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.
Lesson by Dan Van der Vieren, animation by Artrake Studio.

[@Chey1_]

How bout you get 5 cops to check each house at once

[@sarahlee4404]

Ikr

[@kendry375_6]

I though the same 😂😂😂

[@bearmanjon_bmj]

+Voltic_HD What's the fun in that, now? Come on! XD

[@vision716]

There was only two available XD

[@jocefvr]

That's what I was thinking

[@nadiabouk8712]

“The only problem is that after you’ve spent an hour trying to solve this, the thief ran back to the store and returned the fish”

[@Reyes78]

Or the fish died already.

[@ripmorld9909]

@@Reyes78 or eaten

[@pandas_and_army7427]

XD

[@marmot1434]

Brandon Reyes yea it drowned

[@sudhanshu1396]

This riddle has been altered for the sake of this video original one simply asks who is the fish owner

[@camthefemalefont9801]

I love puzzles like these. You're given vague information and multiple clues, then you have to sort people into categories based on the clues. I love it! My math teacher had four puzzles like this for me to solve just before Christmas break and I spent almost the entire hour and a half of class working on them. One of the best math classes I've ever had this year!

[@kaitlynstertz9079]

do you know where your teacher found riddles like this one? they're my absolute favourite but Idk where i can find and do more.

[@camthefemalefont9801]

@@kaitlynstertz9079 No, sorry. I wish I did. They're my favorite kind of puzzle too!

[@woofer13]

If you love puzzles like these, PennyPress and Dell create puzzle books that are devoted to LOGIC. I spend every single day solving them, which is probably why I solved the puzzle in under 3 minutes. Anyway, if you decide to buy one of their puzzle books, make sure you either get the "Math and Logic Puzzles book", or their just plain "Logic Puzzles." They offer lots of other kinds of puzzles, but those are the best ones. I'm addicted. EDIT: Many of their puzzles are MUCH harder than this one, but then again, there are logic puzzles that are super easy in the beginning of the books.

[@Lucas-fx9vn]

@@woofer13 they are called logigrams

[@iluvmilktea3224]

Enjoying math class? Once it was relatable to me. What's it like?

[@anniebarker4545]

This is the first TedEd Riddle I’ve ever solved with 100% accuracy. It was a really gratifying & fun experience, thank you so much to the team at TedEd for making this video!

[@ashwinikumar9065]

GRATIFYING

[@qwertyuoip]

@@ashwinikumar9065 gratifying adjective giving pleasure or satisfaction. "the results were gratifying"

[@earth-6163]

dude was just lonely , all his neighbors had pets. 😂

[@veenoceda14]

😂😂

[@nacnac7732]

Maybe he has wife ?

[@izzy-artmusicvlogs1234]

XD 🤣

[@ava-sj5cr]

Nac Nac I really hate when people take things to seriously R/woooooosh

[@digaddog6099]

@@ava-sj5cr thats not what a woooosh is, and whenever you try to link a subreddit outside of reddit, it gets annoying. Theyve made the subreddit ihavereddit for this occasion.

[@sdvampire6442]

The Brit doesn't drink tea Everyone: wait that's illegal

[@hahahanah9954]

Yeah... Something's wrong with this...

[@0mathgaming]

I mean if this is taking place in America, then there's no problem.

[@robynannmoore1]

As a brit myself I actually prefer milk over tea

[@Shreya-kx1yp]

Doesn't drink*

[@sdvampire6442]

@@Shreya-kx1yp Oops my bad

[@supertron6039]

Me: I solved this puzzle! I solved a puzzle by Einstein himself!!! Ted-ED: Did Einstein really invent this puzzle? Probably not. Me: _Why must you hurt me in this way?_

[@ChristyVisty]

Omg lmaoo i solved it tooo high five buddy!

[@malshidias7941]

Sooo true!! I actually thought I solved an Einstein puzzle!😫

[@harimulya4392]

I solve it, but ehh i don't know why I don't have any emotion. My school went like THE NEW ENSTEIN nah, first I have horrible spelling so like I learned nothing there. And I don't think that riddle Is by Einstein cause it just like so easy cmon throw us a serious one that has real Einstein brain.

