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Can you solve the cheating royal riddle? - Dan Katz

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You’re the chief advisor to an eccentric king who needs to declare his successor. He wants his heir to be good at arithmetic, lucky, and above all else, honest. So he’s devised a competition to test his children, and ordered you to choose the winner. The future of the kingdom is in your hands. Can you find the worthiest successor? Dan Katz shows how.

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Meet The Creators

Educator
Dan Katz
Director
Igor Coric
Narrator
Addison Anderson
Animator
Igor Coric
Storyboard Artist
Igor Coric
Compositor
Igor Coric
Art Director
Igor Coric
Director of Production
Gerta Xhelo
Editorial Director
Alex Rosenthal
Producer
Bethany Cutmore-Scott
Fact-Checker
Eden Girma

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