Solution for Puzzle of the week - Week #45
I have spent more time to prepare the solution for this problem compared to the time I took to solve it. This is one damn case where a lot of problems with formatting. Hence I am not able to post it as a comment. So, I am posting it as a seperate post. Please bear with the inconvenience.
9: The Norwegian lives in the first house
+--------+----------+-------+----------+-------+------------+ | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | +--------+----------+-------+----------+-------+------------+ | Color | | | | | | | Man |Norwegian | | | | | | Pet | | | | | | | Smoke | | | | | | | Drink | | | | | | +--------+----------+-------+----------+-------+------------+
14: The Norwegian lives next to the blue house
+--------+----------+-------+----------+-------+------------+ | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | +--------+----------+-------+----------+-------+------------+ | Color | |Blue | | | | | Man |Norwegian | | | | | | Pet | | | | | | | Smoke | | | | | | | Drink | | | | | | +--------+----------+-------+----------+-------+------------+
8: The man living in the house right in the centre drinks milk
+--------+----------+-------+----------+-------+------------+ | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | +--------+----------+-------+----------+-------+------------+ | Color | |Blue | | | | | Man |Norwegian | | | | | | Pet | | | | | | | Smoke | | | | | | | Drink | | |Milk | | | +--------+----------+-------+----------+-------+------------+
4: The green house is on the left of the white house (they are also next door to each other) 5: The green house owner drinks coffee
+--------+----------+-------+----------+-------+------------+ | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | +--------+----------+-------+----------+-------+------------+ | Color | |Blue | |Green |White | | Man |Norwegian | | | | | | Pet | | | | | | | Smoke | | | | | | | Drink | | |Milk |Coffee | | +--------+----------+-------+----------+-------+------------+
1: The Briton lives in a red house.
+--------+----------+-------+----------+-------+------------+ | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | +--------+----------+-------+----------+-------+------------+ | Color | |Blue |Red |Green |White | | Man |Norwegian | |Briton | | | | Pet | | | | | | | Smoke | | | | | | | Drink | | |Milk |Coffee | | +--------+----------+-------+----------+-------+------------+
7: The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill
+--------+----------+-------+----------+-------+------------+ | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | +--------+----------+-------+----------+-------+------------+ | Color |Yellow |Blue |Red |Green |White | | Man |Norwegian | |Briton | | | | Pet | | | | | | | Smoke |Dunhill | | | | | | Drink | | |Milk |Coffee | | +--------+----------+-------+----------+-------+------------+
11: The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill
+--------+----------+-------+----------+-------+------------+ | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | +--------+----------+-------+----------+-------+------------+ | Color |Yellow |Blue |Red |Green |White | | Man |Norwegian | |Briton | | | | Pet | |Horses | | | | | Smoke |Dunhill | | | | | | Drink | | |Milk |Coffee | | +--------+----------+-------+----------+-------+------------+
3: The Dane drinks tea 12: The owner who smokes Blue Master drinks beer 15: The man who smokes Blend has a neighbor who drinks water
+--------+----------+-------+----------+-------+------------+ | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | +--------+----------+-------+----------+-------+------------+ | Color |Yellow |Blue |Red |Green |White | | Man |Norwegian |Dane |Briton | | | | Pet | |Horses | | | | | Smoke |Dunhill |Blend | | |Blue Master | | Drink |Water |Tea |Milk |Coffee |Beer | +--------+----------+-------+----------+-------+------------+
(OK - here is where we get all the drinks sorted out. The Dane could be 2 or 5. The person who smokes Blue Master could also be 2 or 5. However the Dane can't be 5, otherwise House 2 would be the Blue Master smoker and beer drinker, which would only leave House 1 for the water drinking neighbour; this doesn't work, since this would now make House 2 the Blend smoker. So the Dane is in House 2, etc)
13: The German smokes Prince
+--------+----------+-------+----------+-------+------------+ | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | +--------+----------+-------+----------+-------+------------+ | Color |Yellow |Blue |Red |Green |White | | Man |Norwegian |Dane |Briton |German | | | Pet | |Horses | | | | | Smoke |Dunhill |Blend | |Prince |Blue Master | | Drink |Water |Tea |Milk |Coffee |Beer | +--------+----------+-------+----------+-------+------------+
2: The Swede keeps dogs as pets
+--------+----------+-------+----------+-------+------------+ | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | +--------+----------+-------+----------+-------+------------+ | Color |Yellow |Blue |Red |Green |White | | Man |Norwegian |Dane |Briton |German |Swede | | Pet | |Horses | | |Dogs | | Smoke |Dunhill |Blend | |Prince |Blue Master | | Drink |Water |Tea |Milk |Coffee |Beer | +--------+----------+-------+----------+-------+------------+
6: The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds
+--------+----------+-------+----------+-------+------------+ | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | +--------+----------+-------+----------+-------+------------+ | Color |Yellow |Blue |Red |Green |White | | Man |Norwegian |Dane |Briton |German |Swede | | Pet | |Horses |Birds | |Dogs | | Smoke |Dunhill |Blend |Pall Mall |Prince |Blue Master | | Drink |Water |Tea |Milk |Coffee |Beer | +--------+----------+-------+----------+-------+------------+
10: The man who smokes Blend lives next to the one who keeps cats
+--------+----------+-------+----------+-------+------------+ | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | +--------+----------+-------+----------+-------+------------+ | Color |Yellow |Blue |Red |Green |White | | Man |Norwegian |Dane |Briton |German |Swede | | Pet |Cats |Horses |Birds | |Dogs | | Smoke |Dunhill |Blend |Pall Mall |Prince |Blue Master | | Drink |Water |Tea |Milk |Coffee |Beer | +--------+----------+-------+----------+-------+------------+
Which only leaves one gap.Who keeps Fish? The German.