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The Five Seats: The Guest From Hanoi, the Malbec Drinker, and the Guest Who Brought Candles

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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 Chianti drinker is immediately to the right of the guest who brought a book. 2. The guest who brought olives is somewhere to the left of the guest who brought a book. 3. The guest from Oslo is somewhere to the left of the guest who brought flowers. 4. The Merlot drinker is somewhere to the left of the guest who brought candles. 5. The guest who brought lasagna is immediately to the right of the guest who brought curry. 6. The guest who brought paella is not the guest from Nairobi. 7. The guest from Tbilisi is immediately to the right of the Merlot drinker. 8. The guest who brought tagine is immediately to the left of the guest who brought chocolates. 9. The guest who brought chocolates is somewhere to the left of the guest who brought paella. 10. The guest from Hanoi is somewhere to the left of the Riesling drinker. 11. The guest who brought chocolates is immediately to the left of the Merlot drinker. 12. The Riesling drinker is immediately to the left of the guest from Lisbon. 13. The guest from Oslo is the Malbec drinker. 14. The guest from Hanoi is the guest who brought dumplings.

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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 “the Riesling drinker” end up at? Answer with the number.

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