| The original puzzle Zebra Puzzle by einstein | |||||||||||||||
| There are five houses. | |||||||||||||||
| 1. The Englishman lives in the red house. | |||||||||||||||
| 2. The Spaniard owns the dog. | |||||||||||||||
| 3. Coffee is drunk in the green house. | |||||||||||||||
| 4. The Ukrainian drinks tea. | |||||||||||||||
| 5. The green house is immediately to the right of the ivory house. | |||||||||||||||
| 6. The Old Gold smoker owns snails. | |||||||||||||||
| 7. Kools are smoked in the yellow house. | |||||||||||||||
| 8. Milk is drunk in the middle house. | |||||||||||||||
| 9. The Norwegian lives in the first house. | |||||||||||||||
| 10. The man who smokes Chesterfields lives in the house next to the man with the fox. | |||||||||||||||
| 11. Kools are smoked in the house next to the house where the horse is kept. | |||||||||||||||
| 12. The Lucky Strike smoker drinks orange juice. | |||||||||||||||
| 13. The Japanese smokes Parliaments. | |||||||||||||||
| 14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house. | |||||||||||||||
| Now, who drinks water? Who owns the zebra? | |||||||||||||||
| Step 1 Breaking down relationships into visual blocks, the blocks are not ordered | |||||||||||||||
| Color | 1. Red | 5. Ivory | 5. 3. Green | 7. Yellow | 14. Blue | ||||||||||
| National | 1. English | 2. Spain | 4. Ukraine | 13. Japan | 14. Norway | ||||||||||
| * = Possible Locations | |||||||||||||||
| Drink | 3. Coffee | 4. Tea | 12. Orange Juice | ||||||||||||
| Pet | 2. Dog | 6. Snails | 10. Fox * | 10. Fox * | 11. Horses * | 11. Horses* | |||||||||
| Cigers | 6. Old Gold | 7. Kools | 10. Chesterfields | 7 & 11. Kools | 12. Lucky Strike | 13. Parliaments | |||||||||
| 2 Rules are left which give specific orders | |||||||||||||||
| 8. Milk is drunk in the middle house. | |||||||||||||||
| 9. The Norwegian lives in the first house. | |||||||||||||||
| Step 2 Using the rules above place fix markers for Milk & Norway | |||||||||||||||
| Failed attempts… assuming that NORWAY living the 1st house, and 1st house from left | |||||||||||||||
| 9. 1st House | 9. 2nd House | Middle House | 4th House | 5th House | 9. 1st House | 9. 2nd House | Middle House | 4th House | 5th House | ||||||
| Color | 7. Yellow | 14. Blue | 1. Red | 5. Ivory | 5. 3. Green | 7. Yellow | 14. Blue | 5. Ivory | 5. 3. Green | 1. Red | |||||
| National | 9,14. Norway | 4. Ukraine | 1. English | 13. Japan | 2. Spain | 9,14. Norway | 4. Ukraine | 13. Japan | 2. Spain | 1. English | |||||
| Drink | 4. Tea | 8. Milk | 3. Coffee | 4. Tea | 8. Milk | 3. Coffee | 12. Orange Juice | ||||||||
| Pet | 10. Fox * | 11. Horses* | 6. Snails | 2. Dog | 10. Fox * | 11. Horses* | 2. Dog | ||||||||
| Cigers | 7 & 11. Kools | 10. Chesterfields | 6. Old Gold | 13. Parliaments | 7 & 11. Kools | 10. Chesterfields | 13. Parliaments | 12. Lucky Strike | |||||||
| Assumed that NORWAY Living the 1st house from the RIGHT… we'll talking about einstein u know ;) | |||||||||||||||
| 9. 5th House | 9. 4th House | Middle House | 2nd House | 1st House | |||||||||||
| Color | 5. Ivory | 5. 3. Green | 1. Red | 14. Blue | 7. Yellow | ||||||||||
| All pieces fit properly leaving 2 holes | |||||||||||||||
| National | 2. Spain | 13. Japan | 1. English | 4. Ukraine | 9,14. Norway | ||||||||||
| Drink | 12. Orange Juice | 3. Coffee | 8. Milk | 4. Tea | Water | ||||||||||
| Pet | 2. Dog | Zebra | 6. Snails | 11. Horses* | 10. Fox * | ||||||||||
| Cigers | 12. Lucky Strike | 13. Parliaments | 6. Old Gold | 10. Chesterfields | 7 & 11. Kools | ||||||||||