Good evening everypony, this week I bring unto you a logic puzzle of a man's ancestors and their military ranks. (Evan plus his four paternal ancestors)
1: "Martin is the grandson of the man who retired with one-star."
2: "Jacob is not Randolph's son."
3: "Nathaniel had two more stars than Evan's great-grandfather
4: "Either Jacob or Martin had three-stars"
From clue three, Evan's great-grandfather can have no more than two-stars, and Nathaniel (Nate) must have either three or four. However Nate is not Martin or Jacob, so he must have 4-stars and Evan's great grandfather must have two.
From clue 1, Martin must be Evan's grandfather because the position of great-grandfather is filled with a two-star holder.
Jacob and Randolph cannot be next to each other and so must be the father and G grandfather, or 2G grandfather, but this puzzle is unsolvable for that very reason. Nate must be the father because that is the position lacking a star and a name but that forces a violation of clue 2.
"Making sense, hah. What fun is there in making sense?" ~ Discord.
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