1. Off Topic Puzzle
Situation:
There are 5 houses in a row. Each have a different color, and owned by a
different nationality.
They all have different pets and beverages, and smoke different cigarette
brands.
Given these facts:
a) The British lives in the red house.
b) The green house is to the left of the white house.
c) The yellow house owner smokes Dunhill.
d) The owner who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
e) The tea drinker is a Dane.
f) The Swedish owner has a dog.
g) The one who smokes Blend is a neighbour of the cat owner.
h) The Norwegian lives is a neigbour of the blue house owner.
i) The bird owner smokes Pall Mall.
j) The owner of the middle house drinks milk.
k) The German smokes Prince.
l) The water drinker is a neighbour of the Blend smoker.
m) The Dunhill smoker is a neighbour of the horse owner.
n) The owner of the green house drinks coffee.
p) The first house is owned by a Norwegian.
Who keeps fish?
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Cheers,
Derek Parnell
2. Re: Off Topic Puzzle
- Posted by euman at bellsouth.net
Feb 20, 2002
Derek Parnell wrote:
>Who keeps fish?
just a shot in the dark without thinking about it at all..
water drinker is the answer
Euman
euman at bellsouth.net
3. Re: Off Topic Puzzle
- Posted by euman at bellsouth.net
Feb 20, 2002
OK so the first house is lived in by the British
my last post wasnt clear.
Still Doesnt look like enough info to solve it
[house color (should be in order)]
yellow blue green white red
[owner]
Norwegian British
[ext]
Dunhill horse milk cat blend
coffee waterdrinker
Looks like Ive spent my alotted time on this...
I give.
Euman
euman at bellsouth.net
4. Re: Off Topic Puzzle
Sorry for any confusion, but in the puzzle, there is no difference between
"live" and "own". These are meant to be interchangable and not represent
different relationships.
Thus the first clue "The British lives in the Red House" could have been
written as "The British owns the Red house".
In other words, the owners live in their own houses.
---
Derek.
----- Original Message -----
From: <euman at bellsouth.net>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 5:58 PM
Subject: Re: Off Topic Puzzle
>
> OK so the first house is lived in by the British
> my last post wasnt clear.
>
> Still Doesnt look like enough info to solve it
>
> [house color (should be in order)]
> yellow blue green white red
>
> [owner]
> Norwegian British
>
> [ext]
> Dunhill horse milk cat blend
> coffee waterdrinker
>
>
> Looks like Ive spent my alotted time on this...
>
> I give.
>
> Euman
> euman at bellsouth.net
>
>
>
>
>
6. Re: Off Topic Puzzle
- Posted by rossboyd at ihug.com.au
Feb 21, 2002
The German...
1st: Norwegian, Yellow, Cat, Dunhill, Water
2nd: Danish, Blue, Horse, Blend, Tea
3rd: British, Red, Bird, Pallmall, Milk
4th: German, Green, Fish, Prince, Coffee
5th: Swedish, White, Dog, Bluemaster, Beer
>
> Who keeps fish?
>
> ---------
> Cheers,
> Derek Parnell
>
>
>
>
7. Re: Off Topic Puzzle
Check the archives for a code solution...
english red snail sculptor milk third
spanish white dog violinist juice fifth
japanese green zebra painter coffee fourth
italian blue horse doctor tea second
norwegian yellow fox diplomat water first
(assuming the question is the same)
-- David Cuny
8. Re: Off Topic Puzzle
We have a winner!
----- Original Message -----
From: <rossboyd at ihug.com.au>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Subject: Re: Off Topic Puzzle
>
> The German...
>
> 1st: Norwegian, Yellow, Cat, Dunhill, Water
> 2nd: Danish, Blue, Horse, Blend, Tea
> 3rd: British, Red, Bird, Pallmall, Milk
> 4th: German, Green, Fish, Prince, Coffee
> 5th: Swedish, White, Dog, Bluemaster, Beer
>
> >
> > Who keeps fish?
