Brain teaser who owns the fish

In that case, the encoding of C4 should be. Try the alternative formulations of C4 and see if they make a difference for the solution for the puzzle: Who keeps fish? Describe]; 76 states, 75 arcs, 1 path. In the blue house the Dane drinks tea, smokes Blends, and keeps horses.

In the red house the Englishman drinks milk, smokes PallMalls, and keeps birds. In the green house the German drinks coffee, smokes Princes, and keeps fish. A warning on the second, it has driven people crazy. I have only met one person who got the answer within seconds, and I do not think that he is smarter than the average bear.

He just listened carefully, I guess. The donkey groaned. The mule, hearing the groan, asked the donkey rhetorically, "Why do you groan? If I were to give you one of my packages, we would be carrying the same amount, and if you gave me one of your packages I would then have double what you have! How much was each animal carrying? Towards the evening they started to look for a room to rent. After a shortwhile they came accross a motel. They entered the motel and asked the owner how much a room was for one night.

He told them that thirty dollars would do it. So each one coughed up ten bucks, and off they went to their room. A little while later the owner felt bad for he had overcharged them by five dollars. The room was only twenty five dollars a night. So, he got ahold of the bellboy, gave him five dollars, and asked him to give it back to them. They bellboy, realizing that they each split the room, began to wonder how to split five dollars amongst three people.

After a bit of thought he came up with a very simple solution. He gave one dollar back to each guy and pocketed the other two. OK, story's over. But let's figure something out. Each guy paid ten dollars originally and got one dollar back, which means that they ended up paying nine dollars apiece for the room.

Being they were three people, that is a total of twenty seven dollars. Let us not forget that the bellboy pocketed two dollars. Adding that to the total gives twenty nine dollars. Where is the remaining dollar? An older gentleman walked over to them and asked them to each take a look at both their friend's foreheads. And then, if either one, or both, had mud on their foreheads, they should raise their hand. Each one looked at both their friends, and then each raised their hand.

The older gentleman now asked a second question, and offered a dollar to whomever could prove their answer. The question was, "Without touching your own forehead, do you have mud on your own forehead? The three stood silently for a while, none could figure out the answer. Finally one raised his hand and said, "I have mud on my forehead. The man was satisfied and gave him the dollar. What was the proof? According to the worksheet I was given this puzzle is attributed to Albert Einstein.

Can you? This puzzle has been discussed on the Forum. It ultimately depends on how you solve the riddle. In this case, you are lead to a point where you have two seemingly equal alternatives: the person who smokes Blends owns the second or the fourth house. Given that they are both likely based on what we reasoned thus far in the solution at line 8, we may assume one or the other. If we assume the Blends smoker lives in the fourth house, we see that this leads us to a contradiction and only leaves our alternative, he or she lives in the second house.

The part about foresight is false. There's no need to assume anything and see how it plays out. All the needed information is there. When a statement says that something is, it is also saying what something is not and vice versa. No assumptions needed. I love riddles and logic problems. I look forward to solving this one when I have a few spare minutes I haven't looked at the solution yet.

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