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 Post subject: Brainteaser
PostPosted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 10:16 pm 
Facts:
1. There are 5 houses in 5 different colors
2. In each house lives a person with a different nationality..
3. These 5 owners drink a certain beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar and keep a certain pet.
4. No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar or drink the same drink.

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1. The Brit lives in a red house.
2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Dane drinks tea.
4. The green house is on the left of the white house.
5. The green house owner drinks coffee.
6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7. The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The man living in the house right in the center drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The man who smokes Blend lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
12. The owner who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15. The man who smokes Blend has a neighbor who drinks water.

The question is ... WHO KEEPS THE FISH?


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 Post subject: Re: Brainteaser
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Wrong,no pets at all in my house.

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 Post subject: Re: Brainteaser
PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 1:57 am 
The Dane!!!! :grin:


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 Post subject: Re: Brainteaser
PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:09 am 
Nope :grin:


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 Post subject: Re: Brainteaser
PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:57 am 
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It's years since I did one of those. There's a standard grid for solving them but I've completely forgotten how it works and I can't be arsed to improvise, so..............

...instead I'll leave you with a small conundrum:

In Paris, when a street is named after a town and the town changes name, they update the street name to match.
For example, Rue de Leningrad is now Rue de St. Petersbourg.

So how come Place Stalingrad is still Place Stalingrad and not Place Volgograd?

There IS a logical reason. :wink:

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 Post subject: Re: Brainteaser
PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:23 am 
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because volgograd changed its name back to stalingrad in 2003


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 Post subject: Re: Brainteaser
PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:32 am 
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aido87 wrote:
because volgograd changed its name back to stalingrad in 2003
Did it 'eck as like! :laugh:

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 Post subject: Re: Brainteaser
PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:37 am 
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MadJohn wrote:
Was it named for the battle, not the city?

Yes!! You got it. :evil:

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Richard M. Head wrote:
aido87 wrote:
because volgograd changed its name back to stalingrad in 2003
Did it 'eck as like! :laugh:


must have dreamt this then
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1490647.stm


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 Post subject: Re: Brainteaser
PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:54 am 
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aido87 wrote:
must have dreamt this then

No, you didn't dream.

"Mr Maksyuta said he expected the regional assembly to vote to hold a referendum on the issue, adding the city may be renamed in time for the 60th anniversary of the battle in 2003."

But "may be renamed" was as far as it got.

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 Post subject: Re: Brainteaser
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well, its always been called stalingrad in our house :grin:


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 Post subject: Re: Brainteaser
PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:48 pm 
Oi...question hi-jacker!!!!


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Oi...question hi-jacker!!!!

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I'm sure people are having a go at yours yloop but they take time when you're not used to them.

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 Post subject: Re: Brainteaser
PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 1:21 pm 
Richard M. Head wrote:
It's years since I did one of those. There's a standard grid for solving them but I've completely forgotten how it works and I can't be arsed to improvise, so..............


Is this the type of 'Standard Grid' you are talking about.... :shock: :shock: ....

Begin by filling into the grid all the things you are directly told (clues 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13), and eliminating the immediately impossible choices. You can also fill in 14 because together with clue 9 you know the blue house is the second one, and clue 4 eliminates a couple choices for house color/position, and for clues 10, 11, and 15 you can X out the junction of the two values named. In the grid below, I've labeled the two-word cigar brands with capital letters because some thoughtless person didn't choose ones that all started with different letters of the alphabet.


house color drink cigar pets
12345 bgrwy bcmtw bBdPp bcdfh
Brit X???? XXOXX ???X? ????X ??X??
Dane X???? ??X?? XXXOX ????X ??X??
Germ. X???? ??X?? ???X? XXXXO ??X??
Norw. OXXXX ??X?? ???X? ????X ??X??
Swede X???? ??X?? ???X? ????X XXOXX

bird ????? ????? ????? XXXOX
cat ????? ????? ????? X??X?
dog ????? ????? ????? ???X?
fish ????? ????? ????? ???X?
horse ????? ????? ????? ??XX?

blend ????? ????X X???X
B.M. ????? ????X OXXXX
dunh. ????? XXXXO X????
P.M. ????? ????X X????
prnc. ????? ????X X????

