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Einsteins riddle.....

Xmini-ballerX

London Tigers & Team GB
Nov 15, 2008
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Ok in maths today i was presented with this riddle that i just worked out.I thoguht i would share it with you to see if his estimate is right so here goes.
Einstein wrote this riddle last century and said that 98% of the worlds population will not be able to solve it.

.There are 5 houses 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 ciggerettes and also have a pet,No owner has the same pet nor smoke the same brand of ciggerettes or drink the same drink .
The question is who has the fish ?

The following clues have to be put in a table.

1 2 3 4 5
house colour
------------
nationality
------------
drink
------------
smokes
------------
pet


CLUES...

1. The british man lives in a 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 smoke 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 with 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

WHO HAS THE FISH AS A PET ???????

GOOD LUCK !!!!!!!
:)
 

Robin Hood

Formerly Jermy
Feb 6, 2002
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An island in the rain
Took me about 10-15 mins in excel, nice little brain teaser. Just logic though really...would be surprised if less tan 2% of people couldn't do it given enough time.