Are you in the top 2% of intelligent people?

[Sprinter79]

You can't OWN a fish, man :

 

[It's Snake Pliskin]

.....about 10 mins. Easy.

Pager I'll Pm you for clarification.

 

[Pager]

I initially thought Einstein could not have written this if it was done in the early 19th century or 1800,s as he wouldn’t have been born, so although I believe that correct it was not the correct answer, just a mistake.

Maybe back when this was created the ability to solve it would indicate you were in the top 2% may have been true, but think in this day and age with far higher literacy and education levels not so, although saying that if you can work it out without pen and paper then you are far smarter than me .

Cheers

Pager

 

[professor_frink]

um, the answers I find through google are technically incorrect, won't spoil it for everyone with my theory though. Highlighted bit is the clue.

please do spoil it nomore4s. If you don't want to spoil it for anyone that hasn't done it yet, could you PM me and tell me why the answer is wrong??

 

[nomore4s]

please do spoil it nomore4s. If you don't want to spoil it for anyone that hasn't done it yet, could you PM me and tell me why the answer is wrong??

Prof or is that Bob?

Have sent you a pm, anyone else interested in my theory let me know and I will pm you as well.

 

[moXJO]

Took about 12mins and had to write it all down.If you can do this in your head then you must be on the brain juice.

 

[insider]

Yep... I Worked it out! I did it during commercial breaks of Dragons den last night about 2 in the morning... If you look at the wording there are discrepancies... Take a look at the last instruction about the guy who smokes blends has a neighbor who drinks water... You can argue that technically they are all neighbors so you could come up 2 or maybe three different arrangements of the everything however the same person always ends up with the fish...

 

[2020hindsight]

ALBERT EINSTEIN'S RIDDLE

ARE YOU IN THE TOP 2% OF INTELLIGENT PEOPLE IN THE WORLD? SOLVE THE RIDDLE AND FIND OUT.

There are no tricks, just pure logic, so good luck and don't give up.

1. In a street there are five houses, painted five different colours.
2. In each house lives a person of different nationality 3. These five homeowners each drink a different kind of beverage, smoke different brand of cigar and keep a different pet.

THE QUESTION: WHO OWNS THE FISH?

HINTS :-

1. The Brit lives in a red house.
2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Dane drinks tea.
4. The Green house is next to, and on the left of the White house.
5. The owner of the Green house drinks coffee.
6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7. The owner of the Yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The man living in the centre house drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
12. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15. The man who smokes Blends has a neighbour who drinks water.

(16.?) ALBERT EINSTEIN WROTE THIS RIDDLE EARLY DURING THE 19th CENTURY. HE SAID THAT 98% OF THE WORLD POPULATION WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SOLVE
IT.

Pager
As you rightly point out , Hint 16 is a real problem

Albert Einstein (German pronunciation (help·info)) (March 14, 1879 – April 18, 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist.

I reckon what they really mean is that 2% of people would have noticed that mistake , lol.

Next two riddles... (pisstakes whatever)

2. Why does Einstein have so much cr-ap on the chalkboard to work it out lol.

3. If you look out through a telescope for long enough , and you eventually see the back of your head, then what's that's the point of trying to book one of those long distance galaxy trips?

 

[2020hindsight]

cr-ap on chalkboard........

 

[moses]

Very good. Took me half an hour and a piece of paper, but its good.

btw, where does one get the the 2% from? Guess?
I doubt if I'm in the top 2%! Probably in top 10% but not 2%.

 

[niknah]

I was going to give up, thinking it was only for smart people. But I managed it in 30mins approx. Did it in about 3-4 stages.

 

[YELNATS]

Pager
As you rightly point out , Hint 16 is a real problem

I reckon what they really mean is that 2% of people would have noticed that mistake , lol.

(16.?) ALBERT EINSTEIN WROTE THIS RIDDLE EARLY DURING THE 19th CENTURY. HE SAID THAT 98% OF THE WORLD POPULATION WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SOLVE
IT.

Quote:
Albert Einstein (German pronunciation (help·info)) (March 14, 1879 – April 18, 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist. Unquote

It seems to me that Hint 16 is just poor English (or bad tranlation from the German). Perhaps drawing a long bow, what could be meant is that Einstein wrote the riddle early one day during the 19th century. Otherwise, surely it would have been better phrased that he wrote it "during the early 19th century".

 

[drmb]

ALBERT EINSTEIN'S RIDDLE 6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds. .

Thems not cigars, mate, them cigarettes and I really doubt AE would stuff around with this high school stuff!

