It’s a short problem with up to 15 different suggestions. Try to see if you can answer.
When it comes to Albert Einstein, people immediately think of a genius physicist with a high IQ and many achievements in scientific research.
At the end of the nineteenth century, Einstein – now just a boy – came up with an extremely difficult puzzle that he was confident that only 2% of the world’s population could answer. It was so famous that it was later known as “Einstein’s riddle”. If you can solve it yourself, your IQ must be over 140.
Before looking at the answer, try to see how this quiz is that only 2% can answer.
Math problem
– There are 5 houses, each house is painted a different color.
– The owner of each house has a different nationality.
– 5 owners of the house – each has only one drink, smokes a cigarette and has a pet.
No owner likes the same drink, smokes the same brand of cigarettes, and has the same pet.
Suggest:
1. The British live in the red house.
2. Swedes keep dogs.
3. The Danes love to drink tea.
4. The green house is to the left of the white house.
5. The owner of the green house likes to drink coffee.
6. Pall Mall smokers raise birds.
7. Dunhill smoked yellow homeowner.
8. People living in the house in the middle of the street like to drink milk.
9. Norwegians live in the first house.
10. Blends smoker lives next to a cat owner.
11. Horseman lives next to smoker Dunhill.
12. Blue Master smoker loves to drink beer.
13. Germans smoke Prince cigarettes.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15. The Blends smoker has a neighbor who likes to drink water.
This brain hacking problem has caused many netizens to raise their hands to ask for goods: After more than 15 minutes of not being able to solve it, it was concluded that whoever raised the fish had nothing to do with me; Has anyone made a vestibular disorder like me?, some people commented.
The thing to note here is that none of the 5 of them drink, smoke, and have pets alike. The most important key to help you find the answer is to gradually eliminate the possibilities until you find the final result.
Now, let’s take a paper, a pen and try to answer this Einstein conundrum! You need to draw a table with 5 columns, 5 rows for 5 houses and suggested information, and then use the exclusion method.
For example, you could draw a board like the one below, and start reasoning logically. The first is to go from simple facts: The Norwegian in the first house, the Norwegian living next to the blue one, and the middle house owner drinking milk.
The answer will gradually appear:
