tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5750410226337473169.post927922071513998620..comments2023-11-21T15:31:43.412+05:30Comments on Sounds Interesting...: A RiddleAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13425440724261079085noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5750410226337473169.post-74740873606514495892008-07-29T18:39:00.000+05:302008-07-29T18:39:00.000+05:30Nobody owns fish.There are only four statments whi...Nobody owns fish.<BR/>There are only four statments which tell about pets owned.<BR/>1.The Swede keeps DOGS as pets.<BR/>2.The person who smokes Pall Mall rears BIRDS.<BR/>3.The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps CATS.<BR/>4.The man who keeps the HORSE lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.<BR/>The 5 th sentence that may be about pets is<BR/>5:The MAN owner who smokes Bluemasters drinks beer.<BR/><BR/>So nobody owns fish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5750410226337473169.post-61746660650872957802008-07-27T23:11:00.000+05:302008-07-27T23:11:00.000+05:30Dear Bawa,The Norwegian has fish as the pet.If tha...Dear Bawa,<BR/><BR/>The Norwegian has fish as the pet.<BR/><BR/>If that's the right answer (or not!) please Pray to Guruji for Me :) That my life be set right and things settle in my personal and professional life.<BR/><BR/>Love.<BR/><BR/>Ajaykumar Menon.Ajaykumarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06180903204019195819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5750410226337473169.post-69873786613024508242008-07-25T16:55:00.000+05:302008-07-25T16:55:00.000+05:30Hous: Yelw Blue Red Green WhiteNat: Norw Da...Hous: Yelw Blue Red Green White<BR/>Nat: Norw Dane Brit Germ Swede<BR/>Bev: Water Tea Milk Coff Beer<BR/>Cig: Dunhi Blen Pall Prin Bluem<BR/>Pet: Cats Hors Bird FISH DogsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5750410226337473169.post-27067023024958783792008-07-25T09:21:00.000+05:302008-07-25T09:21:00.000+05:30Jai Guru Dev.German owns the fish.Here is how I go...Jai Guru Dev.<BR/><BR/>German owns the fish.<BR/><BR/>Here is how I got it.<BR/>First I made a table of 1 to 5 and Person to Pet as below, and started filling the things.<BR/>Only after 4-5 attempts and a break for dinner, could I satisfy all the conditions.<BR/>Norwegian in 1.<BR/>There are 5 houses, so 3 is blue.<BR/>Green and White houses should be adjcent, so Brit with red house can either be at 3 or 5.<BR/>I tried putting Brit in 5, but got struck later. So, Brit in 3!<BR/>Yellow remains which should go for only option remaining, house 1.<BR/>So Norwegian will have Dunhill and house 2 will have horse.<BR/>And so on.<BR/><BR/><BR/> 1 2 3 4 5 <BR/>Person Norwegian Dane Brit German Swede<BR/>House Yellow Blue Red Green White<BR/>Beverage water Tea Milk Coffee Beer<BR/>Cigar Dunhill Blends Pall Mall Prince Bluemasters<BR/>Pet Cats Horse Birds FISH Dognandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04572650066195506160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5750410226337473169.post-34058228983714439332008-07-25T09:15:00.000+05:302008-07-25T09:15:00.000+05:30Hi Bawa, My answer is not on the comments page. Wh...Hi Bawa, <BR/>My answer is not on the comments page. When I sent it, it mentioned all that stuff it says when we post a comment. So am sending it again. Have solved it 3 times and a still getting the same answer. <BR/><BR/>It's the German guy, drinks coffee, smokes prince who has the fish.<BR/>How? Let's start<BR/>1.The Brit lives in the red house. The Norwegian in the yellow. It cannot be any other color since blue house is next to Norwegian's and green is in the left of white and we need to have a blue house right of green to have it as the first house so it means 1.yellow, 2.blue, 3. red, 4.green, 5. white<BR/>2. Why red (Brit) in centre, since the centre house owner drinks milk and the owner of green house drinks coffee.<BR/>3. The Norwegian, owner of first house (yellow) smokes dunhill the blue house owner keeps the horse.<BR/>4. The man who smokes Bluemasters and drinks beer lives in the white house and be Swede because red(Brit in centre) drinks milk, yellow(Norwegian) smokes Dunhill, green- coffee, Dane- tea....also man owner...mentioned<BR/>5. Since green house owner drinks coffee it has to be German because it's the only nationality left, so the blue house is owned by Dane.