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  • C Chris Buckett

    Ok, Assuming it's not a trick question, and the person who has the goldfish is the person who doesn't have any other pet mentioned, then it's the Developer who lives in the 4th Green house, who drinks Guinness and drives a 4x4 who also keeps goldfish. ChrisB

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    Bob X
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    I just found the same answer you did.

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      I just found the same answer you did.

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      Chris Buckett
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      Must be right then! Phew. (either that or we've both made the same logic error :-D ). ChrisB

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      • J JWood

        Just to state the obvious - he's dead and you seem slightly deranged.


        A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
        -H.L. Mencken

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        Baconbutty
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        Developer.

        I still remember having to write your own code in FORTRAN rather than be a cut and paste merchant being pampered by colour coded Intellisense - ahh proper programming - those were the days :)

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        • J JWood

          Just to state the obvious - he's dead and you seem slightly deranged.


          A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
          -H.L. Mencken

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          Ed Poore
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          JWood wrote:

          you seem slightly deranged.

          I'll take that as a compliment ;P - better than being a boring "normal" person.

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          • C Chris Buckett

            Must be right then! Phew. (either that or we've both made the same logic error :-D ). ChrisB

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            Ed Poore
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            Nah, he found it, you seem to have worked it out.

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            • C Chris Buckett

              Ok, Assuming it's not a trick question, and the person who has the goldfish is the person who doesn't have any other pet mentioned, then it's the Developer who lives in the 4th Green house, who drinks Guinness and drives a 4x4 who also keeps goldfish. ChrisB

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              Ed Poore
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              Very good, now did you work that out yourself? ;)

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              • C Chris Buckett

                Ok, Assuming it's not a trick question, and the person who has the goldfish is the person who doesn't have any other pet mentioned, then it's the Developer who lives in the 4th Green house, who drinks Guinness and drives a 4x4 who also keeps goldfish. ChrisB

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                RC_Sebastien_C
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                Came to the same answer, assuming that the clue The green house is to the left of the white house is meant to say ...'immediatly' to the left...

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                • E Ed Poore

                  Very good, now did you work that out yourself? ;)

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                  Chris Buckett
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                  Of course - it's just a case of making notes and reading some of the statements backwards (e.g. he man who drives a coupe has a neighbour who drinks tea == the man who drinks tea has a neigbour who drives a coupe). I can post the complete list of who lives where etc... if anyone's interested. ChrisB

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                  • C Chris Buckett

                    Of course - it's just a case of making notes and reading some of the statements backwards (e.g. he man who drives a coupe has a neighbour who drinks tea == the man who drinks tea has a neigbour who drives a coupe). I can post the complete list of who lives where etc... if anyone's interested. ChrisB

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                    Ed Poore
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                    Chris Buckett wrote:

                    reading some of the statements backwards

                    Interesting technique, have to remember that.

                    Chris Buckett wrote:

                    I can post the complete list of who lives where etc... if anyone's interested.

                    I'm not fussed, I've got the answers, maybe someone else would like them.

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                    • E Ed Poore

                      This quiz was made up by Albert Einstein and according to him 98% of people will not solve it. So according to Einstein there should be 6000 people on CP who can, so come on then! There is a row of five houses, each having a different colour. In these houses live five people who do different jobs. Each of them nurtures a different pet, likes different drinks and uses a different form of transport.

                      1. The Architect lives in the red house
                      2. The SysOp keeps a dog as a pet
                      3. The IT Manager drinks Latte's
                      4. The green house is to the left of the white house
                      5. The owner of the green house drinks Guinness
                      6. The person who drives a sports car keeps Tarantula's
                      7. The owner of the yellow house drives a campervan
                      8. The man living in the centre house drinks Martini's
                      9. The Tester lives in the first house
                      10. The man who drives a coupe lives next to the one who keeps cats
                      11. The man who keeps iguana's lives next to the man who drives a campervan
                      12. The man who drives a moped drinks milk
                      13. The Developer drives a 4x4
                      14. The Tester lives next to the blue house
                      15. The man who drives a coupe has a neighbour who drinks tea.

                      Who has Goldfish at home? [Recieved from GreyMatter]

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                      Stuart van Weele
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                      This was pretty easy. Just lay things out in a spreadsheet and start filling in the blanks.

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                      • E Ed Poore

                        This quiz was made up by Albert Einstein and according to him 98% of people will not solve it. So according to Einstein there should be 6000 people on CP who can, so come on then! There is a row of five houses, each having a different colour. In these houses live five people who do different jobs. Each of them nurtures a different pet, likes different drinks and uses a different form of transport.

                        1. The Architect lives in the red house
                        2. The SysOp keeps a dog as a pet
                        3. The IT Manager drinks Latte's
                        4. The green house is to the left of the white house
                        5. The owner of the green house drinks Guinness
                        6. The person who drives a sports car keeps Tarantula's
                        7. The owner of the yellow house drives a campervan
                        8. The man living in the centre house drinks Martini's
                        9. The Tester lives in the first house
                        10. The man who drives a coupe lives next to the one who keeps cats
                        11. The man who keeps iguana's lives next to the man who drives a campervan
                        12. The man who drives a moped drinks milk
                        13. The Developer drives a 4x4
                        14. The Tester lives next to the blue house
                        15. The man who drives a coupe has a neighbour who drinks tea.

