Einstein's Riddle

[Petasis George]

Well, I saw the same in Greek a month ago and it was somewhat
unclear in its formation. Now that I see the English version, the ambiguity
remains. If we assume that the fifth owner owns the fish, then:

There is only one solution if you *asume* that
"The green house is on the left of the white house." means that
the green house in next to the white house, on the left side.
On the other hand, if you assume that the green house is on the left
of the white house, but other houses can be in between, then the are more
than one solutions. In a simple C++ program that a friend wrote to find
all solutions, it find at least 8.

Supposing the first case (green house next to white, on the left), everyone
that tried to solve it succeded. Ok, some people simply need more time.
Even my 16-year little brother manage to solve it. So, where is this 98%
not able to solve it?

But unfortunately, I have to agree with Greg Jorgensen: the way it is
stated is not solvable:-) You have to make assumptions for solving it...

George

Steve Graham wrote:
> 
> Who would be interested in using his/her brain (and his computer) to solve
> the following?
> 
> Steve Graham
> 
> ===
> 
> Einstein's Riddle
> 
> Albert Einstein wrote this riddle this century [ed. 20th century].  He said
> 98% of the world could not solve it.
> 
> There are 5 houses in 5 different colors.  In each house lives a person with
> a different nationality.  The 5 owners drink a certain type of beverage,
> smoke a certain brand of cigar, and keep a certain pet.  No owners
> have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar or drink the same beverage.
> 
> The question is: "Who owns the fish?"
> 
> Hints:
> 
> The Brit lives in the red house.
> 
> The Sweed keeps dogs as pets.
> 
> The Dane drinks tea.
> 
> The green house is on the left of the white house.
> 
> The green house's owner drinks coffee.
> 
> The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
> 
> The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
> 
> The man living in the center house drinks milk.
> 
> The Norwegian lives in the first house.
> 
> The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
> 
> The man who keeps the horse lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
> 
> The owner who smokes Bluemasters drinks beer.
> 
> The German smokes Prince.
> 
> The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
> 
> The man who smokes Blends has a neighbor who drinks water.