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Willard 07-01-2002 12:03 PM

Here is today's Riddle of the Day:
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Einstein's Riddle:
Einstein has been widely credited online with the following riddle, and with the claim that 98% of the world could not solve it. But several of our NIEHS scientists were able to solve it, and they said it is not all that hard if you pay attention and are very patient. Give it a try:

There are 5 houses in 5 different colors in a row. In each house lives a person with a different nationality. The 5 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. Other facts:

1.The Brit lives in the red house.

2.The Swede keeps dogs as pets.

3.The Dane drinks tea.

4.The green house is on the immediate left of the white house.

5.The green house's owner drinks coffee.

6.The owner who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.

7.The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.

8.The owner living in the center house drinks milk.

9.The Norwegian lives in the first house.

10.The owner who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.

11.The owner who keeps the horse lives next to the one who smokes Dunhill.

12.The owner who smokes Bluemasters drinks beer.

13.The German smokes Prince.

14.The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.

15.The owner who smokes Blends lives next to the one who drinks water.

The question is : WHO OWNS THE FISH?

[ 07-02-2002, 01:53 PM: Message edited by: Willard ]

SomeGuy 07-01-2002 12:20 PM

No one? The German?

[ 07-01-2002, 12:21 PM: Message edited by: SomeGuy ]

Willard 07-01-2002 12:26 PM

YES!!!!!!
SomeGuy, you are now OFICIALLY not part of the 98%. Congrats!
The answer is the German.
[img]graemlins/elf.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/rambo.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/diablo.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/starwars.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/stormy.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/repuke.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/smilebounce.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/cheers.gif[/img] :D [img]graemlins/blueblink.gif[/img]

The next part of the riddle is this:
What color is the German's house?

[ 07-01-2002, 12:27 PM: Message edited by: Willard ]

SomeGuy 07-01-2002 12:45 PM

White? Green? Can we email that website or whatever has this riddle and tell them that an 11 year old boy got the answer right?

Legolas 07-01-2002 12:50 PM

The coffee drinking german who lives in the fourth house (a green one) and smokes prince has the fish.

Legolas 07-01-2002 12:51 PM

Dang, beat me to it. I know all about the others too though... [img]smile.gif[/img]

johnny 07-01-2002 12:55 PM

WHOA.....Someguy, the Einstein of the new century !!! :D

SomeGuy 07-01-2002 12:56 PM

I'm 11 and I as smart as a riddle answering scientestHey and that's just what I'm going to be!A scientest!

Ar-Cunin 07-01-2002 01:52 PM

The complete set

..............house nr...colour.....drink......smoke..........pet
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Norwegian......1.......yellow.....water.....PallMa ll........bird
Dane.............2.......blue........tea........Bl end..........horse
Brit...............3.......red.........milk....... .Dunhill.........cat
German.........4........green......coffee....Princ e.........fish
Swede..........5........white......beer.......Blue Master...dog

Took a little while (and a lead pencil and an eraser ;) )

P.S. SomeGuy - it is spelled scientist [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img] ;)

Legolas 07-01-2002 02:06 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ar-Cunin:
The complete set

..............house nr...colour.....drink......smoke..........pet
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Norwegian......1.......yellow.....water.....PallMa ll........bird
Dane.............2.......blue........tea........Bl end..........horse
Brit...............3.......red.........milk....... .Dunhill.........cat
German.........4........green......coffee....Princ e.........fish
Swede..........5........white......beer.......Blue Master...dog

Took a little while (and a lead pencil and an eraser ;) )

P.S. SomeGuy - it is spelled scientist [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img] ;)

I think you made an error there. If I have it right, it's
Norwegian......1.......yellow.....water.....Dunhill........cat
Dane.............2.......blue........tea........Bl end..........horse
Brit...............3.......red.........milk....... .Pall Mall.........bird
German.........4........green......coffee....Princ e.........fish
Swede..........5........white......beer.......Blue Master...dog

Otherwise the Brit would be living in a yellow house, wouldn't (s)he?


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