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3 unusual facts about Sherri Skanes


Mysterious Stranger

The Challenge was solved by Sherri Skanes on March 20, 2004, 16 months after the book's publication.

Sherri Skanes

On March 20, 2004, she solved magician David Blaine's $100,000 Challenge, as published in his book Mysterious Stranger: A Book of Magic.

Skanes, who tested and shared many of her answers on an Internet message board devoted to the puzzle, said, "I've always been fascinated by puzzles and this Challenge was harder than I originally imagined, but when it got down to the final stretch, it became a matter of anagramming, the one puzzling skill I seem to be proficient at. It took a leap of faith when I found myself counting steps in the Hollywood Hills."



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