[@raifhossain1162]

Me too 😑

[@bonegem2989]

@@harimulya4392 like the other ones are harder than this.

[@m3mori]

My entire childhood spent solving professor layton puzzles has prepared me for this moment! This is the type of riddle I enjoy, I know it’s not super hard to grasp but filling in the boxes and making progress feels so good

[@sophiaonearth6347]

Nothing in my life has ever been as satisfying as solving this puzzle by myself

[@jackdanyalds5885]

It took me around 8 minutes to solve.

[@GrittyCockle]

@@jackdanyalds5885 it took me 7 minutes.....

[@Ying.3]

@@jackdanyalds5885 I can't even solve it.....

[@chitra1975]

So true bro

[@ReadTheBible001]

Thank you for writing this comment to give me the willpower to do it on my own instead of looking at the answer :)

[@blythe5120]

"It's up to you, the city's best detective"... So that means we're not going to get the fish back??

[@weird-potato]

@Elene I'm the 201th like he he he

[@cozyflurry]

Lol

[@nyeinzawhtay3385]

Lol555th like

[@theletteralpha]

Lol 0h6 like Wait nvm I had my screen upside down it’s 940

[@jishtrovert4447]

I'm the 8th

[@diagonalleaf]

I had a teacher who gave our class this riddle to do over the weekend, Sadly she discovered she had cancer and didn't come back to school (she ended up being fine) and our class never discovered how to solve it but this video finally showed me how to solve it.

[@thituannhanguyen2056]

Poor teacher😢

[@leah5280_]

This kind of puzzle is my favorite--and it's one of the only Ted Ed riddles I've ever been able to solve! :) This was so satisfying!

[@zippr1608]

My answer is the thief stole the fish

[@ES-yn9mq]

true genius

[@frenchtoast3031]

Lol! I'm dead

[@hanaxavier1524]

Lol no shit Sherlock really?😂😂

[@dlol.]

*facepalm*

[@TheDrdebika]

So true!

[@grbacky]

If I’m the city’s best detective, the city is doomed.

[@fisharooniboi6969]

grbacky same.

[@asy0ulikeit]

grbacky samee

[@malar2473]

lmao

[@lauriezahn2791]

grbacky fadsi

[@randomnessyt8429]

grbacky hahahahahahahaha

[@ChartreusePearl08]

I hope they do more riddles that involve grids and clues (i.e. The sorting hat riddle and the fire crystal riddle)

[@veracretano6173]

Admittedly, I usually end up skipping for the answer on puzzles like these, but this one just sort of grasped my attention and it was really satisfying to get the answer through the sudoku/codeword style

[@LossztYT]

Me: alright I’m going to bed now Ted-Ed: No you’re not Me: no I’m not

[@ryansullivan9192]

Me rn at 3am

[@bruhwtf2662]

Hi not, I am a Cheese Grater

[@nicolezhang8546]

@@bruhwtf2662 Hello Cheese Grater!

[@catuskitzew1652]

Hello cheese grater,I'm daddddd

[@vickieclark7649]

Me

[@elliotthebigender1190]

I think the funniest part of this riddle was all the nationalities saying hello or hi

[@liliharbin]

i agree lol

[@juleha1]

and einstein open up his jacket saying everything is relative 💀

[@seanmchugh1981]

hElOo

[@crystalvbae]

yessssssssss

[@desihirohamada]

That's kinda cute tbh

[@desertsage6825]

I loved these types of puzzles as a kid. I remember my 5th grade teacher handing out this puzzle to the class right before the Thanksgiving break. Most of the other kids were busy chatting with each other, but I was fascinated with this puzzle.

[@AlexandraD2020]

0:28: Beginning of riddle 0:54: Details from police 1:24: Tips of how to solve the riddle 1:37: Clues 1:43: Solving the riddle

[@helcurt-shadowbringer8721]

A moment of silence to those who grabbed a pen and a paper but still don't get the answer..

[@cherryleung9236]

I got it tho hehe

[@noillebyarod6946]

So me?

