ExiledInIllinois Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 Nice work! 751033[/snapback] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Avenger Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 Damn - that was tough. You start out and a bunch of pieces fall into place, then you get stuck and sit there trying to figure out how you can make any more progress. Fortunately, once you do figure out another item a bunch more fall into place. My head hurts, but I feel good for getting the answer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zona Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 My son and his friend were able to solve it about 30 mins.... It took me about 20... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarthur31 Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 The one with the aquarium/fish bowl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erynthered Posted August 24, 2006 Author Share Posted August 24, 2006 My son and his friend were able to solve it about 30 mins.... It took me about 20... 751141[/snapback] Thats cool. I knew we had a bunch of smart people, and smart asses here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 Colonel Mustard killed Professor Plum in the Library with the wrench Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodBye Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 Finally had time to do this. It's the German! Took me about 15 mins to figure it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadBuffaloDisease Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 Got German as well. Must have been a lot of dumb people back in Einstein's day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 Got German as well. Must have been a lot of dumb people back in Einstein's day. 751168[/snapback] I got the Brit. And seeing as how 98% of people get that wrong, and I disagree with you all...I must be right and you must be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 I got the Brit. And seeing as how 98% of people get that wrong, and I disagree with you all...I must be right and you must be wrong. 751169[/snapback] So, what, have you been going to your buddy Kurt's font of all knowledge to get your answer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadBuffaloDisease Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 I got the Brit. And seeing as how 98% of people get that wrong, and I disagree with you all...I must be right and you must be wrong. Nope, it's the German. Sorry. http://www.naute.com/puzzles/puzzle13.phtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodBye Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Colonel Mustard killed Professor Plum in the Library with the wrench 751148[/snapback] Actually, it was with the rope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cole Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 I was leaning towards he choked the person with a fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibs Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 I'm thinking Einstein was not that bright after all. 98% won't be able to do it. The only logical conclusion is that Einstein was right in his assessment of 2% will be able to get it correct & that Bills fans are intrinsically better at solving riddles than most people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swift Sylvan Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 I'm thinking Einstein was not that bright after all. 98% won't be able to do it. The only logical conclusion is that Einstein was right in his assessment of 2% will be able to get it correct & that Bills fans are intrinsically better at solving riddles than most people. 751323[/snapback] That or.......Einstein for saw that the top 2% would become Buffalo Bills fans Oh and lucky dogs they get to share their owners love for alcoholism if that's the only thing to drink in that house, damn Swedes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoondckCL Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 That's not that hard. I got it in about 15 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agilen Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Maybe he meant that 98% of people wouldn't be able to solve this in their head? I know I tried, but after about 5 minutes of that, I gave up and grabbed a pen and paper to solve it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Avenger Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 ALBERT EINSTEIN'S RIDDLE ARE YOU IN THE TOP 2% OF INTELLIGENT PEOPLE IN THE WORLD? SOLVE THE RIDDLE AND FIND OUT. There are no tricks, just pure logic, so good luck and don't give up. 1. In a street there are five houses, painted five different colours. 2. In each house lives a person of different nationality 3. These five homeowners each drink a different kind of beverage, smoke different brand of cigar and keep a different pet. THE QUESTION: WHO OWNS THE FISH? HINTS 1. The Brit lives in a red house. 2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets. 3. The Dane drinks tea. 4. The Green house is next to, and on the left of the White house. 5. The owner of the Green house drinks coffee. 6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds. 7. The owner of the Yellow house smokes Dunhill. 8. The man living in the centre house drinks milk. 9. The Norwegian lives in the first house. 10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats. 11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill. 12. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer. 13. The German smokes Prince. 14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house. 15. The man who smokes Blends has a neighbour who drinks water. ALBERT EINSTEIN WROTE THIS RIDDLE EARLY DURING THE 19th CENTURY. HE SAID THAT 98% OF THE WORLD POPULATION WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SOLVE IT. I'll post the answer soon.......... 750901[/snapback] Actually, if you use strict logic on this all you can come to is that the German does not have an a pet - you can't conclude he owns a fish - you'd need to add a statement that one person owns a fish. Just to split hairs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agilen Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Actually, if you use strict logic on this all you can come to is that the German does not have an a pet - you can't conclude he owns a fish - you'd need to add a statement that one person owns a fish. Just to split hairs... 751388[/snapback] Premise 3. These five homeowners each drink a different kind of beverage, smoke different brand of cigar and keep a different pet. Means that the German does in fact have a pet. If this isn't a trick question, then the one person whose pet you don't know will be a fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Avenger Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Premise 3. These five homeowners each drink a different kind of beverage, smoke different brand of cigar and keep a different pet. Means that the German does in fact have a pet. If this isn't a trick question, then the one person whose pet you don't know will be a fish. 751389[/snapback] Premise 3 states that each homeowner keeps a different type of pet. By strict logic you can get all the way to the end and state for certain that the German does NOT keep dogs, cats, horses or birds, but it does NOT tell you he must therefore own a fish. The German could own a rabbit, or an emu for that matter. Unless you state that someone MUST own a fish the German could own anything (except what the others already own). By asking who owns a fish you ASSUME that someone does and that someone is the German, but that's only an assumption - hence the need for another statement that someone owns a fish (some actually think this answer is the actual riddle and that only 2% of people would question whether anyone even owns a fish). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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