Unit 12 · Multi-Step Conditional Reasoning

Crown Jewels — Who Stole Them?

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The Crown Jewels have been stolen! Four animals each make a statement. Exactly one of them is telling the truth — and from that single constraint, you can figure out who stole the jewels. This is the classic "one truth-teller" logic puzzle. The method is always the same: try each suspect, check all four statements, count the truth-tellers. The one that gives exactly one is the answer.

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0:00Introduction
0:20The Question
0:53Strategy
1:33Step 1: Test horse and rabbit — both give too many truth-tellers
2:27Step 2: Test owl → exactly 1! Then confirm tiger fails
3:27Correct answer

Question

The Crown Jewels of the Kingdom of Animalia have been stolen!

The horse says that the rabbit stole the jewels. The rabbit says that the tiger did it. The owl claims to be innocent. The tiger says that the rabbit is lying.

If only one of them is telling the truth, who stole the Crown Jewels?

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