[@madhuripatil4659]

It's cool I got the answer

[@ib5799]

I got it too. Its not that hard if you try long enough

[@mehwantcookies3478]

It was meh :/

[@boy638]

I think that coming up with the riddle is harder than solving it haha

[@BreatheManually]

+boy638 Try making a Sudoku puzzle with only one answer to it.

[@SussyBacca]

+Lincoln were I can make and solve one in 0.0001 seconds... github.com/dlai0001/sudoku-generator/blob/master/README.md Puzzles like this are a waste of human life. Once you understand how they work its a game of patience, not skill. It's a game for kids, not scientists.

[@JuliusGvoz]

+Lincoln were You only need 17 numbers to have only one answer.

[@boy638]

***** Yea but to supply the carefully selected clues without any loopholes is not easy.

[@Fer-wr5xb]

Yeah

[@sonaliv9959]

It is so satisfying when you get a clue and then fill in a bunch of info. Great riddle.

[@minalakbar7404]

"Police can't search the houses one by one" Me: "DIVIDE OR CALL MORE!"

[@PlatformingCyndaquil]

Me: Hello, police? Police: Who is this? Me: The police… Police: Do your job!!!

[@ikechristensen1899]

If I'm the city's best detective, the city's screwed.

[@ikechristensen1899]

I did do the riddle, though.

[@kevinbob2416]

Yea

[@kevinbob2416]

Lol

[@dareven9984]

but that also just might mean youre batman, depends on the city

[@Chance007]

Ike Christensen I wud screw all the women

[@crex-pd1vv]

Ok, I think I got it... my answer is the dutchman stole the goat

[@prabhjotsinghkainth2282]

german did

[@crex-pd1vv]

Prabhjot Singh haha I know, I was joking... There isnt a dutchman or a goat in the riddle

[@prabhjotsinghkainth2282]

c88.rex tricked xD ;)

[@amberdrews9958]

no the german

[@prabhjotsinghkainth2282]

MonsterMash Gaming well he said goat not fish

[@pedrov.8087]

0:56 americans: easy, it was the brit

[@pristyjoyis6947]

It is nice how Ted Ed narrated it like a story keep up the good work thank you

[@Susan-po1ms]

The situation is too realistic

[@ghassensmaoui6060]

+Marleychopsandme which situation you mean ?? elaborate

[@shamona7121]

+Ghassen Smaoui That a German would steal a fish from an aquarium.

[@MrRende321]

+Rizwan Zaki Should have been a Polish person!

[@dario-viva]

+Ghassen Smaoui the hole riddle. if you watch the other riddels in thi channel you'll find some with zombies.

[@TonyStark-ir8ke]

No, the Brit does not drink tea. That's the most unrealistic thing I've ever heard😛

[@manlingsun8928]

Everyone: *The Brit doesn't drink tea!!* Me: *The German doesn't drink beer!!*

[@helplessnarwhal3722]

He just drinks the coffee to help his hangover

[@hamzamemon3081]

@@helplessnarwhal3722 *”It all makes sense now”*

[@g.k684]

The Brit decided that it wouldn’t make sense if 2 people on the street drank the same thing. The audacity.

[@trashcuber7654]

I’m the 667th like 😈

[@trashcuber7654]

Me: *The Dane/blue walled house doesn’t smoke blue master!*

[@Robert08010]

I wish I timed how long it took me. It was 10 - 15 minutes or so. Your clue of making a Sudoku type grid really helped. From that I knew to look first for the direct given facts before bothering with the relative clues.

[@finnyass1407]

I absolutely love these kind of eliminating the options types of quiz

[@ba.nguyen]

"when you arrive at the thief's house, you realize they have flushed the fish down the toilet."

[@choccy9251]

That's a bruh moment there

[@ClumsyYT]

*crystal dolphin plays in the german's house*

[@joaquinm9148]

Bruh

[@Xstreambreeze1X]

But why can't you just use the dog. If he lead you to a neighbor hood from a museum that scent must've been pretty fishy.

[@nexus3101]

I see what you did there

[@yaboifet9058]

+Alan Hofman oh so this means "why" is the norwegian!!! Really dude.. Yellow house.. Wtf

[@ambertalley4219]

+why That was my first thought. Not only did they not do the obvious thing, they also picked on the poor lonely guy with no pet.

