Monday, January 14, 2013

who owns the fish?

who owns the fish?

There are 5 houses in 5 different colours. In each house lives a person of a different nationality. The 5 owners drink a certain type of beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar, and keep a certain pet. Using the clues below can you determine who owns the fish?


  • The Brit lives in a red house.
  • The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
  • The Dane drinks tea.
  • The green house is on the immediate left of the white house.
  • The green house owner drinks coffee.
  • The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
  • The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
  • The man living in the house right in the middle drinks milk.
  • The Norwegian lives in the first house.
  • The man who smokes Blend lives next door to the one who keeps cats.
  • The man who keeps horses lives next door to the man who smokes Dunhill.
  • The owner who smokes Blue Master drinks chocolate.
  • The German smokes Prince.
  • The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
  • The man who smokes Blend has a neighbour who drinks water.


Author: Albert Einstein
Answer is below

NationalityNorwegianDaneBritGermanSwede
ColorYellowBlueRedGreenWhite
BeverageWaterTeaMilkCoffeeChocolate
CigarDunHillBlendPall MallPrinceBlueMaster
PetCatHorsesBirdsFishDog