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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

Pain Relief Zebra Puzzle

Five men are side by side waiting for their appointments with a chiropractor. Each one has a specific pain and is reading a magazine while waiting for his appointment.

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
  • Pain
  • Magazine
  • Appointment
  • Age
Patient #1 #1
Patient #2 #2
Patient #3 #3
Patient #4 #4
Patient #5 #5
  • The man reading the Sports magazine is somewhere between the man reading the Travel magazine and the man reading the Health magazine, in that order.
  • Wayne is at the first position.
  • At one of the ends is the patient that has an appointment at 6:00 PM.
  • The man reading the Sports magazine is exactly to the right of the man who has an appointment at 5:30 PM.
  • The 50-year-old patient is somewhere between the patient that has Wrist pain and the 45-year-old patient, in that order.
  • The man wearing the Green shirt is somewhere to the left of the man reading the Music magazine.
  • At the second position is the patient that has Shoulder pain.
  • The man wearing the Blue shirt is next to the man who has the first appointment.
  • At one of the ends is the patient reading the Travel magazine.
  • The 45-year-old man is somewhere between the man reading the Travel magazine and the oldest man, in that order.
  • The man wearing the White shirt is exactly to the right of the man wearing the Red shirt.
  • The man that has an appointment at 4:30 PM is somewhere between the man that has an appointment at 5:30 PM and the man that has an appointment at 4:00 PM, in that order.
  • Troy is at the second position.
  • At one of the ends is the patient wearing the Purple shirt.
  • Randall is exactly to the left of the patient who is reading the Music magazine.
  • The patient that has Wrist pain is next to the patient that has an appointment at 5:30 PM.
  • The youngest man is exactly to the left of the man who has Back pain.
  • The last appointment is for the patient who has Hip pain.
  • The man wearing the White shirt is exactly to the right of the man reading the Travel magazine.
  • The patient wearing the Green shirt is next to the patient that has an appointment at 6:00 PM.
  • Darren has Back pain.

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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