[@matthewqualls1060]

+why The dog may not have been able to pinpoint which house if the thief had traveled to the door of each house before hiding in his own

[@dotmhk_7168]

if you think about it the guy who has a fish is the obvious fish thief...but what the hell lets confuse people by making a really complicated answer.

[@cassiemartinez1970]

This is similar to a game my great-aunt has called "Who owns the octopus?" I love the game, and this riddle is perfect as well!

[@AmrutashMisra]

I solved this puzzle twice online, and it felt so satisfying to finish it both times.

[@phabiorules]

Ok, I have the answer to everyone's question. The British is drinking tea, but he uses so much milk that the detective is just roasting him.

[@thulaniwav]

great answer

[@Naymy]

As a tea drinking Brit, i'll allow it.

[@Jazkal-V420]

I'm your 551st like

[@annihilate2479]

@@Jazkal-V420 WHO asked

[@pustota7254]

@@annihilate2479 I did.

[@frodoswaggins3132]

I had to solve this in an escape room with my friends, AND WE DID IT!

[@jandodo4634]

nice

[@edlawrence5464]

u cant bring phones in an escape room

[@Emily-mq9hs]

Wow! Good job! I don’t think I would be able to do that lol 😂

[@talkingsquidgaming4350]

Nice v._

[@JustCurious.2]

It took me 1 hour but i did it

[@mintykookieee]

The thief would have probably already gotten away, by the time, the detective: - Came to the scene - Received all the information from the police - Took time to think and use process of elimination, which takes a long time - And burst into the home of the culprit, because he could’ve sneaked out the back… But I like the riddle

[@randum_stuff3852]

this has to be my favourite and to me the easiest riddle yet. Ted-ed your doing an amazing job.

[@friedwater6519]

4:14 HIS WALLS BLUE

[@barrygu8368]

lmfao XDD

[@albertboy2774]

@@barrygu8368 IT WAS THE DANE POSING AS THE GERMAN

[@minecraftworld5684]

You made iy

[@creepybabby]

oh snap.

[@avinaushvenkat1616]

@@albertboy2774 it's the German

[@om-rane]

The thief probably saw you and ran away through the backdoor while you stood in the doorway playing fucking sudoku to solve a theft.

[@delightfullypessimistic2782]

Haha truu

[@delightfullypessimistic2782]

Haha truu

[@aditiyanamandala7257]

I used to do these puzzles in my elementry school's TAG class, so I used a lot of the strategies I learned there on this riddle 🙂

[@chloeg-m8714]

I am SO happy, after watching over 15 Ted-Ed riddles, this is the first one I managed to solve. Thank you Einstein!

[@aleb6245]

0:39 if they could follow the scent and reach the road why couldn't they follow the scent and reach the house with the help of the dog?

[@Enderspearl184]

Aysha Hammud because they used a chicken

[@cw8357]

Cuz he don’t know wut a fish even is also he would chase the cat

[@cw8357]

;)

[@jamilahs5650]

Casey W. police dogs are trained not to chase random animals

[@diywithmico6094]

@@jamilahs5650 true Casey w. Is wrong

[@fghfhg9599]

My solution:call more polices and enter all five house.

[@shiningemeralds8024]

The plural for police isn't polices, it's just police.

[@doofisconfused]

It said that you can only search 1 house at a time...

[@thalespro9995]

Or just assign the colours I mean u should know them

[@PauIdenino]

@@shiningemeralds8024 But that wouldn't be the right way to say it either.

[@katiapopova5626]

Paul Denino yes it is. you have an alternative?

[@anguszhong365]

I always have these kinds of questions, thanks for improving my skills even more. Now I can solve them faster!

[@nowiknows]

0:50 such fabulous skill. out done all detectives. clearly the best detective in town.

[@flicker1014]

Geez. My city is doomed if I’m their best detective.

[@nguyen7833]

Copy

[@nicolefrancessazon8726]

Oof, same

[@dishant8126]

Stolen

DETECTIVE! SOMEONE STOLE THE FAMOUS AND EXPENSIVE MASK! WE KNOW ONLY 14 SUSPECTS WITH 140 EVIDENCE!

