The Puzzle Podcast

Our puzzle for this show is a classic number puzzle from Martin Gardner:

A ribbon is 30 inches long. How many cuts do you need to make to get 30 1-inch strips?

This week’s puzzle is from the book Perplexing Puzzles and Tantalizing Teasers, by Martin Gardner.Click the button below to listen to the podcast.

 

 Cutting the Ribbon [1:30m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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This week’s puzzle is called The Man in the Painting:

A man stands in front of a painting and says the following: “Brothers and sisters have I none, but this man’s father is my father’s son.” How is the man in the painting related to the man who is in front of it?

This puzzle comes from Lateral Thinking Puzzlers by Paul Sloane.

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 The Man in the Painting [2:14m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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This week’s puzzle is called The Trouble with Sons:

A woman had two sons who were born in the same hour of the same day in the same year, but they were not twins. How is this possible?

This puzzle comes from Lateral Thinking Puzzlers by Paul Sloane.

Click here to learn more at Eureka Puzzles, and click the play button below to listen to the podcast.

 

 The Trouble with Sons [4:06m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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