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Einstein's Puzzle Zebra Puzzle

It's said that Einstein created this logic puzzle in the 19th century, and it's often claimed that 98% of the world population could not solve it.

There are five houses next to each other (each one is painted a different color). Each house owner is from a different country, drinks different beverages, smokes different brands of cigarettes and has different pets. It is up to you to answer two questions: Who owns the zebra? Who drinks water?

 
  • Color
  • Nationality
  • Drink
  • Smoke
  • Pet
House #1 #1
House #2 #2
House #3 #3
House #4 #4
House #5 #5
  • 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 the middle house.
  • The Norwegian lives in the first house.
  • 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.

How to play

  • The best way to start is reading all the clues and marking the most basic ones (example: The Brazilian lives in the second house.);
  • Now, it is possible that other types of clues are available to be used (example: The person who drinks Water is exactly to the left of the Brazilian.);
  • After doing the last step several times, you will have to use logic to deduce information and proceed with the resolution;
  • All the clues must be used;
  • The game ends when all the clues are correctly checked and everything is filled.

More Zebra Puzzles

See our zebra puzzles list.

Need help?

Solving these simple zebra puzzles are the easiest way to learn how to play this kind of logic game.

Printable version

The PDF version of this zebra puzzle is available for download.

For more printables, visit our Printable Zebra Puzzles page.

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