<BR/>6. Since water is the only beverage left so Norwegian drinks it.<BR/>7. The Dane(blue) smokes Blends since it has a neighbour who drinks water.<BR/>8. All except Brit (red) has a cigar brand . So he smokes Pall Mall and rears birds. So the only neighbour who Dane (Blends) who has cat is Norwegian. So it's the German who has the fish.<BR/>....Hope its the right answer.<BR/><BR/>Jai Gurudev.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5750410226337473169.post-55122498963109023352008-07-24T17:52:00.000+05:302008-07-24T17:52:00.000+05:30Bau, I was ill for most part of the day yesterday,...Bau, I was ill for most part of the day yesterday, so could'nt check ur blog. So, today i saw this riddle. Anyway with all these people having answered, i know that i don have any hopes of winning. But ne ways, the answer is the german who owns the fish. I had done this riddle before. grrrrrrrrrr.. i should have visited the blog yesterday.vinayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14257839671277561809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5750410226337473169.post-43648433012228707452008-07-24T16:31:00.000+05:302008-07-24T16:31:00.000+05:30Bawu you're a rockstar (complete with the long hai...Bawu you're a rockstar (complete with the long hair look) :)<BR/>love you very much :)<BR/>Jai Gurudev :)Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05598914962131628111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5750410226337473169.post-56537129506092786992008-07-24T15:59:00.000+05:302008-07-24T15:59:00.000+05:30hii bau....thanks for makng us rack our brains aga...hii bau....<BR/>thanks for makng us rack our brains again..!!!!!!!!...it was pretty too challenging...as well as lot more exciting..!!!!!!<BR/><BR/>i got the answer as german after about 30mins..!!!!!!!!<BR/>i did it in a tabular form...hope its the right answer!!!!!!<BR/><BR/> luv u bauu.....Gayatrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07266413081115652414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5750410226337473169.post-84057005633774682662008-07-24T14:29:00.000+05:302008-07-24T14:29:00.000+05:30I dont think I can make tables in this space. But ...I dont think I can make tables in this space. But I think the German who owns a Green house, drinks coffee and smokes Prince owns the fish.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12956353514134621730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5750410226337473169.post-32355044135971790682008-07-24T13:52:00.000+05:302008-07-24T13:52:00.000+05:30Wot is the answer for yesterday's riddle.Wot is the answer for yesterday's riddle.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09659898097051115775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5750410226337473169.post-77487975133284279172008-07-24T12:48:00.000+05:302008-07-24T12:48:00.000+05:30I solved this using a table and my solution is as ...I solved this using a table and my solution is as follows:<BR/>Brit <BR/>Red<BR/>Pall Mall<BR/>Milk<BR/>Birds<BR/><BR/>Swede<BR/>White<BR/>Blue Masters<BR/>Beer <BR/>Dogs<BR/><BR/>Dane<BR/>Blue<BR/>Blends<BR/>Tea<BR/>Horse<BR/><BR/>Norwegian<BR/>Yellow<BR/>Dunhill<BR/>Water<BR/>Cats<BR/><BR/>German<BR/>Green<BR/>Prince<BR/>Coffee<BR/>Fish<BR/><BR/>The German owns the fish.<BR/><BR/>I solved this same puzzle a few days back. Resolved it today. Surprisingly, it took much longer today to solve!Shreyans Mehtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05535797024904167285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5750410226337473169.post-31627515389479367682008-07-24T12:08:00.000+05:302008-07-24T12:08:00.000+05:30Hi Bau! I'm trying since yesterday but still can't...Hi Bau! I'm trying since yesterday but still can't get through it! :(<BR/>Could you please help??pradnya waghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07989646094565744282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5750410226337473169.post-20861623268824526642008-07-24T11:42:00.000+05:302008-07-24T11:42:00.000+05:30bau, i got the answer...Dane owns the Fish.....aft...bau, i got the answer...Dane owns the Fish.....after so much permutation and combinations the final table made by me is...<BR/> <BR/>2. german blue cat water prince<BR/>5. brit red horse beer bluemaster <BR/>1. norw. green birds coffe pallmall<BR/>4. dane yellow fish tea dunhill<BR/>3. swede white dog milk Blend<BR/><BR/>swede is at the middle numbered 3.