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The puzzle of Lewis Carroll:

A small street has five differently coloured houses on it. Five men of different nationalities live in these five houses. Each man has a different profession, each man likes a different drink, and each has a different pet animal. We have the following information:

  • The Englishman lives in the red house.
  • The Spaniard has a dog.
  • The Japanese is a painter.
  • The Italian drinks tea.
  • The Norwegian lives in the first house on the left.
  • The owner of the green house drinks coffee.
  • The green house is on the right of the white house.
  • The sculptor breeds snails.
  • The diplomat lives in the yellow house.
  • They drink milk in the middle house.
  • The Norwegian lives next door to the blue house.
  • The violinist drinks fruit juice.
  • The fox is in the house next to the doctor’s.
  • The horse is in the house next to the diplomat’s.

The question is who has the zebra and who drinks water?

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