This puzzle is attributed to Albert Einstein and it is claimed that 98% of the people are incapable of solving it.
Let us assume that there are five houses of different colors next to each other on the same road. In each house lives a man of a different nationality. Every man has his favorite drink, his favorite brand of cigarettes, and keeps pets of a particular kind.
Let us assume that there are five houses of different colors next to each other on the same road. In each house lives a man of a different nationality. Every man has his favorite drink, his favorite brand of cigarettes, and keeps pets of a particular kind.
- The Englishman lives in the red house.
- The Swede keeps dogs.
- The Dane drinks tea.
- The green house is just to the left of the white one.
- The owner of the green house drinks coffee.
- The Pall Mall smoker keeps birds.
- The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhills.
- The man in the center house drinks milk.
- The Norwegian lives in the first house.
- The Blend smoker has a neighbor who keeps cats.
- The man who smokes Blue Masters drinks beer.
- The man who keeps horses lives next to the Dunhill smoker.
- The German smokes Prince.
- The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
- The Blend smoker has a neighbor who drinks water.
The question to be answered is: Who keeps fish?
Solution:
Clue#4 is NOT from the pov of someone standing outside the house. Houses DO have their own left and right directions, don't they!
House 1
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House 2
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House 3
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House 4
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House 5
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Yellow
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Blue
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Red
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White
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Green
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Water
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Tea
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Milk
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Beer
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Coffee
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Cat
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Horse
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Bird
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Dog
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Fish
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Dunhill
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Blends
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Pallmall
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Bluemaster
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Prince
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Norwegian
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Dane
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Brit
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Swede
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German
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