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There are 7 people next to each other in a row in positions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 who have the following characteristics. Everyone drinks a different drink: coffee, iced coffee, lemonade, beer, tea, iced tea, milk. Everyone is a different nationality: Turkish, American, Israeli, Portuguese, Korean, Pakistani, Bangladeshi. Everyone likes a different type of flower: orchids, lilies, begonias, roses, tulips, daffodils, dahlias. Everyone plays a different musical instrument: guitar, drums, saxophone, cello, harp, piano, oboe. Everyone reads a different genre of books: magical realism, humor, mystery, spiritual, science fiction, history, short story. Everyone has a different favorite soft drink: Powerade, Mountain Dew, Fanta, Pepsi, Limca, Coke, Sprite. Everyone owns a different handbag brand: Michael Kors, Tory Burch, Dolce and Gabbana, Polo Ralph Lauren, Balenciaga, Kate Spade, Versace. Everyone supports a different NFL team: Pittsburgh Steelers, Los Angeles Rams, Atlanta Falcons, Green Bay Packers, Kansas City Chiefs, San Francisco 49ers, Miami Dolphins. Everyone likes a different food: soups, curry, kebabs, fried rice, pasta, noodles, tacos. Everyone drives a different car: Audi, Lexus, Ford, Mercedes, Toyota, Honda, Kia. Everyone drives a different motorbike: Buell, Harley-Davidson, Suzuki, Bajaj, Yamaha, Ducati, Piaggio. Everyone smokes a different cigarette: Davidoff, Blue Master, Salem, Marlboro, Newport, Winston, Dunhill. Everyone has a different profession: teacher, engineer, designer, chef, artist, athlete, writer. Everyone plays a different sport: soccer, squash, volleyball, cricket, badminton, baseball, table tennis. Everyone likes a different physical activity: running, base jumping, scuba diving, paragliding, hiking, weight lifting, snorkeling. Everyone supports a different NBA team: Cavaliers, Hawks, Knicks, Warriors, Celtics, Suns, Bucks. Everyone has a different name: Mohan, Mallika, Rafael, Randy, Wang, Rose, Trinity. Everyone has a different favorite hobby: drone flying, sailing, crocheting, baking, biking, stamp collecting, wood carving. Using the clues provided below, answer the question at the end. Some of clues provided might be irrelevant to the puzzle. Clue 1: The Pakistani is at one of the ends. Clue 2: The person who drives the Ford is the person who likes scuba diving. Clue 3: The athlete is the person who smokes Newport. Clue 4: The baseball player is at one of the ends. Clue 5: The person who likes Fanta is somewhere to the left of the baseball player. Clue 6: The guitar player is somewhere to the left of the person who likes drone flying. Clue 7: Wang is somewhere in between the person who likes curry and the person who likes pasta in that order. Clue 8: The person who likes sailing is next to the person who likes wood carving. Clue 9: The person who owns a Versace is somewhere in between the person who owns a Tory Burch and the Bangladeshi in that order. Clue 10: The person who likes lilies is immediately to the left of the person who likes Mountain Dew. Clue 11: The person who reads short story books is the person who supports the Atlanta Falcons. Clue 12: The Turkish is the person who likes Pepsi. Clue 13: The soccer player is at one of the ends. Clue 14: The person who supports the San Francisco 49ers is the person who smokes Marlboro. Clue 15: The person who drives the Ducati is immediately to the left of the artist. Clue 16: Wang is somewhere in between the person who likes biking and the Bangladeshi in that order. Clue 17: The guitar player is the person who supports the Warriors. Clue 18: The person who likes weight lifting is at one of the ends. Clue 19: The person who smokes Newport is next to the person who drives the Buell. Clue 20: The person who owns a Kate Spade is the saxophone player. Clue 21: The person who likes crocheting is immediately to the left of the person who likes curry. Clue 22: The person who supports the Cavaliers is the person who likes Mountain Dew. Clue 23: The person who likes drone flying is Randy. Clue 24: The person who supports the Suns is the person who likes kebabs. Clue 25: The baseball player is not the person who likes dahlias. Clue 26: The squash player is the person who likes tulips. Clue 27: The Bangladeshi is the person who likes pasta. Clue 28: The person who likes Pepsi is not the person who likes soups. Clue 29: The cello player is somewhere to the left of the person who drinks milk. Clue 30: Rafael is somewhere in between the soccer player and the person who owns a Dolce and Gabbana in that order. Clue 31: The person who supports the Hawks is next to the Turkish. Clue 32: The person who likes lilies is not the person who supports the