Puzzle: Four Friends and Their Hobbies

Four friends – Alex, Ben, Chris, and Daniel – each have a different favorite hobby, the task is to figure out who has which hobby, use the following clues to determine the hobby of each friend:

1. One of the friends enjoys playing chess.
2. Ben hates swimming.
3. Chris likes to paint.
4. Alex loves hiking.
5. Daniel is not a fan of board games.

Four Friends And their Hobbies

Solution: Solve the puzzle step by step using the clues provided:

1. One of the friends enjoys playing chess.

• We can mark an “T” for Chess in the row of the friend who enjoys playing it.

	Chess	Swimming	Painting	Hiking
Alex	T
Ben
Chris
Daniel

2. Ben hates swimming.

• We can mark an “F” for Swimming in Ben’s row.

	Chess	Swimming	Painting	Hiking
Alex	T
Ben		F
Chris
Daniel

3. Chris likes to paint.

• We can mark an “T” for Painting in Chris’s row,

	Chess	Swimming	Painting	Hiking
Alex	T
Ben		F
Chris			T
Daniel

4. Alex loves hiking.

• We can mark an “T” for Hiking in Alex’s row., So It is clear that Alex is not interested in chess.

	Chess	Swimming	Painting	Hiking
Alex				T
Ben		F
Chris			T
Daniel

5. Daniel is not a fan of board games.

• We can mark an “F” for Chess in Daniel’s row since Chess is the only board game mentioned.

	Chess	Swimming	Painting	Hiking
Alex				T
Ben		F
Chris			T
Daniel	F

Here, after viewing from the table we can conclude that Daniel hates Chess and Ben hates Swimming, So Ben likes to play Chess and Daniel’s Hobby is Swimming.

Hobbies of each friend:

• Alex enjoys Hiking.
• Ben dislikes Swimming.
• Chris likes Painting.
• Daniel dislikes Chess.

So, the final solution is:

• Alex’s hobby is Hiking.
• Ben’s hobby is Chess.
• Chris’s hobby is Painting.
• Daniel’s hobby is Swimming.