Oct 5, 2009

Quiz Time!! A Logic Problem!

QUIZ TIME!!

A LOGIC PROBLEM:


Warning: The process of solving this problem might lead to extreme frustration!
Assurance: The problem is solvable :)

1.There are 5 houses in 5 different colours. In each house lives a person with a different nationality.

2.The 5 owners drink a certain type of beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar, and keep a certain pet.

3.No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar or dink the same beverage.


THE QUESTION IS “WHO OWNS THE FISH?”


Facts:

The Brit lives in the red house.
The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
The Dane drinks tea.
The green house in on the left of the white house.
The green house’s owner drinks coffee.
The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
The man living in the centre house drinks milk.
The Norwegian lives in the first house.
The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
The man who keeps the horse lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
The man owner who smokes Bluemasters drinks beer.
The German smokes Prince.
The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
The man who smokes Blends has a neighbour who drinks water.


Einstein wrote this riddle. He said 98% of the world could not solve it.
But it can be done. I took 15 minutes to solve this and that's not great performance. I am sure you can do it in less time (will depend on whether you have done your sadhna today :)

Best of Luck,

Hurry back with your answers.
An exciting prize awaits you!


Jai Gurudev
Virat

PS: Needless to say, from YES!+ volunteers, I expect some honesty! So please solve this yourself!!!! If somehow you have solved this before and know the answer, please be a sport and let some other deserving candidate win! :)

28 comments:

mihir said...

the german

Akhil said...
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mihir said...

mostly it goes that its german !! its a mammoth riddle !!

siddharth said...

brit

Mamta Pandya said...

GERMAN

Rishabh said...

GERMAN!!

Rishabh said...

GERMAN

Virat said...

Vasu - I did not understand the first line of your answer "Its Brit who is a Norweigan".

So whats your answer - BRIT?

Also - Neha Kothari's answer is 'Swede'. I have informed her that she needs to post her answer on the blog to qualify for the prize. :)

vasudha said...

What a riddle!!!So the Full Answer is
The German living in the green house, drinking coffee and smoking prince has a fish as a pet.

vasudha said...

All those getting right answers should be getting a treat in this case Virat!! Isn't it all??

Mamta Pandya said...

Yaa yaa ever1 shud get.
To VJ:My prize from the last quiz is still due.M waiting..................
...................................:-(

Janvi said...

German

Rishabh said...

Because Vasudi has posted the right answer, and this time Mamta is not the first one to post, they both want the share in the treat. I wish this was the case in the previous quiz as well!!

Akhil said...

1 2 3 4 5
yellow blue red green white
norweigian dane brit german swede
water tea milk coffee beer
dunhil blend plml prince bluemstr
cats horse birds fish dogs

Rashmi said...

= )
i got it right!!!! sadly the answers were given before I could type it out!!! =(

anirudhan iyengar said...

Its German

mihir said...

woww !! :P !!

mihir said...

i was quick to answer !!

Unknown said...

i just saw d quiz n din copy ans even. my ans is- GERMAN and my ques is- WHR IS THE TREAT???

Unknown said...

wow... v did wat 98% ppl cdnt. yippieee... cheers to our team.
JAI GURUDEV

Shivangi said...

hehehe Hi bhaiya! even i solved it!! actually me+ Rohan :)= "GERMAN!"

I ve taken a pran to go online every night :) so next time my answer is goin to be on time!! :)


Lots of love,
Shiva.
P.S : I'M SERIOUS OK :))

Unknown said...

Hi. its the german who owns the fish

MEGHNA SHARMA

Virat said...

DHAN-Te-Naan!!!!

AND THE WINNER IS MIHIR!!!!!!!!
(clap-clap, whistle-whistle)

CONGO Mihir~!

and all the other greedy ones - show me one quiz contest where everyone with the right answer gets a prize!!

Note: Mihir will have to show me the solution. If he fails to convince me he has solved it himself, then the next person (mamta) shall get the prize! :)

None the less - Vasudha's efforts need to be appreciated! I will share a joke about it too next time we all meet.

Thanks everyone for your enthu participation! Didnt you guys have fun doing it!? Sid - how on earth did u get a brit! and Neha Kothari - how did u land up with the Swede!

There will be many more puzzles coming your way! So next time, please be on time!!! For VnV team, timing is always an issue - be it quizzes or meetings! :)


Good Job everyone!

Mamta Pandya said...

What is the prize.....????????Also with quizes on VnV blog giving prizes is always an issue.Prize from the last quiz is still due and this time the poor winner doesnt even knw what the prize is......INSAAF CHAAHIYEH HUMKO ....
wats say mihir....

mihir said...

yes yes !! :P mamta

deepak said...

German we solved in 14 mins and that too without sadhana..:)

srikanth said...

German - prince smoker - fish owner -coffee drinker - green house owner

KOLA said...

I got my Matrix

NOR DAN BRIT GER SWI

YLW BLU RED GRN WHT

WTR TEA MLK CFE BER

DUN BLE PLML PRI BLM

CAT HOR BIRD FIS DOG

Took almost half an hour. This is fun.

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