Einstein's Riddle!

There are 5 houses in 5 different colors. 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.
The question is: Who owns the fish? Just to make sure you are not making any wild guessing, please include the nationality, color, beverage and brand of cigar.

Hints:

• The Brit lives in the red house.
• The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
• The Dane drinks tea.
• The green house is on the left of the white house.
• The green homeowner drinks coffee.
• The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
• The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
• The man living in the center house drinks milk.
• The Norwegian lives in the first house.
• The man who smokes Blend lives next to the one who keeps cats.
• The man who keeps the horse lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
• The owner who smokes Bluemaster drinks beer.
• The German smokes prince.
• The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
• The man who smokes Blend has a neighbor who drinks water.

Einstein wrote this riddle early during the 19th century. He said 98% of the world could not solve it. Its not hard, you just need to pay attention and be patient.

Hmmm... google knows all?

Yes Google does normally know all:P

Regards,
Kyle

Ok if ive worked this out right (i have had to use pen and paper for this one) then:

The German owns the fish, lives in a house that is Green, drinks coffee and smokes Prince Cigars!

Nice Well Done

Regards,
Kyle

Woohoo..... I enjoyed that, really sorry for getting it before everyone else had a go.

Get some more on here Djk if you have any, brain teasers are great. Thanks for the last one!

Ok, Next brain teaser

I know a word of letters three. Add two, and fewer there will be. What is it?

Regards,
Djk

This one is clever! I do know the answer beause ive done this one before,so i wont answer this one. But lets just say, if you look close enough the answer is staring you in the face!

You should do one everyday Djk, you could become the gameshow king, a bleeping computer gameshow, now that would be pretty cool!

Yes it does stare you in the face

Warm regards,
Kyle

Woah, nice riddles Djk. I didn't get the first one at all and gave up instantly (I'm 98% of people ), but I got the second one after a while..
I've only just realised how stupid I am; and how obvious the answer is when you know it.
More, more, more!!
Charles

rookie147 - You are not stupid!

It's all a matter of perception and defining the information given to you.

Thanks Koan
Hehe, maybe, I just lack the patience to try to work out complicated things like that; I just get bored/confused and give up..

Aye! Rookie147.

Just like the initial question posed in this thread,
has been bantered about for near 100 years, or more.
It's called question zero or puzzel zero.
It's a basic psych study question.
Enjoy!

Yes KoanYorel is right, so do you know the answer rookie

Regards,
Kyle

Well, I know the answer to the first one by reading what graveangel said..
But I worked the second one out myself, although I won't post the answer, it may ruin the fun for someone else.
Charles

You can post your answer I will just add another one if you get it right

Warm regards,
Kyle

Few (goes to fewer) It's quite infuriating once you have worked it out, because as graveangel said, it is staring you in the face..
Neeext!!
Thanks,
Charles

Nice Charles Next riddle

A fellow encountered a bear in a wasteland. There was nobody else there. Both were frightened and ran away. Fellow to the north, bear to the west. Suddenly the fellow stopped, aimed his gun to the south and shot the bear. What colour was the bear?
If you don't know, this may help you: if the bear ran 3.14 times faster than the fellow (still westwards), the fellow could have shot straight in front of him, however for the booty he would have to go to the south.

Warm regards,
Kyle

Well, I've got it! Woooo!
I won't tell you the answer, so somebody else can do it; but I will tell you this- think about where they are..
Good luck, and happy bear hunting!
Charles

I would say that the bear was white, a polar bear, because they were at the North Pole

Excellent rowal5555 You got it right Ok next Brain Teaser

Meeting (meet this challenge)

Another hard nut to crack (just like that Einstein's) was published in the QUIZ 11/1986.
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:

1. Daniella Black and her husband work as Shop-Assistants.
2. The book "The Seadog" was brought by a couple who drive a Fiat and love the colour red.
3. Owen and his wife Victoria like the colour brown.
4. Stan Horricks and his wife Hannah like the colour white.
5. Jenny Smith and her husband work as Warehouse Managers and they drive a Wartburg.
6. Monica and her husband Alexander borrowed the book "Grandfather Joseph".
7. Mathew and his wife like the colour pink and brought the book "Mulatka Gabriela".
8. Irene and her husband Oto work as Accountants.
9. The book "We Were Five" was borrowed by a couple driving a Trabant.
10. The Cermaks are both Ticket-Collectors who brought the book "Shed Stoat".
11. Mr and Mrs Kuril are both Doctors who borrowed the book "Slovacko Judge".
12. Paul and his wife like the colour green.
13. Veronica Dvorak and her husband like the colour blue.
14. Rick and his wife brought the book "Slovacko Judge" and they drive a Ziguli.
15. One couple brought the book "Dame Commissar" and borrowed the book "Mulatka Gabriela".
16. The couple who drive a Dacia, love the colour violet.
17. The couple who work as Teachers borrowed the book "Dame Commissar".
18. The couple who work as Agriculturalists drive a Moskvic.
19. Pamela and her husband drive a Renault and brought the book "Grandfather Joseph".
20. Pamela and her husband borrowed the book that Mr and Mrs Zajac brought.
21. Robert and his wife like the colour yellow and borrowed the book "The Modern Comedy".
22. Mr and Mrs Swain work as Shoppers.
23. "The Modern Comedy" was brought by a couple driving a Skoda.


