Gustav Brock
gustav at cactus.dk
Sun Feb 9 05:49:00 CST 2003
Hi Oleg That was great fun, though I doubt that so few should be able to solve it - it's only a matter of taking a piece of paper and go through the rules over and over until you have narrowed it in - and guessing doesn't do it here, as that - of course - would indicate the Norwegian to be the fish owner! /gustav > 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. ***