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Derby Puzzle Solution and Solving Steps

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Solution:
  • Babe Ruthless got 7 penalties, has pink skate laces, and pivot is her favorite position. She had to buy the others soda!
  • Asteroid got 3 penalties, has yellow laces, and coach is her favorite position.
  • Maggie Mayhem got zero penalties, has blue skate laces, and blocker is her favorite position.
  • Bloody Holly got 2 penalties, has white skate laces, and jammer is her favorite position.

One way to solve the puzzle:

 

  1. From Clue 1: Eliminate both Asteroid and Bloody from having 0 or 7 penalties.
  2. From Clue 2: Asteroid’s favorite position is coach; eliminate the other horizontal and vertical possibilities.
  3. From Clue 3:
  1. Eliminate the blocker position from being Babe or Bloody’s favorite (coach was already not possible).
  2. This reveals that Maggie’s favorite position is blocker; eliminate the other horizontal possibilities.
  1. From Clue 4: Maggie’s lace color is blue; eliminate the other horizontal and vertical possibilities.
  2. From Clue 5:
  1. The player who favors jammer has 2 penalties; eliminate the other horizontal and vertical possibilities.
  2. The jammer position has white laces; eliminate the other horizontal and vertical possibilities.
  3. The player with white laces has 2 penalties; eliminate the other horizontal and vertical possibilities.
  1. From Clue 6: The player with pink laces has 7 penalties; eliminate the other horizontal and vertical possibilities.
  2. Since both Asteroid and Bloody don’t have 7 penalties, eliminate both from having pink laces.
  1. This reveals that Babe has pink laces; eliminate the other vertical possibilities.
  1. Babe has pink laces; the player with pink laces got 7 penalties; Babe must have gotten 7 penalties; eliminate the other horizontal and vertical possibilities.
  1. This reveals that Maggie must have gotten 0 penalties; eliminate the other vertical possibilities.
  1. Maggie has blue laces; Maggie favors blocker; the player with blue laces must favor blocker; eliminate the other horizontal and vertical possibilities.
  2. Maggie favors blocker; Maggie received 0 penalties; the player who got 0 penalties must favor blocker; eliminate the other horizontal and vertical possibilities.
  3. Asteroid’s favorite position is coach; Asteroid has been eliminated from having 7 penalties; eliminate the player who favors coach from having got 7 penalties.
  1. This reveals that the player who favors coach got 3 penalties; eliminate the other horizontal possibilities.
  2. This reveals that the player who favors pivot got 7 penalties.
  1. The player who favors pivot has 7 penalties; the player who got 7 penalties has pink laces; thus the player who favors pivot has pink laces; eliminate the other horizontal and vertical possibilities.
  1. This reveals that the player who has yellow laces favors coach.
  1. Babe has 7 penalties; the player with 7 penalties favors pivot; Babe favors pivot; eliminate the other horizontal and vertical possibilities.
  1. This reveals that Bloody must have jammer as her favorite position.
  1. The player who favors jammer has 2 penalties; Bloody favors jammer; thus Bloody got 2 penalties; eliminate the other horizontal and vertical possibilities.
  1. This reveals that Asteroid must have gotten 3 penalties.
  1. Maggie got 0 penalties; Maggie has blue skate laces; thus the player with 0 penalties has blue skate laces; eliminate the other horizontal and vertical possibilities.
  1. This reveals that the player with yellow laces must have gotten 3 penalties.
  1. Bloody got 2 penalties; the player who got 2 penalties has white skate laces; thus Bloody must have white skate laces; eliminate the other horizontal and vertical possibilities.
  1. This reveals that Asteroid has yellow skate laces.

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