Warm regards,
Kyle

And the person, who get this right, can ask me a riddle, can be whatever you like and as difficult as you like

Ok,i think ive worked this one out too, it helps working it out the same way as the first one done!

I think its Alexander and Monica,whatever it is!

Nope, its a much longer answer than that

Ok,i admit it,im lost on this one!
Actually what is it that you need to know?

Ok can nobody get this one :D

Warm regards,
Kyle

No, you got me, cant get this one!

Ok I will post the answer tomorrow so try everyone

Hey everyone, Sorry for the VERY late reply. The answer to the last riddle is:

Daniella and Mathew Black -Shop-Assistants- Trabant-pink-"Mulatka Gabriela"-"We Were Five"

Victoria and Owen Kuril - Doctors Skoda- brown- "The Modern Comedy"- "Slovacko Judge"

Hannah and Stan Horricks - Agriculturalists- Moskvic-white- "Dame Commissar"- "Mulatka Gabriela"

Jenny and Robert Smith- Warehouse Managers- Wartburg yellow- "We Were Five"- "The Modern Comedy"

Monica and Alexander Cermak- Ticket-Collectors- Dacia- violet- "Shed Stoat"- "Grandfather Joseph"

Irene and Oto Zajac- Accountants- Fiat- red- "The Seadog"- "Shed Stoat"-

Pamela and Paul Swain- Shoppers- Renault green- "Grandfather Joseph"- "The Seadog"-

Veronica and Rick Dvoøák - Teachers- Ziguli- blue- "Slovacko Judge"- "Dame
Commissar"

Next riddle:

What English word is nine letters long, and can remain an English word at each step as you remove one letter at a time, right down to a single letter. List the letter you remove each time and the words that result at each step.

Warm regards,
Kyle

wow this took me a really long time to get
dont try this if you dont have a dictionary!
i hope im right after three hours of chopping up nine letter words, lol

>>>>>>answer is here: so dont look if you wanna get this

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startling *hopefully* is the answer

startling (-l)
starting (-t)
staring (-a)
string (-r)
sting (-t)
sin (-n)
is (-s)
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___>>>>>these are fun, thanks djk!

Err. What's the puzzle? I don't see one.

Orange Blossom

Correct!
Ok I found a stupid one on Google whilst searching - Should be easy.

What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never speaks, has a head but never weeps, and has a bed but never sleeps?

Warm regards
Kyle

umm.. is it a river ?

Correct!!

Heres the next one:

A farmer was going to town with a fox, a goose and a sack of corn. When he came to a stream, he had to cross in a tiny boat, and could only take across one thing at a time. However, if he left the fox alone with the goose, the fox would eat the goose, and if he left the goose alone with the corn, the goose would eat the corn. How does he get them all safely over the stream?

Warm regards
Kyle

The farmer takes the goose across first and then goes and gets the fox and takes the goose back and gets the corn and takes the corn across then comes back and gets the goose.. i think

Correct yet again AmY. Well done!! \

Next one:

A man had twelve toothpicks in front of him. He took one away. Now he had nine in front of him. How is this possible?

Warm regards
Kyle

That one is easy i think.. The toothpicks spell NINE

Correct AmY!!

Will post another one in a while

Warm regards
Kyle.

erm just me being awckward (sp) but i thought it was this.... three has 5 letters add two to three, which gives you five which only has 4 letters.....maybe im just being stupid or maybe even overly clever who knows!

Nope. The riddle says that by adding the two letters, you will have fewer. Five is more than three, so it couldn't work. Also, "I know a word of letters three," translates to everyday English to, "I know a word with three letters."

Few has three letters. Add two letters, and you have the word fewer which has five letters.

New brain teaser:

A man is talking to the jailer. He says: "Brothers and sisters have I none, but this man's father is my mother's son."

Who is the man's father?

Orange Blossom

Could it be himself he's talking about? I'm not sure of it though

Nope.

Orange Blossom

his brother

Nope.

I think it will help if I slightly rephrase the brain teaser so there is less pronoun confusion.

Characters:
The man talking to the jailer - let's call him Frank
The jailer
The man in jail - let's call him Merton.

Okay now:

Frank is talking to the jailer and he says: "Brothers and sisters have I none, but Merton's father is my mother's son."

Question: Who is Merton's father?

Orange Blossom

Totally wild guess.. himself/Frank

step brother

Yep fozzie, you got it.

Frank is his own mother's son and Joe's father.

Okay, here's the next one which I got off [/i]Ripley's Believe it or not[i] years ago:

Each X represents a coin. Keeping the same number of coins, how can I move 1 so that I have the same number of coins going across and going down.




Orange Blossom

The two vertical middle coins, place one on top of the other?

Sorry for the double post, just wanted to change my answer (just my luck they could both be wrong! )


Using numbers


So...in the vertical row, place coin 4 onto coin 2:


Still not sure, just had a (very) late thought...

I went into the woods and got it. I sat down to seek it. I brought it home with me because I couldn't find it. What is it?

a paper with something you need to find perhaps, fozzie?