Here are six new lateral thinking puzzles -- play along with us as we try to untangle some perplexing situations using yes-or-no questions.
Intro:
Lili McGrath's 1915 "floor polisher" is a pair of slippers connected by a cord.
Eighteenth-century English landowners commissioned custom ruins.
The sources for this week's puzzles are below. In some cases we've included links to further information -- these contain spoilers, so don't click until you've listened to the episode:
Puzzle #1 is from listener Moxie LaBouche.
Puzzle #2 is from listener Cheryl Jensen, who sent this link.
Puzzle #3 is from listener Theodore Warner. Here's a link.
Puzzle #4 is from listener David Morgan.
Puzzle #5 is from listener Bryan Ford, who sent these links.
Puzzle #6 is from listener John Rusk, who sent this link.
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Many thanks to Doug Ross for the music in this episode.
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325-Lateral Thinking Puzzles
324-The Bizarre Death of Alfred Loewenstein
323-The Blind Traveler
322-Joseph Medicine Crow
321-The Calculating Boy
320-John Hornby and the Barren Lands
319-Friedrich Kellner's Opposition
318-Peace Pilgrim
317-Lateral Thinking Puzzles
316-A Malaysian Mystery
315-Beryl Markham's Unconventional Life
314-The Taliesin Murders
313-The Santa Claus Association
312-The Last of the Yahi
311-A Disputed Russian Princess
310-The Case of Bobby Dunbar
309-The 'Grain of Salt' Episode
308-Nicholas Winton and the Czech Kindertransport
307-The Cyprus Mutiny
306-The Inventor Who Disappeared
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