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MͣAͩUͩLER Oct 30, 2013

ALBERT EINSTEIN'S RIDDLE

ARE YOU IN THE TOP 2% OF INTELLIGENT PEOPLE IN THE WORLD? SOLVE THE RIDDLE AND FIND OUT.

There are no tricks, just pure logic, so good luck and don't give up.

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.

THE QUESTION: WHO OWNS THE FISH?

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.
MͣAͩUͩLER Oct 30, 2013

HINTS

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 next to, and 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.
ilcaput Oct 30, 2013

Dont want to start ad it now..... To difficult
MͣAͩUͩLER Oct 30, 2013

it's not that difficult, it only took me 30 mins to solve
Wolfe Brothers Oct 30, 2013

First house:
Yellow
Norwegian
Water
Dunhill
Cats

2nd house:
Blue
Danish
Tea
Blends
Horses

3rd house
Red
British
Milk
Pall Mall
Birds

4th house:
Green
German
Coffee
Prince
None

5th house
White
Swedish
Beer
Blue Master
Dogs
P😈Loco(E771) Oct 30, 2013

Wolfe Brothers wrote:
First house:
Yellow
Norwegian
Water
Dunhill
Cats

2nd house:
Blue
Danish
Tea
Blends
Horses

3rd house
Red
British
Milk
Pall Mall
Birds

4th house:
Green
German
Coffee
Prince
None

5th house
White
Swedish
Beer
Blue Master
Dogs

Thank you xD
I was literally drawing up a map in my mind and was getting a headache
MͣAͩUͩLER Oct 30, 2013

Wolfe Brothers wrote:
First house:
Yellow
Norwegian
Water
Dunhill
Cats

2nd house:
Blue
Danish
Tea
Blends
Horses

3rd house
Red
British
Milk
Pall Mall
Birds

4th house:
Green
German
Coffee
Prince
None

5th house
White
Swedish
Beer
Blue Master
Dogs

the German guy does have a pet
Wolfe Brothers Oct 30, 2013

I could only find four pets listed in the hints. Whatever it is, I don't know it.
༺ ᗪᗰᒪ ༻ Oct 30, 2013

Wolfe Brothers wrote:
I could only find four pets listed in the hints. Whatever it is, I don't know it.

Fish
RW🍄 Oct 30, 2013

deadly dml wrote:
Wolfe Brothers wrote:
I could only find four pets listed in the hints. Whatever it is, I don't know it.

Fish
Lmfao!
༄☣βŁιnd☠Łιmιτ☣༄ Oct 30, 2013

Care to explain it?
Governor Oct 30, 2013

On the first day of high school math many years ago we were given this problem to solve 😜 Fond memories!
★IИDY PΛCΞЯS★ Oct 30, 2013

The German in the green house has the fish. Am I right?
🌞SomeAssHole🌞 Oct 31, 2013

༄☣βŁιnd☠Łιmιτ☣༄ wrote:
Care to explain it?

Each house has 5 facts listed about the house that has only 4 is the one that has the fish because everyone in the neighborhood has a pet
〓 M A T G I E 〓 Oct 31, 2013

There are lots and lots of logic puzzles like this. I really enjoy them.
ℒ੫ѵℬуɾძ❤ᵃᵈᵈƦƴɗ Oct 31, 2013

Answer is: German
Yay, that was a fun 15 minutes!
Can we do this more often?
So cute he shows his work but didn't answer the question... He gets partial credit right?
If ya wanna see my work I'll SS in pal😘
P😈Loco(E771) Oct 31, 2013

☣✠ꀨᙃεϻφꀨ✠☣ wrote:
deadly dml wrote:
Wolfe Brothers wrote:
I could only find four pets listed in the hints. Whatever it is, I don't know it.

Fish
Lmfao!
That deserves a hardcore facepalm
★IИDY PΛCΞЯS★ Oct 31, 2013

ℒ੫ѵℬуɾძ❤ᵃᵈᵈƦƴɗ wrote:
Answer is: German
Yay, that was a fun 15 minutes!
Can we do this more often?
So cute he shows his work but didn't answer the question... He gets partial credit right?
If ya wanna see my work I'll SS in pal😘

Ikr, I made a little graph and just filled in the blanks. Took me about 15 min as well.
CountyJailer Oct 31, 2013

Looks like I have to turn my profile picture to a giraffe...
MͣAͩUͩLER Oct 31, 2013

ok, here's another one, no where near as hard, but it gets you thinking, remember post your answer, first answers only please

There is a mute who wants to buy a toothbrush. By imitating the action of brushing one's teeth, he successfully expresses himself to the shopkeeper and the purchase is done.

Now, if there is a blind man who wishes to buy a pair of sunglasses, how should he express himself?
chicken wing Oct 31, 2013

Tell the shopkeeper that he wishes to buy a pair of sunglasses, he isn't mute, just blind.
JonahxHorror Oct 31, 2013

chicken wing wrote:
Tell the shopkeeper that he wishes to buy a pair of sunglasses, he isn't mute, just blind.