Summary: <p></p> <p>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.</p> <p>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:</p> <p>Puzzle #1 is from <a href="http://nowiknow.com/the-red-menace/">Dan Lewis' <em>Now I Know</em> newsletter</a> of April 28, 2016.</p> <p>Puzzle #2 was contributed by listener Jon Sweitzer-Lamme, who <a href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6clRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=t2wDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7549%2C4041634"> sent</a> <a href="http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1939/03/03/page/1/article/a-cheese-nibbling-burglar-loses-by-skin-of-his-teeth"> these</a> <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=_7LTYq0-CcIC&lpg=PA9&ots=nO4p0K5y_6&dq=cheese%20tooth%20burglar&pg=PA9#v=onepage&q=cheese%20tooth%20burglar&f=false"> corroborating</a> <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=et8DAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA116&ots=dlcz5SkHsU&dq=cheese%20tooth%20burglar&pg=PA116#v=onepage&q=cheese%20tooth%20burglar&f=false"> links</a>.</p> <p>Puzzle #3 is from listener Jonathan Knoell.</p> <p>Puzzle #4 is from listener Nick Hare.</p> <p>Puzzle #5 is from Paul Sloane and Des MacHale's 2014 book <em>Remarkable Lateral Thinking Puzzles</em>.</p> <p>Puzzle #6 was devised by Greg. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CS_Mackay-Bennett">Here's a link.</a></p> <p>You can listen using the player above, <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/futilitycloset/Futility_Closet_podcast_-_Episode_135.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>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>
