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More geography puzzles of this type

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Thursday, 29 January 2015, at 3:38 p.m.

In Response To: Puzzle (Tom Keith)

Tom's puzzle appears on page 58 of Peter Winkler's book Mathematical Puzzles: A Connoisseur's Collection, where it is phrased as follows: A phone call is made from an East Coast state to a West Coast state, and it's the same time of day at both ends. How can this be?

Here's another puzzle from the same section of Winkler's book to whet your appetite: If you fly due south out of Key West, Florida, which South American country will you hit first?

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• Fair Danes Always Have Home-Court Vig In World vs DK?
  Paul Weaver -- Wednesday, 28 January 2015, at 4:46 p.m.
  • Fair Danes Always Have Home-Court Vig In World vs DK?
    Tenland -- Wednesday, 28 January 2015, at 5:13 p.m.
    • Responding to Tenland
      Paul Weaver -- Wednesday, 28 January 2015, at 6:46 p.m.
      • Responding to Tenland
        Tenland -- Wednesday, 28 January 2015, at 6:54 p.m.
      • Responding to Tenland
        Bob Koca -- Wednesday, 28 January 2015, at 10:14 p.m.
        • Responding to Tenland
          Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 28 January 2015, at 11:07 p.m.
          • Responding to Tenland--East/West problem
            Phil Simborg -- Wednesday, 28 January 2015, at 11:23 p.m.
          • Puzzle
            Tom Keith -- Thursday, 29 January 2015, at 12:06 a.m.
            • Puzzle
              scotty -- Thursday, 29 January 2015, at 12:15 a.m.
              • Puzzle
                Tom Keith -- Thursday, 29 January 2015, at 12:21 a.m.
                • Puzzle
                  scotty -- Thursday, 29 January 2015, at 1:58 a.m.
            • Puzzle
              Stick -- Thursday, 29 January 2015, at 12:17 a.m.
              • Puzzle
                Tom Keith -- Thursday, 29 January 2015, at 12:22 a.m.
            • Puzzle
              Bob Koca -- Thursday, 29 January 2015, at 12:59 a.m.
              • Puzzle
                Taper_Mike -- Thursday, 29 January 2015, at 3:45 a.m.
                • Puzzle
                  Stick -- Thursday, 29 January 2015, at 9:07 a.m.
                • Puzzle
                  Tom Keith -- Thursday, 29 January 2015, at 1:53 p.m.
            • More geography puzzles of this type
              Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 29 January 2015, at 3:38 p.m.
              • More geography puzzles of this type
                Daniel Murphy -- Thursday, 29 January 2015, at 3:57 p.m.
              • More geography puzzles of this type
                Casper Van der Tak -- Thursday, 29 January 2015, at 4:03 p.m.
              • More geography puzzles of this type
                Bob Koca -- Thursday, 29 January 2015, at 4:58 p.m.
              • More geography puzzles of this type
                Daniel Murphy -- Saturday, 31 January 2015, at 11:19 a.m.
      • Responding to Tenland
        Igor -- Thursday, 29 January 2015, at 3:08 a.m.
      • Responding to Tenland
        Art Grater -- Thursday, 29 January 2015, at 9:51 a.m.
      • Responding to Tenland
        Alex Schofield -- Saturday, 31 January 2015, at 5:58 a.m.
        • Responding to Tenland
          Bob Koca -- Saturday, 31 January 2015, at 6:34 a.m.
  • Fair Danes Always Have Home-Court Vig In World vs DK?
    Carter Mattig -- Wednesday, 28 January 2015, at 9:04 p.m.
  • Fair Danes Always Have Home-Court Vig In World vs DK?
    Colin Owen -- Wednesday, 28 January 2015, at 9:33 p.m.
    • Fair Danes Always Have Home-Court Vig In World vs DK?
      Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 29 January 2015, at 3:20 a.m.
      • Fair Danes Always Have Home-Court Vig In World vs DK?
        Colin Owen -- Thursday, 29 January 2015, at 4:10 a.m.
        • Fair Danes Always Have Home-Court Vig In World vs DK?
          Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 29 January 2015, at 4:06 p.m.