My wife is a Native speaker from Oz who teaches English in a private language school here in Germany. As a lesson she found the following quiz which she'll take to classes tomorrow. I have to admit, I'm just toooooo tired and lazy to think, as I just got home from swimming practice (good excuse, isn't it?) ....can anyone else solve the quiz ? here it goes:
Who goes fishing?
Facts
- there are 5 houses of 5 different colors: blue, green, red, white, yellow
- in each house lives a person of a different nationality: American, Australian, British, Canadian, Irish
- each of the 5 house owners has a certain job: carpenter, lawyer, pilot, plumber, waiter
- each of the 5 house owners has a certain hobby: chess, fishing, football, sailing, tennis
- each of the 5 house owners has a certain pet: cat, dog, goldfish, hamster, horse
None of them have the same pet, job or hobby.
Other facts
- the Irishman lives in the green house
- the red house is on the immediate left of the white house
- the person in the red house is a pilot
- the American plays chess
- the Canadian is a waiter
- the person with the horse lives next to the one who plays tennis
- the person who goes sailing lives next to the one with the cat
- the person with the goldfish plays football
- the person in the blue house has a cat
- the Briton has a hamster
- the Australian lives next to the yellow house
- the person with the horse has a neighbor who is a plumber
- the person in the center house is a lawyer
- The Australian lives in the first house
- the dog owner is a carpenter
QUESTION: Who goes fishing?
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Who goes fishing?
Facts
- there are 5 houses of 5 different colors: blue, green, red, white, yellow
- in each house lives a person of a different nationality: American, Australian, British, Canadian, Irish
- each of the 5 house owners has a certain job: carpenter, lawyer, pilot, plumber, waiter
- each of the 5 house owners has a certain hobby: chess, fishing, football, sailing, tennis
- each of the 5 house owners has a certain pet: cat, dog, goldfish, hamster, horse
None of them have the same pet, job or hobby.
Other facts
- the Irishman lives in the green house
- the red house is on the immediate left of the white house
- the person in the red house is a pilot
- the American plays chess
- the Canadian is a waiter
- the person with the horse lives next to the one who plays tennis
- the person who goes sailing lives next to the one with the cat
- the person with the goldfish plays football
- the person in the blue house has a cat
- the Briton has a hamster
- the Australian lives next to the yellow house
- the person with the horse has a neighbor who is a plumber
- the person in the center house is a lawyer
- The Australian lives in the first house
- the dog owner is a carpenter
QUESTION: Who goes fishing?
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