Who owns the fish?

by no one 9 Replies latest jw friends

  • no one
    no one

    There are five houses in five different colours. In each house lives a person with a different nationality. The five 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. Also, the following information is available:

    • The Brit lives in the red house.
    • The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
    • The Dane drinks tea.
    • The green house is on the left of the white house.
    • The green home owner drinks coffee.
    • The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
    • The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
    • The man living in the centre house drinks milk.
    • The Norwegian lives in the first house.
    • The man who smokes Blend lives next to the one who keeps cats.
    • The man who keeps the horse lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
    • The owner who smokes Bluemaster drinks beer.
    • The German smokes Prince.
    • The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
    • The man who smokes Blend has a neighbour who drinks water.
    That are all the clues that are required to solve it; now the question is :

    Who owns the fish ?

  • Thunder Rider
    Thunder Rider

    The German

  • oldcrowwoman
    oldcrowwoman

    I have no clue???

    Welcome no one

    OCW

  • no one
    no one

    oldcrowwoman,

    You are very kind to research me a bit. 'Thunder' and I corresponded via PM after he answered. The origin of the riddle and solution may be found here:

    http://www.john.vu/goodies/Eriddle.html

  • Hamas
    Hamas

    ayeeee laddyy, I give in, so I do....

  • Elsewhere
    Elsewhere

    Norwegian

  • Elsewhere
    Elsewhere

    I just went and looked up the puzzle and I was wrong.

    I won't give away the answer, but some interesting things about this puzzle: It was created by Einstein and he predicted that 98% of the population could not solve it.

  • blueyes
    blueyes

    House 1 2 3 4 5

    color yel blu red grn wht

    Nation Norw Dane Brit Ger Swede

    Smoke Dunhill Blend Pall Mall Prince Bluemaster

    Pet cats horse birds fish dogs

    Drink water tea milk coffee beer

    The answer is "German". Above is the proof - I wouldn't want to guess.

  • plmkrzy
    plmkrzy

    darn darn you should have let this thread ride longer. I love these mind twisters. I didn't get to play

    lol!

  • lisaBObeesa
    lisaBObeesa

    After much thought I say: The GERMAN.

    Now I go see if I am right! (I have to be right!! I think...)

    edited to say: Hey, no fair posting the solution! (I swear I didn't see that!)

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