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Offline DarkLightA

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Einstein's Riddle
« on: December 13, 2009, 03:23:46 AM »
The Einstein Riddle is said to be invented by Albert Einstein when he was a boy. Some claim that Einstein said "only 2 percent of the world's population can solve it." However, note that this, if ever said, was probably said around 1900, and so nowadays when most people get education, the bar is possibly lower. See if you can do it.


Einstein's List of Facts

1. There are 5 houses (in a row) painted 5 different colors: Blue, Green, Red, White and Yellow.
2. In each house there lives a person of a different nationality: Brit, Dane, German, Norwegian or Swede.
3. These 5 owners each drink a certain beverage: Beer, Coffee, Milk, Tea or Water.
4. They also smoke a certain brand of cigar: Bluemaster, Dunhill, Pall Mall, Prince or Blend.
5. Additionally, they also keep a certain type of pet: Cats, Birds, Dogs, Fish or Horses.
6. The owners DO NOT have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar or drink the same beverage.


Einstein's List of Clues

1. The Brit lives in a 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 owner who smokes Pall Mall rears Birds.
7. The owner of the Yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The owner living in the center house drinks Milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The owner who smokes Blend lives next to the one who keeps Cats.
11. The owner who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
12. The owner who smokes Bluemaster drinks Beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the Blue house.
15. The owner who smokes Blend has a neighbor who drinks Water.

Who owns the fish?

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Re: Einstein's Riddle
« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2009, 03:33:17 AM »
I remember this one. I solved it like 2 years ago.

I didn't read the question completely. But if this is the same question, then the answer is : The German owns the fish.

Quite simple if you think straight and approach the problem methodically.
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Re: Einstein's Riddle
« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2009, 05:12:12 AM »
I think this is so famous, that everyone nowadays knows German owns the fish :) of course, if this is the same variation like the original.

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