Einstein's Riddle
A rare fish has been stolen from an aquarium. The police have traced the fish to a street with 5 houses. They can't search all at once and if they search one, the thief will know they are on his trail and run away. The police hire you as a detective to solve the case.
The police give you the following information:
Each house owner is a different nationality: German, Dane, Norwegian, Swede, and Brit.
Each house owner drinks a different beverage: milk, tea, coffee, water, and root beer.
Each house owner smokes a different type of cigar: Dunhill, Blends, Pall Mall, Prince, and Blue Master.
Each house interior walls are painted a different color: yellow, red, white, green, and blue.
Each house contains a different animal: cat, horse, bird, dog, and fish.
You are able to gather the following list of clues:
- The Brit lives in the house with red walls.
- The Swede has a dog.
- The Dane drinks tea.
- The house with green walls is directly to the left of the house with white walls.
- The owner of the house with green walls drinks coffee.
- The person who smokes Pall Mall cigars owns a bird.
- The owner of the house with yellow walls smokes Dunhill cigars.
- The man living in the center house drinks milk.
- The Norwegian lives in the first house.
- The man who smokes Blends lives next to the cat owner.
- The horse's owner lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
- The man who smokes Blue Master drinks root beer.
- The German smokes Prince.
- The Norwegian lives next to the house with blue walls.
- The man who smokes Blends has a next-door neighbor who drinks water.
Now it is up to you to solve for the house with the fish!
HINT: Make a 5x5 table with house number vs house information to help organize your investigation.
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