Hawks. Clue 33: The person who likes stamp collecting is the person who owns a Michael Kors. Clue 34: The person who owns a Polo Ralph Lauren is somewhere in between the squash player and the person who supports the Bucks in that order. Clue 35: The person who likes roses is next to the person who supports the Bucks. Clue 36: The person who owns a Tory Burch is the person who likes orchids. Clue 37: The person who likes fried rice is not the person who likes Pepsi. Clue 38: The person who likes base jumping is the teacher. Clue 39: The Pakistani is Mallika. Clue 40: The person who supports the Miami Dolphins is the person who likes paragliding. Clue 41: The person who owns a Dolce and Gabbana is somewhere to the left of the person who supports the Bucks. Clue 42: The Israeli is next to the person who likes baking. Clue 43: The cello player is somewhere in between the person who likes Pepsi and the person who drinks iced tea in that order. Clue 44: The guitar player is somewhere to the left of the American. Clue 45: The person who drives the Buell is at one of the ends. Clue 46: The person who owns a Polo Ralph Lauren is not the person who supports the Suns. Clue 47: The person who supports the Green Bay Packers is the person who smokes Winston. Clue 48: The person who owns a Dolce and Gabbana is immediately to the left of the person who likes baking. Clue 49: The person who likes sailing is somewhere in between the person who drinks coffee and the oboe player in that order. Clue 50: The person who owns a Tory Burch is at one of the ends. Clue 51: The person who drinks tea is the Portuguese. Clue 52: The person who owns a Versace is the person who likes sailing. Clue 53: The person who supports the Bucks is at one of the ends. Clue 54: The person who supports the Kansas City Chiefs is somewhere to the left of the person who drives the Toyota. Clue 55: The person who owns a Versace is immediately to the left of the person who owns a Balenciaga. Clue 56: The writer is at one of the ends. Clue 57: The person who likes paragliding is immediately to the left of the person who likes running. Clue 58: The person who likes lilies is somewhere in between the squash player and the person who drinks milk in that order. Clue 59: The cello player is next to the person who drinks iced tea. Clue 60: The person who likes lilies is somewhere to the left of the person who drinks beer. Clue 61: The person who likes tulips is not the person who likes Fanta. Clue 62: The oboe player is immediately to the left of the person who owns a Dolce and Gabbana. Clue 63: The person who owns a Tory Burch is at one of the ends. Clue 64: The person who likes begonias is not the person who likes Limca. Clue 65: The person who likes tacos is somewhere to the left of the cello player. Clue 66: The person who drives the Kia is the person who likes base jumping. Clue 67: The Israeli is somewhere in between the person who likes Coke and the person who owns a Kate Spade in that order. Clue 68: The designer is the person who supports the Miami Dolphins. Clue 69: The person who smokes Newport is the person who drives the Yamaha. Clue 70: The person who likes Fanta is immediately to the left of the person who likes roses. Clue 71: The person who likes Mountain Dew is not the person who likes wood carving. Clue 72: The Korean is the person who likes lilies. Clue 73: The person who likes scuba diving is somewhere to the left of the person who smokes Salem. Clue 74: The person who supports the Celtics is the person who likes Coke. Clue 75: The person who drives the Kia is at one of the ends. Clue 76: The person who likes Powerade is the drums player. Clue 77: The person who owns a Kate Spade is somewhere in between the oboe player and the person who likes begonias in that order. Clue 78: The person who likes Pepsi is somewhere in between the person who drinks coffee and the guitar player in that order. Clue 79: The person who owns a Tory Burch is not the person who likes fried rice. Clue 80: The person who likes tulips is somewhere in between Rose and the person who supports the Cavaliers in that order. Clue 81: The person who likes scuba diving is the person who drives the Ducati. Clue 82: The person who likes crocheting is not the person who owns a Kate Spade. Clue 83: Trinity is somewhere to the left of the person who likes Mountain Dew. Clue 84: Randy is not the person who owns a Versace. Clue 85: The person at the 6th position is the person who drives the Harley-Davidson. Clue 86: The person who owns a Versace is the piano player. Clue 87: The person who likes sailing is next to Rafael. Clue 88: The Turkish is not the person who owns a Polo Ralph Lauren. Clue 89: Wang is immediately to the left of the person who owns a Kate Spade. Clue 90: