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Chicken olympics The clues
Five hens, named Clara, Henny, Stew, Lefty and Bonnie, endlessly discussed who was the best at everything. Finally, they decided to hold a series of contests to decide who would be considered the ‘Queen of the Chickens’. They named this series of competitive events a ‘pecktathalon’. The four events were a race, a most grubs-eaten-in-15-minutes contest, a most-eggs-laid-in15-minutes contest, and a most-clucks-in-15-minutes contest. Based on the clues, match the chickens with their order of finishing in the race, the amount of grubs they consumed, the number of eggs they laid, and the number of clucks they made.
1. All of the chickens won a contest except for Stew, who did not win a single event. 2. Stew did not finish last in the race, but both Henny and Lefty finished in front of her and neither of them won the race! 3. Bonnie finished one place in front of Lefty in the race. 4. Clara and Henny did not eat the most grubs but they did eat more than poor Stew, who barely ate more grubs than Bonnie. 5. Clara ate half as many grubs as Lefty. 6. Lefty and Bonnie laid fewer eggs than Clara and Henny, but they both laid more eggs than Stew. 7. Clara laid twice as many eggs as Lefty. 8. Clara clucked more than Bonnie, Bonnie clucked more than Lefty and, of course, Lefty clucked more than Stew, who was pretty much out of cluck by this time.
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1st in race 2nd in race 3rd in race 4th in race 5th in race
10 grubs 15 grubs 30 grubs 45 grubs 60 grubs
10 grubs 15 grubs 30 grubs 45 grubs 60 grubs
10 grubs 15 grubs 30 grubs 45 grubs 60 grubs
5 eggs 7 eggs 8 eggs 10 eggs 14 eggs
5 eggs 7 eggs 8 eggs 10 eggs 14 eggs
5 eggs 7 eggs 8 eggs 10 eggs 14 eggs
5 eggs 7 eggs 8 eggs 10 eggs 14 eggs
5 eggs 7 eggs 8 eggs 10 eggs 14 eggs
50 clucks 60 clucks 75 clucks 120 clucks 150 clucks
50 clucks 60 clucks 75 clucks 120 clucks 150 clucks
50 clucks 60 clucks 75 clucks 120 clucks 150 clucks
50 clucks 60 clucks 75 clucks 120 clucks 150 clucks
50 clucks 60 clucks 75 clucks 120 clucks 150 clucks
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