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On Sat, 15 Jul 2000, Nacio Brown wrote:
> If anyone has the text of the puzzle from 2 or 3 years ago
> about the houses, drinks, pets, nationalities, etc., I'd
> greatly appreciate a copy emailed to me. I think the final
> question was, "Who lives next door to the German?" (Or
> maybe, the "German" was the answer.) TIA, njb
According to recruitment specialists, less than 1% of the
population can solve this problem. This problem has 25 variables
and 24 are given values. You will know you are right by
checking the answer with all the known facts. The question is
based on the following question:
Who owns the zebra? Please tell me!!!
1. There are 5 houses.
2. Each house has its own unique colour.
3. All house owners are of different nationalities.
4. They all have different pets.
5. They all drink different drinks.
6. They all smoke different cigarettes.
7. The Englishman lives in the red house.
8. The Swede has a dog.
9. The Dane drinks tea.
10. The green house is on the left side of the white house.
11. In the green house, they drink coffee.
12. The man who smokes Pall Mall cigarettes keeps birds.
13. In the yellow house they smoke Dunhill cigarettes.
14. They drink milk in the middle house.
15. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
16. The man who smokes blend lives in the house next to the
house with cats.
17. In the house next to the house where they have a horse,
they smoke Dunhill.
18. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
19. The German smokes Prince cigarettes.
20. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
21. They drink water in the house next to the house where
they smoke blend.
(Only 21 points covering all variables)
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