Einstein's Fish Riddle

[Glip]

Einstein wrote this riddle last century and said that 98% of the world’s population would not be able to solve it.

• There are 5 houses that are each a different colour.
• There is a person of a different nationality in each house.
• The 5 owners drink a certain drink. They each smoke a certain brand of cigarettes and also have a certain pet. No owner has the same pet, smokes the same brand of cigarettes nor drinks the same drink.
• The question is. “Who has the fish?”

CLUES

1. The British man lives in the red house.
2. The Swedish man has a dog for a pet.
3. The Danish man drinks tea.
4. The green house is to the left of the white house.
5. The owner of the green house drinks coffee.
6. The person that smokes Pall Mall has a bird.
7. The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The person that lives in the middle house drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The person that smokes Blend, lives next to the one that has a cat.
11. The person that has a horse lives next to the one that smokes Dunhill.
12. The one that smokes Bluemaster drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to a blue house.
15. The person that smokes Blend, has a neighbour that drinks water.

Good luck!

[creedkingsx]

I was going to sleep.
But this catches my interest far more.

Too tired to comprehend. x.x
will do tomorrow.

[Shaded]

Since it's not included anywhere in the information provided, I'm assuming it isn't a trick question and someone does in fact own a fish?

[Mopin]

Only 4 animals are mentioned in the clues, so all you need to do is to find out who they belong to. The person that's remaining must own the fish.

That's pretty much the basis of the whole riddle, I just can't be bothered to work through all those clues to get the real answer. :)

[Shaded]

I think I've got it. I had to make a spreadsheet but I puzzled it out.

It's the german guy who owns the fish.

[Glip]

I think I've got it. I had to make a spreadsheet but I puzzled it out.

It's the german guy who owns the fish.

Correct! Congratulations on being the 2%! :D

[Ash]

is it possible to do these without clues?

[creedkingsx]

The German?

[Kovath]

The German?

You sneaky devil

[creedkingsx]

You sneaky devil

I didn't look at the other spoiler cause that would ruin the fun. I still don't know that I was right xD

[EagleMan]

Einstein didn't make this riddle. Because you all care about that information so deeply.

[Shaded]

I didn't look at the other spoiler cause that would ruin the fun. I still don't know that I was right xD

You are BTW. /fistbump

[Shaded]

Einstein didn't make this riddle. Because you all care about that information so deeply.

Perhaps not, but It's a great hook.

[Auckmid]

I keep on getting the British guy, even though I know he's the wrong answer:(

[BarelyNerdy]

I always wanted to have a try at this! Thanks for the reminder XD

TO EXCEL!

[RaikouRider]

I'm not looking at the spoiler tag solutions. I'll figure it out myself.

[Bluejay]

I did this puzzle once when I was in summer camp before 8th grade. Got a wrong answer at first, but then found a mistake in my logic and got it right afterwards. Figuring it out took a good deal of the day I received the puzzle.

[Escaho]

Color of House:
Yellow House
Blue House
Red House
Green House
White House


Occupied by:
Norwegian
Dane
Brit
German
Swede


Who smokes:
Dunhill
Blend
Pall Mall
Prince
Bluemaster


Who drinks:
Water
Tea
Milk
Coffee
Beer


Who owns:
Cat
Horse
Bird
Fish
Dog

[Glip]

Color of House:
Yellow House
Blue House
Red House
Green House
White House


Occupied by:
Norwegian
Dane
Brit
German
Swede


Who smokes:
Dunhill
Blend
Pall Mall
Prince
Bluemaster


Who drinks:
Water
Tea
Milk
Coffee
Beer


Who owns:
Cat
Horse
Bird
Fish
Dog



Lol, beautiful chart, and yes, that is correct.

[flunk09]

Sorry for being anal, but there are actually two solutions.

Clue 4 doesn't explicitly say that the green house is directly to the left of the white house so you can also have:



Color of House:
Green House
Blue House
White House
Yellow House
Red House




Occupied by:
Norwegian
German
Swede
Dane
British


Who smokes:
Pall Mall
Prince
Blend
Dunhill
Bluemaster


Who drinks:
Coffee
Water
Milk
Tea
Beer


Who owns:
Bird
Cat
Dog
Fish
Horse



I'm pretty sure all the conditions are satisfied but apologies if I'm wrong!

[CmG]

Did someone call me?