Can you solve "Einstein’s Riddle"? - Dan Van der Vieren

Summary

The script presents a complex logic puzzle attributed to a young Albert Einstein. It involves a stolen rare fish and five houses with unique characteristics. Each house has a different nationality, beverage, cigar, wall color, and animal, including the fish. The detective must deduce the thief's house using clues and process of elimination. The puzzle, while not actually by Einstein, illustrates logical reasoning akin to solving equations with multiple variables.

Takeaways

• 🔍 The riddle involves a stolen rare fish and five houses with unique characteristics.
• 🏠 Each house has a different nationality, beverage, cigar, wall color, and animal.
• 👮‍♂️ The police can't search all houses at once to avoid alerting the thief.
• 🧩 The puzzle is structured like Sudoku, suggesting an organized grid approach.
• 🇳🇴 The Norwegian lives at the end of the street, leading to the house with blue walls.
• ☕ The green-walled house's owner drinks coffee and is not in the center or second house.
• 🏡 The Brit lives in the red-walled house, deduced from the missing nationality and color.
• 🚬 The Dunhill smoker lives in the yellow-walled first house.
• 🐎 The owner of the horse lives next door to the Norwegian, placing them in the second house.
• 💧 The Norwegian drinks water, not tea or root beer, which are associated with other houses.
• 🚬 The Prince-smoking German must live in the fourth house, as it's the only one missing a nationality and cigar brand.
• 🐱 The cat owner lives next to the Dane who smokes Blends, placing the cat owner in the first house.
• 🐟 The German in the green-walled house is the culprit, as deduced through elimination.

Q & A

What is the central problem presented in the riddle?

The central problem is to determine which house contains the world's rarest fish that has been stolen from the city aquarium.

How many houses are there on the street?

There are five houses on the street.

What are the three unique characteristics of each house mentioned in the riddle?

Each house has a different nationality of the owner, a different beverage, and a different type of cigar.

What is the significance of the Norwegian's position in the riddle?

The Norwegian lives at the end of the street, which allows the deduction that the house next to him must be the one with blue walls.

What beverage does the owner of the green-walled house drink?

The owner of the green-walled house drinks coffee.

What is the nationality of the person who lives in the house with red walls?

The nationality of the person who lives in the house with red walls is British.

Which brand of cigars does the person living in the first house smoke?

The person living in the first house smokes Dunhill cigars.

What is the drink of the Norwegian in the first house?

The Norwegian in the first house drinks water.

Which nationality is associated with the Prince brand of cigars?

The German is associated with the Prince brand of cigars.

What is the nationality of the person who smokes Pall Mall cigarettes?

The person who smokes Pall Mall cigarettes is British.

Which house contains the fish that was stolen from the aquarium?

The fish is in the green-walled house.