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Can you solve the dragon jousting riddle? - Alex Gendler

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After years of war, the world’s kingdoms have come to an agreement. Every five years, teams representing the elves, goblins, and treefolk will compete in a grand tournament of dragon jousting. You have the important job of recording the scores for the inaugural tournament. But, you overslept and the games are already underway. Can you figure out the real score of each match? Alex Gendler shows how.

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This puzzle is similar in structure to a Sudoku, which relies on using process of elimination to fill in numbers, then using those to fill in more.

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Meet The Creators

Educator
Alex Gendler
Director
Igor Coric
Narrator
Addison Anderson
Animator
Nemanja Petrovic
Director of Production
Gerta Xhelo
Editorial Producer
Alex Rosenthal
Associate Producer
Bethany Cutmore-Scott
Fact-Checker
Eden Girma

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