The Five Shelves: Lindqvist, Tanaka, Vásquez, Okafor, and Petrova
Verified— unique solution
zebra
Five shelves stand in a row, numbered 1 to 5 from left to right. Each holds exactly one of each attribute, and no attribute repeats. Work out the full arrangement from these clues:
1. The author with the boxed set is immediately to the right of the author with the red cover.
2. The author with the red cover is directly next to the poet.
3. Tanaka is not the historian.
4. The author with the spiral-bound edition is immediately to the left of the cookbook writer.
5. Okafor is immediately to the right of the author with the red cover.
6. The author with the hardback is immediately to the right of the author with the black cover.
7. Vásquez is the poet.
8. Lindqvist is not the author with the leather-bound edition.
9. The author with the black cover is not the author with the leather-bound edition.
10. The author with the white cover is somewhere to the left of the author with the black cover.
11. Petrova is somewhere to the left of the cookbook writer.
12. The author with the blue cover is immediately to the left of the cookbook writer.
13. The author with the red cover is directly next to the science-fiction writer.
14. Tanaka is not the cookbook writer.
Hints
Hint 1
Hint 2
Hint 3
Solution
Commit an attempt to unseal the proof. Write your answer — right or wrong, thinking it through is the point.
In the final arrangement, which numbered shelf (1–5) does “Okafor” end up at? Answer with the number.
Rate this puzzle
Report a problem with this puzzle
Similar puzzles
Math∎ verified
Sequence: 20, 24, 29, 35, …
What comes next in this sequence? 20, 24, 29, 35, 42, 50, ?
Math∎ verified
Sequence: 3, 5, 9, 15, …
What comes next in this sequence? 3, 5, 9, 15, 23, 33, ?
Math∎ verified
Arithmetic: 2 + 3 - 15 + 7 × 4
What is 2 + 3 - 15 + 7 × 4?
Math∎ verified
Arithmetic: 3 + 18 + 9 - 19 - 4 ÷ 4
What is 3 + 18 + 9 - 19 - 4 ÷ 4?
Math∎ verified
Arithmetic: 3 + 5 + 2
What is 3 + 5 + 2?
Math∎ verified
Arithmetic: 13 + 4 × 4 - 2 + 10
What is 13 + 4 × 4 - 2 + 10?
Comments
No comments yet
Be the first to say something about this puzzle.