[AccessD] OT- Ftiday Humor (Einstein Quiz)

cross-posted to accessd and ot -- I won't pursue this on accessd any
further.

FWIW, I have a few observations that I'm going to take to the OT list if
anyone wants to follow. First, I'm going to do a little research and see if
this quiz really originated with Einstein because frankly folks, I don't put
myself in the top 2% of the population. Second, the test appears to be a bit
gender bias -- and I don't say that as a criticism, but more of an
observation. I don't want to say anything yet because I don't want to shadow
anyone's results. But I definitely saw in flaw in one of the categories --
or what I perceived to be a flaw -- I want to discuss it later to learn if
it was really a flaw, intentional, or just my ignorance of a particular
subject (hence the gender bias). Or, of course, if it's just a hoax, that
would explain it too. And then there's always the possibility that I'm just
goofy! ;)

Susan H.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Susan Harkins" <harkins at iglou.com>
To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 3:49 PM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT- Ftiday Humor (Einstein Quiz)


> Well JC, I got it right, but not truly using logic -- I guess it is a form
> of logic, but not in the sense we've come to think of logic -- as
"deducing"
> a conclusion from facts. I won't tell you the key I used, unless you
really
> get stuck -- but frankly -- I think it's kind of like if a rooster lays an
> egg on top of the barn, which way does it fall? ;)
>
> Susan H.
>
>
> > 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. ***
> > >
> > >
> > >
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