New Puzzle to figure out

[Bargod]

Have fun with this one.....

There are 5 houses in 5 different colors. In each house lives a person with a different nationality. The 5 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 brand of cigar, or drink the same beverage.

Somebody owns a fish. The question is: who?

Hints:

The Brit lives in the red house.
The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
The Dane drinks tea.
The green house is on the left and next to the white house.
The green homeowner drinks coffee.
The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
The man living in the center house 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 the horse 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 Blends has a neighbor who drinks water.



If you solve it, please only post the actual answer, not the complete solution, that way everyone can have a chance. Also, if you feel up to it, you can post how long it took you to figure out.

[Highwayman]

Achtung!

[Bargod]

Highway, I'll give it a couple days and then have you post how you came up with your answer. That way, we can see if anyone else can figure it out. It took me the better part of 2 days.

[Highwayman]

Bargod, here’s a hint. I cheated!

[Outofdodge]

Originally Posted by Bargod

Somebody owns a fish. The question is: who?

Sprechen sie Deutsch?

[TexKan]

I gave up but kept all my paper thinkin when my brain recovers........ LOL It's painful to get yerself so frustrated over all that knowin you are missin the "one" clue that can make it easy............. I tried to cheat - couldn't find the puzzle on the google I did............... I thought the dutch guy had a pet......... hell they all moved to the US and now they are makin more money than YOU!!

[Bargod]

Well, Highway says he cheated, so here is my solution:

Color: Yellow Blue Red Green White
Nationality: Norwegian Danish British German Swedish
Beverage: Water Tea Milk Coffee Beer
Cigar: Dunhill Blends Pall Mall Prince Blue Masters
Pet: Cats Horse Birds Fish Dogs

I would have liked to have been able to get things lined up a little better but, I couldn't get the formatting right. Everything is in order going from left to right.

[Tee]

 
<TABLE border="1" summary="Showing Bargod how to create a table in HTML">
<CAPTION><EM>Answers</EM></CAPTION>

<TR><TH>Colors<TD>Yellow<TD>Blue<TD>Red<TD>Green<TD>White
<TR><TH>Nationalities<TD>Norwegian<TD>Danish<TD>British<TD>German<TD>Swedish
<TR><TH>Beverage<TD>Water<TD>Tea<TD>Milk<TD>Coffee<TD>Beer
<TR><TH>Cigar<TD>Dunhill<TD>Blends<TD>Pall Mall<TD>Prince<TD>Blue Masters
<TR><TH>Pet<TD>Cats<TD>Horse<TD>Birds<TD>Fish<TD>Dogs
</TABLE>

[Tee]

<TABLE border="1"
          summary="Showing Bargod how to create a table in HTML">
<CAPTION><EM>Answers</EM></CAPTION>

<TR><TH>Colors<TD>Yellow<TD>Blue<TD>Red<TD>Green<TD>White
<TR><TH>Nationalities<TD>Norwegian<TD>Danish<TD>British<TD>German<TD>Swedish
<TR><TH>Beverage<TD>Water<TD>Tea<TD>Milk<TD>Coffee<TD>Beer
<TR><TH>Cigar<TD>Dunhill<TD>Blends<TD>Pall Mall<TD>Prince<TD>Blue Masters
<TR><TH>Pet<TD>Cats<TD>Horse<TD>Birds<TD>Fish<TD>Dogs
</TABLE> 

[TexKan]

ya'll are so smart!! I still got little triangles with a mess underneath them - my triangles are my houses....... and I still didn't know who had fish....... but I can tell ya my neighbor is certifiable here lately...........