'Impossible' Einstein brainteaser that can only be solved by 2% of people
For those who relish a mental workout, nothing quite compares to the thrill of cracking a good riddle. While most people think solving brainteasers and puzzles is nothing but a boredom buster, research has shown they can actually have a positive impact on your central nervous system. In turn, this can improve your concentration levels and better your attention span.
Think of it as like you're taking your brain to the gym and giving it a good work out. However, this brainteaser is much more challenging than most, and is believed to have been crafted by none other than Albert Einstein himself.
Of course, there's no concrete evidence the scientist sat down between lab experiments to write up this impossible puzzle, but it certainly requires a high level of intellect. So, let's get to it.
As previously reported, only two per cent of participants can actually crack this, so don't give yourself too hard of a time when you inevitably fail. Okay, so here's the set up: the world's rarest fish has been stolen to the aquarium and police have followed the scent to a row of houses. They have to get the house with the fish inside right the first time, otherwise the thief will run away.
There are five houses, each painted a different colour. In each house lives a person with a different nationality. These five 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 cigar, or drink the same beverage. To aid you on your quest, here are some hints that might prove handy:
1. The Brit lives in the red house
2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets
3. The Dane drinks tea
4. The green house is directly to the left of the white house
5. The owner of the green house drinks coffee
6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds
7. The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill
8. The man living in the centre house drinks milk
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house
10. The man who smokes blends lives next to the one who keeps cats
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill
12. The owner who smokes BlueMaster drinks beer
13. The German smokes Prince
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house
15. The man who smokes blend has a neighbour who drinks water
We're not giving away any clues for this one, but you're not under any time limit - so take a while to map out all of the information you have been given and see if you can work out who lives in each house. To then solve the mystery of who stole the fish, you'll need to bring out your sharp analytical skills.
Admitting defeat already, or think you've finally cracked it? The answer is waiting for you below - but no cheating!
ANSWER: The German man living in house number four has stolen the fish. This is because he is the only man on the street who doesn't already have a pet.
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