Einsteins Riddle

[archbishop]

Was Einstein really the first person to invent this riddle? In case you don't know it is the one where there are 5 houses in 5 different colours.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.You are then given a certain number of facts.Einstein said that 98% of the world could not solve it.

[gilf]

No idea is Einstein was the first but sounds like a bog standard logic problem. You can buy a monthly magazine full of the things in WH Smiths and the like. They are hard but once you get the formula (there is a special grid) then they can be worked out.

[anthomson]

No - Einstein is alleged to have written the riddle late in the 19th century or early 20th century - but the brand name of the cigar mentioned 'Blue Master' wasn't introduced until 1937. To be honest I don't think it is the type of problem that would have interested him anyway. He was more concerned with paradoxes intended to discredit quantum theory ( ER Paradox ).

[nuova1]

well even Einstein must have had 'fun' times instead of all that paradox solving.......

[Lennon]

I had this on an email which stated it was einstein's theory (although it would, wouldn't it?) Interesting about the Blue Master anthomson. I was qute chuffed coz apparently I solved it so I'm part of 2% :)

[archbishop]

I'm reasonably old/young and I read that if you had 1 GCE(now you know how old), you were in the top 5% of the population.Whether that it true or not I don't know.

[archbishop]

By the way Lennon and no cheating how long did it take you?

[Lennon]

In all honesty, it actually took me about an hour. But its not that hard to solve if you know how to work the puzzle. I did puzzle books when I was a kid and there was a particular puzzle that I used to love that was set out in a specific table with statements for you to work out. So I drew up my own table and added in the info with ticks and crosses. Hard to explain, but if I could show you this table, then you would know what I mean when I say you can work it out quick, so I promise I'm being honest and I'm not that clever either! :)

[archbishop]

I believe you.

[petercekan]

German

[Littlelync]

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