beer ??X?? ?X???
coff. ??X?? XOXXX
milk XXOXX ?X???
tea ??X?? ?X???
water ??X?? ?X???

blue XOXXX
green ?X??X
red ?X???
white XX???
yell. ?X???
Now, for each O in the grid, anything else that is known for one of those variable values can be copied to the other. For instance, the blue house is the second one, and we know the blue house does not belong the Brit, the Dunhill smoker, or the coffee drinker, we know the second house also does not belong to those people.


house color drink cigar pets
12345 bgrwy bcmtw bBdPp bcdfh
Brit XX??? XXOXX ???X? ??X?X ??X??
Dane X?X?? ??X?? XXXOX ?X??X ??X??
Germ. X???? ??X?X X??X? XXXXO X?X??
Norw. OXXXX X?XX? ??XX? ????X ??X??
Swede X???? ??X?? ???X? ???XX XXOXX

bird ????? ????X X???? XXXOX
cat ????? ????? ????? X??X?
dog X???? ????? ????? ???XX
fish ????? ????? ????? ???X?
horse ????? ????X ????? ??XX?

blend ????? ????X X???X
B.M. ??X?? ?X??X OXXXX
dunh. ?X??? XXXXO XX???
P.M. ????? ????X X????
prnc. X???? ??X?X X??X?

beer ??X?? ?X??X
coff. ?XX?? XOXXX
milk XXOXX XX???
tea X?X?? ?X???
water ??X?? ?X???

blue XOXXX
green ?XX?X
red XX???
white XX???
yell. ?X???
At this point you should check for rows or columns in the five-by-five subgrids that have 4 Xs and a blank cell; there are none, so try to extract more information from the remaining clues. Clues 4, 10, 11, and 15 have more information left to offer.

The Dunhill smoker does not live in the 2nd house, so the horse owner cannot live in the first house by clue 11 (and thus the Norwegian does not own the horse).

The green house can only be the first or fourth house, and the white house is just to its right, but cannot be the second house, so can only be the fifth house (and the green house is fourth). This forces the red house to be third and the yellow house first, and we can copy all information between color and house position.


house color drink cigar pets
12345 bgrwy bcmtw bBdPp bcdfh
Brit XXOXX XXOXX ???X? ??X?X ??X??
Dane X?X?? ??X?X XXXOX ?XX?X ??X??
Germ. X?X?? ??X?X X??X? XXXXO X?X??
Norw. OXXXX XXXXO ??XX? XXOXX X?X?X
Swede X?X?? ??X?X ???X? ??XXX XXOXX

bird X???? ????X X???? XXXOX
cat ????? ????? ????? X??X?
dog X???? ????X ????? ???XX
fish ????? ????? ????? ???X?
horse X???? ????X ????? ??XX?

blend X???? ????X X???X
B.M. X?XX? ?XX?X OXXXX
dunh. OXXXX XXXXO XX???
P.M. X???? ????X X????
prnc. X?X?? ??X?X X??X?

beer X?XX? ?XX?X
coff. XXXOX XOXXX
milk XXOXX XXOXX
tea X?XX? ?XX?X
water ??XX? ?XX??

blue XOXXX
green XXXOX
red XXOXX
white XXXXO
yell. OXXXX
By elimination we know the water drinker lives in the first house (which is yellow and owned by the Norwegian Dunhill smoker). Since we now know the Dunhill smoker lives in the first house, the horse owner (by clue 11) lives in the second house (the blue one). Likewise, since we now know the water drinker lives in the white house, the Blend smoker lives in the second house (the blue one, and he is the horse owner).


house color drink cigar pets
12345 bgrwy bcmtw bBdPp bcdfh
Brit XXOXX XXOXX ???XX X?X?X ??X?X
Dane X?X?? ??X?X XXXOX ?XX?X ??X??
Germ. XXX?? X?X?X X??XX XXXXO X?X?X
Norw. OXXXX XXXXO XXXXO XXOXX X?X?X
Swede XXX?? X?X?X ???XX X?XXX XXOXX

bird XX??? X???X X???X XXXOX
cat ?X??? X???? ????? X??X?
dog XX??? X???X ????X X?XXX
fish ?X??? X???? ????? X??X?
horse XOXXX OXXXX ?XX?X OXXXX

