Motivational Monday 3/21/2016

Motivational Monday
Mark Pickett

Mark Pickett

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Answer to last week’s Puzzle:

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40 Squares

This weeks Puzzle:

Einstein’s riddle:

It is said that this quiz was made up by the famous physicist and according to him 98% will not solve it.

There is a row of five different color houses. Each house is occupied by a man of different nationality. Each man has a different pet, prefers a different drink, and smokes different brand of cigarettes.

  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 next to the White house, on the left.
  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 center 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 man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
  13. The German smokes Prince.
  14. The Norwegian lives next to the Blue house.
  15. The man who smokes Blends has a neighbor who drinks water.

Who has fish at home? Are you one of the 2%?

16 Responses

  • Sal Ferrulo March 21, 2016 at 5:24 pm

    Mark,
    Thank you for stimulating our minds on a Monday morning!
    Have a great week everyone!
    Sal

  • Amanda Leazer March 21, 2016 at 5:20 pm

    I think it’s the German too!

  • Greg Fender March 21, 2016 at 3:56 pm

    Thanks Mark for the riddle no idea the answer yet but am thinking about it!

  • Merline Petion March 21, 2016 at 3:25 pm

    Is it the German in the green house who smokes Prince and drinks coffee?

  • Stephanie Downey March 21, 2016 at 2:37 pm

    The German-
    He smokes Prince

  • Eric Middleton March 21, 2016 at 12:46 pm

    hmmm this riddle might take sometime. lol like the entire day to figure out.

  • Youssef Koutout March 21, 2016 at 12:35 pm

    the fish is owned by the German.
    Thank you!

  • Jennifer Jessen March 21, 2016 at 12:27 pm

    Are fish pets?

  • Letitia Pleasant March 21, 2016 at 11:39 am

    Hmmm….not really sure. Can’t wait to see the answer next week. I’m happy it’s spring time. Happy Monday Mark!

  • Mike Davies March 21, 2016 at 11:23 am

    Great Brain Teasers your collueagues over the pond especially those in the Tottenham office are scratching our heads:)

  • Sara Hand March 21, 2016 at 11:11 am

    Great riddle! It’s the German

  • Teresa Gosse March 21, 2016 at 10:51 am

    Yay, spring!!!
    Still working on the riddle. 🙂

  • Leigh Russo March 21, 2016 at 10:33 am

    Great brain exercise and I’m with Patricia –
    Just reading it gave me a mental work out!
    Happy Snowy Spring!

  • Patricia Rios March 21, 2016 at 9:16 am

    Hello Spring! Honestly, just by reading the riddle I got a headache… I am in the 98% 😀

  • Naomi Dugan March 21, 2016 at 8:57 am

    Thank you Mark!!! I won’t event attempt to embarass myself.

    Enjoy the first day of Soring (?)
    Naomi

  • David Winarski March 21, 2016 at 8:52 am

    Thanks Mark. Bet our friends in the Northeast want Spring.

    Can’t say I’m in the 2% – but it’s either Denmark or Germany?