Author Topic: Einstein Question/Riddle (Read 644 times)

LePaul · « **on:** December 24, 2003, 08:31:42 AM »

only 2% of people get this right. See if you can. (by the way I'm part of that 2% , took me about an 45 minutes)

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?

Hints:
1The Brit lives in the red house.
2The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
3The Dane drinks tea.
4The green house is on the left of the white house.
5The green homeowner drinks coffee.
6The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8The man living in the center house drinks milk.
9The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10The man who smokes Blend lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11The man who keeps the horse lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
12The owner who smokes Bluemaster drinks beer.
13The German smokes prince.
14The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15The man who smokes Blend has a neighbor who drinks water.

CyranoAH · « **Reply #1 on:** December 24, 2003, 08:40:29 AM »

Actually the question is... where have you been lately?

Tuomio · « **Reply #2 on:** December 24, 2003, 08:54:29 AM »

and remember that this is supposed to be solved without paper notes.

Holden McGroin · « **Reply #3 on:** December 24, 2003, 09:29:59 PM »

brit also britt ( P ) Pronunciation Key (brt)
n.
The young of herring and similar fish.
Minute marine organisms, such as crustaceans of the genus Calanus, that are a major source of food for right whales.

The brit is[/b] a fish...

Octavius · « **Reply #4 on:** December 24, 2003, 09:57:27 PM »

the german has the fish.

(this has already been posted by the way

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majic · « **Reply #5 on:** December 24, 2003, 10:27:02 PM »

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Originally posted by Tuomio
and remember that this is supposed to be solved without paper notes.

Seriously?

Vulcan · « **Reply #6 on:** December 25, 2003, 05:01:55 AM »

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Originally posted by Holden McGroin
brit also britt ( P ) Pronunciation Key (brt)
n.
The young of herring and similar fish.
Minute marine organisms, such as crustaceans of the genus Calanus, that are a major source of food for right whales.

The brit is a fish... [/B]

Pommies is the correct term.

Tuomio · « **Reply #7 on:** December 25, 2003, 05:22:45 AM »

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Originally posted by majic
Seriously?

Yep, this test measures your ability to organize and relate data in your mind. Funny thing is that people who can do it "right", solve it in something like 10-15 minutes, where others who utilize paper notes (like me) it takes 30+ mins.

I think 45mins on this test means that you really dont belong on the 2% side, because you must've had serious difficulties. I have never heard about the original basis of this test (if there is any) so its just my opinion.

NUKE · « **Reply #8 on:** December 25, 2003, 06:32:01 AM »

I'd bet most could never solve this, paper notes or not.

majic · « **Reply #9 on:** December 25, 2003, 10:16:45 AM »

Damn. It's easy on paper, but without? No way. (I'm sure some could do it, but wow.)

AKIron · « **Reply #10 on:** December 25, 2003, 10:18:45 PM »

Someone gave me that one a few years ago. I asked if they meant the green house neighbored the white house on the left or was just to the left (not necessarily adjacent) and they told me the latter. I couldn't solve it based on that but can easily assuming the green house neighbors the white house. Which is it?

Drunky · « **Reply #11 on:** December 25, 2003, 11:07:17 PM »

Obviously I'm smarter than all of you...i don't give a rat's arse.

Saved my 15 to 45 minutes for other pursuits

deSelys · « **Reply #12 on:** December 27, 2003, 08:21:30 AM »

You're right about the notes. I've noticed that most people can do it while taking notes. 30' time seems to be average.

One of my colleagues did it in 30' too, without scribbling anything. It was pretty amazing.

Nilsen · « **Reply #13 on:** December 27, 2003, 05:07:52 PM »

Id say Kermit did it.

Nilsen · « **Reply #14 on:** December 27, 2003, 05:08:35 PM »

or perhaps one of the teletubbies