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Thread: Einstein's Riddle

  1. #1
    iLLUNis
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    Einstein's Riddle

    Alright guys. There you have it.Your chance to prove yourself. Dont cheat and give it a go. There will be a Poll that will be running for 10 days. If you do vote for a solution please comment on it. There it goes....

    There are 5 houses that belong to 5 different people. In every house lives a person of different nationality. The 5 owners drink a specific brand of drink, smoke a designated brand of cigarettes, and they have a specific pet. Between them they all have different pets, different cigarettes and different drinks. The question is?¢_¬¶.who has the fish as a pet.


    Here are the clues?¢_¬¶.
    1. The ENGLISH guy lives in the RED house
    2. The SWEDISH has a DOG
    3. The DANISH drinks TEA
    4. The GREEN house is at the left of the WHITE house
    5. The owner of the GREEN house drinks COFFEE
    6. The guy that smokes PALL MALL cigarettes has BIRDS as a PET
    7. The owner of the YELLOW house smokes DUNHILL
    8. The guy that lives in the MIDDLE house drinks MILK
    9. The NORWEGIAN lives at the FIRST house
    10. The guy that smokes BLENDS lives next to the guy that has CATS
    11. The guy that has a HORSE lives next to the guy that smokes DUNHILL
    12. The guy that smokes BLUEMASTERS drinks BEER
    13. The GERMAN smokes PRINCE
    14. The NORWEGIAN lives next to the BLUE house
    15. The guy that smokes BLENDS has a neighbour that drinks WATER


    Einstein wrote this riddle on the 20th century and claimed that 98% of people cannot solve it.

  2. #2

    Einstein's Riddle

    God that was a mess... not exactly easy, more a pain in the butt than anything else though. The guy with the fish is German. Here's a little hint, doing things in a specific order really helps out. For anyone else wanting to try, I'd suggest starting with getting all the colors of the houses first, and move on from there. There is a method to solve this, you just gotta keep track of your variables.
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  3. #3

    Einstein's Riddle

    I also have the feeling that it is the German, in the end I had to move the things I hadn't been able to place around a little to be able to finish, but I believe the German is the only one you cannot link to an animal in any way...

    It took me about 2 hrs to finish, I think there is an easier way though! :roll:
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  4. #4

    Einstein's Riddle

    I think that the butler did it... oh wait, wrong puzzle!

    This reminds me of some puzzles I used to do when I was younger. I think that you can arrange a "sort of" 2D grid for all the possibilities, and after that it's simply perseverence. Uh, if that didn't make any sense to anyone, at least I know what I mean!
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  5. #5
    iLLUNis
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    Einstein's Riddle

    hehe....whoever did it....why dont you just vote to see the results?.. :lol: I agree though....you do have to keep track of your variables.... :idea:

  6. #6

    Einstein's Riddle

    Sorry Illunis, totally forgot to vote... MY HEAD HURTS FROM THIS RIDDLE!

    Do you also want to know in which house and what sigaret make he smokes
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  7. #7
    iLLUNis
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    Einstein's Riddle

    Quote Originally Posted by TheLion
    Sorry Illunis, totally forgot to vote... MY HEAD HURTS FROM THIS RIDDLE!

    Do you also want to know in which house and what sigaret make he smokes

  8. #8
    iLLUNis
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    Einstein's Riddle

    :lol: :lol: :lol: it is really funny that noone is actually voting for it..... :? :shock: :shock: :shock: 9 days left.....

  9. #9

    Einstein's Riddle

    Okay I go with the German.

    Was actually fairly easy by logical reduction... I guess writing it down on paper with each possible option for each possible house helped me visualise it better. Then just applying the known facts over and over until it reduced to who lived where etc

    Neil

  10. #10

    Einstein's Riddle

    I'll say German since everybody else seems to be.
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