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Old Jan 28, 2007 | 08:03 PM
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Einstein's Riddle

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?

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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.
 
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Old Jan 28, 2007 | 08:30 PM
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I know the answer but won't spoil it for everyone else just yet.
 
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Old Jan 28, 2007 | 08:31 PM
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I guess I`m with the top 98% of the top of the world population....
Did you solve it on your own?
 
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Old Jan 28, 2007 | 09:09 PM
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that was just plain hard
 
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Old Jan 28, 2007 | 09:55 PM
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Here's a guess...

The Norwegian lives in the end house, doesn't smoke, and drinks water, therefore he might as well have a fish for a pet.
Now, you can explain how wrong I am?
AL.
 
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Old Jan 28, 2007 | 10:53 PM
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I guess I have ADD by hint #4 I just stopped caring. I don't care How smarter me am yes.
 
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Old Jan 28, 2007 | 11:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Snowking
I just stopped caring. I don't care How smarter me am yes.
The same here
 
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Old Jan 29, 2007 | 11:09 AM
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My guess is the German, but having to use logic is a serious handicap for me.
 
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Old Jan 29, 2007 | 01:27 PM
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I think I got it, but don't want to disclose the answer to everyone (I'm mean like that)
 
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Old Jan 29, 2007 | 01:49 PM
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I wouldnt know unless I read it all and gave it some thought... thinking that hard is like being in a stressful situation... LOL

I give up so whats the answer guys? and why? HAHAHA
 
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Old Jan 29, 2007 | 05:24 PM
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Einsteins a jerk I don't care.
 
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Old Jan 29, 2007 | 06:50 PM
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awww c'mon, your just saying that
 
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Old Jan 31, 2007 | 09:15 PM
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The correct answer...

Is what ever you BELIEVE it is.
Therefore, it was the Dane with the Brits' teapot in the stable leaving Dunhill butts to throw investigators off track while disposing of the fish corpse.
AL.
 
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Old Jan 31, 2007 | 09:17 PM
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So the answer really is I killed the fish and fed it to the dog. That is what I BELIEVE.
 
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Old Feb 1, 2007 | 03:28 PM
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t_dickie got it right! I won't post it here to ruin it for anyone else. If you want it, you can PM me and I'll tell you.
 
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