Friday, January 09, 2009




Something for the brain


I find questions like this (below) very interesting and great for stimulating the brain. One of the ways to keep the mind active is to do things like this, answering mind-boggling questions and keep using it.

And I did manage find the answer to this question (YAY!), supposedly asked by the great Albert Einstein. Let me know if you had discovered the answer. Don't cheat and google for it! That will defeat the purpose of this brain exercise.


So here's the question:

Einstein stressed examining assumptions, and once wrote: "The important thing is to not stop questioning."


Facts:
1. There are 5 houses in 5 different colours.
2. In each house lives a person with a different nationality.
3. These 5 owners drink a certain beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar and keep a certain pet.
4. No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar or drink the same drink.

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.
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 centre 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 neighbour who drinks water.


The question is... WHO KEEPS THE FISH?


As I have said, the answer is workable. And it does help if you draw out the hints provided (that might not apply to certain people). Remember what Einstein said: Assumptions and don't stop asking questions.


Have fun! Answer will be revealed on Monday and be prepared for a surprise! IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK ;) Have a great weekend friends!

5 Comments:

Blogger Inge' said...

John,
Since I don't think logically, my husband told me to think of this like the game "Clue". So here is my answer:

"Col. Mustard in the library of the blue house with the rope." :)

Saturday, January 10, 2009 2:03:00 PM  
Blogger Donna said...

I've never been good at logic questions. I've no idea from the clues given just who does keep fish so I'm going to just guess (cause I've found I'm better at guessing than trying to figure out logic).
I believe the man who drinks tea keeps fishes.

Sunday, January 11, 2009 3:46:00 AM  
Blogger baggie said...

Me!! :P

Sunday, January 11, 2009 4:50:00 AM  
Blogger MysLykeMeeh said...

Lolzz-- mean has a wide space for sex brain cell--hahaha! ---okay, am I supposed to be ' surprise?

Hahaha!

Not really--- ! Oh men....but trust me--- men are so damn hot these days!---lozzzz

Monday, January 12, 2009 7:14:00 AM  
Blogger John said...

Congratulations everyone! You are all CORRECT! LOL

Mys Lyke Meeh, I don't think any STRAIGHT guy can have a smaller brain capacity for sex neurons... :D

Tuesday, January 13, 2009 2:52:00 PM  

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