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subject: world has 2% intellectuals
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hi gals n guys,
so be prepared to be one among worlds intellectuals numbering only
2% of the world's population.
einstein wrote this quiz last century. he said that 98% of the world
could not figure it out.
so, try it out. the answer will be displayed next week.
all the best.

here is the puzzle:

1. there are 5 houses in five different colors.
2. in each house lives a person with a different
nationality.
3. these five owners drink a certain drink, smoke a
certain brand of cigar, and keep a certain pet.
4. no owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand
of cigar or drink the same drink.

the question is - who owns the fish?

hints
* the british. lives in the red house.
* the sweden keeps dogs as pets.
* the denmak drinks tea.
* the green house is on the left of the white
house.
* the green house owner drinks coffee.
* the person who smokes pall mall rears birds.
* the owner of the yellow house smokes dunhill.
* the man living in the house right in the
center 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 horses lives next to the man
who smokes dunhill.
* the owner who smokes bluemaster drinks beer.
* the german smokes prince.
* the norwegian lives next to the blue house.
* the man who smokes blend has a neighbor who
drinks water.

-lakshmi