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Brain Drop Puzzles

A show all about puzzles, games, brainteasers, mysteries, riddles, and lateral thinking. It’s an exploration of the quandaries of our lives, a journey through the mysteries of the world, driven by curiosity and wonder. Either that, or it's a bunch of audio files with some puzzles thrown in. Depends on how cynical you are.

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Brain Drop Puzzles

15. Stuff You Didn’t Know Americans, You Know, Like, Like and Stuff

September 01, 2020 • Season 1

In which we visit America and try to figure out why they’re all speaking Mandarin.

---Puzzle 1: Half-Time (Logic / Math) (3:55)
---Puzzle 2: United Statements of America (Lateral Thinking) (5:54)
---Puzzle 3: Tight Right Turn (Lateral Thinking) (7:27)

Visit braindroppodcast.com for a refresher on these puzzles and for additional show notes.
Send an email with your solutions, or suggest a puzzle for a future episode: puzzles@braindroppodcast.com

Thanks to Paul Dumas for not actually harming me in the beginning segment.

Music:

Intro theme: Boku Mo by Orchestral Movement of 1932, opsound.com

Sherlock Holmes music: Solo Cello Passion by Doug Maxwell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh2e9K5SK-Q

Many thanks to Jeff Moore, who wrote much of the rest of the music on the episode.

Sounds:

“Strange Angels” by martysonic from freesound.org
“Simple Hi Tech Logo” by DDmyzik from freesound.org
“APPLAUSE MONO 24bit 48kHz” by Alterr from freesound.org
“Wind Chimes, A” by InspectorJ from freesound.org