The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: I am an odd number. Take away one letter and I become even. What number am I?
A: Seven. Take away the S and it becomes even.
This week’s thinking challenge is …
Q: ... Read More
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Jun2023
The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: Using only addition, how do you add eight 8’s and get the number 1,000.
A: 888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1,000.
This week’s thinking challenge is …
Q: I ... Read More
June 23, 2023admin
16
Jun2023
The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: A man stands on one side of a river, his dog on the other side. The man calls his dog who then crosses the river without getting wet, using a bridge or a boat. ... Read More
June 16, 2023admin
09
Jun2023
The answer to last week's challenge is: Q: A sundial has the fewest moving parts of any time piece. Which has the most?
A: An hourglass with up to 100's of 1000's of moving parts.
This week’s thinking challenge is …
Q: ... Read More
June 9, 2023admin
08
Oct2021
The answer to last week’s challenge is, Q: It has often been observed that individuals lost in the desert will set off with the intention of walking in a straight line but will eventually return to somewhere close to their starting point. Why ... Read More
October 8, 2021admin
24
Sep2021
The answer to last week’s challenge is, Q: A man in a restaurant used two forks and one knife. He did not pay for his lunch. What was going on?
A: He was a piano tuner who had come to tune the ... Read More
September 24, 2021admin
26
Mar2021
The answer to last week’s challenge is, Q: What can you hold in your right hand, but never in your left hand?
A: Your left hand.
This week’s challenge is:
Q: You’re rummaging around your great grandmother’s attic when you find five ... Read More
March 26, 2021admin
19
Mar2021
The answer to last week’s challenge is, Q: A is the brother of B. B is the brother of C. C is the father of D. So how is D related to A?
A: A is D’s aunt.
This week’s challenge is:... Read More
March 19, 2021admin
01
Jan2021
The answer to the last challenge of 2020 is, Q: A Japanese ship was leaving the port and on its way to open sea. The captain went to go oil some parts of the ship and took his ring off so it ... Read More
January 1, 2021admin
25
Dec2020
The answer to last week's challenge is, Q: Nicole went to the police to report that someone had stolen her vintage ring. When the police got to her house they notice that the window was broken, there was a total mess inside, ... Read More
December 25, 2020admin
18
Dec2020
The answer to last week's challenge is, Q: A dead body lies at the bottom of a multistory building. It looks as though they committed suicide by jumping from one of the floors. When the detective arrives, he goes to the first floor ... Read More
December 18, 2020admin
11
Dec2020
The answer to last week's challenge is, Q: Kristina and Anthony went out for drinks together. They ordered the same drink. Kristina was really thirsty and finished five in the time it took Anthony to finish one. The drinks were poisoned, but only ... Read More
December 11, 2020admin
04
Dec2020
The answer to last week's challenge is, Q: Dan is put in a cell with a dirt floor and only one window. The window is too high for him to reach. The only thing in the cell is a shovel. He won’t be ... Read More
December 4, 2020admin
27
Nov2020
The answer to last week's challenge is, Q: Forrest left home running. He ran a ways and then turned left, ran the same distance and turned left again, ran the same distance and turned left again. When he got home, there were two ... Read More
November 27, 2020admin
20
Nov2020
The answer to last week's challenge is, Q: Fourteen of the kids in the class are girls. Eight of the kids wear blue shirts. Two of the kids are neither girls or wear a blue shirt. If five of the kids are girls ... Read More
November 20, 2020admin
06
Nov2020
The answer to last week's challenge is, Q: A sundial has the fewest moving parts of any timepiece. Which has the most?
A: An hour-glass of course!
This week's challenge is:
Q: I am the beginning of sorrow and the ... Read More
November 6, 2020admin
16
Oct2020
The answer to last week's challenge is, Q: A woman comes home with a bag of groceries, gets the mail and walks into the house. On the way to put the groceries away she passes and looks at her husband who has committed ... Read More
October 16, 2020admin
01
Oct2020
The answer to last week's challenge is, Q: An unknown number of left and right handed gloves have been thrown into a large sack. How many gloves will you have to take out of the sack to be absolutely certain that you will ... Read More
October 1, 2020admin
06
Mar2020
The answer to last week's Mental Floss challenge, Q: When the boy told his Mother he was going to join the band she immediately became very upset and knew that a bad fate would befall him. How?
A: The band was ... Read More
March 6, 2020Frank Connolly
28
Feb2020
The answer to last week's Mental Floss challenge, Q: A farmer is walking across his field when he comes across a bundle. A few metres away he is horrified to discover the body of a dead man. Immediately the farmer knew how ... Read More
February 28, 2020Frank Connolly