                        Who has Goldfish at home? [Recieved from GreyMatter]

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                        Chadlling
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                        Heh that was fun... took me three cracks... but the Developer has the goldfish. Chadlling

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                        • E Ed Poore

                          This quiz was made up by Albert Einstein and according to him 98% of people will not solve it. So according to Einstein there should be 6000 people on CP who can, so come on then! There is a row of five houses, each having a different colour. In these houses live five people who do different jobs. Each of them nurtures a different pet, likes different drinks and uses a different form of transport.

                          1. The Architect lives in the red house
                          2. The SysOp keeps a dog as a pet
                          3. The IT Manager drinks Latte's
                          4. The green house is to the left of the white house
                          5. The owner of the green house drinks Guinness
                          6. The person who drives a sports car keeps Tarantula's
                          7. The owner of the yellow house drives a campervan
                          8. The man living in the centre house drinks Martini's
                          9. The Tester lives in the first house
                          10. The man who drives a coupe lives next to the one who keeps cats
                          11. The man who keeps iguana's lives next to the man who drives a campervan
                          12. The man who drives a moped drinks milk
                          13. The Developer drives a 4x4
                          14. The Tester lives next to the blue house
                          15. The man who drives a coupe has a neighbour who drinks tea.

                          Who has Goldfish at home? [Recieved from GreyMatter]

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                          Marc Clifton
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                          Hey Einstein! SysOps, IT Managers, sports cars, campervans, probably Martini's, testers, mopeds, and 4x4's weren't around in Einstein's days. Marc

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                          • E Ed Poore

                            This quiz was made up by Albert Einstein and according to him 98% of people will not solve it. So according to Einstein there should be 6000 people on CP who can, so come on then! There is a row of five houses, each having a different colour. In these houses live five people who do different jobs. Each of them nurtures a different pet, likes different drinks and uses a different form of transport.

                            1. The Architect lives in the red house
                            2. The SysOp keeps a dog as a pet
                            3. The IT Manager drinks Latte's
                            4. The green house is to the left of the white house
                            5. The owner of the green house drinks Guinness
                            6. The person who drives a sports car keeps Tarantula's
                            7. The owner of the yellow house drives a campervan
                            8. The man living in the centre house drinks Martini's
                            9. The Tester lives in the first house
                            10. The man who drives a coupe lives next to the one who keeps cats
                            11. The man who keeps iguana's lives next to the man who drives a campervan
                            12. The man who drives a moped drinks milk
                            13. The Developer drives a 4x4
                            14. The Tester lives next to the blue house
                            15. The man who drives a coupe has a neighbour who drinks tea.

                            Who has Goldfish at home? [Recieved from GreyMatter]

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                            standgale
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                            Yay, fun. We need more quizes (sp?!). I don't think I agree with the 98% comment though. I have just posted it on my old work forum and there are only about 50 people on that forum - I don't think I would be the only person able to solve it, and I think a lot of said people would be able to, if they at least give it a try. On the other hand, I once had to make an intelligence test for a school project and then test people, I thought the questions were easy but a lot of people got upset when they couldn't do them. I still don't really understand that. They really weren't hard. Like, I'm not trying to be an idiot here and say I am smarter than those people; my confusion is that I thought we were all as smart as each other, but for some reason they couldn't answer those questions. I don't understand what makes them different. So anyway, maybe I am biased on this quiz too and it is really harder than it seems? It is fun though, logic puzzles, especially ones that I can actually solve. Not like my ugly confusing programming I am trying to do at work right now.

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                            • E Ed Poore

                              This quiz was made up by Albert Einstein and according to him 98% of people will not solve it. So according to Einstein there should be 6000 people on CP who can, so come on then! There is a row of five houses, each having a different colour. In these houses live five people who do different jobs. Each of them nurtures a different pet, likes different drinks and uses a different form of transport.

                              1. The Architect lives in the red house
                              2. The SysOp keeps a dog as a pet
                              3. The IT Manager drinks Latte's
                              4. The green house is to the left of the white house
                              5. The owner of the green house drinks Guinness
                              6. The person who drives a sports car keeps Tarantula's
                              7. The owner of the yellow house drives a campervan
                              8. The man living in the centre house drinks Martini's
                              9. The Tester lives in the first house
                              10. The man who drives a coupe lives next to the one who keeps cats
                              11. The man who keeps iguana's lives next to the man who drives a campervan
                              12. The man who drives a moped drinks milk
                              13. The Developer drives a 4x4
                              14. The Tester lives next to the blue house
                              15. The man who drives a coupe has a neighbour who drinks tea.

                              Who has Goldfish at home? [Recieved from GreyMatter]

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                              Raj Lal
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                              Interesting one - here is the answer in less than 5 minutes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- HOUSE :: Yellow - Blue - Red - Green - White JOB :: Tester - IT Manager - Architect - Developer - SysOp Drinks :: Tea - Latte - Martini - Gunieas - Milk Trasport :: Cat - Iguana - Truntala - GOLD FISH - dog Meets all the points !

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                              • R Raj Lal

                                Interesting one - here is the answer in less than 5 minutes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- HOUSE :: Yellow - Blue - Red - Green - White JOB :: Tester - IT Manager - Architect - Developer - SysOp Drinks :: Tea - Latte - Martini - Gunieas - Milk Trasport :: Cat - Iguana - Truntala - GOLD FISH - dog Meets all the points !

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                                Ashley van Gerven
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                                I'd expect you to get it quickly ;P (with all the brain teazers you've posted here before - some of which I've enjoyed I should add). Took me just over 20 mins to figure out it was the developer (good ol' pen & paper).

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