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 strange situations using only yes-or-no questions.

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This episode’s puzzles were contributed by listeners David White and Sean Gilbertson and drawn from the following books:

Edward J. Harshman, Fantastic Lateral Thinking Puzzles, 1996.

Kyle Hendrickson, Mental Fitness Puzzles, 1998.

Paul Sloane and Des MacHale, Intriguing Lateral Thinking Puzzles, 1996.

David White sent two links to corroborate the third puzzle — these contain spoilers, so listen to the episode before clicking.

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