FINALLY! CECE PENISTON! Oh. No. Wait a minute . . . FINALLY AT LAST THE SOLUTION TO THE FIVE HOUSES BRAINBUSTER. The answers to the 2 questions are:

QUESTION 1: The Russian drinks diet soda.

QUESTION 2: The American owns a spider monkey.

Here's how they all shook out. The order of the houses appears up top there.

THE YELLOW HOUSE:

Russian man

plays racquetball

owns a camel

drinks diet soda.

THE BLUE HOUSE:

Swede

plays pool

owns a rat

drinks coffee

THE RED HOUSE:

Englishman

plays backgammon

owns a toad

drinks milk

THE WHITE HOUSE:

Italian

plays solitaire

owns a puppy

drinks vodka

THE GREEN HOUSE: American plays charades owns spider monkey

drinks lemonade

When broken down this way, the five houses fulfill all 15 statements. Thanks to everyone who played. I hope you had fun and didn't lose your mind TOO much.

Since there was no winner, the prize (of a kiss from me) will not be awarded. Just a news flash, though: the kiss I was gonna give ya was made by Hershey. So get over your bad selves!