#3 Introduction
Einstein will always be remembered as one of the greatest scientist ever. This world was blessed to have a man like him. It isn't completely wrong to say that we got our modern day science thanks to this great man called Einstein. This man, was really smart but the question here is are you?
The riddle that follows is said to be written by Albert Einstein when he was a boy. Some, however, claim that the riddle belongs to Lewis Carrol. There is not much of an evidence to link it to any one of them. Keeping this particular debate aside, the riddle is quite clever and is generally known as 'Einstein's Riddle'. It is said that only 2% of the world is able to solve it. Are you in that 2% audience? Check out the riddle on the next page and the solution on the Final page to know where exactly you stand!
#2 The Riddle
So read the following riddle carefully and try to solve it.
The riddle that follows is said to been written by Albert Einstein when he was a boy. Some, however, claim that the riddle belongs to Lewis Carrol. There is not much of an evidence to link it to any one of them. Keeping this particular debate aside, the riddle is quite clever and is generally known as 'Einstein's Riddle'. It is said that only 2% of the world is able to solve it.
Let's see if you are among those 2%, shall we?
There are five houses in five different colors in a row. In each house lives a person with a different nationality. The five owners drink a certain type of beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar and keep a certain pet. None of the 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.
So what is the real question now? The question is- who owns the fish?
Check out the video on the next page to know the correct answer.
#1 The Video With The Answer
Still confused about the answer of the riddle? There are no tricks involved and for solving the trick you only need to make use of logic. By checking the correct answer, you'll understand whether you belong to that 2% of public that solved this riddle or the other 98% that couldn't. You can check out PoETheeds' video below for a step by step solution of the riddle.
