Here are eight new lateral thinking puzzles -- play along with us as we try to untangle some perplexing situations using yes-or-no questions.
Intro:
In 1940, the Venezuelan post office was said to deliver love letters at half price.
In 1890 Mark Twain composed a holiday message for the New York World.
The sources for this week's puzzles are below. In a few places 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 Agnes Rogers' 1953 book How Come? A Book of Riddles, sent to us by listener Jon Jerome.
Puzzle #2 is from listener Cheryl Jensen, who sent this link.
Puzzle #3 is from listener Neil de Carteret and his cat Nala.
Puzzle #4 is from listener Ananth Viswanathan.
Puzzle #5 is from Dan Lewis' Now I Know e-newsletter. Here are two links.
Puzzle #6 is from Greg. Here's a link.
Puzzle #7 is from Sharon. Here are two links.
Puzzle #8 is from Greg. Here's a link.
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Many thanks to Doug Ross for the music in this episode.
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284-The Red Barn
283-The Hermit of Suwarrow
282-Helga Estby's Walk
281-Grey Owl
280-Leaving St. Kilda
279-The Champawat Tiger
278-Lateral Thinking Puzzles
277-The Mad Trapper of Rat River
276-An Unlikely Confederate Spy
275-A Kidnapped Painting
274-Death in a Nutshell
273-Alice Ramsey's Historic Drive
272-The Cannibal Convict
271-The Fraudulent Life of Cassie Chadwick
270-Kidnapped by North Korea
269-The Sack of Baltimore
268-The Great Impostor
267-The Murchison Murders
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