Who owns the Zebra?

The German!

1st	Norwegian	Water	Yellow	Dunhill	Cats
2nd	Dane	Tea	Blue	Blend	Horse
3rd	English	Milk	Red	Pall Mall	Birds
4th*	German	Coffee	Green	Prince	Zebra
5th*	Swede	Beer	White	Blue Master	Dog
* Note: solution works just as well with 4th and 5th houses completely switched since they are now on the other side of the road

Check it!

• There are five houses.
• Each house has its own unique color.
• All house owners are of different nationalities.
• They all have different pets.
• They all drink different drinks.
• They all smoke different cigarettes.
• The English man lives in the red house.
• The Swede has a dog.
• The Dane drinks tea.
• The green house is on the left side of the white house.
• They drink coffee in the green house.
• The man who smokes Pall Mall has birds.
• In the yellow house they smoke Dunhill.
• In the middle house they drink milk.
• The Norwegian lives in the first house.
• The man who smokes Blend lives in the house next to the house with cats.
• In the house next to the house where they have a horse, they smoke Dunhill.
• The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
• The German smokes Prince.
• The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
• They drink water in the house next to the house where they smoke Blend.

So, the German owns the Zebra!

Editor's note:

• Return to the question
• Supposedly less than 1% of all the population can solve this problem: did you?

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