Problem

Source: Polish MO

Tags: combinatorics, graph theory, Poland



Gourmet Jan compared $n$ restaurants ($n$ is a positive integer). Each pair of restaurants was compared in two categories: tastiness of food and quality of service. For some pairs Jan couldn't tell which restaurant was better in one category, but never in two categories. Moreover, if Jan thought restaurant $A$ was better than restaurant $B$ in one category and restaurant $B$ was better than restaurant $C$ in the same category, then $A$ is also better than $C$ in that category. Prove there exists a restaurant $R$ such that every other restaurant is worse than $R$ in at least one category.