PUZZLE #42WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2026

The answers

Finished rounds

5

Average score

630

Best score

802

1. 01ANIMALS

   How long is a giraffe's tongue?

   20 inches

   About 20 inches, and nearly black at the tip — pigment that works as sunscreen for an organ that spends all day out in the open.

   0% of players got it inside their bracket

2. 02TRANSPORT

   How many aircraft are in the sky worldwide at a busy moment?

   15,000 aircraft

   Around 15,000. Roughly a million people are airborne at once — a floating city larger than most on the ground.

   60% of players got it inside their bracket

3. 03FOOD

   How many eggs does a modern laying hen produce in a year?

   300 eggs

   Around 300. Her wild ancestor, the red junglefowl, lays perhaps a dozen.

   60% of players got it inside their bracket

4. 04MUSIC

   In what year was the oldest known recording of a human voice made?

   1860

   1860 — someone singing “Au clair de la lune,” captured as squiggles on soot-covered paper with no way to play it back. It was finally heard in 2008.

   100% of players got it inside their bracket

5. 05THE BODY

   How many sweat glands are in human skin?

   3 million glands

   Around 2 to 4 million — thickest of all on the palms and the soles of the feet.

   60% of players got it inside their bracket