<BR/>the house arrangement is 1 2 3 4 5<BR/>1 is norweighn as i shown in above table.Bau i only applied conditions given and assumed norweigh having green house since for him only two possibilities green or yellow..then I arranged by given conditions and got the answer...shashankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10037248225148985937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5750410226337473169.post-87472703168603576402008-07-24T11:24:00.000+05:302008-07-24T11:24:00.000+05:30what Bawa!! Isn't the German the guy with the FISH...what Bawa!! Isn't the German the guy with the FISH!! then what is the answer? and if it is correct, why aren't you accepting my previous long comment with the explanations then?! you got it i hope!!Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05598914962131628111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5750410226337473169.post-31832976582765919142008-07-24T10:37:00.000+05:302008-07-24T10:37:00.000+05:30Hey Bawa, JGD:) I got the answer :) pheww.. it too...Hey Bawa, <BR/><BR/>JGD:) I got the answer :) pheww.. it took me a while... more than 45 mins!!<BR/><BR/>I sent it to you to your email address. ask.bawandinesh@yesplus.org <BR/><BR/>Didn't know if I was supposed to post the answer here.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08549556112592964078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5750410226337473169.post-20460096766830842772008-07-24T07:12:00.000+05:302008-07-24T07:12:00.000+05:30Bau, a good one. Just yesterday I was reading a bo...Bau, <BR/>a good one. Just yesterday I was reading a book "YOU Staying Young" and it said of using puzzles as means to keep our gray cell functioning well long after we start using sticks to walk. And here I see your puzzle today. So I was determined. <BR/><BR/>The answer is GERMAN. Took me 20ish mins and solving it was like solving a Sudoku puzzle. Made a matrix with house numbers 1 to 5 as Rows and Nationality, House Color, Beverage, Cigar, and Pets as columns. The following entries satisfy all given facts:<BR/><BR/>No. Nat. Color Bev. Cigar Pet<BR/>1 Nor Yellow Water Dun Cats<BR/>2 Dane Blue Tea Blend Horse<BR/>3 Brit Red Milk PallM Birds<BR/>4 Ger Green Coffe Prince Fish<BR/>5 Swed White Beer BlueM Dogs<BR/><BR/>JGDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5750410226337473169.post-51913605238570100002008-07-24T07:11:00.000+05:302008-07-24T07:11:00.000+05:30Hi ,This one is kind of old, but I liked it so I a...Hi ,<BR/><BR/>This one is kind of old, but I liked it so I am sending it to you anyway.<BR/><BR/>A student calls out a number, the teacher writes a number on the board.<BR/><BR/>Student calls out 1, teacher writes 3. Student calls out 2, teacher writes 3. Student calls out 3, teacher writes 5. Student calls out 4, teacher writes 4. Student calls out 5, teacher writes 4. Student calls out 6, teacher writes 3.<BR/><BR/>What is the relationship between the student's and teacher's numbers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5750410226337473169.post-13620296196933384922008-07-24T03:24:00.000+05:302008-07-24T03:24:00.000+05:30The German owns the fish.Process of etrition.Direc...The German owns the fish.<BR/><BR/>Process of etrition.<BR/><BR/>Direct placements:<BR/>1st house owned by Norwegian<BR/>Center house has milk drinker<BR/>Norwegian lives next to blue house, so second house is blue.<BR/>The center house can be either green, red or yellow (not white, because white is to the right of green). However, the coffee drinker lives in the green house, and the center house is for the milk drinker, so the fourth house is green. We are told that the green house is to the left of the white house, so the 5th house is white. The Dunhill smoker is in the yellow house, and the Brit lives in the red house, so the 1st house is the yellow house. Thus far, the first house is yellow, Norwegian, Dunhill; the second is Blue; the center is red, British, milk drinker, the fourth is green, coffee drinker, and the fifth is white. The Dane drinks tea – he can only be in the blue or white house, since the yellow house belongs to the Norwegian and we know the drinks in the red and green houses. The Blends smoker lives next to the water drinker – only the yellow house is left, since the white house