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sri_lion

11-18-2006, 12:17 AM

The author of this problem is Albert Einstein who said that 98% of the people in the world can't solve it..

Prove him wrong if you can!!!!

Question follows..

Facts:

1. There are 5 houses (along the street) in 5 different colors:
blue, green, red, white and yellow.

2. In each house lives a person of a different nationality:
Brit, Dane, German, Norwegian and Swede.

3. These 5 owners drink a certain beverage:
Beer, coffee, milk, tea and water,

smoke a certain brand of cigar:
Blue Master, Dunhill, Pall Mall, Prince and blend,

and keep a certain pet:
Cat, bird, dog, fish and horse.

4. No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar, or drink the same beverage.

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 on the left of the white house (next to it).
5. The green house owner 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 house right in the center drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The man who smokes blend lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
12. The owner 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 blend has a neighbor who drinks water.

QUESTION IS: Who keeps fish as a pet?

Anusha

11-18-2006, 01:52 PM

sld

11-18-2006, 02:05 PM

When I first saw this I took first saw this I took 37 days to solve it. My sister took less than a minute to download the solution from the net :( :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Anusha

11-18-2006, 03:58 PM

Hehe
Took me about 15 minutes.

sri_lion

11-18-2006, 04:41 PM

blackroses

11-18-2006, 04:44 PM

yep german..........

sld

11-18-2006, 04:47 PM

Hehe
Took me about 15 minutes.
did you actually solve it or got it online.

Anusha

11-18-2006, 05:16 PM

Solved it. :yes:

Not that hard if you list all the info on an Excel sheet.

You can fill about 40% of cages with the info given. Then some logical thinking, you can solve it.

sld

11-18-2006, 05:26 PM

Solved it. :yes:

Not that hard if you list all the info on an Excel sheet.

You can fill about 40% of cages with the info given. Then some logical thinking, you can solve it.

Hmmmm interesting 3 quarters down the way you get to a point where there are three answers and that's where I got stuck. Had to run through the whole thing on those individual paths. But I didn't write anything down... did the whole thing in the IQ test format. In the good ol' head. No wonder it took me so long

Anusha

11-18-2006, 05:33 PM

Yeah. I knew it from all along, that I needed at least a paper.
But easier to work on Excel. No erasing is needed. Just delete the cages :)

Novindu

11-18-2006, 06:09 PM

haha so u guys got da answer ha?? ela ela....... i just let it go.....

Anusha

11-18-2006, 06:19 PM

:rofl:

rocks_lp

11-18-2006, 09:46 PM

Yeah. I knew it from all along, that I needed at least a paper.
But easier to work on Excel. No erasing is needed. Just delete the cages :)
man i stll dont understand how did u get de answer.:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:

Anusha

11-18-2006, 09:48 PM

I will explain it if I will feel like bothering myself to type all arguments and rethink about the whole thing. :cool:

sri_lion

11-19-2006, 10:28 AM

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 on the left of the white house (next to it).
5. The green house owner 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 house right in the center drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The man who smokes blend lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
12. The owner 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 blend has a neighbor who drinks water.

QUESTION IS: Who keeps fish as a pet?

Guys you'll have to get hints from hints to solve this problem.. once you solve half the rest is not difficult let me give you an example..

It says that:

7. The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.

which means we can get another hint that

The person who smokes Dunhill is not the one with the Horse as a pet

Or The person who has a Horse as pet does not live in the yellow house

So that's an example... you'll have to do a bit of cross thinking!!!!:yes: :yes: :yes:

sld

11-19-2006, 10:55 AM

Guys you'll have to get hints from hints to solve this problem.. once you solve half the rest is not difficult let me give you an example..

It says that:

7. The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.

which means we can get another hint that

The person who smokes Dunhill is not the one with the Horse as a pet

Or The person who has a Horse as pet does not live in the yellow house

So that's an example... you'll have to do a bit of cross thinking!!!!:yes: :yes: :yes:

Yeah it's not the easiest thing to solve let alone do it in minutes. Looks like Anusha is a mensa member :lol:

Anusha

11-19-2006, 11:08 AM

Let's just say that this is not the first time I have tackled such problems ;)

crazy_m

11-19-2006, 11:15 AM

Oh! brilliant welldone Anusha:yes: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:

sld

11-19-2006, 11:17 AM

Let's just say that this is not the first time I have tackled such problems ;)

I do iq tests as a challenge too but doing this in minutes is exceptional. Congrats brainiac:lol:

Anusha

11-19-2006, 11:33 AM

I will explain it if I will feel like bothering myself to type all arguments and rethink about the whole thing. :cool:

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Anusha

11-19-2006, 11:34 AM

That's how I solved it. :)

And don't ask any more questions about it. I'm already fed up typing all that. :yes:

sld

11-19-2006, 11:38 AM

yeah that is the way to solve it but do it in your head.... lot more fun than playing a video game ;)

sri_lion

11-19-2006, 11:47 AM

Oh! Anusha you are very tidy ha??? Here is my Excel sheet.... he..he..:yes: :yes: :lol: :lol: :lol:
http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/9/17/223855/EQ.jpg

Anusha

11-19-2006, 11:54 AM

:rofl:

sld

11-19-2006, 11:58 AM

Which excel version is that machan??? :lol: :lol:

Anusha

11-19-2006, 12:11 PM

Excel 2007 Enterprise

Build 12.0.4518.1014 if you are interested.

This (http://www.elakiri.com/forum/showthread.php?p=103791#post103791) one.

amila325

11-19-2006, 12:16 PM

When I first saw this I took first saw this I took 37 days to solve it. My sister took less than a minute to download the solution from the net :( :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

adoooooooooooo paw ban uba ubata mulinma ubata thibbe sisgen ahanna
:cool: :cool: :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :cool: :cool:

sld

11-19-2006, 12:22 PM

Excel 2007 Enterprise

Build 12.0.4518.1014 if you are interested.

This (http://www.elakiri.com/forum/showthread.php?p=103791#post103791) one.

No no I was making fun of sri_lion :lol:

sld

11-19-2006, 12:23 PM

adoooooooooooo paw ban uba ubata mulinma ubata thibbe sisgen ahanna
:cool: :cool: :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :cool: :cool:

I know machan monawa karannada:( . Still I enjoyed it a lot :yes:

Anusha

11-19-2006, 01:19 PM

:rofl:

sri_lion

11-19-2006, 06:56 PM

Which excel version is that machan??? :lol: :lol:

he..he.. That's more like "Ex hell version" eh???? ha..ha..:yes: :yes: :lol: :lol:

sri_lion

11-19-2006, 06:58 PM

No no I was making fun of sri_lion :lol:

O'right.... O'right... Knock yourself out boy!!!!;) ;) ;)