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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

Fear Therapy Zebra Puzzle

Five women are seated next to each other, patiently waiting for their appointments with a psychologist to address their individual phobias. Each woman is attired in a shirt of a different color, possesses a unique name, suffers from a distinct phobia, has a specific appointment time, and is of a different age. Determine the specific phobia that each woman is struggling with.

Print-At-Home Zebra Puzzles
Print-At-Home Zebra Puzzles
  • 60 Zebra Puzzles (PDFs)
  • 30 medium + 15 hard + 15 very hard puzzles
  • Answers included
 
  • Shirt
  • Name
  • Phobia
  • Appointment
  • Age
Patient #1 #1
Patient #2 #2
Patient #3 #3
Patient #4 #4
Patient #5 #5
  • The patient who has Arachnophobia is located in the middle.
  • The woman who is afraid of Spiders is somewhere between Diana and the woman wearing a Green shirt, in that order.
  • The 35-year-old patient is somewhere between the woman that is afraid of Heights and the youngest patient, in that order.
  • The woman who is afraid of Clowns is sitting next to the youngest patient.
  • The 40-year-old patient is exactly to the left of the woman wearing the Yellow shirt.
  • The woman wearing the Yellow shirt is somewhere to the right of the woman wearing the White shirt.
  • The patient who is afraid of flying is sitting next to the 55-year-old patient.
  • Laura is sitting next to the patient who has an appointment at 5:00 PM.
  • The woman who is afraid of Clowns is the same person wearing the White shirt.
  • The 40-year-old patient is somewhere between Diana and the 55-year-old patient, in that order.
  • The woman wearing the Black shirt is on one of the ends.
  • Alice also has an appointment at 5:00 PM.
  • The woman with the latest appointment time is somewhere between Diana and the patient who has an appointment at 5:30 PM, in that order.
  • The woman who has an appointment at 5:00 PM is exactly to the left of Elizabeth.
  • The woman who has an appointment at 5:00 PM is somewhere between the patient wearing the Red shirt and the patient who has an appointment at 3:00 PM, in that order.

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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