Who owns the fish?

[Spinnaker]

There are 5 houses in 5 different colors. In each house lives a person with a different nationality. The 5 owners drink a certain type of beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar, and keep a certain pet. No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar, or drink the same beverage.

The question is: Who owns the fish?

Hints:

The Brit lives in the red house

The Swede keeps dogs as pets

The Dane drinks tea.

The green house is on the left of the white house.

The green homeowner drinks coffee.

The person who smoke Pall Mall rears birds.

The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill

The man living in the center house drinks milk.

The Norwegian lives in the first house.

The man who smokes Blend lives next to the one who keeps cats

The man who keeps the horse lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill

The owner who smokes Bluemaster drinks beer

The German smokes Prince

The norwegian lives next to the blue house

The man who smokes Blend has a neighbor who drinks water.



Goodluck !! Have fun !!

PS
I don't know the correct answer, but am very interested to learn from anybody able to figure this out.

[infinite_trial]

this is assuming that the green is immediately on the left of the white house:

(i did it the long way, engots ako sa math lolz)

1. Norwegian lives in the first house and lives next to the blue house.

a. Therefore, the Brit can't live next to the Norwegian.

2. The person who lives in the middles drinks milk.

a. The Danish can't live there cuz he drinks tea;
b. Middle house can't be green cuz the guy who lives there drinks coffee;
c. It can't be white too cuz it's on the right of the green house.
d. Therefore, the Brit lives in the middle cuz the first house can't be red;


3. The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill

a. Therefore, the Norwegian smokes Dunhill and he doesn't drink beer;
b. The man wit the horse lives next to the Norwegian;
c. Therefore, the guy in the blue house can't be smokin Pall Mall cuz he doesn't rear birds;
d. He can't be Swedish cuz he doesn't keep dogs; So it's either the Danish or the German.
e. Therefore, Swedish lives in the white house; But the Danish can't live in the Green house cuz he doesn't drink coffee.
f. Therefore, the Danish lives in the blue house.

4. The man who smokes Blend lives next to the one who keeps cats and drinks water.

a. Can't be the German cuz he smokes Prince; So his neighbor, the Swedish, can't be drinkin water.
b. Guy who drinks water can't be in the blue house cuz the Danish drinks tea;
c. Therefore, the guy who drinks water is the Norwegian fella and owns a cat; The guy who smokes blend is the Danish.

The only ones left without a pet:

Brit and German, but the German smokes Prince;
So that leaves the Brit rearin birds.

German has the fish!

[infinite_trial]

if the green house is not immediately on the left side of the white house,

Green house and Yellow house swapped places;
White and Red swapped places;

That makes:

Green, Blue, White, Yellow, Red.

Wit the Norwegian and the Brit as references, you'll get the Danish at the end to be the owner of the fish.

[dcat]

I don't know how I did it but here's the answer - I begun with three things in mind: Norwegian lives in the first house in the far right; immediately next to that is the blue house; and the owner of the middle house drinks milk. If you want to check it out just test it with the hints.

Houses are numbered from the far right to the left

1. Yellow, Norwegian, water, Dunhill, cats
2. Blue, Dane, tea, Blend, horse
3. Red, Brit, milk, PallMall, birds
4. White, Swede, beer, Bluemaster, dogs
5. Green, German, coffee, Prince, fish

boy, that's a good mind exercise! Thanks. ;)

[dcat]

oops, infinite_trial-san beat me to it. It just means that she's a very clever girl - and indeed very beautiful as well. ;)

[zenki]

1. Yellow, Norwegian, water, Dunhill, cats
2. Blue, Dane, tea, Blend, horse
3. Red, Brit, milk, PallMall, birds
4. White, Swede, beer, Bluemaster, dogs
5. Green, German, coffee, Prince, fish

boy, that's a good mind exercise! Thanks. ;)

hehehe....yeah i got the same answer... exactly the same as this...

grabeh it's past my bed time at di ako makatulog..hahaha :biglaugh: cant concentrate earlier kase people kept on buzzing...haha pero im glad i got it..and exactly the same as another...yehey tutulog na po ako bow :D ansaya..i really like this kind of stuff sana meron ulet...

[dcat]

if the green house is not immediately on the left side of the white house,

Green house and Yellow house swapped places;
White and Red swapped places;

That makes:

Green, Blue, White, Yellow, Red.

Wit the Norwegian and the Brit as references, you'll get the Danish at the end to be the owner of the fish.

As clever though as she is, that arrangement is an impossibility, even if we assume green house is not immediately on the left side of the white house. It wouldn't pass the tests. ;)

[infinite_trial]

^^ huh why did you say so?

and check your answer btw, it can't be white, green though...

hehehe and thanks for the compliment :D

[Dax]

Waa ngayon ko lang nabasa! :(
Ayoko subukan i-solve kasi solved na pala hehe.

Next problem please? :D

[Spice]

Anyone? share po kayo:D