National Puzzle Day

Question 1: On National Puzzle Day we tip our hat to crosswords: Which newspaper debuted the first modern crossword puzzle, in what year, and who designed it?

Question 2: The name “Sudoku” is a Japanese abbreviation—what longer phrase does it shorten, and what does that phrase mean?

Question 3: In the classic Tower of Hanoi brainteaser, what is the formula for the minimum number of moves required to transfer a stack of n disks from one peg to another following the rules?

Question 4: Tangrams are a timeless geometric puzzle: How many pieces make up a traditional tangram, and what shapes are they?

Question 5: In the classic river-crossing puzzle featuring a farmer, a wolf, a goat, and a cabbage, which pairs cannot be left together unsupervised on either bank?


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Portions of today's trivia podcast were made with the help of AI.