is next to the coffee drinker and the red house holds the milk drinker, and the yellow house cannot hold the Blends smoker because we are told the Dunhill smoker lives there. Hence, the Blends smoker lives in the Blue house. Also, the horse owner lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill (given). So now we know: yellow, Norwegian, Dunhill, water; blue, Blends, horse; red, British, milk; green, coffee; white. The German smokes Prince; he can either be in the green or white house at this point. The Bluemaster smoker drinks beer, he can only be in the white house at this point. So, the German Prince smoker is in the green house. Now we have: yellow,Norwegian, Dunhill smoker , water; blue, Blends smoker, horse; red, British, milk; green, German, Prince smoker, coffee; white, Bluemaster smoker , beer. The Dane drinks tea, putting him in the only house without a beverage assigned, the blue house. That leaves the Swede, the dog owner, in the only house without a nationality or pet, the white house. So:<BR/>Yellow, Norwegian, Dunhill smoker, water ; <BR/>Blue, Dane, Blends smoker, horse, tea; <BR/>Red, Brit, milk;<BR/>Green, German, Prince Smoker, coffee;<BR/>White, Swede, Bluemaster Smoker, dog beer;<BR/><BR/>The Brit is the only choice for the Pall Mall cigars; we are told the Pall Mall smoker has birds. The Blends smoker is a neighbor of the cat owner, so the cat can only live in the yellow house. Hence, the only house without a pet is the green house, owned by the German.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5750410226337473169.post-81738008041976271002008-07-24T03:01:00.000+05:302008-07-24T03:01:00.000+05:30German has the fishGerman has the fishUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06425091654461715859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5750410226337473169.post-15434936717042205122008-07-24T01:11:00.000+05:302008-07-24T01:11:00.000+05:30JGD Bau, I think I got the answer, it is the Germa...JGD Bau, I think I got the answer, it is the German who owns the fish!!! that's what I got, will explain how in the next comment...Pragya Rathorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03744321796519656965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5750410226337473169.post-59175251205389295842008-07-24T00:07:00.000+05:302008-07-24T00:07:00.000+05:30i did it!!!!!!! took me a little over 30 mins to ...i did it!!!!!!! took me a little over 30 mins to do so but m happy with my time... the german owns the fishes... m uploading the link to my orkut album to show u the page on which i did it..<BR/><BR/>http://www.orkut.com/AlbumZoom.aspx?uid=761665341161439945&pid=1216838093423&aid=1216812837<BR/><BR/>lots of love<BR/>awaiting the prize<BR/>AnandAnandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11487646256605882054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5750410226337473169.post-40988620630393774482008-07-23T23:45:00.000+05:302008-07-23T23:45:00.000+05:30Hey Bau...Answer is German owns the fishExplainati...Hey Bau...<BR/>Answer is German owns the fish<BR/><BR/>Explaination:<BR/><BR/>House Number->Color->Nationality->Beverage->Cigar->Pet (Dis is the order followed)<BR/>1(leftmost house)->Yellow-> Norwegian-> Water->Dunhill->Cat<BR/>2->Blue->Dane->Tea->Blends->Horse<BR/>3->Red->Brit->Milk->Pall Mall-> Birds<BR/>4->Green->German->Coffee->Prince-> Fish<BR/>5(rightmost)->White->Swede->Beer-> Bluemaster->Dog<BR/><BR/>Jus wrote the data in a tabular form and filled the cells accordingly :)<BR/><BR/>It was great fun solving it :)<BR/>Jai GurudevaDeeptihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16233009347078657020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5750410226337473169.post-46827527553296638992008-07-23T23:04:00.000+05:302008-07-23T23:04:00.000+05:30bau,the answer is the German owns the fish. This i...bau,<BR/><BR/>the answer is the German owns the fish. This is how I got to this.<BR/><BR/>first I separated the different categories.<BR/><BR/>Nationalities: <BR/>Brit, Swede, Dane, German, Norwegian<BR/><BR/>Colours:<BR/>Red, Blue, Green, White, Yellow<BR/><BR/>Beverages:<BR/>Beer, Milk, Water, Tea, Coffee<BR/><BR/>Cigars:<BR/>Pallmall, Dunhill, Prince, Blends, Bluemasters<BR/><BR/>Pets:<BR/>Horse, Birds, Dog, Cats, Fish<BR/><BR/>NOW,<BR/><BR/>The norwegian lives in the first house. Thus, the second house is blue. <BR/><BR/>The green house in on the left of the white house.