Einstein’s “Who Owns the Fish”
This brain teaser was allegedly created by Albert Einstein in the late 19th century, who (allegedly) claimed that only 2% of people can solve it correctly. I solved it in about 7 minutes, and two half-sheets of paper, but made (correct) assumptions and then doublechecked the facts. My girlfriend took over an hour, but worked only with the facts; she made absolutely no assumptions. The correct answer CAN be determined with just the hints provided below. Please, do not give away the answer in the comments, but feel free to ask and I will get back to you privately. And don’t search for the answer, where’s the fun in cheating?
In a street there are five houses, painted five different colors.
In each house lives a person of different nationality
These five homeowners each drink a different kind of beverage, smoke different brands of cigarrettes and keep a different pet.
THE QUESTION: WHO OWNS THE FISH?
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 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 keeps birds.
7. The owner of the Yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The man living in the center 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 Masters drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Princes.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15. The man who smokes Blends has a neighbor who drinks water.
Speaking of Albert Einstein and fish…
Meet Albert Einstein, the World’s Smartest Goldfish, a three year-old calico fantail goldfish. Albert has learned some amazing tricks after a couple months in Fish School, and is the current holder of the Guinness World Record for the fish with the most tricks! Read more about Albert, and see videos here.
Topics: Albert Einstein, Brain Teasers, Goldfish |
April 27th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Good words.
July 2nd, 2010 at 8:14 am
Hi,
My response is that the German owns the fish.
Lemme know if this is right…