Summary: <p></p> <p>Here are five 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.</p> <p>Here are the sources for this week's puzzles. In a couple of places we've included links to further information -- these contain spoilers, so don't click until you've listened to the episode:</p> <p>Puzzle #1 was contributed by listener Dave Lawrence.</p> <p>Puzzle #2 is from listener Michael Berman.</p> <p>Puzzle #3 is from Paul Sloane and Des MacHale's <em>Ingenious Lateral Thinking Puzzles</em>, 1998.</p> <p>Puzzle #4 is from listener Paul Sophocleous. Here are two <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-18542377">associated</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3sG-J3AuhM">links</a>.</p> <p>Puzzle #5 is from listener Noah Kurland. Here's an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaughn_Meader?oldformat=true">associated link</a>.</p> <p>You can listen using the player above, <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/futilitycloset/Futility_Closet_podcast_-_Episode_152.mp3"> download this episode directly</a>, or subscribe on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast?id=842593579">iTunes</a> or <a href="https://play.google.com/music/listen?gclid=CLGtmZ_EuswCFceCgQodaWMAYQ&gclsrc=ds#/ps/I6ledmcdffiudaciw2stol3n7ji"> Google Play Music</a> or via the RSS feed at <a href="http://feedpress.me/futilitycloset">http://feedpress.me/futilitycloset</a>.</p> <p>Please consider becoming a patron of Futility Closet -- on our <a href="http://www.patreon.com/futilitycloset">Patreon page</a> you can pledge any amount per episode, and we've set up some rewards to help thank you for your support.</p> <p>You can also make a one-time donation on the <a href="http://www.futilitycloset.com/support-us/">Support Us</a> page of the Futility Closet website.</p> <p>Many thanks to <a href="http://dougross.net/">Doug Ross</a> for the music in this episode.</p> <p>If you have any questions or comments you can reach us at <a href="mailto:podcast@futilitycloset.com">podcast@futilitycloset.com</a>. Thanks for listening!</p>
