PUZZLE #35WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2026
The answers
- Finished rounds
- 7
- Average score
- 652
- Best score
- 1,010
01SPACE
A person who weighs 150 pounds on Earth would weigh how much on the Moon?
25 pounds
About 25 pounds — the Moon’s gravity is roughly a sixth of Earth’s.
57% of players got it inside their bracket
02SPORT
How many stitches are on a regulation baseball?
108 stitches
108, every one of them sewn by hand. No machine has ever managed it properly.
43% of players got it inside their bracket
03GEOGRAPHY
How wide is the Strait of Gibraltar at its narrowest?
8.9 miles
About 9 miles between Europe and Africa — close enough to see across on a clear day.
71% of players got it inside their bracket
04ANIMALS
How deep can an emperor penguin dive?
1,850 feet
About 1,850 feet is the deepest recorded, and it can hold a single breath for more than 20 minutes.
29% of players got it inside their bracket
05FOOD
How many gallons of water go into producing one pound of beef?
1,800 gallons
About 1,800 gallons, on the most-cited estimate — nearly all of it to grow the animal’s feed.
57% of players got it inside their bracket