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Re: Off Topic Puzzle

• Posted by Dan Moyer <DANIELMOYER at prodigy.net> Feb 24, 2002
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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
>