Who owns the Fish? (riddle)

**rccaed** · 12-27-11 at 01:31 PM

Check out this riddle when you get a chance. It is attributed to the late Albert Einstein, and he presumably said that 98% of all people in the world would not be able to solve it.

There are 5 houses in 5 different colors

In each house lives a person with a different nationality

These 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 drink.

Here's the question: Who owns the fish?

The Briton lives in a 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 house owner drinks coffee

The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds

The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill

The man living in the house right in the middle drinks milk

The Norwegian lives in the first house

The man who smokes Blend lives next door to the one who keeps cats.

The man who keeps horses lives next door to the man who smokes Dunhill

The owner who smokes Blue Master 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

With these 15 clues the problem is solvable.

BTW... Don't ask me I don't have a clue!

madman7 · 12-27-11 at 01:38 PM

the Briton owns the fish

**Method512** · 12-27-11 at 01:46 PM

Germans?

geraltrivia · 12-27-11 at 01:50 PM

The person who smokes Pall Mall

**Gandolph13** · 12-27-11 at 02:35 PM

I don't have time to do this now but I love these logic puzzles and will do a chart later and solve it. My favourite past time used to be solving logic puzzles.

unkn0wn21 · 12-27-11 at 02:37 PM

Simple, its the Norwegian

**Omega_Prime** · 12-27-11 at 02:39 PM

Ask Siri

**mirrow** · 12-27-11 at 02:56 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Omega_Prime

Ask Siri

+1

hvk001 · 12-27-11 at 03:32 PM

It's the guy who drinks coffee

**elitists** · 12-27-11 at 03:52 PM

Wow, took me an hour and three scratch sheets but I got it.

**elitists** · 12-27-11 at 03:53 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by hvk001

It's the guy who drinks coffee

Yep!

Ft720 · 12-27-11 at 06:18 PM

Its the German! Woohoo i did it, I think?

**Method512** · 12-27-11 at 06:21 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Ft720

Its the German! Woohoo i did it, I think?

Yeah!

dustin2244 · 12-28-11 at 12:04 AM

spoiler

I though the right Solution it's an arranging puzzle but i searched the answer.... this isn't the Text of the original puzzle here's a link to it all en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebra_Puzzle but i am glad i watch all the detective conan anime or else I can't guess step one, but i want to know why the answer is what it is.

spoiler

12-28-11 at 12:04 AM	#14
dustin2244 Novice Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Alaska Posts: 111	spoiler I though the right Solution it's an arranging puzzle but i searched the answer.... this isn't the Text of the original puzzle here's a link to it all en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebra_Puzzle but i am glad i watch all the detective conan anime or else I can't guess step one, but i want to know why the answer is what it is. spoiler Last edited by dustin2244; 12-28-11 at 12:15 AM. Reason: still conan again

12-27-11 at 01:38 PM	#2
madman7 Apprentice Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 404	the Briton owns the fish

12-27-11 at 01:46 PM	#3
Method512 Is there a character limi Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Jersey (GMT) Posts: 3,302	Germans?

12-27-11 at 01:50 PM	#4
geraltrivia Novice Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 187	The person who smokes Pall Mall

12-27-11 at 02:35 PM	#5
Gandolph13 Legendary Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Australia (GMT+10) Posts: 12,292	I don't have time to do this now but I love these logic puzzles and will do a chart later and solve it. My favourite past time used to be solving logic puzzles.

12-27-11 at 02:37 PM	#6
unkn0wn21 Novice Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: 21 Depths of the Unknown Posts: 171	Simple, its the Norwegian

12-27-11 at 02:39 PM	#7
Omega_Prime Autobot Supreme Commander Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 3,553	Ask Siri

12-27-11 at 02:56 PM	#8
mirrow Master Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Delft, Holland Posts: 1,132	Quote: Originally Posted by Omega_Prime Ask Siri +1

12-27-11 at 03:32 PM	#9
hvk001 Expert Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Next door Posts: 865	It's the guy who drinks coffee

12-27-11 at 03:52 PM	#10
elitists Elite Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,147	Wow, took me an hour and three scratch sheets but I got it.

12-27-11 at 03:53 PM	#11
elitists Elite Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,147	Quote: Originally Posted by hvk001 It's the guy who drinks coffee Yep!

12-27-11 at 06:18 PM	#12
Ft720 Newcomer Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 49	Its the German! Woohoo i did it, I think?

12-27-11 at 06:21 PM	#13
Method512 Is there a character limi Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Jersey (GMT) Posts: 3,302	Quote: Originally Posted by Ft720 Its the German! Woohoo i did it, I think? Yeah!