Can you solve it? The treacherous riddle of the round table
Celebrity Traitors Photograph: BBC/Studio Lambert/Euan Cherry/PAView image in fullscreenCelebrity Traitors Photograph: BBC/Studio Lambert/Euan Cherry/PAAlex Bellos's Monday puzzleMathematicsCan you solve it? No two of them are the same age.Each of them says “I am younger than the person to my left.”1. What is the greatest possible number of people telling the truth?2.
- ▪Celebrity Traitors Photograph: BBC/Studio Lambert/Euan Cherry/PAView image in fullscreenCelebrity Traitors Photograph: BBC/Studio Lambert/Euan Cherry/PAAlex Bellos's Monday puzzleMathematicsCan you solve it?
- ▪No two of them are the same age.Each of them says “I am younger than the person to my left.”1.
- ▪What is the greatest possible number of people telling the truth?2.
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| Original publisher | The Guardian — Science |
| Canonical URL | https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/oct/12/can-you-solve-it-the-treacherous-riddle-of-the-round-table |
| Publication time | Mon, 12 Oct 2026 06:10:47 GMT |
| Retrieval time | 2026-10-12T06:33:20.774Z |
| Last seen | 2026-10-12T06:33:20.774Z |
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