If only more people told the truth, more of these would be sold.

What are they?

I'm Tom Scott.

This is Lateral, and we'll have the answer to that at the end of the show.

I've asked three people to come and play a game where all the questions have a sideways answer.

Joining me today from Escape This Podcast, Danny Siller and Bill Sunderland.

Hello. How are you doing? Hello. Very happy to be here. I'm very excited.

Thank you very much for joining us. We also have, also from Australia, but not there at the

moment, from stand-up maths. And sorry, you just disappointed at being not in Australia at the

moment?

I am. I genuinely am.

I was honestly just thinking both myself and my accent are now a long way from being in Australia.

Well, from stand-up maths and from festival-spoken nerd and from Australia, Matt Parker.

Thank you very much, Tom. It's good to be here. All right, we will get straight on...

Wherever here may be. Who knows? All right, we will get straight on with question one. Lateral is a very

simple game. I've got questions and I'm hoping you'll have answers. There's no points, no prizes.

It's just reputation bragging rights on the line. And we start with an advert featuring a famous

painting was placed next

to an elevator in an ingenious position. The advert's tagline reads,

Be born again. Who will you become if just for a moment? I'll give you that again. An advert

featuring a famous painting was placed next to an elevator in an ingenious position. The advert's

tagline reads, Be Born Again.

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