BleepingComputer.com: Brain Teaser

  Posted 23 June 2006 - 04:21 AM

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.

Regards,
Kyle

Posted 23 June 2006 - 04:56 AM

Posted 23 June 2006 - 05:18 AM

Posted 23 June 2006 - 06:35 AM

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!

....And on the 8th day God said, "When my children are intelligent, and create the Computer, for my sake may they never screw around with the registry or subscribe to AOL"

  Posted 23 June 2006 - 07:59 AM

Nice Well Done

Regards,
Kyle

This post has been edited by Djk: 23 June 2006 - 08:01 AM

Regards,
Kyle

Posted 23 June 2006 - 08:05 AM

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!

....And on the 8th day God said, "When my children are intelligent, and create the Computer, for my sake may they never screw around with the registry or subscribe to AOL"

  Posted 23 June 2006 - 08:14 AM

Posted 23 June 2006 - 08:31 AM

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!

....And on the 8th day God said, "When my children are intelligent, and create the Computer, for my sake may they never screw around with the registry or subscribe to AOL"

Posted 23 June 2006 - 11:03 AM

Yes it does stare you in the face

Warm regards,
Kyle

Regards,
Kyle

Posted 23 June 2006 - 11:07 AM

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

This post has been edited by rookie147: 23 June 2006 - 11:08 AM

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Posted 23 June 2006 - 11:13 AM

Posted 23 June 2006 - 11:15 AM

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..

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Posted 23 June 2006 - 11:24 AM

  Posted 23 June 2006 - 12:04 PM

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

Regards,
Kyle

Regards,
Kyle

Posted 23 June 2006 - 03:12 PM

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

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