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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

Barbershop Zebra Puzzle

Five men are side by side at a barbershop getting new beard styles. Each one is using a cape, talking about something with his barber and getting a new beard style. Which customer wants the goatee beard?

Print-At-Home Zebra Puzzles
Print-At-Home Zebra Puzzles
  • 60 Zebra Puzzles (PDFs)
  • 30 medium + 15 hard + 15 very hard puzzles
  • Answers included
 
  • Cape
  • Name
  • Beard
  • Talking
  • Age
  • Profession
Chair #1 #1
Chair #2 #2
Chair #3 #3
Chair #4 #4
Chair #5 #5
  • Dane is at the fourth chair.
  • The customer talking about Economy is exactly to the left of the customer talking about Cars.
  • The Musician is next to the man using the Black cape.
  • Randy is next to Dane.
  • The oldest man is exactly to the right of the man talking about Economy.
  • The Salesman is either at the first or at the last chair.
  • The customer who wants the Chinstrap beard is exactly to the left of Dane.
  • The man using the Blue cape is somewhere between the man talking about Economy and Dane, in that order.
  • The Accountant is at one of the ends.
  • At the fifth chair is the customer talking about Religion.
  • The man using the Red cape is talking about Religion.
  • The Teacher is exactly to the right of the Salesman.
  • Simon is next to the man using the Blue cape.
  • The Teacher is exactly to the right of the 35-year-old customer.
  • The customer that wants the Van dyke beard is exactly to the left of the 45-year-old man.
  • Martin is somewhere between the man that wants the Van dyke beard and the man talking about Politics, in that order.
  • The youngest costumer is next to the man talking about Sports.
  • Simon is at one of the ends.
  • The man using the White cape is next to the Accountant.
  • At the fifth chair is the customer that wants the Anchor beard.
  • The man who wants the Mutton chops is somewhere between the man that wants the Chinstrap and the man that will get the Anchor beard, in that order.

How to play

  • Start by reading all the clues;
  • Find all the "basic" clues and mark them. The most basic clue is the one that states that something is in a determined house/position. Example:
    • The German lives in house three.
  • Sometimes you are going to need to deduce some information using two or more clues;
  • All the clues must be used;
  • The game ends when all the clues are correctly checked and everything is filled.

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