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Sorta Game puzzle #76 · September 24, 2026
Three rounds of five things, each with a hidden scale to sort them by — then one last guess at the theme tying all three together. Here’s what this puzzle asks.
Round 1
Order these traveling pulses from shortest to longest transit time to reach their destination
- A voice radio transmission beamed across space from Earth to astronauts on the lunar surface
- An exploratory radar pulse beamed from Earth and bounced off the planet Venus at closest approach
- A microchip electrical pulse traveling across a 10-centimeter circuit board trace
- A public address announcement traveling through open air across a 100-meter school sports field
- A human motor nerve impulse traveling from the spine to the foot
Round 2
Order these channels from lowest to highest maximum data delivery rate
- A commercial digital audio stream delivering uncompressed studio-quality sound
- An uncompressed 8K ultra-high-definition digital video feed sent to a broadcast master monitor
- An automated oceanographic weather buoy relaying hourly sensor text via satellite
- A municipal smart grid electric meter reporting residential household power usage
- A high-throughput benchtop DNA sequencer streaming raw genetic base pairs
Round 3
Order these operational electromagnetic waves from lowest to highest carrier frequency
- A police highway patrol radar unit measuring moving vehicle speeds
- An extremely low frequency naval transmitter communicating with submerged submarines
- A consumer handheld remote control beaming commands via infrared light
- An air traffic control two-way radio channel coordinating commercial airport arrivals
- An avalanche safety transceiver broadcasting a distress beacon in the mountains