> >
> > ---------
> > Cheers,
> > Derek Parnell
> >
> >
>
>
>
9. Re: Off Topic Puzzle
My original post on the 21st never made it, so I'll resend it:
Derek,
I said it before when a variant of this puzzle was presented earlier, so
I'll say it again: you can't say ANYONE keeps a fish, because you don't
KNOW that anyone keeps a FISH; the one who doesn't keep any of the
DESCRIBED pets COULD keep a giraffe, or an iguana, or worms, there's nothing
in the puzzle that states one of the people DOES keep a fish. ASKING "who
keeps fish", is NOT logically the same as saying "One of the individuals
keeps fish; which is it?". The question by itself is not a statement of
fact, and all you can apply as puzzle information is statements of fact.
Right?
Dan Moyer
----- Original Message -----
From: "Derek Parnell" <ddparnell at bigpond.com>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 7:52 PM
Subject: Off Topic Puzzle
>
> Situation:
> There are 5 houses in a row. Each have a different color, and owned by a
different nationality.
> They all have different pets and beverages, and smoke different cigarette
brands.
>
> Given these facts:
>
> a) The British lives in the red house.
> b) The green house is to the left of the white house.
> c) The yellow house owner smokes Dunhill.
> d) The owner who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
> e) The tea drinker is a Dane.
> f) The Swedish owner has a dog.
> g) The one who smokes Blend is a neighbour of the cat owner.
> h) The Norwegian lives is a neigbour of the blue house owner.
> i) The bird owner smokes Pall Mall.
> j) The owner of the middle house drinks milk.
> k) The German smokes Prince.
> l) The water drinker is a neighbour of the Blend smoker.
> m) The Dunhill smoker is a neighbour of the horse owner.
> n) The owner of the green house drinks coffee.
> p) The first house is owned by a Norwegian.
>
> Who keeps fish?
>
> ---------
> Cheers,
> Derek Parnell
>
10. Re: Off Topic Puzzle
yeah dan, you're right. sorry to have bothered you.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Moyer" <DANIELMOYER at prodigy.net>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Subject: Re: Off Topic Puzzle
>
> My original post on the 21st never made it, so I'll resend it:
>
> Derek,
>
> I said it before when a variant of this puzzle was presented earlier, so
> I'll say it again: you can't say ANYONE keeps a fish, because you don't
> KNOW that anyone keeps a FISH; the one who doesn't keep any of the
> DESCRIBED pets COULD keep a giraffe, or an iguana, or worms, there's
nothing
> in the puzzle that states one of the people DOES keep a fish. ASKING "who
> keeps fish", is NOT logically the same as saying "One of the individuals
> keeps fish; which is it?". The question by itself is not a statement of
> fact, and all you can apply as puzzle information is statements of fact.
> Right?
>
> Dan Moyer
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Derek Parnell" <ddparnell at bigpond.com>
> To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 7:52 PM
> Subject: Off Topic Puzzle
>
>
> > Situation:
> > There are 5 houses in a row. Each have a different color, and owned by
a
> different nationality.
> > They all have different pets and beverages, and smoke different
cigarette
> brands.
> >
> > Given these facts:
> >
> > a) The British lives in the red house.
> > b) The green house is to the left of the white house.
> > c) The yellow house owner smokes Dunhill.
> > d) The owner who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
> > e) The tea drinker is a Dane.
> > f) The Swedish owner has a dog.
> > g) The one who smokes Blend is a neighbour of the cat owner.
> > h) The Norwegian lives is a neigbour of the blue house owner.
> > i) The bird owner smokes Pall Mall.
> > j) The owner of the middle house drinks milk.
> > k) The German smokes Prince.
> > l) The water drinker is a neighbour of the Blend smoker.
> > m) The Dunhill smoker is a neighbour of the horse owner.
> > n) The owner of the green house drinks coffee.
> > p) The first house is owned by a Norwegian.
> >
> > Who keeps fish?
> >
> > ---------
> > Cheers,
> > Derek Parnell
> >
>
>
>
>
