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Can you solve "Einstein’s Riddle"? - Dan Van der Vieren

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Before he turned physics upside down, a young Albert Einstein supposedly showed off his genius by devising a complex riddle involving a stolen exotic fish and a long list of suspects. Can you resist tackling a brain teaser written by one of the smartest people in history? Dan Van der Vieren shows how.

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Which pair of clues below did not require any logic at all?

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"The Swede has a dog" and "The Dane drinks tea"

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"The Brit lives in the house with the red walls" and "The German smokes Prince"

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"The Norwegian lives next to the house with blue walls" and "The man living in the center house drinks milk"

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"The Norwegian lives next to the house with blue walls" and "The person who smokes Pall Mall cigars owns a bird"

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Meet The Creators

Educator Dan Van der Vieren
Director Outis
Script Editor Alex Gendler
Composer Dušan Strajnić
Sound Designer Marko Ignjatović
Narrator Addison Anderson

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