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Re: Einstein’s riddle, only 2% of the world’s population is able to solve

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On 26/09/2015 8:05 PM, Jimmie Wynne wrote:
> Sylvia Else wrote:
>
>> On 26/09/2015 6:21 AM, Jimmie Wynne wrote:
>>> There are 5 houses in 5 different colors in a row. In each house lives
>>> a person with a different nationality. The 5 owners drink a certain
>>> type of beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar, and keep a certain
>>> pet. No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar, or
>>> drink the same beverage. Other facts:
>>>
>>> 1. The Brit lives in the red house.
>>> 2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
>>> 3. The Dane drinks tea.
>>> 4. The green house is on the immediate left of the white house.
>>> 5. The green house's owner drinks coffee.
>>> 6. The owner who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
>>> 7. The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
>>> 8. The owner living in the center house drinks milk.
>>> 9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
>>> 10. The owner who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
>>> 11. The owner who keeps the horse lives next to the one who smokes
>>> Dunhill.
>>> 12. The owner who smokes Bluemasters drinks beer.
>>> 13. The German smokes Prince.
>>> 14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
>>> 15. The owner who smokes Blends lives next to the one who drinks water.
>>>
>>> The question is: WHO OWNS THE FISH?
>>>
>>>
>> Since there is no stated fact to the effect that there exists a fish
>> that is owned by someone, the question cannot be answered without making
>> an assumption.
>
> This phrase is unbelievable stupid. You definitely belongs to those
> remaining 98%.
>

Show that the problem can be solved without making the assumption that 
one of the pets is a fish.

The issue could have been resolved by

16. One of the pets is a fish.

but that statement was not present.

Sylvia.

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Einstein’s riddle, only 2% of the world’s population is able to solve Jimmie Wynne <jimmwyn@metermap.org> - 2015-09-25 20:21 +0000
  Re: Einstein's riddle, only 2% of the world's population is able to solve Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2015-09-25 14:42 -0700
  Re: Einstein’s riddle, only 2% of the world’s population is able to solve gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-09-25 20:30 -0500
  Re: Einstein’s riddle, only 2% of the world’s population is able to solve Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2015-09-26 16:01 +1000
    Re: Einstein’s riddle, only 2% of the world’s population is able to solve Jimmie Wynne <jimmwyn@metermap.org> - 2015-09-26 10:05 +0000
      Re: Einstein’s riddle, only 2% of the world’s population is able to solve Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2015-09-27 10:17 +1000
        Re: Einstein’s riddle, only 2% of the world’s population is able to solve Kent Beeler <kenbee@jefffast.au> - 2015-09-27 00:25 +0000
          Re: Einstein’s riddle, only 2% of the world’s population is able to solve Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2015-09-28 08:30 +1000
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      Re: Einstein?s riddle, only 2% of the world?s population is able to solve gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-09-26 12:17 -0500
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