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Puzzle of the day
Wednesday, 4 November 2026 (India time)
Mains-styleFloor puzzle8 people2 attributes13 clues
Eight people — P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W — live on the eight floors of a building, one on each floor. The lowest floor is floor 1 and the top floor is floor 8. Each of them has a different department: HR, IT, Sales, Audit, Legal, Admin, Finance, Marketing. (Not necessarily in the same order.)
- Exactly 3 people live between the one who works in Admin and the one who works in HR.
- The one who works in Audit does not live on a floor next to S.
- Exactly 2 people live between the one who works in Sales and T.
- T lives 3 floors below the one who works in Finance.
- U lives on some floor above the one who works in Sales.
- Exactly 2 people live between the one who works in HR and the one who works in IT.
- Exactly 3 people live between the one who works in Finance and V.
- The one who works in HR lives on some floor above the one who works in Audit.
- S lives on some floor above T.
- Exactly 5 people live between P and the one who works in Sales.
- Exactly 1 person lives between W and P.
- Exactly 1 person lives between R and U.
- No one lives between the one who works in Legal and the one who works in Sales.
Five questions
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Question 1 of 5
Who lives on floor 6?
Question 2 of 5
What is Q's department?
Question 3 of 5
How many people live between P and Q?
Question 4 of 5
Who lives immediately above the one who works in Audit?
Question 5 of 5
Which department belongs to the person on the lowest floor (floor 1)?
Show the full solution
| Floor | Person | department |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | P | Finance |
| 7 | S | HR |
| 6 | W | Marketing |
| 5 | T | Audit |
| 4 | V | IT |
| 3 | U | Admin |
| 2 | Q | Sales |
| 1 | R | Legal |
- Who lives on floor 6? B. W
- What is Q's department? C. Sales
- How many people live between P and Q? D. Five
- Who lives immediately above the one who works in Audit? A. W
- Which department belongs to the person on the lowest floor (floor 1)? C. Legal
Made by Shishya's puzzle generator (no AI, not copied from any book, site or past paper). Each puzzle is checked by a solver to have exactly one arrangement, and the answers are computed from it. A new puzzle each day from a set of 60; the set repeats after 60 days. Puzzle bp008.