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Print-At-Home Zebra Puzzles
Print-At-Home Zebra Puzzles
  • 60 Zebra Puzzles (PDFs)
  • 30 medium + 15 hard + 15 very hard puzzles
  • Answers included

Airport Coffee Break Zebra Puzzle

Five businessmen are side by side at a coffee shop in an airport. They are wearing ties of different colors, have unique names, are flying to different destinations, are departing at different times, and are leaving from different gates. Use the clues to determine the destinations of each businessman, their departure times, and the corresponding gates.

Print-At-Home Zebra Puzzles
Print-At-Home Zebra Puzzles
  • 60 Zebra Puzzles (PDFs)
  • 30 medium + 15 hard + 15 very hard puzzles
  • Answers included
 
  • Tie
  • Name
  • Destination
  • Departure
  • Gate
  • Sport
Businessman #1 #1
Businessman #2 #2
Businessman #3 #3
Businessman #4 #4
Businessman #5 #5
  • Adam's flight departs at 5:30 PM.
  • The man wearing a Blue tie is seated to the left of John.
  • John's departure gate is 89.
  • The person departing from Gate 25 is seated next to the person flying to the English-speaking city.
  • The businessman whose favorite sport is Sailing is seated at one of the ends.
  • The businessman wearing a White tie is directly after the businessman wearing a Green tie.
  • The businessman wearing a Blue tie is immediately before the man wearing the Yellow tie.
  • The man departing from Gate 89 is situated between the man flying to Seoul and the man departing from Gate 34, in that order.
  • The businessman wearing a White tie is somewhere between Quent and the businessman wearing a Black tie, in that order.
  • John's flight also departs at 5:00 PM.
  • The man departing from Gate 98 is directly after the man with the earliest flight.
  • The person whose favorite sport involves a board is seated somewhere between the man flying to Manila and the person who enjoys a fighting sport, in that order.
  • Paul is at one of the ends.
  • The businessman flying to Manila is next to the man wearing the Blue tie.
  • The man who wears a Yellow tie is also departing from Gate 89.
  • The man flying to the capital of the Netherlands has the latest flight.
  • The person whose favorite sport involves a pool is to the right of the person wearing the Yellow tie.
  • The man flying to London is also scheduled to depart at 5:00 PM.
  • The man flying to Seoul is directly before the man flying to Manila.
  • The flight to Manila departs at 4:30 PM.
  • The person traveling to the capital of the Netherlands is seated at one of the ends.

How to play

  • The best way to start is reading all the clues and marking the most basic ones (example: The Brazilian lives in the second house.);
  • Now, it is possible that other types of clues are available to be used (example: The person who drinks Water is exactly to the left of the Brazilian.);
  • After doing the last step several times, you will have to use logic to deduce information and proceed with the resolution;
  • All the clues must be used;
  • The game ends when all the clues are correctly checked and everything is filled.

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