 

[2020hindsight]

... just poor English (or bad tranlation from the German).

yep
I knew a bloke who spoke "fluid German"...
Mondays and Thursdays he had "der-days"
Tuesdays and Fridays he had "die-days"
Wednesdays and weekends he had "das-days".
got by just fine , just fine

 

[Mousie]

Solved it without Google.

Great workout Pager, this just goes to show that even the smartest of the smart don't ace the sharemarket all the time

 

[2020hindsight]

even the smartest of the smart don't ace the sharemarket all the time

and also maybe many more morals and messages, e.g.
a) that 100% of people in Einstein's time were mad enough to smoke !
b) that dogs , cats, fish were equally represented amongst pet owners
c) for every drunkard who drank beer, another wowser drank milk?
d) for every person who drank tea, another drank coffee?
e) in the early 19th century, (or early one day in the late 19th century , whatever) people liked to have colourful houses?

etc, etc

 

[2020hindsight]

plenty more out there
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=logic+puzzles&hl=en&start=10&sa=N
zeroing on on this site maybe...
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/4484/logic.htm
eg this one (not that it should be the next one here - maybe one about cricket ? lol) ....
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/4484/lp9704.htm

Five girls, all big baseball fans, met on opening day at the ball park. Once there, each discovered that all the other girls had the same idea she did. All had brought a baseball card of their favorite player or players in hopes of getting autographs (two girls had two favorite players). In addition, each girl’s card(s) was of a different type (one was a "parallel" card). No two girls had the same favorite player. From the provided clues, determine each girl's favorite player or players by the position he plays, his uniform number (including #25) and the type of card brought to the game.


No girl brought cards of more than one position. No two girls brought cards of players who play the same position.
Sharon brought the "error/corrected" versions of cards which featured her two favorite players, who do not play first base.
Players #18 and #27 play the same position.
The girl whose favorite player is a third baseman brought a "rookie" card.
Lucy’s favorite player is an outfielder.
The catcher, #8, is not featured on the "error/corrected" card. He is not Rachel's favorite.
Sarah brought two "insert" cards to the game.
Tiffany did not bring the "best" card.
#29 and #47 are pitchers. #10 is not an outfielder.

 

[2020hindsight]

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/4484/logic.htm#child

7. Logic Problems for Children
The easier puzzles at the beginning of LP mags are well within the capabilities of children. Even 5-year-olds enjoy doing simple LPs with the help of a parent. It's a good parent-child activity for spending time together as the child learns logical thinking and enjoys the work of completing the charts.

There is also a tool with which to infect toddlers with a hankering after Logic Puzzles. My wife found a Little Golden Book among our children's books which is a Logic Puzzle book for toddlers. It's called Hi Ho! Three in a Row by Louise Woodcock with pictures by illustrator Eloise Wilkin (copyright 1954), and it is full of little rhymes and pictures which require a peewee-size bit of logical deduction by the toddler.

For example, a typical rhyme (alongside a relevant picture) is

Hi Ho!
Three boys in a row,
Dan and Billy and Joe.
Billy has a boat
And Joe wears a coat.
Which of the boys is Dan? Do you know?

Then there's Bachelor Binge:-
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/4484/lp9701.htm
and 2 solutions :-
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/4484/lp9701s.htm

 

[2020hindsight]

ok - here's a good one (IMO) - anyone played Cluedo ?
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/4484/lp9804.htm

Five authors have just sent their latest murder stories to the publishers - so we all look forward to reading them soon. In the meantime, however, we intend to completely spoil your enjoyment of the novels, by inviting you to solve the problem of who murdered whom, as well as the motive involved and the location of the story!


1. Neither the butler nor the plumber committed the murder (which took place in Brighton) for the sake of an inheritance.
2. The revenge killing didn't take place in Fishguard or Dunoon.
3. The artist didn't murder the partner (who was neither the victim killed in revenge nor the one murdered as the result of a power struggle).
4. The dentist murdered a cousin (but not for revenge or love) in Halifax.
5. The sister wasn't murdered in Brighton or Fishguard;
6. and the victim in Fishguard wasn't the one killed for the love of someone.
7. The butler didn't murder his partner.
8. In the novel in which the solicitor murders someone, the motive is power, but didn't involve the killing of a friend.

 

[Yeti]

Thanks for posting that Pager, great fun! I've now got all my friends trying to solve it.

As for the wrong date in "ALBERT EINSTEIN WROTE THIS RIDDLE EARLY DURING THE 19th CENTURY.....", I think it originally probably said "ALBERT EINSTEIN WROTE THIS RIDDLE DURING THE EARLY NINETEEN HUNDREDS....."