blend XOXXX OXXXX X???X
B.M. XXXX? XXX?X OXXXX
dunh. OXXXX XXXXO XXXXO
P.M. XX??? X???X X???X
prnc. XXX?? X?X?X X??XX

beer X?XX? ?XX?X
coff. XXXOX XOXXX
milk XXOXX XXOXX
tea X?XX? ?XX?X
water OXXXX XXXXO

blue XOXXX
green XXXOX
red XXOXX
white XXXXO
yell. OXXXX
By process of elimination, the Dane lives in the second house (which is blue, and he smokes Blend and owns a horse; we also know he drinks tea). Thus the beer drinker (who smokes Blue Master) lives in the fifth (white) house.


house color drink cigar pets
12345 bgrwy bcmtw bBdPp bcdfh
Brit XXOXX XXOXX X??XX XXX?X ??X?X
Dane XOXXX OXXXX XXXOX OXXXX XXXXO
Germ. XXX?X X?XXX X??XX XXXXO X?X?X
Norw. OXXXX XXXXO XXXXO XXOXX X?X?X
Swede XXX?? X?X?X ???XX X?XXX XXOXX

bird XX??X X??XX X??XX XXXOX
cat ?X??? X???? ???X? X??X?
dog XX??? X???X ???XX X?XXX
fish ?X??? X???? ???X? X??X?
horse XOXXX OXXXX XXXOX OXXXX

blend XOXXX OXXXX XXXOX
B.M. XXXXO XXXOX OXXXX
dunh. OXXXX XXXXO XXXXO
P.M. XX??X X??XX X??XX
prnc. XXX?X X?XXX X??XX

beer XXXXO XXXOX
coff. XXXOX XOXXX
milk XXOXX XXOXX
tea XOXXX OXXXX
water OXXXX XXXXO

blue XOXXX
green XXXOX
red XXOXX
white XXXXO
yell. OXXXX
Further process of elimination fills in most of the rest of the grid.


house color drink cigar pets
12345 bgrwy bcmtw bBdPp bcdfh
Brit XXOXX XXOXX XXOXX XXXOX OXXXX
Dane XOXXX OXXXX XXXOX OXXXX XXXXO
Germ. XXXOX XOXXX XOXXX XXXXO X?X?X
Norw. OXXXX XXXXO XXXXO XXOXX X?X?X
Swede XXXXO XXXOX OXXXX XOXXX XXOXX

bird XXOXX XXOXX XXOXX XXXOX
cat ?XX?X X?XX? X?XX? XX?X?
dog XXXXO XXXOX OXXXX XOXXX
fish ?XX?X X?XX? X?XX? XX?X?
horse XOXXX OXXXX XXXOX OXXXX

blend XOXXX OXXXX XXXOX
B.M. XXXXO XXXOX OXXXX
dunh. OXXXX XXXXO XXXXO
P.M. XXOXX XXOXX XXOXX
prnc. XXXOX XOXXX XOXXX

beer XXXXO XXXOX
coff. XXXOX XOXXX
milk XXOXX XXOXX
tea XOXXX OXXXX
water OXXXX XXXXO

blue XOXXX
green XXXOX
red XXOXX
white XXXXO
yell. OXXXX
Finally we can use clue 10. The Blend smoker lives in house 2, so the cat owner can only live in house 1 or 3, and only 1 is still possible.


house color drink cigar pets
12345 bgrwy bcmtw bBdPp bcdfh
Brit XXOXX XXOXX XXOXX XXXOX OXXXX
Dane XOXXX OXXXX XXXOX OXXXX XXXXO
Germ. XXXOX XOXXX XOXXX XXXXO XXXOX
Norw. OXXXX XXXXO XXXXO XXOXX XOXXX
Swede XXXXO XXXOX OXXXX XOXXX XXOXX

bird XXOXX XXOXX XXOXX XXXOX
cat OXXXX XXXXO XXXXO XXOXX
dog XXXXO XXXOX OXXXX XOXXX
fish XXXOX XOXXX XOXXX XXXXO
horse XOXXX OXXXX XXXOX OXXXX

blend XOXXX OXXXX XXXOX
B.M. XXXXO XXXOX OXXXX
dunh. OXXXX XXXXO XXXXO
P.M. XXOXX XXOXX XXOXX
prnc. XXXOX XOXXX XOXXX

beer XXXXO XXXOX
coff. XXXOX XOXXX
milk XXOXX XXOXX
tea XOXXX OXXXX
water OXXXX XXXXO

blue XOXXX
green XXXOX
red XXOXX
white XXXXO
yell. OXXXX
In summary, the properties of the five men are (in order of their houses):

Norwegian, cat, Dunhill, water, yellow
Dane, horse, Blend, tea, blue
Brit, bird, Pall Mall, milk, red
German, fish, Prince, coffee, green
Swede, dog, Blue Master, beer, white
The answer to the question posed is that the fish is owned by the German.

