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salman
07-20-2007, 02:06 AM
Einstein's riddle - Who has the Fish?

Einstein wrote this riddle last century and said that 98% of the world’s population would not be able to solve it.

• There are 5 houses that are each a different colour.
• There is a person of a different nationality in each house.
• The 5 owners drink a certain drink. They each smoke a certain brand of cigarettes and also have a certain pet. No owner has the same pet, smokes the same brand of cigarettes nor drinks the same drink.
• The question is. “Who has the fish?”

CLUES

1. The British man lives in the red house.
2. The Swedish man has a dog for a pet.
3. The Danish man drinks tea.
4. The green house is to the left of the white house.
5. The owner of the green house drinks coffee.
6. The person that smokes Pall Mall has a bird.
7. The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The person that lives in the middle house drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The person that smokes Blend, lives next to the one that has a cat.
11. The person that has a horse lives next to the one that smokes Dunhill.
12. The one that smokes Bluemaster drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to a blue house.
15. The person that smokes Blend, has a neighbour that drinks water.

GOOD LUCK!!!

Drumachine09
07-20-2007, 02:10 AM
Ive heard this one before, but i dont want to spoil it.

salman
07-20-2007, 02:11 AM
oh haha.. If you have heared it before, dont spoil it lol. But if you havnt you can guess.

801
07-20-2007, 09:27 AM
i think i've got it! :19: ...

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this solution meets all of the 15 stipulations, but is it correct?!:1:
i've been working on that for about 2 hours now. i hope i figured it out thumbs2:

salman
07-20-2007, 09:34 AM
Yep.. You are correct! 2 Hours? Took me 10 minutes! :D

801
07-20-2007, 10:02 AM
10 minutes?!?! damn!
i guess i took the long way.
is there something really obvious that points out the answer?
because i doubt i would be able to chart all the info and sort all the possiblities in 10 minutes!

crackatinny
07-20-2007, 10:05 AM
10 minutes?!?! damn!
i guess i took the long way.
is there something really obvious that points out the answer?
because i doubt i would be able to chart all the info and sort all the possiblities in 10 minutes!

Mate don't feel bad, I took one look and cracked another bourbon:27:
LOL

Drumachine09
07-20-2007, 01:22 PM
Mate don't feel bad, I took one look and cracked another bourbon:27:
LOL

HAHAHAHa



This was extra credit last year in my geometry class, and i just happen to remember the answer.

801
07-20-2007, 11:06 PM
turns out there is more than one solution (with a different owner!)

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i borrowed your post Salman. AC gets credited tho :)

NWMountainTroll
07-21-2007, 01:31 AM
10 minutes w/ the correct answer, but a different layout than the above.

salman
07-21-2007, 03:49 AM
I used a graph on my computer, and put in all the clues in, almost kinda like what you did, but i have no idea how it took you 2 hours lol.