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Zebra Puzzle

This was supposedly created by Einstein, and some claim only 2% of the world can solve it.
 

There are 5 houses each with a different color. Their owners, each with a unique heritage, drinks a certain type of beverage, smokes a certain brand of cigarette, and keep a certain variety of pet. None of the owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigarette or drink the same beverage.

Clues:

 Who owns the fish?

 








Answer

The German


Difficulty
      • Hard
      Type
        • Logic


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            Comments

            Looks like the Norwegian Has fish as a pet.
            - Timothy (31 May 2008)

            The German... He smokes Prince, drinks coffee, lives in green house.
            - st (23 Oct 2008)

            I say it is the German. He smokes Prince, lives in the green house, drinks coffee, his house is 4th and has the fish as a pet.
            - jan (3 Dec 2008)

            I agree with Jan...here are my final results:

            1st
            norwegian
            color = yellow
            drink = water
            cig = dunhill
            pet = cats

            2nd
            dane
            color = blue
            drink = tea
            cig = blends
            pet = horse

            3rd
            brit
            color = red
            drink = milk
            cig = pall mall
            pet = birds

            4th
            german
            color = green
            drink = coffee
            cig = prince
            pet = fish

            5th
            swede
            color = white
            drink = beer
            cig = bluemasters
            pet = dogs
            - Louis (9 Dec 2008)

            Exact same results as Louis. Took me about an hour scribbling through my notes to solve the puzzle.
            - Richelle (23 May 2009)

            22 Minutes, exact same results
            - Tyler (18 Jun 2009)

            gosh- am impressed- i got all the same answers without looking at the comments below. Took me 20 minutes though! Im very impressed with myself!
            - helen (5 Oct 2009)

            I did something like this (Artemis Fowl version :) (fangathering.com)). It said it was a version of Einsten's Zebra puzzle so I did the real one, and it was just as easy! BTW I'm 12 years old. I finished both in about half-an-hour
            - Jgal (16 Jan 2010)

            I'm 13 and I was taught how to work through this with several other similar puzzles- I find the best way is to draw up a grid, and put dots on whats confirmed, etc.
            - kate (27 Jan 2010)

            The German can live in 5th house from the right.
            - Erfahrungssatz (3 Mar 2010)

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