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Origami Animals Zebra Puzzle

Five boys are side by side doing some origamis. Each boy has already made an animal. Try to find out which animal each one made and which paper they used.

 
  • Paper
  • Name
  • Origami
  • Age
  • Sandwich
  • Juice
Boy #1 #1
Boy #2 #2
Boy #3 #3
Boy #4 #4
Boy #5 #5
  • The White paper was used to make the Cat.
  • The boy who likes Cheese sandwich is somewhere between the 9-year-old boy and the boy who made the Frog, in that order.
  • Frank is exactly to the left of the boy that likes Pineapple juice.
  • The boy who made the Cat is somewhere to the right of the boy who used the Blue paper.
  • The youngest boy is next to the boy that loves Chicken sandwich.
  • At the fifth position is the boy who likes Strawberry juice.
  • The boy who likes Cheese sandwich is next to the 11-year-old boy.
  • Phillip is exactly to the right of the boy that loves Tuna sandwich.
  • The boy who made the Elephant is somewhere to the left of the boy that used the Blue paper.
  • The White paper was used by the boy that is somewhere to the left of the boy who made the Dog.
  • The boy who likes Pineapple juice is somewhere between the 9-year-old boy and the boy that likes Lemon juice, in that order.
  • Jeffrey is somewhere to the right of the boy who made his origami using the Green paper.
  • The boy that used the White paper is somewhere to the left of the boy who likes Pepperoni sandwich.
  • Albert is immediately before the boy that used the White paper.
  • The boy that loves Bacon sandwich is next to the boy who used the Green paper.
  • The boy that made the Bird is next to the boy that likes Lemon juice.
  • The boy who likes Lemon juice is somewhere between the boy who made the Elephant and the boy that loves Apple juice, in that order.
  • In the middle is the boy that likes Bacon sandwich.
  • The 8-year-old boy is next to the boy that used the Red paper.
  • The boy who likes Bacon sandwich is exactly to the left of the boy who used the White paper.
  • The 10-year-old boy is at the fifth position.

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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