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Einstein's Riddle: Who Owns the Fish?

The document presents Albert Einstein's riddle about 5 houses of different colors, their occupants of different nationalities, and the beverages they drink, cigarettes they smoke, and pets they own. It provides 15 clues to deduce who owns the fish. Einstein claimed 98% of people could not solve the riddle. The riddle is then solved by listing the attributes of each house in a table.

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Einstein's Riddle: Who Owns the Fish?

The document presents Albert Einstein's riddle about 5 houses of different colors, their occupants of different nationalities, and the beverages they drink, cigarettes they smoke, and pets they own. It provides 15 clues to deduce who owns the fish. Einstein claimed 98% of people could not solve the riddle. The riddle is then solved by listing the attributes of each house in a table.

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ALBERT EINSTEIN'S RIDDLE

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. In a street there are five houses, painted five different colours.


2. In each house lives a person of different nationality
3. These five homeowners each drink a different kind of beverage, smoke different brand of cigar
and keep a different pet.

THE QUESTION: WHO OWNS THE FISH?

HINTS

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 next to, and 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 neighbour who drinks water.

ALBERT EINSTEIN WROTE THIS RIDDLE EARLY DURING THE 19th CENTURY. HE SAID
THAT 98% OF THE WORLD POPULATION WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SOLVE IT.
house 1 2 3 4 5
color yellow blue red green white
nationality norweigian dane brit german swede
drink water tea milk coffee beer
smoke dunhill blend pall mall prince bluemaster
pet cats horse birds fish dogs

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