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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

Italian Exhibition Zebra Puzzle

Five women are side by side talking about an Italian paintings exhibition. Each woman arrived at the exhibition at a specific time and went to see her favorite painter. Find out who likes Leonardo da Vinci's paintings.

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
  • Surname
  • Painter
  • Time
  • Age
Woman #1 #1
Woman #2 #2
Woman #3 #3
Woman #4 #4
Woman #5 #5
  • Irene is at one of the ends.
  • The woman wearing the Yellow shirt is somewhere between the woman who likes Raphael and the 40-year-old woman, in that order.
  • Mrs. Hall is next to the woman that went to the exhibition to see the Botticelli's paintings.
  • Mrs. Bennett is somewhere to the right of the woman wearing the Yellow shirt.
  • Teresa was the first to arrive at the exhibition.
  • The 40-year-old woman is exactly to the left of the woman wearing the Red shirt.
  • At one of the ends is the woman that arrived at 2:30 PM.
  • Irene is next to Mrs. Murphy.
  • The 31-year-old woman went to the exhibition to see the paintings from Caravaggio.
  • Debra is exactly to the right of the woman who arrived at 3:00 PM.
  • The woman wearing the Purple shirt is somewhere to the left of the woman that likes Da Vinci.
  • The woman wearing the Yellow shirt is somewhere between Mrs. Perez and the youngest woman, in that order.
  • At the third position is the woman that was interested in the Botticelli's paintings.
  • Mrs. Gonzales is at one of the ends.
  • The 24-year-old woman arrived at the exhibition at 3:00 PM.
  • Ruth is somewhere between Mrs. Perez and Mrs. Hall, in that order.
  • The woman who likes Raphael is wearing the Green shirt.
  • At one of the ends is the 20 years woman.
  • The last one to arrive at the exhibition is exactly to the right of the woman who was eager to see the Caravaggio's paintings.
  • Mrs. Hall is wearing the Purple shirt.
  • The oldest woman is exactly to the right of the woman wearing the Yellow shirt.

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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