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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

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.

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
  • 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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Zebra Puzzles: A Fun Way to Boost Your Learning

Zebra puzzles are increasingly being incorporated into educational settings as a tool for teaching logic and reasoning skills. Teachers and educators find these puzzles to be useful in engaging students in active learning, as they require students to apply critical thinking to solve complex problems. The puzzles can be adapted to various difficulty levels, making them accessible for students of different ages and abilities. They can be used as stand-alone exercises or integrated into a broader curriculum focused on mathematics, logic, or computer science.

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