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:
Stonewall Jackson recorded 14 precepts for good conversation.
Ben Franklin offered four "rules for making oneself a disagreeable companion."
Sources for this episode's puzzles:
Puzzle #1 is from listener Allen Houser.
Puzzle #2 is from listener Michael Cavanagh.
Puzzle #3 is from listener Jessica Aves.
Puzzle #4 is from listener Laura Merz.
Puzzle #5 is from listener ospalh.
Puzzle #6 is from Agnes Rogers' 1953 book How Come? A Book of Riddles, sent in by listener Jon Jerome.
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Many thanks to Doug Ross for the music in this episode.
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305-Cast Away in the New World
304-The Dog Who Joined the Navy
303-Camp Stark
302-The Galápagos Affair
301-Tschiffely's Ride
300-Lateral Thinking Puzzles
299-Ursula Graham Bower and the Nagas
298-The Theft of the Mona Lisa
297-A Sinto Boxer in Nazi Germany
296-The Little Giants
295-An Unlikely Attempt on Everest
294-'The Murder Trial of the Century'
293-Lennie Gwyther
292-Fordlandia
291-Half-Safe
290-Voss' Last Stand
289-The Johnstown Flood
288-Death at the Lane Cove River
287-The Public Universal Friend
286-If Day
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