Einstein's Quiz Quiz written by Albert Einstein

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Replying to serendibThe Dane has the fish and if I am wrong than my below average I.Q. Level is right! lol-reply by Sachal

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Nope, You're in the 98 %  (btw I am too.  I also said "German")

-reply by Heather

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Er...I doubt I could figure that one out. I have never been too good with logic puzzles.

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If you just guess randomly without reading anything you have a 20 percent chance of getting it right, obviously proving more than 2 percent of people will get it correct. Besides, it is pretty damn easy, now half of you idiots think you are some kind of genius.

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I got the German as owning the fish along with the

following matches.

 

Yellow, Norwegian, Water, Dunhill, Cats.

Blue, Dane, Tea, Blends, Horses.

Red, Brit, Milk, Pall Mall, Birds.

Green, German, Coffee, Prince, Fish.

White, Swede, Beer, Blue Master, Dogs.

 

 

I had never seen this puzzle before and happened to be going

through my backlog of mail last night and thought it looked simple

enough.

 

I set up a 5 x 5 matrix of possibilities and went about

using a process of elimination to fill in the matrix. The matrix

that I used included a fish as an optional pet for all of the

homes.

 

I found it interesting that there is a default assumption that

the homes are not in a circle, which is possible, if the homes

all share a backyard and the road of access circumscribes

the front yards. I think that the only clues that break down

or become ambiguous if this assumption is made are

clues 4,10,11 and 15.

 

There were several classic second-order inferences to be made such as

Green House and White House clues.

 

I got the German as owning the fish along with the

following matches.

 

Yellow, Norwegian, Water, Dunhill, Cats.

Blue, Dane, Tea, Blends, Horses.

Red, Brit, Milk, Pall Mall, Birds.

Green, German, Coffee, Prince, Fish.

White, Swede, Beer, Blue Master, Dogs.

 

Here is a graphic of the matrix that I used.

[iGuest 3]

This puzzle wasn't created by Einstein (urban myth).

 

I set up a 5 x 5 matrix of possibilities and went about
using a process of elimination to fill in the matrix. The matrix
that I used included a fish as an optional pet for all of the
homes.

I found it interesting that there is a default assumption that
the homes are not in a circle, which is possible, if the homes
all share a backyard and the road of access circumscribes
the front yards. I think that the only clues that break down
or become ambiguous if this assumption is made are
clues 4,10,11 and 15.

There were several classic second-order inferences to be made such as
Green House and White House clues.

I got the German as owning the fish along with the
following matches.

Yellow, Norwegian, Water, Dunhill, Cats.
Blue, Dane, Tea, Blends, Horses.
Red, Brit, Milk, Pall Mall, Birds.
Green, German, Coffee, Prince, Fish.
White, Swede, Beer, Blue Master, Dogs.