In the Maori language of New Zealand, which country is known as Weewe?

The answer to that at the end of the show.

I'm Tom Scott, and this is Lateral.

This week's show introduction was written by artificial intelligence, so our three guests are a chicken, a turkey and a duck.

That's not a joke. It was

literally written by AI. Our guests are actually Karen from Karen Puzzles. Hello.

Hello. Am I the chicken, the duck? What was the other one? Or a turkey. I think it's entirely

up to you which one you want to be there. Oh, I'll be the duck. Next up from the YouTube channel,

Dr. Becky. It is Dr. Becky. Hello. Thank you very much for stepping back into the arena. And finally, from the channel Ashen's, Stuart Ashen. Hello there. Thank you for having me back, Tom. There is a famous quote from Winston Churchill, a riddle wrapped in a mystery, wrapped in an enigma, which is often

misinterpreted as describing Russia in 1939. He was, of course, talking about the questions on this show.

So let's see how much blood, toil, tears and sweat our players needed to answer this. We start with

this. In the British Armed Forces, the Royal Air Force and Army both salute with the palm

facing forward. Why do members of the Royal Navy salute and Army both salute with the palm facing forward.

Why do members of the Royal Navy salute so their hand is horizontal with the floor?

I'll say that one more time. In the British Armed Forces, the Royal Air Force and Army both salute with the palm facing forward.

Why do members of the Royal Navy salute so their hand is horizontal with the floor?

Is it because it's more aerodynamic and there's lots of wind on boats?

Oh, I love that. I absolutely love. I feel like big airfields would also have a lot of...

But I love the idea that there's just so much drag a cause to the boat that it slows the whole thing down.

The admirals will sometimes have a spoiler fitted to the back of their hand.

I was going to say that when your hand is horizontal, it looks a little more like a boat.

Oh, it can skim through the water. So if you're actually in the water at the time, but still, if you're being dragged behind the boat, but still, sorry, what I need to do is stop answering questions like this in my authoritative factor voice, because sometimes people believe me. To be clear, you do not need to salute someone when you're being dragged behind the boat. It's not for aerodynamics, but that would be brilliant. Thank you, Karen. Because that was going to be my next question was, when do the Navy salute versus the Air Force

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