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 1:23 pm 
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MutleyRules wrote:
Richard M. Head wrote:
It's years since I did one of those. There's a standard grid for solving them but I've completely forgotten how it works and I can't be arsed to improvise, so..............


Is this the type of 'Standard Grid' you are talking about.... :shock: :shock: ....

Begin by filling into the grid all the things you are directly told (clues 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13), and eliminating the immediately impossible choices. You can also fill in 14 because together with clue 9 you know the blue house is the second one, and clue 4 eliminates a couple choices for house color/position, and for clues 10, 11, and 15 you can X out the junction of the two values named. In the grid below, I've labeled the two-word cigar brands with capital letters because some thoughtless person didn't choose ones that all started with different letters of the alphabet.


house color drink cigar pets
12345 bgrwy bcmtw bBdPp bcdfh
Brit X???? XXOXX ???X? ????X ??X??
Dane X???? ??X?? XXXOX ????X ??X??
Germ. X???? ??X?? ???X? XXXXO ??X??
Norw. OXXXX ??X?? ???X? ????X ??X??
Swede X???? ??X?? ???X? ????X XXOXX

bird ????? ????? ????? XXXOX
cat ????? ????? ????? X??X?
dog ????? ????? ????? ???X?
fish ????? ????? ????? ???X?
horse ????? ????? ????? ??XX?

blend ????? ????X X???X
B.M. ????? ????X OXXXX
dunh. ????? XXXXO X????
P.M. ????? ????X X????
prnc. ????? ????X X????

beer ??X?? ?X???
coff. ??X?? XOXXX
milk XXOXX ?X???
tea ??X?? ?X???
water ??X?? ?X???

blue XOXXX
green ?X??X
red ?X???
white XX???
yell. ?X???
Now, for each O in the grid, anything else that is known for one of those variable values can be copied to the other. For instance, the blue house is the second one, and we know the blue house does not belong the Brit, the Dunhill smoker, or the coffee drinker, we know the second house also does not belong to those people.


house color drink cigar pets
12345 bgrwy bcmtw bBdPp bcdfh
Brit XX??? XXOXX ???X? ??X?X ??X??
Dane X?X?? ??X?? XXXOX ?X??X ??X??
Germ. X???? ??X?X X??X? XXXXO X?X??
Norw. OXXXX X?XX? ??XX? ????X ??X??
Swede X???? ??X?? ???X? ???XX XXOXX

bird ????? ????X X???? XXXOX
cat ????? ????? ????? X??X?
dog X???? ????? ????? ???XX
fish ????? ????? ????? ???X?
horse ????? ????X ????? ??XX?

blend ????? ????X X???X
B.M. ??X?? ?X??X OXXXX
dunh. ?X??? XXXXO XX???
P.M. ????? ????X X????
prnc. X???? ??X?X X??X?

beer ??X?? ?X??X
coff. ?XX?? XOXXX
milk XXOXX XX???
tea X?X?? ?X???
water ??X?? ?X???

blue XOXXX
green ?XX?X
red XX???
white XX???
yell. ?X???
At this point you should check for rows or columns in the five-by-five subgrids that have 4 Xs and a blank cell; there are none, so try to extract more information from the remaining clues. Clues 4, 10, 11, and 15 have more information left to offer.

The Dunhill smoker does not live in the 2nd house, so the horse owner cannot live in the first house by clue 11 (and thus the Norwegian does not own the horse).

