BRAIN TRIVIA

Logic Puzzle: Five animals arrived at a wildlife rescue center on different days of the week. Each animal also has a different favorite snack. Can you figure out who arrived when and what each animal likes to eat?

  • Animals: bear, fox, owl, rabbit, turtle

  • Snacks: apples, berries, carrots, insects, lettuce

Clues:

  1. The owl arrived exactly one day before the animal that likes insects.

  2. The animal that likes apples arrived on Monday.

  3. The fox arrived sometime after the turtle.

  4. The bear arrived on Wednesday.

  5. The owl arrived sometime before the bear.

  6. The animal that arrived on Friday likes carrots.

  7. The rabbit arrived on Tuesday.

  8. The bear likes lettuce.

Solution:

Day:

Animal:

Snack:

Monday

Owl

(Clues 4, 5, and 7)

Apples

(Clue 2)

Tuesday

Rabbit

(Clue 7)

Insects

(Clue 1)

Wednesday

Bear

(Clue 4)

Lettuce

(Clue 8)

Thursday

Turtle

(Clue 3)

Berries

(Process of elimination)

Friday

Fox

(After clues 4, 5, and 7, only Thursday and Friday are still open. Because the Fox arrived after the Turtle in clue 3, the Turtle must be Thursday and the Fox on Friday)

Carrots

(Clue 6)

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