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which composer owns a hedgehog?

August 18, 2006 at 6:21 PM

Alright, I know who has the hedgehog, do you?

There are 5 houses in 5 different colours. In each house lives a famous composer of a different nationality. The 5 composers drink a certain type of beverage, drive a certain make of car, and keep a certain type of pet. No composers have the same pet, drive the same make of car, or drink the same beverage. The question is, “Who owns the hedgehog?”

Hints:

1. Elgar lives in the white house.

2. Paganini owns a horse named Caprice.

3. Chopin drinks cognac.

4. The green house is on the left of the red house.

5. The composer in the green house drinks coffee.

6. The composer who drives a blue Jaguar rears birds.

7. The composer who lives in the yellow house drives a Karmann-Ghia.

8. The composer living in the center house drinks tea.

9. The French composer lives in the first house.

10.The owner of the Honda Prelude lives next to the composer who owns 2 dalmations.

11.The composer who has a cat lives next to the composer who drives a Karmann-Ghia.

12.The composer who drives a Ferrari drinks red wine.

13. Brahms drives a red Jetta.

14. Bizet lives next to the blue house.

15.The composer who drives a Honda Prelude has a neighbour who drinks white wine.

I reckon it's a bloke who drinks a lot and plays loud music all the time. I live next door to him I think.

Neil

I reckon it's a bloke who drinks a lot and plays loud music all the time. I live next door to him I think.

Neil

Can you be more definitive, Neil? hehe
Oh grrreattt, now I've got to get a piece of paper and a pencil.

(and in keeping with the theme of my first post...)

Oh grrreattt, now I've got to get a piece ... oh heck, you get the idea. :)

Neil

I leave early tomorrow morning for a few days. I expect your answer by the time I return on Monday evening, Neil.

Hint: None of the composers have doubles of anything except for the person who has two dalmations. ;)

Okay, it's obviously Brahms - he's a noisy bloke and prickly as well.

Neil

PS, all without paper as I decided I prefer the guess method. :P

And what if I tell you that you are wrong?
Hmmm, I'll sulk. Although at least I now know Brahms likes spotted doggies.

Neil

... still reckon he'd have a hedgehog if his mum'd let him...

The test is invalid. Brahms does not drive a red Jetta.
I think Bizet lives in the yellow house, drives a Karmann Ghia, has two dalmations and drinks white wine; Chopin lives in the blue house, drives a Honda Prelude, has a cat and drinks Cognac; Elgar lives in the white house, drives a blue Jag, rears birds and drinks tea; Brahms lives in the green house, drives a red Jetta, has a hedgehog and drinks coffee; and Paganini lives in the red house, drives a Ferrari, has a horse and drinks red wine. So I came to the same conclusion as Neil, but I got to obsess about it. Spending time trying to solve this puzzle instead of practising...it’s no wonder I can’t play the violin.
Of course, Elgar would be a tea sipper and Pag would prefer red wine and Ferraris. And I had a hunch about Chopin and Cognac. But... Chopin and Hondas?
*ding ding ding* Congratulations Jennifer! You actually did the puzzle like myself and you have done it correctly. Bravo!

Neil, I guess we can still sort of say you won also but I mean anyone can say Brahms where as Jennifer used her brain and figured it out.

Heyyyyy, I used my brain ... I just used the guessing part of it rather than the knuckling down and actually working something out part. :)

Congratulations Jennifer.

Neil

PS. One of these days I'll guess right.

Congratulations Jennifer,

I worked on the problem last night after a long grueling day at work and narrowed the search down quite a bit.I simply could not figure out the final solution.

I resolved to get back to it this morning when my mind was fresh. Unfortunately I have have, regretably, not been able to figure solution.

Now I need to get back to work here at my job. I still resolve to work out the solution but alas for now I concede defeat.

This type of problem is part and parcel of both the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) as well as the Graduate Record Exam (GRE). I suppose I should be thankful I took both exams many years ago when my mind was more facile. Oh Well.

Again congratulations Jennifer and Kelsey