While we cannot say for sure whether these were Einstein’s exact words, what we can say for sure is that these puzzles will help you become smarter. Here is a small puzzle that might get you thinking:
Here is how the riddle goes: There are five houses, each painted a different colour. In each house lives a person with a different nationality. These five owners drink a specific type of beverage, smoke a particular brand of cigar, and keep a certain pet. No owners have the same pet, smoke the same cigar, or drink the same beverage.
Some clues to solve the puzzle:The Brit lives in the red houseThe Swede keeps dogs as petsThe Dane drinks teaThe greenhouse is on the left of the white houseThe greenhouse’s owner drinks coffeeThe person who smokes Pall Mall rears birdsThe owner of the yellow house smokes DunhillThe man living in the centre house drinks milkThe Norwegian lives in the first houseThe man who smokes blends lives next to the one who keeps catsThe man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes DunhillThe owner who smokes BlueMaster drinks beerThe German smokes PrinceThe Norwegian lives next to the blue houseThe man who smokes blend has a neighbour who drinks water
Here, we reveal the answers based on the possible combinations of owners and their houses.
Based on the clues, we can determine the following:
The first house is Norwegian and they drink water.The second house is owned by someone from Denmark who drinks tea.The third house is owned by someone from the UK who smokes Pall Mall and has birds.The fourth house is owned by someone from Germany who smokes Prince and drinks beer.The fifth house is owned by someone from Sweden who has dogs and drinks coffee.This puzzle has been found by many to be the most intriguing of all the puzzles. But one of the ways you can solve this puzzle is by drawing out each house, making a chart for each category, and adding details for specific clues.
