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Oil Paintings Zebra Puzzle

Five students are seated together in an oil painting class, each with their own distinctive traits. They have different favorite colors, names, ages, favorite museums, favorite painters, and are each working on a unique subject for their painting. Your task is to determine the subject of each student's painting based on the given information.

 
  • Color
  • Name
  • Subject
  • Painter
  • Age
  • Museum
Student #1 #1
Student #2 #2
Student #3 #3
Student #4 #4
Student #5 #5
  • The man who favors Turner as a painter is positioned at number 4.
  • The person who's favorite museum is in Berlin comes immediately after the individual who's favorite color is green.
  • The person who is 50 years old is at fourth position.
  • The man who loves the color Green also holds the museum in London as his favorite.
  • At the first position is the student who likes the painting "The Birth of Venus".
  • Kevin is next to the person painting a Landscape.
  • The student painting an Apple is located somewhere between Steven and the student painting a Landscape, in that order.
  • The student who favors the color Purple is sitting next to Walter.
  • Adam is painting a Flower.
  • The oldest student in the class is seated next to the student whose favorite museum is in London.
  • The 45-year-old student is to the right of the student who's favorite color is Green.
  • The 35-year-old student is seated next to Ulrich.
  • The student who favors the Uffizi Gallery holds the first position.
  • The person painting an Apple is the oldest in the class.
  • The student who favors Turner as a painter comes immediately after the student who likes Monet.
  • The man who favors Turner as a painter is sitting next to the man who's painting a Dog.
  • The man who's favorite color is Black is sitting somewhere between Adam and the man who likes the color Red, in that order.
  • The man who likes Picasso as a painter is positioned somewhere to the right of the man who favors the color Purple.
  • The student who's favorite color is Purple also holds the Metropolitan Museum of Art as his favorite.

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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