You think your smart?!?!?!?!?!?!? - Einsteins Riddle

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Posted by Sarcoman on Jun-20-2002 03:32:

You think your smart?!?!?!?!?!?!? - Einsteins Riddle

Here is a little riddle for all of you. Try not to cheat (ie look up the answer). I will reply to this thread in one week with the answer if nobody else gets it.

Einstein's Riddle:
Einstein has been widely credited online with the following riddle, and with the claim that 98% of the world could not solve it. But several of our NIEHS scientists were able to solve it, and they said it is not all that hard if you pay attention and are very patient. Give it a try:

There are 5 houses in 5 different colors in a row. In each house lives a person with a different nationality. The 5 owners drink a certain type of beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar, and keep a certain pet. No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar, or drink the same beverage. Other facts:

The Brit lives in the red house.
The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
The Dane drinks tea.
The green house is on the immediate left of the white house.
The green house's owner drinks coffee.
The owner who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
The owner living in the center house drinks milk.
The Norwegian lives in the first house.
The owner who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
The owner who keeps the horse lives next to the one who smokes Dunhill.
The owner who smokes Bluemasters drinks beer.
The German smokes Prince.
The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
The owner who smokes Blends lives next to the one who drinks water.

Who is the owner of the fish?????

Posted by .montecarlo. on Jun-20-2002 04:07:

i've been working on it for about 35 mins now. frustrating! lol

Posted by inatrance on Jun-20-2002 05:00:

hmm I think I am going to figure this out... I shouild get an award if I do

Posted by Fir3start3r on Jun-20-2002 05:13:

Oh damn...I remember this question too!
But not the answer lol!
Guess I'll have to figure it out again...I got it right the last time...

Posted by .montecarlo. on Jun-20-2002 05:22:

THE GERMAN

Posted by .montecarlo. on Jun-20-2002 05:27:

let me 'splain

house 1 - norwegian, yellow, water, dunhill, cats

house 2 - dane, blue, tea, blends, horse

house 3 - brit, red, milk, pall mall, birds

house 4 - greman, green, coffee, prince, FISH

house 5 - swede, white, beer, bluemasters, dogs

HA!

Sarcoman: you just wasted 1.5 hours of my time. if i am wrong, please dont tell me. LOL, just kiddin, it was fun. but i hope i'm right.

Posted by inatrance on Jun-20-2002 05:49:

damn you! delete your thread! !!!@!

i mean post. come on guys dont tell answers!

Posted by Fir3start3r on Jun-20-2002 06:20:

Yup...the German...
And here's proof that I actually did it...
(Did it in about 40 min.)
It's just a lot of deduction that's all...

Posted by Lovely on Jun-20-2002 06:37:

i crY. I have spent the last hour trying! I think I give up now - Lovely

Posted by Cafster on Jun-20-2002 12:48:

if 98% of the population cant figure that out this planet is in deep shit

Posted by inatrance on Jun-20-2002 14:25:

find more of these, they are cool

Posted by JimmyPop on Jun-20-2002 22:59:

i doubt that Einstein made this one up, logic puzzles are fairly common, this one is just especially tough because it is a 5x6 matrix

havent done one of these since probably 5th grade...
took me about an hour or so with some Tranceport 1 in the background as brain music

Posted by Magimaster on Jun-21-2002 08:40:

ya..I remember doing one of these things a couple of years back. I bought a book off my neighbour's yard sale, and it was a puzle book. I remember trying to do one of the problems. I can't remember much about it, except for the fact I ended up with a 7 x 7 square. It wasted 2 hours or so of my life.

These things are fairly common, and I know one person who could probably do this question in her head

Posted by Sarcoman on Jun-22-2002 06:59:

Those that posted the answers did facking awesome, your dead on.

It is the German that is the owner of the fish, I'm starting another thread with another riddle in about 10 mins. Try it, Im hoping to find a harder one.

Posted by Drifter on Jun-22-2002 08:40:

i remember doing another one but goes with who owns the zebra