The Five Seats: Bao, Farid, Dmitri, Esi, and Chiara
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Five seats stand in a row, numbered 1 to 5 from left to right. Each holds exactly one of each attribute, and no attribute repeats. Work out the full arrangement from these clues:
1. The guest who brought honey is somewhere to the left of the guest who brought a book.
2. The guest from Lisbon is immediately to the left of the guest from Hanoi.
3. The guest from Lima is somewhere to the left of the guest from Lisbon.
4. The Merlot drinker is somewhere to the left of the Chianti drinker.
5. Bao is directly next to the guest who brought curry.
6. The guest who brought flowers is not the guest from Tbilisi.
7. The Malbec drinker is somewhere to the left of the guest from Oslo.
8. The guest from Lima is immediately to the left of the guest who brought candles.
9. The guest who brought flowers is not the guest from Lima.
10. The guest from Lisbon is not Chiara.
11. The cider drinker is not the guest who brought lasagna.
12. Esi is not the guest from Tbilisi.
13. The guest who brought risotto is not the guest who brought olives.
14. The cider drinker is not the guest who brought curry.
15. The guest who brought olives is somewhere to the left of the guest who brought lasagna.
16. The Chianti drinker is not the guest who brought curry.
17. The Merlot drinker is immediately to the left of the Riesling drinker.
18. The cider drinker is directly next to the guest who brought flowers.
19. Farid is immediately to the right of the guest from Hanoi.
20. The guest who brought dumplings is immediately to the right of the guest who brought honey.
21. Dmitri is somewhere to the left of the guest who brought dumplings.
22. Chiara is directly next to the guest who brought curry.
23. The guest who brought flowers is immediately to the right of the guest who brought honey.
24. The guest who brought curry is immediately to the left of the Malbec drinker.
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Solution
Commit an attempt to unseal the proof. Write your answer — right or wrong, thinking it through is the point.
In the final arrangement, which numbered seat (1–5) does “Farid” end up at? Answer with the number.
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