The person at the 6th position is next to the person who reads humor books. Clue 91: The Turkish is somewhere in between the person who likes Sprite and the person who likes Limca in that order. Clue 92: The person who owns a Polo Ralph Lauren is not the soccer player. Clue 93: The person who likes Fanta is somewhere in between the person who likes Limca and the saxophone player in that order. Clue 94: The person who likes hiking is somewhere to the left of the person who smokes Winston. Clue 95: The person who owns a Dolce and Gabbana is somewhere to the left of the person who likes fried rice. Clue 96: The person who likes roses is the person who supports the Cavaliers. Clue 97: The person who likes wood carving is at one of the ends. Clue 98: The person who likes curry is the person who drinks iced coffee. Clue 99: The person who supports the Pittsburgh Steelers is at one of the ends. Clue 100: The person who likes Coke is somewhere to the left of the person who likes kebabs. Clue 101: The person who likes crocheting is somewhere in between Mallika and the guitar player in that order. Clue 102: The person who supports the Miami Dolphins is somewhere in between the person who drives the Buell and the person who smokes Marlboro in that order. Clue 103: The person who drives the Ducati is the person who reads spiritual books. Clue 104: The person who drives the Ford is immediately to the left of the person who reads magical realism books. Clue 105: The person who reads science fiction books is somewhere in between the designer and the person who drives the Ducati in that order. Clue 106: The person who drinks lemonade is somewhere in between the person who likes tacos and the volleyball player in that order. Clue 107: Randy is somewhere in between the person who supports the Knicks and the person who owns a Michael Kors in that order. Clue 108: The person who likes lilies is not the person who drinks iced coffee. Clue 109: The person who likes orchids is not the badminton player. Clue 110: The person who drives the Ford is next to the person who drives the Audi. Clue 111: The person who reads magical realism books is next to the person who smokes Marlboro. Clue 112: The person who likes roses is somewhere to the left of Mohan. Clue 113: The Portuguese is immediately to the left of the cricket player. Clue 114: The person who likes tulips is somewhere in between the person who owns a Balenciaga and the person who likes Powerade in that order. Clue 115: The engineer is next to the designer. Clue 116: Mallika is not the person who supports the Cavaliers. Clue 117: The person who owns a Tory Burch is immediately to the left of Rose. Clue 118: The person who drinks tea is immediately to the left of the oboe player. Clue 119: The saxophone player is next to the person who likes begonias. Clue 120: The saxophone player is somewhere to the left of the person who likes Powerade. Clue 121: The badminton player is next to the Turkish. Clue 122: The person who supports the Bucks is the person who likes fried rice. Clue 123: The drums player is at one of the ends. Clue 124: Randy is not the person who owns a Michael Kors. Clue 125: The person who drinks iced tea is immediately to the left of Randy. Clue 126: The person who reads science fiction books is somewhere to the left of the person who drives the Toyota. Clue 127: The person who supports the Miami Dolphins is somewhere to the left of the person who smokes Blue Master. Clue 128: The person who likes lilies is somewhere to the left of the drums player. Clue 129: The person who drives the Piaggio is at one of the ends. Clue 130: The person who supports the Warriors is the person who drinks iced tea. Clue 131: The person who supports the Celtics is the person who drinks coffee. Clue 132: The person who supports the Atlanta Falcons is immediately to the left of the person who drives the Mercedes. Clue 133: The person who supports the Miami Dolphins is the person who drives the Suzuki. Clue 134: The person who reads mystery books is at one of the ends. Clue 135: The person who supports the Knicks is somewhere to the left of Wang. Clue 136: The person who likes daffodils is not the person who drinks iced tea. Clue 137: The person who likes snorkeling is the athlete. Clue 138: The person who drives the Lexus is somewhere in between the person who smokes Dunhill and the person who reads science fiction books in that order. Clue 139: The person who supports the Suns is not the person who drinks milk. Clue 140: The person who likes hiking is somewhere in between the person who drives the Mercedes and the person who drives the Kia in that order. Question: What position is the person who reads mystery books at?
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