The Five Houses: The Dane, the Person in the Yellow House, and the Dog Owner
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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 Norwegian is immediately to the left of the cat owner.
2. The gardener is immediately to the left of the juice drinker.
3. The Pole is not the person in the grey house.
4. The coffee drinker is somewhere to the left of the person in the red house.
5. The gardener is somewhere to the left of the chess player.
6. The person in the yellow house is not the coffee drinker.
7. The dog owner is not the milk drinker.
8. The reader is immediately to the right of the Norwegian.
9. The person in the yellow house is directly next to the Swede.
10. The chess player is not the bird keeper.
11. The tea drinker is not the Dane.
12. The tea drinker is not the Pole.
13. The water drinker is not the horse keeper.
14. The horse keeper is immediately to the left of the bird keeper.
15. The sailor is immediately to the right of the cat owner.
16. The fish keeper is immediately to the right of the milk drinker.
17. The tea drinker is immediately to the right of the Swede.
18. The Norwegian is somewhere to the left of the water drinker.
19. The gardener is immediately to the left of the person in the green house.
20. The water drinker is immediately to the left of the person in the blue house.
Hints
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Solution
Commit an attempt to unseal the proof. Write your answer — right or wrong, thinking it through is the point.
In the final arrangement, which numbered house (1–5) does “the bird keeper” end up at? Answer with the number.
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