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1. Ryan is younger than Eric who is older than Greg. Greg is younger than Nick who is older than Ryan. Greg is older than Ryan. Eric is younger than Nick. Who is the youngest?

Answer: Ryan

Clue1) Eric is older than Ryan and Greg. Eric can't be the youngest.
Clue2) Nick is older than Ryan and Greg. Nick can't be the youngest.
Clue3) Greg is older than Ryan. Greg can't be the youngest.

The rest doesn't matter because they're all older than Ryan.

Order from oldest to youngest: Nick, Eric, Greg, Ryan.

2. Toula is younger than Nikki. Toula is older than Nico who is younger than Angelo and Athena. Athena is older than Nikki. Angelo is younger than Toula. Who is the oldest?

Answer: Athena

Clue1) Toula is younger than Nikki. Toula can't be the oldest.
Clue2a) Toula is older than Nico. Nico can't be the oldest.
Clue2b) Angelo and Athena are older than Nico. One is possibly the oldest.
Clue3) Athena is older than Nikki. Nikki can't be the oldest.
Clue4) Aneglo is yougner than Toula. Angelo can't be the oldest.

If Toula, Nick, Nikki, and Angelo can't be the oldest, it must be Athena.

Order from oldest to youngest: Athena, Nikki, Toula, Angelo, Nico.

3. Quilla is younger than Cale who is older than Mattius. Mattius is younger than Manson who is younger than Quilla. Who is second oldest?

Answer: Quilla

Clue1) Cale is older than Quilla and Mattius. Cale can't be second oldest.
Clue2) Quilla is older than Manson. Manson is older than Mattius. Mattius can't be second oldest.

If Cale is older than Quilla, Quilla is older than Manson, and Manson is older than Mattius, Quilla is the second oldest.

Order from oldest to youngest: Cale, Quilla, Manson, Mattius.

4. Percy is younger than Marcus who is older than Oliver. Cedric is younger than Roger. Oliver is older than Percy and Roger. Roger is younger than Percy. Who is in the middle?

Answer: Percy

Clue1) Marcus is older than Oliver and Percy. There are 5 people, any one of these could be the middle.
Clue2) Cedric is younger than Roger. Again, either one could be the middle.
Clue3) Oliver is older than Percy and Roger, therefore he is also older than Cedric. Oliver can't be the middle.
Clue4) Percy is older than Roger and therefore older than Cedric.

If Marcus is older than Oliver then he is also older than Percy, Roger and Cedric - making Marcus the oldest. If Percy is younger than Oliver and Marcus, and older than Roger and Cedric, he is in the middle.

Order from oldest to youngest: Marcus, Oliver, Percy, Roger, Cedric.

5. Annie is older than Axel but younger than Beth. Beth is older than Joey who is older than Annie. Who is the youngest?

Answer: Axel

Clue1a) Annie is older than Axel. Annie can't be the youngest.
Clue1b) Beth is older than Annie and therefore Axel. Beth can't be the youngest.
Clue2) Joey is older than Annie. Joey can't be the youngest.

If Annie, Beth, and Joey can't be the youngest, Axel is.

Order from oldest to youngest: Beth, Joey, Annie, Axel.

6. Chiyo is younger than Pumpkin. Sayuri is older than Pumpkin. Who is younger than Chiyo?

Answer: No one is younger than Chiyo

Clue1) Pumpkin is older than Chiyo.
Clue2) Sayuri is older than Pumpkin, therefore older than Chiyo.

There are only three girls. One is Chiyo the other two are older than her. There is no one younger than Chiyo.

Order from oldest to youngest: Sayuri, Pumpkin, Chiyo.

7. Iris is younger than Chime who is younger than Muller who is older than Drummer who is younger than Jarid (by at least one space, but no more than three). Iris is older than Drummer. Jarid is older than Iris. Chime is in the middle. Who is the second oldest?

Answer: Jarid

Clue1a) Muller is older than Chime and Drummer. Chime is older than Iris. Iris can't be the second oldest.
Clue1b) Jarid is older than Drummer by at least two spaces. Drummer can't be the second oldest.
Clue2) Iris is older than Drummer. Jarid can be either older than Chime, younger than Iris, or between the two.
Clue3) Jarid is older than Iris. Jarid is either older or younger than Chime.
Clue4) Chime is in the middle - Chime is third

There are five people: Chime is third, Iris is fourth, and Drummer is fifth. Jarid can't be older than Drummer by more than three spaces so he is second and Muller is first.

Order from oldest to youngest: Muller, Jarid, Chime, Iris, Drummer.

8. Scott is older than Dianna who is younger than Aaron who is younger than Shannon. Scott is younger than Shannon. Aaron is not the youngest male. When ranking from oldest to youngest, what position is Dianna?

Answer: 4

Clue1a) Scott is older than Dianna.
Clue1b) Aaron is older than Dianna.
Clue1c) Shannon is older than Aaron and is therefore older than Dianna.

The rest doesn't matter. The other three are older than Dianna, so Dianna is fourth in age.

Order from oldest to youngest: Shannon, Aaron, Scott, Dianna.

9. Rex is the second youngest. Desmond is older than Jody who is younger than Lily. Lily is older than Desmond. Who is older than Rex?

Answer: Lily and Desmond

Clue1) Rex is third in age.
Clue2) Jody is younger than both Desmond and Lily. Jody can't be third.

Jody is younger than at least two people but can't be third so she is fourth. Rex is definitely third so Desmond and Lily are older than Rex.

Order from oldest to youngest: Lily, Desmond, Rex, Jody.

10. Gorman is older than Bemus who is older than Pomona but younger than Dacia (not the oldest) who is older than Freda who is younger than Pomona. Which is the correct age order from youngest to oldest?

Answer: Freda, Pomona, Bemus, Dacia, Gorman

Clues:
Gorman is older than Bemus.
Dacia is older than Bemus and Freda.
Dacia is not the oldest.
Bemus is older than Pomona.
Pomona is older than Freda.

Order from OLDEST to YOUNGEST: Gorman, Dacia, Bemus, Pomona, Freda.

Source: Author knelly86

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First Last Or Somewhere In The Middle Quiz

In this quiz you will be given a list of names and clues about their ages (if they're older or younger that the others). You will be then asked to rank one of them. (oldest, youngest, middle, etc.)

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