Here are six new lateral thinking puzzles to test your wits and stump your friends -- play along with us as we try to untangle some perplexing situations using yes-or-no questions.
Below are the sources for this week's puzzles. 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 Dan Lewis' Now I Know newsletter of April 28, 2016.
Puzzle #2 was contributed by listener Jon Sweitzer-Lamme, who sent these corroborating links.
Puzzle #3 is from listener Jonathan Knoell.
Puzzle #4 is from listener Nick Hare.
Puzzle #5 is from Paul Sloane and Des MacHale's 2014 book Remarkable Lateral Thinking Puzzles.
Puzzle #6 was devised by Greg. Here's a link.
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