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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

Fancy Hotels Zebra Puzzle

Five fancy hotels were built side by side in the same street in different decades. Which hotel is the oldest?

Print-At-Home Zebra Puzzles
Print-At-Home Zebra Puzzles
  • 60 Zebra Puzzles (PDFs)
  • 30 medium + 15 hard + 15 very hard puzzles
  • Answers included
 
  • Color
  • Name
  • Owner
  • Manager
  • Rooms
  • Founded
Hotel #1 #1
Hotel #2 #2
Hotel #3 #3
Hotel #4 #4
Hotel #5 #5
  • The biggest hotel is somewhere between the Palace Hotel and the hotel that has 150 rooms, in that order.
  • In the second position is the hotel founded in the 30s.
  • The White hotel is somewhere to the left of the smallest hotel.
  • In the middle is the hotel owned by the German.
  • The hotel owned by the American is somewhere between the hotel that has 250 rooms and the White hotel, in that order.
  • Roger manages the Red hotel.
  • The Seashore Hotel has 300 rooms.
  • The Vortex Hotel is somewhere to the right of the Green hotel.
  • The Italian built his hotel in the 50s.
  • The hotel that has 250 rooms is exactly to the left of the hotel managed by Roger.
  • At the first position is the hotel whose the owner was born in Paris.
  • The Green hotel is somewhere to the left of the hotel that has 200 rooms.
  • Ian works at the first hotel.
  • The Royal Hotel is somewhere between the hotel owned by the French and the Mirage Hotel, in that order.
  • The Italian owns the fourth hotel.
  • The Royal Hotel is White.
  • Calvin manages the fourth hotel.
  • The Green hotel is somewhere to the left of the hotel founded right after World War II ended.
  • The White hotel is next to the hotel founded in the 30s.
  • The hotel managed by Calvin is somewhere between the Blue hotel and the hotel managed by Derrick, in that order.
  • At the third position is the hotel founded when The Great Depression started.

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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