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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

Upcoming Blues Band Zebra Puzzle

Six musicians are seated together, discussing the formation of a blues band. Each musician is wearing a shirt of a different color, has a unique name, plays a distinct instrument, has suggested a different band name, and is of a different age. Use the provided clues to determine which musician suggested each band name.

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
  • Instrument
  • Band
  • Age
Musician #1 #1
Musician #2 #2
Musician #3 #3
Musician #4 #4
Musician #5 #5
Musician #6 #6
  • The man in the Black shirt plays an instrument that has Keys.
  • The Saxophone player suggested the band name Indigo Swing.
  • The musician named Ian suggested the band name Electric Gumbo.
  • The 50-year-old man is exactly to the left of the musician that suggested the band name King Snake Shake.
  • The 25-year-old musician is seated next to the Clarinetist.
  • Yousef is seated somewhere between the man in the Black shirt and Theodore, in that order.
  • The man in the White shirt is 35 years old.
  • The musician in the Green shirt is exactly to the right of the Saxophone player.
  • Victor is seated next to the youngest musician.
  • Eugene is seated in the fourth position.
  • The Drummer suggested the band name Electric Gumbo.
  • The Harmonica player is adjacently seated to the musician who plays a String instrument.
  • Ian is wearing a Pink shirt.
  • The 50-year-old musician is seated next to the man whose instrument has to be plucked.
  • Kyle is seated next to the Drummer.
  • The man in the Yellow shirt suggested the band name Voodoo Crew.
  • The 45-year-old musician is seated somewhere between Yousef and the 35-year-old musician, in that order.
  • The 60-year-old man is wearing a Pink shirt.
  • The musician that suggested the band name Yellow Dog is the oldest.
  • The man in the Green shirt suggested the band name Texas Flood.

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 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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