[@salumtummundi9462]

STOLEN

[@OmoiSenpai]

I love these types of riddles :)

[@SussyBacca]

+Caio S That means you realize it's wasting your life and pointless. 5 IQ points for you.

[@SussyBacca]

***** No need to assume I feel like I'm better than everyone because I make a comment. That's your own projection. Math solves real problems. This is a fake problem. You can do the math and figure that out right? What is the purpose of making and solving fake problems when there are real ones out there to use your brain on; there is none other than practice, understanding. Once you understand you are supposed to move on. Riddles like these aren't nearly as fun as real ones. Math, after all, was created to solve real problems, not practice on fake ones. My point is this TedEd celebrates the practice, and suggests Einstein had a hand in making it to draw attention to it. Even they admit he did not later. Which is baseless sensationalism.

[@OmoiSenpai]

Nick Steele Technically everything is mathematical, so does that mean that things that waste our time, such as fake problems, and my comment actually does not waste our time? :o Fake riddles, helps you perceptualize real problems, and situations. This riddle was a matter or Organization, Observation, and Elimination. It helps improve our senses to be able to detect and understand things with better thought, as well as quickens our eliminations and make faster decisions. This way, when we come across any type of situation, we can narrow down selections to make a better judgement. Also, "Einstien's Riddle" is the common known name for the riddle he spoke about. That is why they talked about that subject at the end. As a matter of fact, they even give you the reason as to why Einstein did not make this with the use of Observation and Elimination. It was something so simple to search up, yet you had reason to believe that TED-Ed "suggests Einstein had a hand in making it to draw attention to it." Sometimes, the easiest of answers are right under the nose. That's why I love riddles. ^_^

[@Openyoureyesify]

+Nick Steele Stop acting like a douche in every thread. You don't have to bash others just because you couldn't solve the problem.

[@SussyBacca]

Openyoureyesify how am I bashing anyone?

[@nomanbinmorshed5584]

I first came across this puzzle in the book named discrete mathematics by Rosen... Even there appeared the suggestion to use grids to solve it.. But dunno why i couldn't solve it back then but suddenly when i saw the word Sudoku in this video i suddenly could connect to the problem (maybe coz i solve em too often) and when that hit me i could see it as a sudoku version with verbal constraints rather than numerical... Thanks to the narrator for the insight... And love this riddle series.. Keep throwing more of em for us to solve

[@stanislavgalev9458]

I just showed the riddle my green eyes and it started solving itself.

[@emilypatton867]

*spends an hour on the puzzle Me: I SOLVED IT! I SOLVED EINSTEIN'S PUZZLE😏 Narrator: Did young Einstein really write this puzzle? Probably not. Me: ..........I'm done

[@alexbaek-nadell1244]

took me 20 mins

[@rdsx463724]

Haha it took me an hour as well. I don't care though. I'm proud of myself.

[@areej5732]

Yea, me too. After a while I realized how simple it was and finally got it.

[@giskaanandita5362]

it took me an hout too:/

[@jeremiasmarzuca1344]

I know right! I solved it because of Einstein! 😂

[@mrspooks5287]

“The Brit Drinks Milk” *_N A N I ? ! ? !_*

[@cat1800]

German drinks coffee ? k I'm out

[@syingxi]

XD MY LIFE IS A LIE

[@jeraldpanal6591]

Oh my god. It was so fun trying to solve this puzzle! It took me hours to solve it and I didn't even notice the time. It was so engaging!

[@OmarHyari2009]

Me when I see that the Brit isn't the one who drinks tea: *visible confusion*

[@Ro-sz3fv]

These are my favorite kind of riddles

[@sligovolts]

This site has a variety of puzzles like this one www.brainzilla.com/logic/zebra/einsteins-riddle/

[@KT-pe8gw]

Anyone who got the answer by solving it on a pen and paper, I DID!!

[@cheesecake2048]

Same! Even though a few of my boxes were wrong, I deducted that the fish was on the 4th house

[@collinchan6000]

I use pencil

[@justanotherweirdo11]

Yeah me too. It was fun, took a little while but I've never played sudoku before.

