Einstein's Riddle

[C1ay]

1. In a street there are five houses, painted five different colours.

2. In each house lives a person of different nationality

3. These five homeowners each drink a different kind of beverage, smoke

different brand of cigar and keep a different pet.

 

Given:

 

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 owner of the Green house 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 centre house drinks milk.

9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.

10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.

11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.

12. The man 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 Blends has a neighbour who drinks water.

 

The question: Who owns the fish?

 

There are no tricks, just pure logic. If needed I can also provide the

diagram I assembled to help me solve it.

 

Albert Einstein wrote this riddle early during the 19th century. He

said that 98% of the world population would not be able to solve it. Can you?

[IrishEyes]

Are we supposed to send you a PM or just post the answer?

[C1ay]

Are we supposed to send you a PM or just post the answer?

You could post the answer with a font color that matches the background so it doesn't spoil it.

[rockytriton]

sheesh this is hard, just when I think I got it, I find a flaw in the logic, the only thing I'm sure of so far is the order of the houses.

[C1ay]

sheesh this is hard, just when I think I got it, I find a flaw in the logic, the only thing I'm sure of so far is the order of the houses.

It took me about 6 hours and I've been an avid logic problem enthusiast for 25+ years.

[rockytriton]

Finally, I got it! It took me about 30 to 45 mins, but got it finally.

[yellow] | [blue] | [red] | [green] | [white]

nor. | dane | brit | germ | swede

dunhill | blends | palmal| prince | bmas

cats | horses | birds | ? | dogs

water | tea | milk | coffee | beer

 

 

So the green house, the german, owns the fish.

[rockytriton]

by the way, I sent it to my mom and she figured it out. She quit school after 9th grade and had me when she was 16 years old.

[C1ay]

by the way, I sent it to my mom and she figured it out. She quit school after 9th grade and had me when she was 16 years old.

I didn't really think it was that hard. I think Albert just made that remark about the 98% to get more people to try it and think they're in the 2% that can do it. I'd venture a guess that half of the people could do it if they tried.

[IrishEyes]

... if they tried.

That's the thing. Most people won't. They'll look at it as something very difficult, especially considering the name. They'll read it through once or twice, maybe sit down with a pencil for 5 or 10 mintues, then give it up as 'impossible'. Actually, it's pretty sad to think that most people have no idea of their true potential. But that's a whole other can o' worms!

[WildRose1010]

I know this may upset you that had to take a long time on this, but it only took me about 20 min to do this, while I was in math class. All you need is to make a chart and think logically. It was a lot of fun, though! Thanks for the brainteaser!

Yellow Norwegian Water Dunhill Cats,

Blue Dane Tea Blends Horses,

Red Brit Milk Pall Mall Birds,

Green German Coffee Prince Fish

White Swede Beer Blue Masters Dogs

The answer is the German owns the fish.

[IrishEyes]

Good for you, WildRose!

Personally, I love them as well. I think they're a hoot. Yes, I use the grid as well, and it took about an hour. I think it could have been a lot less if I hadn't been fixing lunch, talking on the phone, and refeering a wrestling match between the boys though. :hyper:

 

C'mon C1ay, give us more!!!

[rockytriton]

yea I was at work when I did it, but I was slacking off and not doing anything else anyway.

[C1ay]

I know this may upset you that had to take a long time on this, but it only took me about 20 min to do this, while I was in math class. All you need is to make a chart and think logically. It was a lot of fun, though! Thanks for the brainteaser!

Yellow Norwegian Water Dunhill Cats,

Blue Dane Tea Blends Horses,

Red Brit Milk Pall Mall Birds,

Green German Coffee Prince Fish

White Swede Beer Blue Masters Dogs

The answer is the German owns the fish.

Much of my time was spent turning to distraction and then having to rethink all of it. The 2 kids, 2 grandkids and a wife throwing other tasks to test my multitasking ability at the same time kind of added another dimension to it.

 

Looking back at Rubik's Cube and Rubik's Revenge, this puzzle was much easier. It took a week or so to solve my first cube and Rubik's Revenge took a month or so.

[rockytriton]

I give up on a rubik's cube after about 10 minutes.

[C1ay]

I give up on a rubik's cube after about 10 minutes.

Solve the corners first. You can then solve the edge pieces without disturbing the corners. Looking at it as 3 planes stacked on top of each other solve 3 edge pieces in the top plane and use the odd piece to solve the edges in the bottom plane making sure to bring the last top edge piece and bottom edge piece into place at the same time. That only leaves the four edge pieces in the middle plane. Less than a dozen simple algorithms and the right solving order can put any cube back in order in a few minutes.

[Jay-qu]

I have more, im a big fan of Einstien's Riddles

 

Eight married couples meet to lend one another some books. Couples have the same surname, employment and car. Each couple has a favourite colour. Furthermore we know the following facts:

 

Daniella Black and her husband work as Shop-Assistants.

The book "The Seadog" was brought by a couple who drive a Fiat and love the colour red.

Owen and his wife Victoria like the colour brown.

Stan Horricks and his wife Hannah like the colour white.

Jenny Smith and her husband work as Warehouse Managers and they drive a Wartburg.

Monica and her husband Alexander borrowed the book "Grandfather Joseph".

Mathew and his wife like the colour pink and brought the book "Mulatka Gabriela".

Irene and her husband Oto work as Accountants.

The book "We Were Five" was borrowed by a couple driving a Trabant.

The Cermaks are both Ticket-Collectors who brought the book "Shed Stoat".

Mr and Mrs Kuril are both Doctors who borrowed the book "Slovacko Judge".

Paul and his wife like the colour green.

Veronica Dvorak and her husband like the colour blue.

Rick and his wife brought the book "Slovacko Judge" and they drive a Ziguli.

One couple brought the book "Dame Commissar" and borrowed the book "Mulatka Gabriela".

The couple who drive a Dacia, love the colour violet.

The couple who work as Teachers borrowed the book "Dame Commissar".

The couple who work as Agriculturalists drive a Moskvic.

Pamela and her husband drive a Renault and brought the book "Grandfather Joseph".

Pamela and her husband borrowed the book that Mr and Mrs Zajac brought.

Robert and his wife like the colour yellow and borrowed the book "The Modern Comedy".

Mr and Mrs Swain work as Shoppers.

"The Modern Comedy" was brought by a couple driving a Skoda.

Is it a problem to find out everything about everyone from these information?

[Turtle]

I didn't really think it was that hard. I think Albert just made that remark about the 98% to get more people to try it and think they're in the 2% that can do it. I'd venture a guess that half of the people could do it if they tried.

 

___I agree. I have no intention of trying this puzzle for this very reason. Like koans, I find such puzzles vulgar(everyday) distractions; moreover those who make them know this & have social engineering in mind; they mean to keep people busy who either don't have the wherewithall to explore new paradigms or simply enjoy idle distractions. The solution is mechanical deduction; discovery lies in induction. I prefer to make discoveries. :hyper: