Here's the Problem

There are 5 houses in 5 different colors. In each house lives a man of a different nationality. Each drinks a different beverage, smokes something different from the rest and keeps a different kind of pet. There are no two colors, nationalities, drinks, smokes or pets the same.

Given the following facts:

  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 on the left of the white house.
  5. The green house owner 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 house right in the centre drinks milk.
  9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
  10. The man who smokes Blend lives next to the one who keeps cats.
  11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
  12. The owner 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 Blend has a neighbour who drinks water.

The question is . . .

WHO KEEPS THE FISH?

So here's how to solve it.

Set up a grid with 5 houses x 5 "attributes" like the following.

FIRST SECOND THIRD FOURTH FIFTH
COLOR
Yellow
Blue
Red
Green
White
Yellow
Blue
Red
Green
White
Yellow
Blue
Red
Green
White
Yellow
Blue
Red
Green
White
Yellow
Blue
Red
Green
White
NATIONALITY
Brit
Swede
Dane
Norwegian
German
Brit
Swede
Dane
Norwegian
German
Brit
Swede
Dane
Norwegian
German
Brit
Swede
Dane
Norwegian
German
Brit
Swede
Dane
Norwegian
German
DRINK
Tea
Coffee
Milk
Beer
Water
Tea
Coffee
Milk
Beer
Water
Tea
Coffee
Milk
Beer
Water
Tea
Coffee
Milk
Beer
Water
Tea
Coffee
Milk
Beer
Water
SMOKE
Pall Mall
Dunhill
Blend
Blue Master
Prince
Pall Mall
Dunhill
Blend
Blue Master
Prince
Pall Mall
Dunhill
Blend
Blue Master
Prince
Pall Mall
Dunhill
Blend
Blue Master
Prince
Pall Mall
Dunhill
Blend
Blue Master
Prince
PET
Dogs
Birds
Cats
Horses
FISH
Dogs
Birds
Cats
Horses
FISH
Dogs
Birds
Cats
Horses
FISH
Dogs
Birds
Cats
Horses
FISH
Dogs
Birds
Cats
Horses
FISH

Now just keep reading the list of information over and over. Sometimes the information will be meaningful, sometimes not. I suggest that you circle the items you are sure of and line out those that have been eliminated. If a rule has no further useful information, line it out (but be careful!).

When you give up, go on to the next page for help.

You have the following options:

  1. I prefer to work it out myself
  2. I need help to get started
  3. Show me the money! Go for the answers

Puzzle solving technique developed and perfected by JAMES