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Floderstarke

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so this one fun!

it is very challenging but if you pay enough attention you´ll get it. to be honest i didnt get it but when i googled for the answer i litteraly facepalm´d =) everything is explained in the picture below. so lets try!

-- Edited by Floderstarke on Saturday 12th of May 2012 12:29:21 AM

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Lady Trueheart

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This is hard! I will be working on this all night, and if I find out it is a joke I will be really mad at you, Flo! __________________

Floderstarke

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well april fools day is a while ago right, so dont worry =) __________________ Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac? George Carlin

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Allright, I have tried and drawn on a paper and thought about it, and I couldn't find an answer I'm 100% sure off. So, I supose it or is some tricky thing, or if not I have an answer, or better I had becouse I looked it up and it was wrong. It looks really logic only I don't understand why it didn't come out like that on my paper Going to check it and see what went wrong! ^^ Wow, I was so close to it, on what I worked out on my paper I only had a few little mistakes! I think, that the secret is, that only 2% of all the people has the patience to solve it, as it is so logic! But really great riddle, thanks for posting Flo, I really enoyed it!:) -- Edited by evalovescage on Saturday 12th of May 2012 06:51:19 PM -- Edited by evalovescage on Saturday 12th of May 2012 06:57:22 PM __________________ My brain only works on one power... The power of Nicolas Cage!

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Oh I like this, I love to make these riddles and braintrainers, this is a challenge! I will try to solve it, and let it know if it works!:) __________________ My brain only works on one power... The power of Nicolas Cage!

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I didn't get it either, Eva, same as you, but it was fun to try! __________________

Floderstarke

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I´m waiting till tomorrow, then i´ll post the answer for you __________________ Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac? George Carlin

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Really a brain-teasing riddle Flo! Thanks for posting it here. __________________

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Wow, Flo, your charts are impressive! I made charts too, but yours are so good. I felt as though I was logically doing it right, but I did not get the German, I got the Brit. I am going to do it again with your charts. Awesome! -- Edited by Lady Trueheart on Thursday 17th of May 2012 03:22:59 AM __________________

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so heres the solution for the riddle.

so the question was who owns the fish?

I drew a chart like this:

	House 1	House 2	House 3	House 4	House 5
Color
Person
Drink
Smoke
Pet

and also made a place for associations, those facts that are linked together but cannot yet go into the chart.

SO, the first time through the clues I came up with.

	House 1	House 2	House 3	House 4	House 5
Color		Blue
Person	Norwegian
Drink			Milk
Smoke
Pet

Along with the following direct associations:		And with the following adjacent associations:
Brit - Red House Swede - Dogs Dane - Tea Green House - Coffee	Pall Mall - Birds Yellow House - Dunhill Blue-masters - Beer German - Prince	Green House to left of White House Blends next to Cats Horse next to Dunhill Blends next to Water

So analyzing these facts we can see more associations:
1. House 3 CANNOT be Green since the owner drinks Milk, not Coffee.
2. Thus House 4 MUST be Green since it requires a house to the right. One which is White.
3. House 1 CANNOT be Red since the Norwegian lives there.

These facts limit the house color order to ONE possible solution.
Combined with the direct associations we have...

	House 1	House 2	House 3	House 4	House 5
Color	Yellow	Blue	Red	Green	White
Person	Norwegian		Brit
Drink			Milk	Coffee
Smoke	Dunhill
Pet

Along with the following direct associations:		And with the following adjacent associations:
Swede - Dogs Dane - Tea German - Prince	Pall Mall - Birds Blue-masters - Beer	Blends next to Cats Horse next to Dunhill Blends next to Water

Now, looking for more limitations/associations we find that:
1. The Horse must be at House 2.
2. House 1 and 3 CANNOT have Birds or Dogs nor Pall Mall.
3. Either House 2 or 5 have the Blue-masters - Beer.
4. Since the horse is at House 2, then it must also have the Dane (the Swede has Dogs after all).

Our chart now looks like this, including the conditions "Dane - Tea" and "Swede - Dogs".

	House 1	House 2	House 3	House 4	House 5
Color	Yellow	Blue	Red	Green	White
Person	Norwegian	Dane	Brit	German	Swede
Drink		Tea	Milk	Coffee	Beer
Smoke	Dunhill			Prince	Blue-masters
Pet		Horse			Dogs

Remaining limitations/conditions:
1. Pall Mall - Birds
2. Blends next to Cats
3. Blends next to Water.

The remaining analysis can now be made:
1. House 3 MUST have "Pall Mall - Birds".
2. "Blends next to Cats" can now only fit with Blends at House 2 and Cats at House 1.
3. The German is now the only one without a pet, therefore owns the fish.
4. Incidentally leaving the Water for the Norwegian.

	House 1	House 2	House 3	House 4	House 5
Color	Yellow	Blue	Red	Green	White
Person	Norwegian	Dane	Brit	GERMAN	Swede
Drink	Water	Tea	Milk	Coffee	Beer
Smoke	Dunhill	Blends	Pall Mall	Prince	Blue-masters
Pet	Cats	Horse	Birds	FISH	Dogs

If you followed this analysis closely, you will see that this IS the only possible solution...well,

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Floderstarke

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well thanks meg, but please note that i posted this solution from this page: http://home.earthlink.net/~jwolfe851/SolToEin.htm i thought i posted the link but seems like i forgot to. i made some charts too, but i didnt got this far. =) __________________ Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac? George Carlin

evalovescage

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Thanks for posting Flo! I had the Dane as answer. I will also recheck it allthough I didn't make a real chart, but drew little houses so, a chart would have bin a better idea ^^ __________________ My brain only works on one power... The power of Nicolas Cage!