i quit after 40 minutes. someone post a detailed explanation.
EDIT - this is what i did this afternoon (font size reduced so as not to spoil anything.. not that i got any answers  ):
i put the 5 different factors (nationality, house colour cigarette brand, drink and pet) and assigned the corresponding nationality to the later 4 factors, like so:
Colours:
-Blue - the Norwegian lives in the first house, which is immediately to the left of the blue house. The Englishman lives in a red house. with this in mind, the second house from the left is inhabited by either the Ukranian, Jap or Spaniard
-Red - the Englishman lives here.
- Yellow - either NOR, SPA or UKR.
- Ivory - this is the the 3rd or 4th house from the left. it's either the JAP, SPA or UKR.
- Green - depending on the position of the ivory house, this is the 4th or 5th house from the left. since Coffee is drunk here, either SPA or JAP live here.
Drinks:
- Milk - either ENG, JAP or SPA.
- Coffee - it's either JAP or SPA.
- OJ - either SPA, ENG or NOR.
- Tea - UKR
- (water) - ??
Pets:
- dog - SPA
- horse
- fox
- snails - either ENG, NOR or UKR.
- (zebra)
Cigarettes:
- Lucky Strike - SPA, ENG or NOR
- Old Gold - ENG, NOR or UKR.
- Parliament - JAP
- Kool - NOR, SPA or UKR.
- Chesterfield
and now what? please, i won't be able to sleep at night 
or at least tell me if i'm attacking the problem correctly.
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