# Logic Riddle

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/logic-riddle/75128>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [October 20, 2009, 5:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/logic-riddle/75128 "2009-10-20T17:47:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 14\
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**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 5:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/logic-riddle/75128/1 "2009-10-20T17:47:11Z")

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Someone sent this to me at work:

> Einstein’s Riddle:  
> Einstein wrote the following riddle. He said that 98% of the world could not solve it. But several NIEHS scientists were able to solve it, and they said it’s not all that hard if you pay attention and are very patient. Give it a try:
> 
> There are 5 houses in 5 different colors in a row. In each house lives a person with a different nationality. The 5 owners drink a certain type of beverage, 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 beverage. Other facts:
> 
> 1. The Brit lives in the red house.
> 2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
> 3. The Dane drinks tea.
> 4. The green house is on the immediate left of the white house.
> 5. The green house’s owner drinks coffee.
> 6. The owner who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
> 7. The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
> 8. The owner living in the center house drinks milk.
> 9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
> 10. The owner who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
> 11. The owner who keeps the horse lives next to the one who smokes Dunhill.
> 12. The owner who smokes Bluemasters drinks beer.
> 13. The German smokes Prince.
> 14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
> 15. The owner who smokes Blends lives next to the one who drinks water.
> 
> The question is: WHO OWNS THE FISH?

take 20 mins and try it. its not _that_ hard that scientists had to ban together to solve it, but its a good time waster.

dont read past this post until you finish it or make a good attempt bc some db will post the results. lol.

answer: [Braingle » 'Einstein's Riddle' Brain Teaser](http://www.braingle.com/brainteasers/602/einsteins-riddle.html)

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**Author:** ![Bsp\_TC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bsp_tc/32/4998_2.png) [@Bsp\_TC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bsp_TC)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/logic-riddle/75128/2 "2009-10-20T17:52:51Z")

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got it :tup:

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**Author:** ![Clean\_Baldy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/clean_baldy/32/7308_2.png) [@Clean\_Baldy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Clean_Baldy)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/logic-riddle/75128/3 "2009-10-20T18:19:25Z")

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Nice 🙂 Took me about 5 minutes. That wasn’t very hard…

98% of percentages are made up on the spot. LOL

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**Author:** ![Avatar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/avatar/32/5076_2.png) [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/logic-riddle/75128/4 "2009-10-20T18:47:47Z")

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That wasn’t too diff

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**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/logic-riddle/75128/5 "2009-10-20T18:49:04Z")

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I also Got it…It helps to draw it out and write down the known facts.

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**Author:** ![Cavi\_Mike](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cavi_mike/32/5217_2.png) [@Cavi\_Mike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cavi_Mike)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 11:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/logic-riddle/75128/6 "2009-10-20T23:25:18Z")

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I’m gonna save this in notepad and look at it tomorrow, had a bit too much to drink to attempt this right now.

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**Author:** ![Penfold](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/penfold/32/5007_2.png) [@Penfold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Penfold)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 1:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/logic-riddle/75128/7 "2009-10-21T01:02:57Z")

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I literally solved this one in less than 10 seconds.

Can anyone beat that?

1-2-3-4-5-6

I am a 6 letter word.  
Letters 6-5-2 spell out a drink.  
Letters 4-5-2-3 spell out a fruit.  
Letters 1-2-6 spell out a pet.  
Letters 3-2-6 spell out a pest, which often gets eaten by 1-2-6.  
What am I?

> **[Braingle: 'What Am I?' Riddle](https://www.braingle.com/brainteasers/teaser.php?op=2;id=24983;comm=0)**
>
> Riddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.

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**Author:** ![L8APEX1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/l8apex1/32/7276_2.png) [@L8APEX1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/L8APEX1)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 10:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/logic-riddle/75128/8 "2009-10-21T10:51:00Z")

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> [@Penfold](#):
>
> I literally solved this one in less than 10 seconds.

:bsflag:

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**Author:** ![dawn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dawn/32/7209_2.png) [@dawn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dawn)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 10:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/logic-riddle/75128/9 "2009-10-21T10:58:30Z")

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> [@Penfold](#):
>
> I literally solved this one in less than 10 seconds.
> 
> Can anyone beat that?
> 
> 1-2-3-4-5-6
> 
> I am a 6 letter word.  
> Letters 6-5-2 spell out a drink.  
> Letters 4-5-2-3 spell out a fruit.  
> Letters 1-2-6 spell out a pet.  
> Letters 3-2-6 spell out a pest, which often gets eaten by 1-2-6.  
> What am I?
> 
> [Braingle » 'Letters 6-5-2 Spell out a Drink' Riddle](http://www.braingle.com/brainteasers/teaser.php?op=2;id=24983;comm=0)

CARPET. I solved this one in like 5 seconds. Way too easy.

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**Author:** ![95dime](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/95dime/32/7514_2.png) [@95dime](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/95dime)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/logic-riddle/75128/10 "2009-10-21T11:09:44Z")

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> [@dawn](#):
>
> CARPET. I solved this one in like 5 seconds. Way too easy.

because you enjoy munching on carpet?🤣

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**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 12:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/logic-riddle/75128/11 "2009-10-21T12:23:23Z")

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fuck you dawn. I was going to try that at work tonight

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**Author:** ![Penfold](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/penfold/32/5007_2.png) [@Penfold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Penfold)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 12:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/logic-riddle/75128/12 "2009-10-21T12:50:46Z")

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> [@L8APEX1](#):
>
> :bsflag:

Sorry no BS. Your just slower than the rest of us? :purextc:

🙂 j/k

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**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/logic-riddle/75128/13 "2009-10-21T13:25:59Z")

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Took me about 3-4 minutes but I got it.

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**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 1:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/logic-riddle/75128/14 "2009-10-21T13:39:34Z")

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I am not sure exactly how long it took me, I was doing it inbetween calls at work.
