Donald R. Bozarth
drboz at pacbell.net
Sat Feb 8 21:02:06 CST 2003
Makes no difference... The only references to which house are that 1 is inhabited by a Norwegian and occupant of the Center house drinks milk... it'll work either way. The trick is to make a table of the "known facts" and apply the "details (think rules)" to it. Don B. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John W. Colby" <jcolby at colbyconsulting.com> To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 6:31 PM Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT- Ftiday Humor (Einstein Quiz) > But are the houses numbered left to right? > > 1,2,3,4,5 > > or right to left? > > 5,4,3,2,1 > > > John W. Colby > Colby Consulting > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Donald R. > Bozarth > Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 7:56 PM > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com > Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT- Ftiday Humor (Einstein Quiz) > > > The definitive answer... with a nice explanation can be found at: > > http://mcraeclan.com/Graeme/EinsteinQuiz.htm > > > Don B. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Oleg_123 at xuppa.com> > To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 3:14 PM > Subject: [AccessD] OT- Ftiday Humor (Einstein Quiz) > > > > Its not really a joke, but I think some (who haven't seen it before may > > find it fun) Got the same answer as a girl I know, so hope, its' correct.. > > :) > > ---------------------------------------- > > > > There are 5 houses in five different colors. In each house lives a person > > with a different nationality. These five owners drink a certain drink, > > smoke a certain brand of cigar, and keep a certain pet no owners have the > > same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar or drink the same drink. The > > question is --- who owns the fish? > > > > Hints: > > > > - the Brit lives in the red house > > - the Swede keeps dogs as pets > > - the Dane drinks tea > > - the green house is on the left of the white house > > - the green house owner drinks coffee > > - the person who smokes Pall Mal rears birds > > - the owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill > > - the man living in the house right 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 Blue Master drinks beer > > - the German smokes Prince > > - the Norwegian lives next to the blue house > > - the man who smokes Blend has a neighbor who drinks water > > > > > > *** Einstein wrote this quiz last century. He said that 98% of the World > > could not figure it out. *** > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > > Send a Xuppa Valentine to Your Sweetheart today! > > http://www.xuppa.com/greet/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > AccessD mailing list > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com