[@justanotherweirdo11]

@@collinchan6000 I used colored pencil.

[@kevinmak9345]

i use excel lol

[@user-dw8lv6sy2y]

이런 류의 문제들을 푸는데에 항상 고민이 되는 것이 있었습니다. 조건이 3개의 그룹으로 이루어진 경우 3차원적으로 그래프를 그려 해결할 수 있지만 그 이상의 조건이 되는 경우에 대해서 새로운 영감을 찾게 해주신 것 같습니다.

[@stanleyumunname1065]

I solved this as well as the one about ships some years ago. I absolutely loved it

[@ethanoicacid159]

I’m proud to say that this is the only Ted-Ed riddle I have been able to solve LOL

[@catlover5718]

Same

[@b0realis527]

This and the wizard one personally

[@sin8683]

I actually took an hour to solve it. AND I GOT IT RIGHT! IM SO HAPPY

[@archdukefranzferdinand567]

This is the first Riddle I actually bothered solving, and it took me like 35 minutes

[@hi-mm1gh]

Im glad im not the only one

[@mushroom2000]

mine took 27mins and 27secs

[@donutlover2893]

Same

[@shireensheikh505]

Same..

[@alvaalfredsson2004]

Can you post/do more riddles that are like “Einstein’s riddle”? Because i thought that it was very fun to solve, even if it took some time to figure out. :)

[@sabrinaballerina7]

after watching a few of these videos over the past few weeks, this one is the first one ive been able to solve completely. milestone ig

[@silverfish2315]

"It's up to you, the city's *best* detective-" *NANI??*

[@topangaleija]

lmfaooo

[@Hartono25277]

*_detective conan theme song starts_*

[@pandas_and_army7427]

I'M L NOW OMG

[@michaelquaill4]

It took me some time, but i actually SOLVED this shit... Feels good. haha

[@Gryjlfkagor]

+MD Q ME TOO and im 13 yay

[@tobiashmm2322]

+MD Q me too :)

[@JansenBaja]

Me too and I'm Einstein

[@Stephenzz987]

+RossBoss74 Your age doesn't matter.

[@Stephenzz987]

+Jansen Baja No you're not

[@prime9143]

this is literally my favourite riddle ever

[@lexyinspace]

Very interesting riddle! I figured it out, but not in that order. I love puzzles with multiple solutions.

[@sadakatzamee5872]

0:45 "It's up to you, the city's best detective, to solve the case" I don't think I am the best detective...

[@-starlight-8516]

then we are never getting that fish back

[@level0.01thescaredcreator5]

ITS THE GERMAN

[@level0.01thescaredcreator5]

*insert 3 of us raiding into the house* 4:11

[@p3achyyp8p16]

@@level0.01thescaredcreator5 may I join..? Haha

[@zestyd24]

Well if I was the detective the theif would already have been gone cause I took so long 😂

[@Little_Lotta]

Same lol😂

[@sensen1388]

uhh since it was supposedly written by Einstein so I took the shortway and assumed that the dude with the fish has to be german but ofcourse its a chance but it was a detail that would be extreemly ironic if it worked out

[@emellutfi]

flying detective

[@deathshroud6275]

Same but I did solve it so I'm excited to have solved something that Einstein created

[@abdulhalekjunasbinamir8461]

So true

[@LivenPL]

That's the first TED riddle I've solved myself, I'm so proud

[@summers__]

If Sherlock Holmes answers this, he doesn't need the column. He definitely have answer after reading the clues 😅

[@saintcelab3451]

No way. the brit doesn't drink tea???

[@thatonephan2918]

XD

[@connormcclure8017]

And the German doesn't drink beer?!?!

