Einstein's RiddIe!

There are 5 houses in 5 different coIors. In

each house Iives a person with a different
nationaIity. 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.
The question is: Who owns the fish?
Hints:
OThe Brit Iives in the red house.
OThe Swede keeps dogs as pets.
OThe Dane drinks tea.
OThe green house is on the Ieft of the white house.
OThe green homeowner drinks coffee.
OThe person who smokes PaII MaII rears birds.
OThe owner of the yeIIow house smokes DunhiII.
OThe man Iiving in the center house drinks miIk.
OThe Norwegian Iives in the first house.
OThe man who smokes BIend Iives next to the one who keeps cats.
OThe man who keeps the horse Iives next to the man who smokes DunhiII.
OThe owner who smokes BIuemaster drinks beer.
OThe German smokes prince.
OThe Norwegian Iives next to the bIue house.
OThe man who smokes BIend has a neighbor who drinks water.

Einstein wrote this riddIe earIy during the 19th century. He said 98%
of the worId couId not soIve it. Its not hard, you just need to pay
attention and be patient.



The answer is...
house 1 2 3 4 5
color yellow blue red green white
nationality norweigian dane brit german swede
drink water tea milk coIIee beer
smoke dunhill blend pall mall prince bluemaster
pet cats horse birds Iish dogs
Albert Einstein





This is the manner in which I was able to solve this riddle. It took me a while, but I am
certain this is the only correct answer.
I drew a chart like this:

House 1 House 2 House 3 House 4 House 5
Color

Person

Drink

Smoke

Pet

And I also made a place Ior associations, those Iacts that are linked together but cannot yet go
into the chart.

SO, the Iirst time through the clues I came up with.

House 1 House 2 House 3 House 4 House 5
Color

Blue

Person Norwegian

Drink

Milk

Smoke

Pet

Along with the following direct
associations:
And with the following adjacent
associations:
Brit - Red House
Swede - Dogs
Dane - Tea
Green House -
CoIIee
Pall Mall - Birds
Yellow House -
Dunhill
Bluemasters - Beer
German - Prince
Green House on the leIt oI White House
Blends next to Cats
Horse next to Dunhill
Blends next to Water



So analyzing these facts we can see more associations:
1. House 3 CANNOT be Green since the owner drinks Milk, not CoIIee.
2. Thus House 4 MUST be Green since it requires a house to the right. One which is White.
3. House 1 CANNOT be Red since the Norwegian lives there.
These Iacts limit the house color order to ONE possible solution.
Combined with the direct associations we have...

House 1 House 2 House 3 House 4 House 5
Color Yellow Blue Red Green White
Person Norwegian

Brit

Drink

Milk CoIIee

Smoke Dunhill

Pet

Along with the following direct
associations:
And with the following adjacent
associations:
Swede - Dogs
Dane - Tea
German - Prince
Pall Mall - Birds
Bluemasters - Beer
Blends next to Cats
Horse next to Dunhill
Blends next to Water



Now, looking for more limitations/associations we find that:
1. The Horse must be at House 2 since House 1 smokes Dunhill.
2. House 1 cannot have Birds, Dogs or Pall Mall.
3. House 3 cannot have Dogs, Bluemasters or Prince.
4. Either House 2 or 5 have the Bluemasters - Beer.
5. Since the horse is at House 2, then it must also have the Dane (the Swede has Dogs aIter
all).

Our chart now looks like this, including the conditions "Dane - Tea" and "Swede - Dogs".

House 1 House 2 House 3 House 4 House 5
Color Yellow Blue Red Green White
Person Norwegian Dane Brit German Swede
Drink

Tea Milk CoIIee Beer
Smoke Dunhill

Prince Bluemasters
Pet

Horse

Dogs
#emaining limitations/conditions:
1. Pall Mall - Birds
2. Blends next to Cats
3. Blends next to Water.

The remaining analysis can now be made:
1. House 3 MUST have "Pall Mall - Birds" (only house leIt without a smoke or pet deIined).
2. "Blends next to Cats" can now only Iit with Blends at House 2 and Cats at House 1.
3. The German is now the only one without a pet, thereIore owns the Iish.
4. Incidentally leaving the Water Ior the Norwegian.


House 1 House 2 House 3 House 4 House 5
Color Yellow Blue Red Green White
Person Norwegian Dane Brit GERMAN Sweed
Drink Water Tea Milk CoIIee Beer
Smoke Dunhill Blends Pall Mall Prince Bluemasters
Pet Cats Horse Birds FISH Dogs
II you Iollowed this analysis closely, you will see that this IS the only possible
solution...well, except Ior iI you want to mistranslate phrase "on the leIt".
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