who owns the zebra?
This is a puzzle which has been circulating the net. There are a couple differnt versions out there which try to be a little more politically correct but are essentially the same problem. • 1. There are five houses, each of a different color and inhabited by men of different nationalities, with different pets, drinks, and cigarettes. • 2. The Englishman lives in the red house. • 3. The Spaniard owns the dog. • 4. Coffee is drunk in the green house. • 5. The Ukrainian drinks tea. • 6. The green house is immediately to the right of the ivory house. • 7. The Old Gold smoker owns snails. • 8. Kools are smoked in the yellow house. • 9. Milk is drunk in the middle house. • 10. The Norwegian lives in the first house on the left. • 11. The man who smokes Chesterfields lives in the house next to the man with the fox. • 12. Kools are smoked in the house next to the house where the horse is kept. • 13. The Lucky Strike smoker drinks orange juice. • 14. The Japanese smoke Parliaments. • 15. The No
On a city block there are five houses in a row, numbered from left to right, each of a different color and inhabited by men of different nationalities, with different pets, drinks and cigarettes. You are given the following clues: • The Englishman lives in the red house; • The Spaniard owns the dog; • Coffee is drunk in the green house; • The Ukrainian drinks tea; • The green house is immediately to the right of the ivory house; • The Old Gold smoker owns snails; • Kools are smoked in the yellow house; • Milk is drunk in house #3; • The Norwegian lives in house #1; • The man who smokes Chesterfields lives in the house next to the man with the fox; • Kools are smoked in the house next to the house where the horse is kept; • The Lucky Strike smoker drinks orange juice; • The Japanese smokes Parliaments; • The Norwegian lives next to the blue house; Here is an excel file that may help your organize your effort. who.
• The Englishman lives in the red house. • The Spaniard owns the dog. • Coffee is drunk in the green house. • The Ukrainian drinks tea. • The green house is immediately to the right (your right) of the ivory house. • The motorcycle rider owns snails. • A bike is the vehicle of the man in the yellow house. • Milk is drunk in the middle house. • The Norwegian lives in the first house on the left. • The man who rides skateboards lives in the house next to the man with the fox. • The bike rider is in the house next to the house where the horse is kept. • The hang-glider owner drinks orange juice. • The Japanese drives powerboats. • The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
Below are 15 clues adapted from a famous puzzle called “Who Owns the Zebra?” To do this puzzle you need to apply a great deal of “indirect” reasoning. That means you have to use the information given to rule out possibilities until nothing remains but the correct answer. After the 15 clues, we have provided you a table and some movable (Internet Explorer browser needed) clue pieces. Move the pieces onto the table, and rearrange them as many times as you need. When all the pieces are in their proper place, the answer will pop out! HINT: clues 9,10, & 15 are the “anchor” clues. These are the only ones that tell you EXACTLY where to place the piece. We recommend you place those pieces first, and then work the others around them.
