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Chemical Elements Zebra Puzzle

Five students are side by side talking about their favorite chemical elements. Besides having a favorite element, they have a favorite scientist and a pet. Use the clues to find out which is the favorite chemical element of the student wearing the black shirt.

 
  • Shirt
  • Name
  • Age
  • Element
  • Scientist
  • Pet
Student #1 #1
Student #2 #2
Student #3 #3
Student #4 #4
Student #5 #5
  • The student who likes the element whose symbol is Ir is exactly to the right of the student wearing the Red shirt.
  • The girl who likes Newton also likes the Carbon.
  • At the second position is the student who likes the element that is used a lot in Batteries.
  • The 13-year-old girl is somewhere between the 15 and 16-year-old girls, in that order.
  • The student wearing the Green shirt likes the physicist Niels Bohr.
  • Teresa is next to the girl whose favorite chemical element is Lithium.
  • Nancy is exactly to the left of Grace.
  • The student wearing the Blue shirt is next to the student who likes the element whose atomic number is 3.
  • The girls that like Isaac Newton and Louis Pasteur are next to each other.
  • At the fourth position is the girl who has a Rabbit.
  • The girl wearing the Green shirt is exactly to the left of the girl whose favorite scientist is the English physicist.
  • The 14-year-old student is somewhere between Elisa and the 13-year-old student, in that order.
  • Grace is somewhere to the right of the girl who is wearing the Red shirt.
  • The youngest student is exactly to the left of the student who likes the "king of the elements".
  • The girl who has a Parrot is somewhere to the right of the girl that is wearing the Green shirt.
  • The girl who has a Turtle is somewhere between the girl who likes the German physique and the girl who has a Cat, in that order.
  • The student wearing the Green shirt likes the chemical element that is used a lot in Fertilizers.
  • The 15-year-old girl is exactly to the left of the girl who has a Reptile.
  • The student wearing the Purple shirt has a Turtle as a pet.

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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