towards Buzz.
4. King Ross frequently boasts he rules the highest population.
5. No king, as both dislike bronze, wears that crown.
6. Queen Rose does not rule Bam.
7. Queen Rosa rules a population higher than 300.
8. King Ross owns Buzz.
9. King Ray cannot afford and thus does not wear the diamond crown.
10. Queen Rose is fairly wealthy and wears the gold crown.
11. King Ross does not rule Bam.
12. Boom has a population of 300.
Rulers: King Ray, King Ross, Queen Rose, Queen Rosa
Lands: Bang, Boom, Bam, Buzz
Crowns: Gold, Diamond, Silver, Bronze
Populations: 1000, 800, 300, 200
Figure out who owns what land, wears which crown and rules what population.
Clues:
1. The ruler with the lowest population wears the silver crown.
2. Queen Rosa is ruler of Bang.
3. King Ray does not rule and has a hatred towards Buzz.
4. King Ross frequently boasts he rules the highest population.
5. No king, as both dislike bronze, wears that crown.
6. Queen Rose does not rule Bam.
7. Queen Rosa rules a population higher than 300.
8. King Ross owns Buzz.
9. King Ray cannot afford and thus does not wear the diamond crown.
10. Queen Rose is fairly wealthy and wears the gold crown.
11. King Ross does not rule Bam.
12. Boom has a population of 300.
Answer
King Ray is the ruler of Bam, wears the silver crown and rules a population of 200.King Ross is the ruler of Buzz, wears the diamond crown and rules a population of 1000.
Queen Rose is the ruler of Boom, wears the gold crown and rules a population of 300.
Queen Rosa is the ruler of Bang, wears the bronze crown and rules a population of 800.
Explanation (making a chart would be helpful):
Clue 1: We know what it states and will keep this in mind.
Clue 2: Tells us Queen Rosa owns Bang, so we mark that down.
Clue 3: Tells us King Ray does not rule Buzz and neither can Queen Rosa, so King Ross or Queen Rose must own Buzz.
Clue 4: Tells us King Ross rules the highest population, 1000, so we mark that down. (This narrows the hint in clue 1 to the three remaining rulers.)
Clue 5: Tells us no king wears the bronze crown, so it must be either Queen Rose or Queen Rosa.
Clue 6: Tells us Queen Rose does not rule Bam. (Now we know that one of the kings owns Bam, and either King Ross or Queen Rose owns Buzz from the info given in clue 3.)
Clue 7: Tells us Queen Rosa rules a population higher than 300 - in other words, rules a population of 800 since 1000 is ruled already.
Clue 8: Tells us King Ross owns Buzz, so we mark that down. This also means that Queen Rose MUST own Boom since it is the only land left.
Clue 9: Tells us King Ray does not wear the diamond crown, so we mark that down.
Clue 10: Tells us Queen Rose wears the gold crown, so we mark that down. This also means that, since Queen Rose wears the gold, Queen Rosa MUST be wearing the bronze because as it states in clue 5, no king wears the bronze. Also tells us that King Ray must wear the silver crown, as he cannot wear the gold, bronze, or diamond crowns (Clues 5, 9, 10). Therefore, King Ross wears the diamond crown.
Clue 11: Tells us King Ross does not rule Bam, so King Ray MUST rule Bam because he does not rule Buzz as said in clue 3, and Queen Rose does not rule Bam as said in clue 6 - that is marked down.
Clue 12: Tells us Boom has a population of 300, so that is marked down. This means that, since the only population left is 100, and from what it says in clue 1, King Ray rules the 100.
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