This puzzle has been said to have been invented by Albert Einstein as a boy and some claim that only 2% of the population can solve it.
There are 5 houses in 5 different colors. All the 5 owners are of different nationality. The 5 owners drink different beverages, smoke different brand of cigars, and own different pets. No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar, or drink the same beverage.
- There are five houses.
- The Brit lives in the red house.
- The Spaniard owns the dog.
- Coffee is drunk in the green house.
- The Ukrainian drinks tea.
- The green house is immediately to the right of the ivory house.
- The Old Gold smoker owns snails.
- Kools are smoked in the yellow house.
- Milk is drunk in the middle house.
- The Norwegian lives in the first house.
- The man who smokes Chesterfields lives in the house next to the man with the fox.
- Kools are smoked in the house next to the house where the horse is kept.
- The Lucky Strike smoker drinks orange juice.
- The Japanese smokes Parliaments.
- The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
Who owns the zebra?
Answer
The Japanese man owns the zebra.
House | Colour | Nationality | Drink | Smoke | Pet |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Yellow | Norwegian | Water | Kools | Fox |
2 | Blue | Ukrainian | Tea | Chesterfield | Horse |
3 | Red | Brit | Milk | Old Gold | Snails |
4 | Ivory | Spaniard | Orange juice | Lucky Strike | Dog |
5 | Green | Japanese | Coffee | Parliament | Zebra |