Supposedly, the rumor goes that when Einstein created the problem, he believed that only 2% of the population would be capable of solving it. And while the validity of that statement is dubious at best, it is a puzzle that can cause issues if you aren't careful.
The Einstein Problem is just a simple logic puzzle. There are five people of different nationalities, who all love a specific drink, smoke, pet, and house color. No two people in this group of five have the same drink, smoke, pet, or house color.
Here are the clues:
- The Brit lives in the red house
- The Swede keeps dogs as pets
- The Dane drinks tea
- The green house is on the immediate left of the white house as you stare at the front of the 5 houses
- The green house owner drinks coffee
- The person who smokes Pall Mall raises birds
- The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill
- The man who lives in the house in the center drinks milk
- The Norwegian lives in the first house
- The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats
- The man who keeps horses lives next to the one who smokes Dunhill
- The owner who smokes Bluemaster drinks juice
- The German smokes Prince
- The Norwegian lives next to the blue house
- The man who smokes Blend has a neighbor who drinks water
The main question is: Who owns the fish?
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That's all it is. Try your luck, if you get stuck or just want to see the method I used to solve it. Click here for the walkthrough.
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