The Five Houses: The Beer Drinker, the Horse Keeper, and the Painter
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Five houses stand in a row, numbered 1 to 5 from left to right. Each holds exactly one of each attribute, and no attribute repeats. Work out the full arrangement from these clues:
1. The beer drinker is not the person in the red house.
2. The person in the green house is somewhere to the left of the dog owner.
3. The person in the green house is immediately to the left of the person in the grey house.
4. The Norwegian is not the horse keeper.
5. The cat owner is not the juice drinker.
6. The painter is not the person in the green house.
7. The reader is somewhere to the left of the rabbit owner.
8. The Norwegian is directly next to the dog owner.
9. The Swede is somewhere to the left of the juice drinker.
10. The gardener is directly next to the person in the red house.
11. The juice drinker is immediately to the right of the Dane.
12. The reader is immediately to the left of the baker.
13. The chess player is directly next to the tea drinker.
14. The horse keeper is immediately to the right of the Swede.
15. The dog owner is directly next to the German.
16. The milk drinker is somewhere to the left of the Norwegian.
17. The person in the blue house is immediately to the right of the person in the yellow house.
18. The chess player is not the fish keeper.
19. The Norwegian is not the rabbit owner.
20. The Pole is not the horse keeper.
21. The painter is somewhere to the left of the Norwegian.
22. The water drinker is directly next to the baker.
23. The Pole is not the baker.
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Solution
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In the final arrangement, which numbered house (1–5) does “the tea drinker” end up at? Answer with the number.
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