March 24, 2008

Einstein's Puzzle

FACTS OF THE PUZZLE
[This quiz was made up by Albert Einstein and
according to him 98% will not solve it.]

There are five houses in five different colours.
In each house lives a person of a different nationality.
These five owners drink a certain beverage, smoke a
certain brand of cigarette and keep a certain pet.
No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand
of smoke or drink the same drink.


HINTS

1] The Brit lives in the red house.
2] The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
3] The Dane drinks tea.
4] The green house is on the left of the white house.
5] The green house owner drinks coffee.
6] The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7] The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8] The man living in the house right in the center
drinks milk.
9] The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10] The man who smokes Blend lives next to the one
who keeps cats.
11] The man who keeps horses lives next to the man
who smokes Dunhill.
12] The owner who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
13] The German smokes Prince.
14] The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15] The man who smokes Blend has a neighbour who
drinks water.
The question is: WHO OWNS FISH?

6 comments:

  1. norwegian has the fish

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  2. (1)The Norwegian lives in the first house.
    (2)The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.

    is this a typing mistake or grammar?

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  3. hi there!
    i accidentally found that quiz and posted it into my blog.
    afterthat i tried solving it last weekend!
    it took me about 40 minutes, needed pen and paper of course and i found the solution!
    it's not difiicult. there are just 15 mixed statements and when you find the right order, you find the right solution - german
    ;)

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  4. The German got the FISH! =] It took me 1 hour to figure it out ^^

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  5. norwegian -yellow -water -dunhill -cats
    dane -blue -tea -blend -horses
    brit -red -milk- -pallmall -birds
    german -green -coffee -prince -FISH
    swede -white -bear -bluemaster -dogs

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