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Libraries Around the World Zebra Puzzle

Five librarians are sitting next to each other, talking about their favorite libraries worldwide. Each librarian is wearing a different colored shirt, has a unique name, has a favorite library, admires a specific author, and maintains a personal collection of books. Your job is to use the given clues to discover the favorite libraries of each librarian.

 
  • Shirt
  • Name
  • Library
  • Author
  • Books
Librarian #1 #1
Librarian #2 #2
Librarian #3 #3
Librarian #4 #4
Librarian #5 #5
  • The librarian in the Purple shirt is somewhere between the man with 400 books and a librarian named Edward, in that order.
  • The person in the Green shirt is in the first position.
  • The man, whose favorite library is in London, is on one of the ends.
  • The person in the Black shirt also favours the Trinity College Library.
  • The person named Ulrich is next to the individual who has 500 books.
  • The man with 300 books is sitting somewhere between the man with 400 books and the one in a Pink shirt, in that order.
  • The person named Oliver is somewhere to the right of the person wearing a Purple shirt.
  • The person whose favorite library is in Germany also likes the author of "Brave New World."
  • The librarian whose favorite author is Agatha Christie also has the most books.
  • The man who loves "Animal Farm" is somewhere between the one who loves the library in Germany and the one who loves Shakespeare, respectively.
  • The man with 100 books is somewhere between the man who loves the library in Germany and the man with 300 books, in this order.
  • The person who loves the Royal Danish Library sits in the 4th position.
  • The librarian in the Pink shirt is also named Ulrich.
  • The librarian in the Black shirt is somewhere to the left of the librarian named Oliver.
  • The librarian named Carl is at one of the ends.
  • The man who loves "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" is on one of the ends.
  • The man named Steven is somewhere between Carl and Edward, 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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