[@TheSlyfoxhoundfan]

+Connor McClure Vodka*

[@connormcclure8017]

+Gavin :D that's russia

[@MegaMementoMori]

+Larry Lyü It is obvious that he drinks tea, so the detective didn't even mention this facts, but unlike some Brits, he drinks tea with milk ;)

[@dsafdgbfadf]

i was high as fuck and took 3 hours and still didn't solve it, i woke up next morning and solved it in 10 minutes

[@deadmemes2053]

jason cheng ftw hahahahhhh😂

[@mrbubbles1401]

jason cheng I know y because u high as fuck

[@JasonStory3434]

jason cheng kkk

[@islahepburn1468]

jason cheng I did this in school one year ago and solved it it 10 minutes too

[@livstilley4904]

jason cheng I love you

[@sarveshshyam1707]

So far the only ted ed riddle that i could solve😂🙌🏻

[@kaustubhchakrabarti2400]

Wow. This was a superb one. Thank you

[@dynasties.and.dystopia]

3:33 *HhHhhHIiIiiIii* Edit: I love all of the greetings in this so much, this is just my favorite!

[@peacefulbreeze366]

3:50 *Hallerrrrrrr*

[@whatishappening6949]

Im gonna cry

[@parasb6485]

3:42 Hhhhaaaaloooo

[@ZedAsh]

Here a tip get more police and then search all houses :D

[@knavenformed9436]

Neo Lighter He'll see it coming and run away in time

[@NeoDoesBuisness]

Wouldn't he see a few police as much as many, though?

[@xxxdragonxxxxxxbossxxx4079]

Neo Lighter No you should have 1 police officer watching each house. Then search a random house. When they try to escape... BAM!

[@yingcao7001]

Yea, just call backup and search all the houses at once if he tries to escape during that the police already their will catch him. BAM SOLVED IT!!!

[@gamershawker5558]

lool me

[@mikemath9508]

before i start, i read the riddles concept on another site. it sounds like those graph charts we'd make in elementary school, make like a 5x5 columns/rows of boxes. something like on the left side, each row has a house 1-5 and on the top columns it lists the variables

[@finchfamily7268]

If you're having trouble keeping track of info (like me) you can use 6 grids. One designed like in the video and one for each category labeled with the house numbers.

[@eldritchbeing5614]

Me: takes an hour to solve The narrator: takes like 2 minutes to explain

[@Manima108]

Explaining something after you figure it out is much easier than trying to figure it out in the first place (for a time consuming riddle like this one)

[@gabeitch2694]

@@Manima108 Is it? I tried to explain this after solving it but my notes are incomprehensible.

[@herisuryadi6885]

@@gabeitch2694 incomprehensibility really?

[@-_-6649]

I took 15 minutes

[@averythesuperhero]

Hello fellow Avery! I like your pfp, my bf did one from the same artist 😋

[@paige8357]

I actually solved this and it took me about 45 minutes but when I was done I felt so accomplished and I ran around my house screaming *spoiler* IT WAS THE GERMAN Sorry guys I didn’t mean to spoil it for anyone I just thought you would’ve figured because I said I solved it Before you click read more. Very sorry.

[@riatortilla9906]

Paige Weneck PFFTTT OMG THATS AWESOME

[@jovanakostencova1813]

I still have the paper that i solved the riddle 😂😂😂

[@HAA-xf3di]

Why did you have to spoil it???

[@carol3745]

@@HAA-xf3di if you didn't want spoilers you shouldn't have read the comments

[@JorgeRodriguez-xx8vx]

@@carol3745 how would he knew someone would've spoiled?

[@thuyvananhphan8273]

this is the second Ted-ed riddle that I was able to solve

[@Jenny-dp4cw]

This is so fun.your the best Ted ed

[@animeyahallo3887]

Imagine after spending hours of solving the riddle you end up seeing the German eating the fish after you raided his house. Must be a nightmare.

[@arhamhasan3958]

Step one: Confirm you have green eyes Step two: Acknowledge that this is an overused joke Step three: Actually take time to frickin solve the case

[@Drklra]

Good job detective

[@arhamhasan3958]

@@Drklra :3

[@arhamhasan3958]

@Jordon Hanson oyo thanks

[@kayleelomas5598]

Lmao it’s overused but it’s amazing

[@mooseygoosey9720]

Hi Papyrus. I have some advice for you. If the human is killing everyone... DON'T HUG THEM!

