{"id":267114,"date":"2024-12-19T22:12:31","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T22:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/19\/can-you-and-your-family-solve-these-mind-bending-scientific-riddles\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:09:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:09:58","slug":"can-you-and-your-family-solve-these-mind-bending-scientific-riddles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/19\/can-you-and-your-family-solve-these-mind-bending-scientific-riddles\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you and your family solve these mind-bending scientific riddles?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"ArticleImage\">\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" alt=\"New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/06190059\/SEI_232206223.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1288px) 837px, (min-width: 1024px) calc(57.5vw + 55px), (min-width: 415px) calc(100vw - 40px), calc(70vw + 74px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/06190059\/SEI_232206223.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/06190059\/SEI_232206223.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/06190059\/SEI_232206223.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/06190059\/SEI_232206223.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/06190059\/SEI_232206223.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/06190059\/SEI_232206223.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/06190059\/SEI_232206223.jpg?width=837 837w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/06190059\/SEI_232206223.jpg?width=900 900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/06190059\/SEI_232206223.jpg?width=1003 1003w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/06190059\/SEI_232206223.jpg?width=1100 1100w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/06190059\/SEI_232206223.jpg?width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/06190059\/SEI_232206223.jpg?width=1300 1300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/06190059\/SEI_232206223.jpg?width=1400 1400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/06190059\/SEI_232206223.jpg?width=1500 1500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/06190059\/SEI_232206223.jpg?width=1600 1600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/06190059\/SEI_232206223.jpg?width=1674 1674w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/06190059\/SEI_232206223.jpg?width=1700 1700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/06190059\/SEI_232206223.jpg?width=1800 1800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/06190059\/SEI_232206223.jpg?width=1900 1900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/06190059\/SEI_232206223.jpg?width=2006 2006w\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-image-context=\"Article\" data-image-id=\"2459386\" data-caption=\"\" data-credit=\"Kyle Ellington\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Here are the questions. The answers can be found at the bottom of this page, but don\u2019t scroll down until you\u2019ve given them a good go.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>1. Uncle Johannes has outdone himself this year, serving up an eight-course Christmas feast (though some of the dishes are a little unusual). In order, the first seven courses are: mousse, vol-au-vents, eggnog, milkshake, jelly, soup and upside-down cake. What might the final course be?<\/p>\n<p><b>2. This entity can be found travelling at near the speed of light under the Swiss-French border. Change one letter and you get the name of something it turns into. What are these two things?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>3. What does this code, which might be delivered to you upon opening your front door, represent? (Hint: 262 usually appears in the middle.)<\/p>\n<p>587 \/ 523 494 523 587 494 523 \/ 494 440 494 523 440 494 \/ 440 392 440 494 392 440 \/ 392 370 392 440 370 392 \/ 370 330 349 392 330 370 \/ 330 294<\/p>\n<p><b>4. After the frontal lobe makes a call and the limbic system sends a signal, 15 facial muscles contract, including the zygomaticus major. The muscles between the ribs spasm, forcing air out of the lungs. Speech may become strained and reach a higher pitch than normal. Tears may emerge. But there is no reason to be alarmed. Why?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>5. All three of the following describe different objects that share a name, and all might be seen during December \u2013 at least in the northern hemisphere. What is the name?<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf A mixture including emulsified vitellus, crystalline sucrose, alcohol and acid<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf A\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg26435212-800-can-you-and-your-family-solve-these-mind-bending-scientific-riddles\/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=home\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Here are the questions. 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