While we can’t say for sure whether these are Einstein’s exact words, what we can say for sure is that these puzzles will help you become smarter. Here’s a little puzzle that might make you think: Here’s how to solve the puzzle: There are five houses, each painted a different color. In each house there is a person of different nationality. These five owners drink a particular drink, smoke a particular brand of cigars, and have a certain pet. No two owners keep the same pets, smoke the same cigars, or drink the same drinks.
- Some clues to solve the puzzle:
- The British live in a red house
- Swedes keep dogs as pets
- Danes drink tea
- The greenhouse is to the left of the white house
- Greenhouse owner drinking coffee
- Pall Mall smokers feed birds
- The yellow homeowner smokes Dunhill
- The man living in the house in the middle drinks milk
- Norwegians live in the first house
- The smoker lives next to the cat owner
- The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill
- The boss smokes BlueMaster and drinks beer
- Germans smoke Prince
- The Norwegian lives next to the blue house
- A person who smokes mixed cigarettes has a neighbor who drinks water
Here, we reveal the answer based on the possible combinations of owners and their homes. Based on the clues, we can determine the following:
- The first house is Norwegian and they drink water. The second house is owned by a Danish tea drinker.
- The third house is owned by someone from England who smokes Pall Mall and keeps birds.
- The fourth house is owned by someone from Germany who smokes Prince and drinks beer.
- The fifth house is owned by someone from Sweden who keeps dogs and drinks coffee.
This puzzle is considered by many to be the most attractive of all puzzles. But one of the ways you can solve this puzzle is to draw each house, chart each category, and add details for specific clues.