[@lalduhawma726]

This was simpler than I thought, so that mean sudoku might also be simple. Thank you Ted-ed groups.

[@salmon_lamb0]

I thought this would be some crazy expert big brain mind riddle, but it was actually just a logic puzzle

[@cammarc]

I got it! The hard part was knowing what I had to find first, so it just took a lot of rationalising and concentration. In the end I did it by myself. I feel proud!

[@cammarc]

It's the German with the Green house who smokes Prince, drinks coffee and HAS THE BLOODY FISH!

[@vlogsbyrow]

Same it took me 1 hour and 7 tries but I got it

[@reacteddoughnut6774]

AGIDDLEY Asdfghjkl same

[@ShadowVR2]

I managed to figure it out too! I got stuck at first because I didn't immediately understand what "the green house is *directly* left of the white house" meant. Partially because when I looked up the clues, a version of it stated that it was only to the left of the white house (which to me meant ANY house to the left).

[@cammarc]

ShadowVR2 I guess that's why they specified that in this version.

[@yinghungman4471]

When the video started: 'Can you resist solving one of the riddles composed by the smartest person in history?' Me: no When the video ends: 'It MaY nOt Be AlBeRt EiNsTeIn ThAt CrEaTeD tHiS rIdDlE'

[@abhinavdp7376]

Exactly 😂 that's why I solved this in the first place

[@TheMountainBeyondTheWoods]

And Einstein, as smart as he was, wasn't the smartest person in history.

[@ananya4988]

the only ted-ed riddle i could solve

[@cookiesaregreat]

Solved this in my head -- Took me the better part of an hour, but very satisfying.

[@kanyefanpage8196]

Title: Can you solve Einstein’s riddle Me: Probably not but ima click it anyways

[@Cookiefz]

I remembered when the whole school got this test atst and I was the first to solve that problem. THE HYPE.

[@nowolves870]

Yes me too ! We're the chosen ones.

[@jameswray50]

NERDS! Come on guys, let's give these no gud teacha's pets a lesson is swirly!

[@Cookiefz]

DaCamponTwee my teachers hate me since I dont really give af about school lol

[@wingedbunny6211]

I love logic problems but they stress me out. I won't stop one unless it is finished

[@ebatatas]

+cfz you'll most probably regret that thought in a few years

[@notasovietspy8502]

Only ted ed riddle I have ever completed

[@atharvaagarwal7326]

The sheet is at 1:37, description at 1:01, walls at 1:07, & animals at 1:11

[@Andre83572]

The Brit doesn't drink tea? I don't trust him. It was definitely him.

[@RockyPictures]

+Mr Pebbles Lol

[@GeometryDashProgam3r]

I'm British and I still laughed at this

[@msjkramey]

this riddle was way easier than the others they've showed. we did this in Spanish class in middle school. the only difficult part was the Spanish lol

[@trixandy2541]

got it on the 2nd try after 7:54

[@iniddor4454]

J Girl I resolved this riddle when I was in 3rd grade and it took me about 1h. Yes, it's a lot but I was 8. (Sorry but english isn't my native language)

[@cuaticalawea16]

Utente Anonimo hi (sorry for my english)

[@iniddor4454]

cuatica la wea I don't uderstand what do you mean.

[@Hannah-bv7oy]

I LOVE THESE SO MUCH

[@Shrowan]

I know I'm late to this video by a few years but does anyone know where to find more riddles/logic puzzles like this one, it was super fun to work out!

[@user-bo7ob1ek2x]

There's an app called "Einstein's Riddle Logic Puzzle"

[@9sheri9]

@ OP, The best I've found are the old school printed puzzle books (shout out to my mom for getting me hooked!). You can find logic problems in puzzle books put out by Penny Press & Dell. They have variety puzzle books that are released monthly, quarterly, etc, that will have like 4 to 8 logic puzzles included in the book with other puzzles. You can also find special editions by the same publisher that are books with only logic puzzles in them instead of a variety puzzle book. You can find these in the magazine aisle in some grocery stores, or you can order them online. Brain Games also makes printed books that are decent. Best pencil to use IMO- Pentel twist erase mechanical pencil size 0.5 😁