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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

Boss Meeting Zebra Puzzle

Five bosses are seated side by side in the meeting room. They are wearing ties of different colors, have unique names, hold responsibility for specific departments, receive different salaries, and are going on vacation in different months. Determine which department each boss is in charge of based on the given clues.

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
  • Department
  • Salary
  • Vacations
Boss #1 #1
Boss #2 #2
Boss #3 #3
Boss #4 #4
Boss #5 #5
  • The boss with a salary of $3,000 is at the first position.
  • Vincent is somewhere to the right of the man with the Blue tie.
  • Zack is in charge of Customer service.
  • Louis is placed just before the man with the Green tie.
  • The man from the Marketing department is found somewhere between the man who is going on vacation in July and the one vacationing in March, in that order.
  • The boss from the R&D department is next to the boss who is taking a vacation in August.
  • The man from Sales is somewhere to the right of the man with a Pink tie.
  • The boss with the Blue tie is positioned somewhere between the boss from the R&D department and the boss with the Green tie, in that order.
  • The man with a Pink tie is placed right before the man vacationing in December.
  • The boss with a Pink tie is next to the boss who has a salary of $8,000.
  • The boss who earns $9,000 is right after the man with a Blue tie.
  • Vincent is situated somewhere between the boss with the Yellow tie and Eric, in that order.
  • The boss vacationing in March is found somewhere between the one vacationing in August and the one in June, in that order.
  • The man earning $4,000 is immediately preceding the man from Customer service.

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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