I received an email today which had me excercising the mind. If you choose to work out this problem and solve the answer, you shall be rewarded. I don't know about the story about Einstein...

The first three correct answers shall win a chip of my choice (I'll post what they are once I figure it out myself, the chips that is). You must give me the correct answer and the time it took to figure it out. No cheating, this is on the honor system. If you've figured it out before, sorry you can't play. John's rule... Please email me with the answers.

WARNING: if you hate puzzles, forget this message and go on.

This is a quiz that was supposedly written by Einstein. Supposedly 85% ofthe population do NOT possess the logical thinking ability to solve it. Are you among the 15% who can?

Facts:
1. There are 5 houses of 5 different colors arranged in a straight row.
2. Within each house lives a different owner, all of a different nationality.
3. Each of the 5 owners drinks a different beverage, smoke a different brand of cigar, and keep a different type of pet.
4. You are facing the row of houses and read left to right.

Hints:
1. The Brit lives in a red house.
2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Dane drinks tea.
4. The green house is on the left of the white house.
5. The green house owner drinks coffee.
6. The owner who smokes Pall Mall, keeps birds.
7. The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The owner living in the house right in the middle drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The owner who smokes Blend lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The owner who keeps horses lives next to the one who smokes Dunhill.
12. The owner 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 Blend has a neighbor who drinks water.

The Question: Who has fish for pets? AND what is the color of their house?

This is not a trick question... the answer can be reached using logic and deductive reasoning. Good luck!