Gentle Readers and Puzzle Enthusiast,
 
Reading the thread on recalling how to solve an algebraic expression and
Tony's hungry goat challenge reminded me of some other puzzles from 25+
years ago.  So I dug into my file I keep on these types of things and have
pulled one which has been always been a favorite of mine:
 
 
Given the following facts:
 
         1.  There are five houses.
         2.  The green house is directly to the right of the ivory house.
         3.  The Englishman has a red house.
         4.  The dog belongs to the Spaniard.
         5.  The Ukranian drinks tea.
         6.  The Chesterfield smoker lives next to the fox.
         7.  The Japanese man smokes Parliaments.
         8.  Milk is drunk in the middle house.
         9.  Ale is drunk in the green house.
        10.  Kools are smoked in the house next to the horse.
        11.  The Norwegian lives in the first house.
        12.  The Lucky smoker drinks whiskey
        13.  Kools are smoked in the yellow house.
        14.  The Old Gold smoker owns a snail.
        15.  The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
 
Question:
 
        Does the Zebra's owner drink Vodka or Ale?
 
 
If you think you have a solution, you can send it to me privately and I'll
let you know.  In a few days I'll post the results to the list...  :)
 
(P.S.  Guess I need to update the cigarette brands...if that's any clue as
to how long I've had this...)
 
-- Jerry
 
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Democrary is a process by which the people are
free to choose the person who will get the blame.
                       -- Lawrence J. Peter
 
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