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In his early teaching days, Einstein supposedly introduced this famous riddle. If you give up, the answer is explained in the video at the bottom.
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Can You Solve Albert Einstein’s Famous House Riddle?

Using 15 clues, see if you can figure out the answer to Albert Einstein’s famously tricky house riddle.

You don’t need to be well-versed in quantum physics or even complex math to solve Albert Einstein’s famous house riddle. All it takes to tackle the problem below is logic—and if that isn't enough for you, you can find the answer at the end of the article.

According to Popular Mechanics, the riddle goes like this: There are five houses lined up next to each other along a street. Each house is a different color, and each homeowner is of a different nationality, drinks a different beverage, smokes a different brand of cigar, and owns a different pet.

If these variables can never repeat from house to house, which homeowner has a pet fish? You should be able to figure out the answer based on these 15 clues:

The Englishman lives in the house with red walls.
The Swede keeps dogs.
The Dane drinks tea.
The house with green walls is just to the left of the house with white walls.
The owner of the house with green walls drinks coffee.
The man who smokes Pall Mall keeps birds.
The owner of the house with yellow walls smokes Dunhills.
The man in the center house drinks milk.
The Norwegian lives in the first house.
The Blend smoker has a neighbor who keeps cats.
The man who smokes Blue Masters drinks beer.
The man who keeps horses lives next to the Dunhill smoker.
The German smokes Prince.
The Norwegian lives next to the house with blue walls.
The Blend smoker has a neighbor who drinks water.

The popular lore of the riddle traces it back to Einstein's teaching days. According to the story, the scientist gave the riddle to students to discourage them from picking him as their academic advisor, though this is likely just a legend. Another dubious element has been added to the riddle's story since it hit the internet: Allegedly only 2 percent of the world's population can solve it.



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Cool...

I'll work on this one when I sober up.

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Doesn't seem so much a riddle as an equation. I would start with the clue about the Norwegian living in the first house as the most specific and chain the other relationships together. I mean if I wasn't about to take the dog for a walk and am too lazy otherwise that's what I would do.

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I like these kinds of riddles. I'll work on it.


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Line up the houses A through E, left to right.

Just to start it off, the Norwegian lives in house A which is yellow and he smokes Dunhills.


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The German owns the fish....


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One MOAB strike and problem solved.


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The Englishman drinks milk in the red house.


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Originally Posted by Raspy
The German owns the fish....

Have to show your math,,,

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Originally Posted by Raspy
The German owns the fish....

Tell us how you got that. What hint turned the key?

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One of them is married to Hillary, what!

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I'll have to light up a Blue Master, have a beer and think on that.


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Originally Posted by STRSWilson
One MOAB strike and problem solved.

Damn straight, ain't nobody got time for riddles. Swedes, krauts, Englishman and his damn tea: Hell, they'd start a world war sounds like, those people cannot live next to each other in harmony, they feud like cats and dogs laugh


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Situations like this just confirm my reasons for living in the country without any neighbors! 😡

P.S. - being a conservative rather than a lib-tard, I really couldn't care less what color your house is or your country of origin. What you smoke, drink, or keep as a pet....unless you demand that I subscribe to your lifestyle
Respectfully, "Screw you!". I do my own thing! 😉👍

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Once you watch the video for the answer then ask yourself is the answer different if your orientation changes?


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Originally Posted by RufusG
Doesn't seem so much a riddle as an equation. I would start with the clue about the Norwegian living in the first house as the most specific and chain the other relationships together. I mean if I wasn't about to take the dog for a walk and am too lazy otherwise that's what I would do.


Or just jump to the end of the video, like this guy did:
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The German owns the fish....


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