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Offline SC-Sp00k

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« on: August 30, 2002, 06:07:17 PM »
I want to know who is in each house, who smokes what cigar, what color house do they live in, what pet do they have, and what beverage do they drink.

In a street there are 5 houses painted 5 different colors. In each house lives a person of a different nationality. The 5 homeowners each drink a different beverage, smoke a different brand of cigar, and keep a different pet.

The question is: Who keeps the fish?

HINTS:
1. The Brit lives in the red house.
2. The Swede has a dog.
3. The Dane drinks tea.
4. The green house is on the left of the white house.
5. The owner of the green house drinks coffee.
6. The person who smokes pall mall has birds.
7. The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhills.
8. The man living in the center house drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The man who smokes blends lives next to the one who has cats.
11. The man who has horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhills.
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 neighbor who drinks water.

Albert Einstein wrote this riddle in the early 20th century. He said that 98% of the population would not be able to solve it. Good luck.


Try not to cheat by looking for the answer : )
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Offline ra

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« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2002, 06:59:37 PM »
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The German?

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Offline GRUNHERZ

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« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2002, 08:11:10 PM »
The German seems to own the fish.
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Offline Hangtime

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« Reply #3 on: August 30, 2002, 09:36:43 PM »
The German is gay.
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Offline Fyre

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« Reply #4 on: August 30, 2002, 09:56:13 PM »
i just got done contemplating the universe...maybe i'll be able to get to this one around July.
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Offline Cobra

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« Reply #5 on: August 30, 2002, 09:58:10 PM »
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Originally posted by Hangtime
The German is gay.


But the Frenchman still surrendered to him.
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Offline Toad

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« Reply #6 on: August 30, 2002, 10:34:18 PM »
Der Deutsche hält die Fische.

Weil Einstein ein Deutsches war?
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Offline koala

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« Reply #7 on: August 31, 2002, 01:00:05 AM »
yep, the German

Fun riddle :)    Took me just under 45 minutes of brain pain ;)

EDIT: For anyone interested, I put the entire solution here.
« Last Edit: August 31, 2002, 01:19:20 AM by koala »
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Offline senna

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« Reply #8 on: August 31, 2002, 02:10:43 AM »
Its the German.

EDIT:
5 possibilities. You get 15 of 25 values initially. Each set is five values that you must guess three of in the order of a matrix.

I came up with the German also.

WTG spook. :)
« Last Edit: August 31, 2002, 02:21:31 AM by senna »
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Offline AKDejaVu

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« Reply #9 on: August 31, 2002, 03:48:20 AM »
Anyone come up with this matrix?

Norwegian, Yellow House, Cats, water, Dunhill
Dane, Blue House, Horses, Tea, Blends
Brit, Red House, Birds, Milk, Pall Mall
Swede, White House, Dog, Beer, Blue Master
German, Green House, Fish, Coffee, Prince

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Offline deSelys

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« Reply #10 on: August 31, 2002, 05:31:15 AM »
CC same as you DJ but I had the houses in this order:
Yellow, Blue, Red, Green , White.

It doesn't seem to break any rule tho!

Now I need some aspirin...
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Offline LLv34_Snefens

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« Reply #11 on: August 31, 2002, 05:55:23 AM »
Almost Deja.

The Swede and german needs to switch (#4)
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Offline Swoop

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« Reply #12 on: August 31, 2002, 05:57:20 AM »
Hey Spook,

1)  ya cant use the IMG code in your sig.

2)  find another image hosting site cos yours sucks:




:)


Mine works, click properties for the addy.
(I just hadda find a new image host cos Boomspeed suddenly decided that linking to anything other than an auction site was against TOS.)


Oh and btw, you're all wrong, I live in a white house, with a cat, drink scotch and smoke marlboro.


« Last Edit: August 31, 2002, 06:11:57 AM by Swoop »
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Offline senna

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« Reply #13 on: August 31, 2002, 06:36:38 AM »
Actually it does.

4. The green house is on the left of the white house. Doesnt make diff though.

:)
« Last Edit: August 31, 2002, 06:50:52 AM by senna »
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Offline SC-Sp00k

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« Reply #14 on: August 31, 2002, 08:49:36 AM »
Yes Swoop thank you. I do know that ;) Im to lazy to hunt down another one at this particular time.

Ok...

The Answer

House #1
The Norwegian
Drinks: Water
Pet: Cats
Smokes: Dunhills

House #2
The Dane
Drinks: Tea
Pet: Horses
Smokes: Blends

House # 3
The Brit
Drinks: Milk
Pet: Birds
Smokes: Pall Mall

House # 4
The German
Drinks: Coffee
Pet: Fish
Smokes: Prince

House # 5
The Swede
Drinks: Beer
Pet: Dog
Smokes: Blue Master

This Means: The German keeps the fish.


Congrats to all those who answered correctly
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