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Jan2019

Mental Floss 76

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          The answer to last week's question is. Q: How many triangles can be found in the diagram? A: 47. This week's thinking challenge is. Q: HAL 2000 is the name is the name of the famous super-computer featured in the movie ... Read More
January 25, 2019Frank Connolly

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Jan2019

Mental Floss 75

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          The answer to last week's question is. Q: A lady comes home from shopping. She sees hers husband who had committed suicide in the corner of the room. However she ignores him and eats some Ice-cream why? A: He died a ... Read More
January 18, 2019Frank Connolly

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Jan2019

Mental Floss 74

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          The answer to last week's question is. Q: What word starts with an E and ends with an E and only contains one letter? A: Envelope. This week's lateral thinking challenge is. Q: A lady comes home from shopping. She sees ... Read More
January 11, 2019Frank Connolly

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Jan2019

Mental Floss 73

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          The answer to last week's question is. Q: Farmer Smith has 3 pink pigs, 4 brown pigs and 1 black pig. How many of the pigs can say that it is the same colour as another pig on Smith’s farm?... Read More
January 4, 2019Frank Connolly

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Dec2018

Mental Floss 72

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        The answer to last week's question is. There is a barrel with no lid and some beer in it. "This barrel is more than half full," said Chuck. "No it's not," say Phil. "It's less than half full." Without any measuring implements ... Read More
December 28, 2018Frank Connolly

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Dec2018
December 24, 2018Frank Connolly

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Dec2018

Mental Floss 71

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        The answer to last week's question is. Q: You are in the centre of an island that is a kilometre long and half a kilometre wide. The vegetation is very dry from a long drought. Suddenly it catches fire at one ... Read More
December 21, 2018Frank Connolly

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Dec2018

Mental Floss 70

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      The answer to last week's question is. Q: Manhole covers for sewer drains are typically circular in shape (the ones that are removable anyway). This shape has an important advantage over a square or rectangular shape. What is it? A: There is no ... Read More
December 14, 2018Frank Connolly

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Dec2018

Mental Floss 69

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            The answer to last week's lateral thinking challenge is. Q: A man lives on the twelfth floor of an apartment building. Every morning he takes the elevator down to the lobby and leaves the building. In the evening, he gets into the ... Read More
December 7, 2018Frank Connolly

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Nov2018

Mental Floss 68

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        The answer to last week's question is. Q: A man drives down the highway at 90 kms per hour. Yet he still manages to pass three cars going 95 kms per hour, how does he manage this? A: He was ... Read More
November 30, 2018Frank Connolly

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Nov2018

Mental Floss 67

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          The answer to last week's lateral thinking challenge is. Q: A woman has incontrovertible proof in court that her husband was murdered by her sister. The judge declares, "This is the strangest case I've ever seen. Though it's a cut-and-dried case, this ... Read More
November 23, 2018Frank Connolly

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Nov2018

Mental Floss 66

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        The answer to last week's question is. Q: Which country does not belong in this group - Nigeria, Angola, Italy, Ireland & Germany? A: Ireland to be sure, it's the only country not in the same time-zone as the others. This week's ... Read More
November 16, 2018Frank Connolly

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Nov2018

Stepping into the fog

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            Many smart and confident people will tell us what is coming at us from the future and sometimes they will be right, however the reality is that a very healthy percentage of the future is unpredictable. We can foresee and guess many aspects, ... Read More
November 9, 2018Frank Connolly

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Nov2018

Mental Floss 65

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          The answer to last week's challenge is. Q: If a red house is made of red bricks, and a blue house is made of blue bricks, what is a green house made of? A: Glass or some other transparent substance. This week's ... Read More
November 9, 2018Frank Connolly

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Nov2018

… and the problem is?

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            The number of our interventions, projects and programmes that go pear-shaped in one way or another is substantial. Rarely if ever, do we see projects come in on time, on budget or achieve everything promised. This is rarely acknowledged ... Read More
November 8, 2018Frank Connolly

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Nov2018

Mental Floss 64

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            The answer to last week's question is. Q: Which animal does not belong in this group – Bull, Fish, Lion, Giraffe & Crab? A: The Giraffe, the others are all signs of the zodiac. This week's lateral thinking challenge is. Q: ... Read More
November 2, 2018Frank Connolly

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Oct2018
                Edward de Bono's Six Thinking Hats®  Training Day in the Melbourne CBD on  Friday December 14 . How much would it be worth to your organisation if you could run meetings and communication 30% faster than you do now ? If ... Read More
October 26, 2018Frank Connolly

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Oct2018

Mental Floss 63

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        The answer to last week's question is. Q: One of the world's capital cities spends far less (both in total and as a proportion of its budget) than other capital cities on a service which is usually considered absolutely essential. What city ... Read More
October 26, 2018Frank Connolly

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Oct2018

Mental Floss 62

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        The answer to last week's question is. Q: Why did a famous statesman and world leader stand up in front of a large crowd and say, very seriously “I am a jam doughnut”? A: Pres J.F.Kennedy said this whilst trying express ... Read More
October 19, 2018Frank Connolly

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Oct2018

Mental Floss 61

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            The answer to last week's challenge is. Q: During a medical examination, Jerry’s blood pressure was found to be 3 x that of a normal healthy person. Yet, Jerry’s Doctor was not too concerned. Why not? He should be taking Kratom, Kratomystic, ... Read More
October 12, 2018Frank Connolly