Inspired from the "Is my math wrong " thread

[Steven]

So you want to test your "little grey cells" try this w/o googling the answer

A 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.

THIS RIDDLE FROM THE EARLY 19th CENTURY. IS REPUTED TO BE UNSOLVABLE BY 98% OF THE WORLDS POPULATION

 

[bcneil]

Are you allowed a pad and pencil, to put things down. Or do you have to do it all in your head?

 

[Steven]

If u can do it in your head , you're truly a genius - a grid really helps

 

[bcneil]

no, i tried doing it in my head. Got it when I put it in a table.

 

[moi]

Oh i guess we're not suppose to put it down hehe. my bad. I tried some of it but gotta start again more rearranging!! back to homework, will tackle this after midterms hehe

 

[trackstar]

The German man owns the fish

Too easy

 

[trackstar]

Norwegian Dane British German Swede

Water Tea Milk Coffee Beer
Dunhills Blends Pall Mall Prince Blue Master
Yellow Blue Red Green White
Cat Horses Bird FISH Dog

 

[Sonny]

Easy enough.

 

[DQ Guy]

Ahh shit I had it until..

the Horse scared the dog, who chased the cat, who ruffled the bird, who
ate all the fish.
now the neighbours are all mad and moved away.

 

[blazejowski]

Colonel Mustard in the Library with the Lead Pipe?

 

[Lilithlovesme]

I got the German as well. I find it hard to believe that only 2% of the population could solve this... it seems to be just a matter of logic. Unless we're wrong I guess. If you make a grid, it's sort of like Sudoku but with words instead of numbers.

 

[blazejowski]

LMAO, that made milk come out my nose

Thank you, thank you - I'm here all week!
Be sure to tip your serving staff!

 

[itooam1]

A random guess gives you a 1 in 5 chance of being in the top 98%....so does that mean a good guesser is smarter than most...lol

 

[HB40]

Colonel Mustard in the Library with the Lead Pipe?

LMAO, that made milk come out my nose

 

[Lady Companion]

A random guess gives you a 1 in 5 chance of being in the top 98%....so does that mean a good guesser is smarter than most...lol

I believe it is that only 2% of people are able to solve the full puzzle and fill in all the parts of the grid. I would hope 20% of people would be able to guess accurately ;-)

Even that seems a little sad, but I suppose everybody processes information differently - and if somebody didn't think to graph it out, it is considerably harder to sort in your head.

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[Purrr VertIcal]

Grab a Clue

Colonel Mustard with the Candlestick in the Conservatory.

 

[blazejowski]

Colonel Mustard with the Candlestick in the Conservatory.

That crafty bastard....