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Pigeonhole and Extremal Arguments · Hard problem

Five players A,B,C,D,EA, B, C, D, E play a round-robin. AA beats BB and CC; BB beats CC, DD and EE; CC beats DD and EE; DD beats AA and EE; EE beats AA. A KING is a player who, for every other player QQ, beat QQ or beat someone who beat QQ. How many kings are there?