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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

Date Night Zebra Puzzle

Five couples are next to each other on a date night. Each couple is at a table that has a flower and they are eating pasta and drinking wine. Follow the clues to find out which wine they are drinking and which pasta they are eating.

Print-At-Home Zebra Puzzles
Print-At-Home Zebra Puzzles
  • 60 Zebra Puzzles (PDFs)
  • 30 medium + 15 hard + 15 very hard puzzles
  • Answers included
 
  • Flower
  • Boyfriend
  • Girlfriend
  • Relationship
  • Pasta
  • Wine
Table #1 #1
Table #2 #2
Table #3 #3
Table #4 #4
Table #5 #5
  • The couple drinking French wine is exactly to the left of the couple who has been dating for 3 years.
  • At one of the ends is the table that has the Red flower.
  • Laura is exactly to the left of the couple who is eating Rigatoni.
  • Daniel is exactly to the right of the couple drinking Italian wine.
  • Donna is sitting somewhere between the couple that has been dating for 6 years and Ann, in that order.
  • Laura is exactly to the right of the couple eating Spaghetti.
  • The White flower's table is somewhere to the left of the couple that is eating Fettuccine.
  • Barry is somewhere between the table that has the Pink flower and Andrew, in that order.
  • At one of the ends is the couple that has been dating for 2 years.
  • Rose and his boyfriend are eating Rigatoni.
  • Andrew is next to the couple who has been dating for 5 years.
  • The table that has the White flower is somewhere to the left of the couple drinking Spanish wine.
  • The couples eating Spaghetti and Fettuccine are next to each other.
  • At the second position is the couple eating Lasagne.
  • The couple that has been dating for 6 years is at the table that has the Pink flower.
  • Scott's table is somewhere to the right of the table that has the Purple flower.
  • The couple eating Rigatoni is at one of the ends.
  • The couple that has been dating for 4 years is next to the table that has the Pink flower.
  • The couple drinking Spanish wine is somewhere between Kristen and the couple drinking Chilean wine, in that order.
  • The couple drinking Italian wine is somewhere to the left of the couple that has been dating for 3 years.
  • Laura is exactly to the left of the couple drinking Argentine wine.

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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Zebra Puzzles in Education

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