Albert Einstein wrote this riddle in the early 20th century and claimed that 98% of the population would not be able to solve it. Can you? It takes a bit of working out, but I assure you it is possible. You might find it helps to write down your ideas as you go along.

The Fiendish Question

In a street there are five houses painted five different colours. In each house lives a person of a different nationality. The five people each drink a different beverage, smoke a different brand of cigarette and keep a different pet.

Who keeps the fish?

Clues

1) The Brit lives in the red house

2) The Swede has a dog

3) The Dane drinks tea

4) The green house is on the left of the white house

5) The owner of the green house drinks coffee

6) The person who smokes Pall Mall has birds

7) The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill's

8) The man living in the centre house drinks milk

9) The Norwegian lives in the first house

10) The man who smokes blends lives next to the one who has cats

11) The man who has horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill's

12) The man 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 Blends has a neighbour who drinks water.

The Solution

Figured it out? Or given up? Regardless, here is The Answer.