The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: If seven people meet each other and each shakes hands only once with each of the others, how many handshakes will there have been?
A: 21 handshakes.
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29
Sep2023
The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: Cigars cannot be entirely smoked, so a hobo who collects cigar butts can make a cigar to smoke out of every 5 butts he finds. Today he has collected 25 butts. How many cigars ... Read More
September 29, 2023admin
22
Sep2023
The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: What do you cut, share at a table but never eat?
A: A deck of playing cards.
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September 22, 2023admin
15
Sep2023
The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: You start with 1,000 then add 40. Add another 1,000, then add 30. Add another 1,000 then add 20. Add one more 1,000, then add 10. What is your answer?
A: 4,100
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September 15, 2023admin
01
Sep2023
The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: Mary is reading "Charlie & the chocolate factory" to her twin daughters. There is a power cut, but she manages to finish reading the book. How?
A: Mary is blind and reading in Braille.
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September 1, 2023admin
24
Aug2023
The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: You heard before, yet you hear me again. Then I die until you call me again. What am I?
A: An echo.
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Q: Mary is reading "Charlie & ... Read More
August 24, 2023admin
18
Aug2023
The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: Mr Smith wanted to build a house with all the windows facing South. How could he do this?
A: He built on the North pole where all aspects faced South.
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August 18, 2023admin
10
Aug2023
The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: There are 20 people at a party. If each of them is willing to shake hands only with people who are smaller than they are, how many people will shake hands in total?... Read More
August 10, 2023admin
03
Aug2023
The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: With a 7 minute hourglass and an 11 minute hourglass, what would be the easiest way to tell exactly when 15 minutes were up?
A: Start both hourglasses together. When the sand stops ... Read More
August 3, 2023admin
28
Jul2023
The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: A man walks 2kms in heavy rain on an open road. He doesn't have a hat, an umbrella or any other protection from the rain. Yet, for some reason he does not get wet ... Read More
July 28, 2023admin
21
Jul2023
The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: Ronald and Joe were comparing information about their siblings. At one point Joe said "my older brother was born on the 4th of July, I remember because I was watching the fireworks". Ronald immediately knew ... Read More
July 21, 2023admin
13
Jul2023
The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: An iron horse with a flaxen tail. The faster the horse runs, the shorter his tail becomes. What is it?
A: A needle and thread.
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July 13, 2023admin
06
Jul2023
88 69 11
The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: What do the numbers 11, 69, 88 all have in common?
A: They read the same right side up and upside down.
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Q: An iron horse with a flaxen tail. The ... Read More
July 6, 2023admin
30
Jun2023
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.
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June 30, 2023admin
23
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.
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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.
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June 9, 2023admin
02
Jun2023
The answer to last week’s challenge is. Q: If you do it once one day it’s OK, but if you do it twice it’s a serious offence! What is it?
A: Voting twice in an election.
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June 2, 2023admin
05
May2023
The answer to last week’s challenge is. Q: A boxer left the ring having just won the World Championship, yet he received no money at all for the win and it all ... Read More
May 5, 2023admin