The green house can only be the first or fourth house, and the white house is just to its right, but cannot be the second house, so can only be the fifth house (and the green house is fourth). This forces the red house to be third and the yellow house first, and we can copy all information between color and house position.


house color drink cigar pets
12345 bgrwy bcmtw bBdPp bcdfh
Brit XXOXX XXOXX ???X? ??X?X ??X??
Dane X?X?? ??X?X XXXOX ?XX?X ??X??
Germ. X?X?? ??X?X X??X? XXXXO X?X??
Norw. OXXXX XXXXO ??XX? XXOXX X?X?X
Swede X?X?? ??X?X ???X? ??XXX XXOXX

bird X???? ????X X???? XXXOX
cat ????? ????? ????? X??X?
dog X???? ????X ????? ???XX
fish ????? ????? ????? ???X?
horse X???? ????X ????? ??XX?

blend X???? ????X X???X
B.M. X?XX? ?XX?X OXXXX
dunh. OXXXX XXXXO XX???
P.M. X???? ????X X????
prnc. X?X?? ??X?X X??X?

beer X?XX? ?XX?X
coff. XXXOX XOXXX
milk XXOXX XXOXX
tea X?XX? ?XX?X
water ??XX? ?XX??

blue XOXXX
green XXXOX
red XXOXX
white XXXXO
yell. OXXXX
By elimination we know the water drinker lives in the first house (which is yellow and owned by the Norwegian Dunhill smoker). Since we now know the Dunhill smoker lives in the first house, the horse owner (by clue 11) lives in the second house (the blue one). Likewise, since we now know the water drinker lives in the white house, the Blend smoker lives in the second house (the blue one, and he is the horse owner).


house color drink cigar pets
12345 bgrwy bcmtw bBdPp bcdfh
Brit XXOXX XXOXX ???XX X?X?X ??X?X
Dane X?X?? ??X?X XXXOX ?XX?X ??X??
Germ. XXX?? X?X?X X??XX XXXXO X?X?X
Norw. OXXXX XXXXO XXXXO XXOXX X?X?X
Swede XXX?? X?X?X ???XX X?XXX XXOXX

bird XX??? X???X X???X XXXOX
cat ?X??? X???? ????? X??X?
dog XX??? X???X ????X X?XXX
fish ?X??? X???? ????? X??X?
horse XOXXX OXXXX ?XX?X OXXXX

blend XOXXX OXXXX X???X
B.M. XXXX? XXX?X OXXXX
dunh. OXXXX XXXXO XXXXO
P.M. XX??? X???X X???X
prnc. XXX?? X?X?X X??XX

beer X?XX? ?XX?X
coff. XXXOX XOXXX
milk XXOXX XXOXX
tea X?XX? ?XX?X
water OXXXX XXXXO

blue XOXXX
green XXXOX
red XXOXX
white XXXXO
yell. OXXXX
By process of elimination, the Dane lives in the second house (which is blue, and he smokes Blend and owns a horse; we also know he drinks tea). Thus the beer drinker (who smokes Blue Master) lives in the fifth (white) house.


house color drink cigar pets
12345 bgrwy bcmtw bBdPp bcdfh
Brit XXOXX XXOXX X??XX XXX?X ??X?X
Dane XOXXX OXXXX XXXOX OXXXX XXXXO
Germ. XXX?X X?XXX X??XX XXXXO X?X?X
Norw. OXXXX XXXXO XXXXO XXOXX X?X?X
Swede XXX?? X?X?X ???XX X?XXX XXOXX

bird XX??X X??XX X??XX XXXOX
cat ?X??? X???? ???X? X??X?
dog XX??? X???X ???XX X?XXX
fish ?X??? X???? ???X? X??X?
horse XOXXX OXXXX XXXOX OXXXX

blend XOXXX OXXXX XXXOX
B.M. XXXXO XXXOX OXXXX
dunh. OXXXX XXXXO XXXXO
P.M. XX??X X??XX X??XX
prnc. XXX?X X?XXX X??XX

beer XXXXO XXXOX
coff. XXXOX XOXXX
milk XXOXX XXOXX
tea XOXXX OXXXX
water OXXXX XXXXO

blue XOXXX
green XXXOX
red XXOXX
white XXXXO
yell. OXXXX
Further process of elimination fills in most of the rest of the grid.