<BR/>The green house’s owner drinks coffee.<BR/>The man living in the centre house drinks milk.<BR/><BR/>So, the third house is red, fourth green and last white. Only colour left is yellow<BR/>so Norwegian's house. <BR/><BR/>Norweigian smokes Dunhill, so second house: Horse<BR/>Brit lives in the third house and drinks milk<BR/>Man living in the fourth house has Coffee<BR/><BR/>Now, the Swede, Dane and Brit smoke Bluemaster, Blends or Pallmall.<BR/>Brit can't smoke Bluemaster since he drinks milk <BR/>Dane can't smoke Bluemaster since he drinks tea.<BR/><BR/>So the Swede smokes BM drinks Beer owns Dogs and thus, stays in the white house.<BR/><BR/>From there on, it just follows one after another to show that:<BR/>Norweigian smokes Dunhill drinks water has cats and stays in the Yellow house<BR/>Dane smokes Blends drinks tea has horses and stays in the Blue house.<BR/>Brit smokes Pallmall drinks milk rears birds and stays in the Red House<BR/>German smokes Prince drinks coffee owns FISH and stays in the Green house<BR/><BR/>That's how I got the answer, took me about 40 mins. Bau you are brilliant, how did you do it in 15 mins?<BR/><BR/>UF? that's long.<BR/><BR/>JgdAnirudhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15310753368616884523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5750410226337473169.post-13210151578015207822008-07-23T22:46:00.000+05:302008-07-23T22:46:00.000+05:30i've sent the answer :) long comment, hope you got...i've sent the answer :) long comment, hope you got it :)<BR/>and ofcourse, it took me more than your 15ish minutes, but the exact time for completion i won't reveal considering the reqd. preservation of self respect ;D<BR/>with all love :)Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05598914962131628111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5750410226337473169.post-67364801724145361262008-07-23T22:44:00.000+05:302008-07-23T22:44:00.000+05:30My answer is Fish Is Owned By The GERMAN.solution ...My answer is Fish Is Owned By The GERMAN.<BR/>solution :<BR/>1. take five houses, put in the obvious details, like centre house = milk, 1st house = Norwegian. 2nd house = Blue.<BR/>2. now, either the 3rd house is RED or the last house is RED (because Green is to the left of White and the the 2nd house is blue).<BR/>3. Hence, the first house (norwegian's) is YELLOW. => Dunhill smoker. <BR/>4. hence, blue house keeps horses.<BR/>5.green house => coffee, therefore green will be the fifth house (cuz middle house has milk).<BR/>following this, the order of the houses is : Yellow , Blue, Red, Green, White.<BR/>6.and nationalities : Norwegian on first, Brit on third.<BR/>7.now, Swede keeps dogs and hence can fit in only at the 4th / 5th house ('cause 1st = norwegian, 2nd = horses, 3rd = brit) and Dane can put up only at the 2nd or 5th house ( 1st = norwg., 3rd = brit, 4th = coffee while dane drinks tea).<BR/>8. blends's smoker's neighbour drinks water. That says either norwegian or blue house uses blends ('cz centre house - milk, 4th house = coffee). but norwegian uses Dunhill (yellow house) therefore, the blue house with horses takes blends :)<BR/>and that means the neighbour takes Water ( right hand side nbr takes milk) and that means Norwegian drinks water.<BR/>9.now, the smoker of blue masters brinks beer and since everybody else is already drinkin' or smokin' sth, these two go to the last (white house). following this, only the second house remains without a drink and we give him some Tea :)<BR/>10. but well! tea = Dane. and well!! german smokes prince and he'll live now-on in house no.4. because all else occupied sir!!<BR/>and from that, Brit has to smoke Pall Mall (PM) and take care of his birdies, and filling in the gaps, cats live with the Norwegian and our swede lives in the 5th house with his doggies :)<BR/>yellow, blue, red, green, white <BR/>Nrwg.,Dane, Brit, grmn, Swede <BR/>Dunh, Blends,PM, prnc, blmstrs,<BR/>water,tea, milk, coffee, beer<BR/>cats, horses, birds, ..., Dogs.<BR/>for now.<BR/>11.THEREFORE!!! if you peak into the 4th house with the GREEN exterior, you might find the GERMAN sipping COFFEE and smiling at his FISH :D<BR/>(if it is wrong...!!)<BR/>hehe. love you Bawa :D<BR/>Jai Gurudev :DMonicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05598914962131628111noreply@blogger.com