Sunday, April 6, 2008

Einstein's Riddle

Hey,

I got this riddle from school, and just so all of you know, my Christy is in the 2%. Post your answers and we'll reveal the correct answer in the near future.

Kirk

Albert Einstein wrote this riddle during the early 19th century. He said that 98% of the world population would not be able to solve it.

Are you in the top 2% of intelligent people in the world?
Solve the riddle and find out.

There are no tricks, just pure logic, so good luck and don’t give up.
1. On a street there are five houses, painted five different colors.
2. In each house lives a person of different nationality.
3. These five homeowners each drink a different kind of beverage, smoke a different brand of cigar, and keep a different pet.

The Question: WHO OWNS THE FISH?

Clues
1. The Brit lives in a red house.
2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
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 rears birds.
7. The owner of the Yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The man living in the centre house drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
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.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi I have an answer but do you just want me to post it because it might help others?

Kati Atwood said...

I know I know!!

weston said...

i'm awesome!

jolyn said...

I got it if it's the same as Shane's