house color drink cigar pets
12345 bgrwy bcmtw bBdPp bcdfh
Brit XXOXX XXOXX XXOXX XXXOX OXXXX
Dane XOXXX OXXXX XXXOX OXXXX XXXXO
Germ. XXXOX XOXXX XOXXX XXXXO X?X?X
Norw. OXXXX XXXXO XXXXO XXOXX X?X?X
Swede XXXXO XXXOX OXXXX XOXXX XXOXX

bird XXOXX XXOXX XXOXX XXXOX
cat ?XX?X X?XX? X?XX? XX?X?
dog XXXXO XXXOX OXXXX XOXXX
fish ?XX?X X?XX? X?XX? XX?X?
horse XOXXX OXXXX XXXOX OXXXX

blend XOXXX OXXXX XXXOX
B.M. XXXXO XXXOX OXXXX
dunh. OXXXX XXXXO XXXXO
P.M. XXOXX XXOXX XXOXX
prnc. XXXOX XOXXX XOXXX

beer XXXXO XXXOX
coff. XXXOX XOXXX
milk XXOXX XXOXX
tea XOXXX OXXXX
water OXXXX XXXXO

blue XOXXX
green XXXOX
red XXOXX
white XXXXO
yell. OXXXX
Finally we can use clue 10. The Blend smoker lives in house 2, so the cat owner can only live in house 1 or 3, and only 1 is still possible.


house color drink cigar pets
12345 bgrwy bcmtw bBdPp bcdfh
Brit XXOXX XXOXX XXOXX XXXOX OXXXX
Dane XOXXX OXXXX XXXOX OXXXX XXXXO
Germ. XXXOX XOXXX XOXXX XXXXO XXXOX
Norw. OXXXX XXXXO XXXXO XXOXX XOXXX
Swede XXXXO XXXOX OXXXX XOXXX XXOXX

bird XXOXX XXOXX XXOXX XXXOX
cat OXXXX XXXXO XXXXO XXOXX
dog XXXXO XXXOX OXXXX XOXXX
fish XXXOX XOXXX XOXXX XXXXO
horse XOXXX OXXXX XXXOX OXXXX

blend XOXXX OXXXX XXXOX
B.M. XXXXO XXXOX OXXXX
dunh. OXXXX XXXXO XXXXO
P.M. XXOXX XXOXX XXOXX
prnc. XXXOX XOXXX XOXXX

beer XXXXO XXXOX
coff. XXXOX XOXXX
milk XXOXX XXOXX
tea XOXXX OXXXX
water OXXXX XXXXO

blue XOXXX
green XXXOX
red XXOXX
white XXXXO
yell. OXXXX
In summary, the properties of the five men are (in order of their houses):

Norwegian, cat, Dunhill, water, yellow
Dane, horse, Blend, tea, blue
Brit, bird, Pall Mall, milk, red
German, fish, Prince, coffee, green
Swede, dog, Blue Master, beer, white
The answer to the question posed is that the fish is owned by the German.

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Do tell me you havn't just sat and worked that out?!?! stpid stpid stpid stpid stpid stpid


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It's years since I did one of those. There's a standard grid for solving them but I've completely forgotten how it works and I can't be arsed to improvise, so..............


Is this the type of 'Standard Grid' you are talking about.... :shock: :shock: ....

No Mutley it was nowt like that.
































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Yeah....it only took 5 minutes!!!! :razz: :razz:

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Thanks Google!!!! :grin: :laugh:


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Fook beat me to it :laugh:

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Fook beat me to it :laugh:


Where you 3/4's through it???? sctatchinghead :laugh: rolfl :laugh:

But Mrs Lowns always wanted to see our 'Working Out'!!!! :laugh:


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The Germans.

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Very true and I think you should but these days you get marks for writing 'Feck-Off'!!!! :roll: :laugh: :evil:


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MutleyRules wrote:
Very true and I think you should but these days you get marks for writing 'Feck-Off'!!!! :roll: :laugh: :evil:


rolfl

Did you see 9 out of 10 cats? :laugh:


No....I would rather watch an Abortion getting performed than watch anything with Jimmy Carr on!!!! :evil: banghead :evil:


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ADG wrote:
MutleyRules wrote:
Very true and I think you should but these days you get marks for writing 'Feck-Off'!!!! :roll: :laugh: :evil:


rolfl

Did you see 9 out of 10 cats? :laugh:


OOOOOO just remembered that i taped that last week think I will watch it later tonight clappp


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