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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

Business Travel Zebra Puzzle

Five businessmen are side by side at a coffee shop in an airport. Follow the clues to figure out who is traveling to São Paulo, Brazil.

Print-At-Home Zebra Puzzles
Print-At-Home Zebra Puzzles
  • 60 Zebra Puzzles (PDFs)
  • 30 medium + 15 hard + 15 very hard puzzles
  • Answers included
 
  • Tie
  • Name
  • Destination
  • Departure
  • Gate
  • Age
Businessman #1 #1
Businessman #2 #2
Businessman #3 #3
Businessman #4 #4
Businessman #5 #5
  • The youngest businessman is exactly to the left of the man whose gate is 12.
  • The man who is going to Sydney is somewhere to the right of the man wearing the Black tie.
  • The 60-year-old man is going to South Africa.
  • Travis is somewhere between the man that will depart at 19:00 and Shawn, in that order.
  • Joseph is next to the businessman that is going to Tokyo.
  • The man wearing the Black tie is next to the man whose gate is 5.
  • The businessman whose gate is 17 is somewhere to the right of the man wearing the Red tie.
  • At one of the ends is the businessman who is going to Japan.
  • The man wearing the White tie is somewhere to the left of the man whose gate is 5.
  • At the fifth position is the 45-year-old businessman.
  • The man wearing the Blue tie is next to the man who will depart at 18:00.
  • The man wearing the White tie is somewhere between the man whose gate is 7 and Dustin, in that order.
  • The 50-year-old business man is at one of the ends.
  • The flight to London will depart at 17:00.
  • At the fourth position is the businessman wearing the Red tie.
  • The 50-year-old man's gate is 7.
  • Marcus is at one of the ends.
  • The businessman wearing the White tie is next to the 55-year-old businessman.
  • The 40-year-old man's flight will depart at 19:00.
  • The man wearing the White tie is somewhere to the left of the man who will depart at 18:30.
  • Dustin is at one of the ends.

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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