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Nov2019

Mental Floss 119

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          The answer to last week's challenge is. Q: What is very effective at holding water, but is also full of holes? A: A sponge. This week's thinking challenge is: Q: If aerosol propellants burn when lit, how is it that, when ... Read More
November 22, 2019Frank Connolly

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Nov2019

Mental Floss 118

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              The answer to last week's challenge is: Q: In a pig sty, each of the sows can see an equal number of sows and male pigs, but each male pig sees twice as many sows as male pigs. How many pigs are ... Read More
November 15, 2019Frank Connolly

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Nov2019

Mental Floss 117

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        The answer to last week's challenge is: Q: They can be made, bent, laid down, stretched and broken but they cannot be touched. What are they? A: Rules. This week's thinking challenge is: Q: In a pig sty, each of the ... Read More
November 8, 2019Frank Connolly

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Nov2019

Mental Floss 116

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      The answer to last week's challenge is: Q: What mathematical symbol can you put between 2 and 3 to make the number greater than 2, but less than 3? A: A decimal point. This week's thinking challenge is: Q: They can ... Read More
November 1, 2019Frank Connolly

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Oct2019

Mental Floss 115

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          The answer to last week's challenge is: Q: I am on Earth, but I'm not within a time zone, nor am I between two time zones. Where am I? A: I am standing on one of the poles. This week's thinking challenge ... Read More
October 25, 2019Frank Connolly

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Oct2019

Mental Floss 114

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            The answer to last week's challenge is: Q: Which is true? One statement here is false. Two statements here are false. Three statements here are false. A: Two statements here are false. This week's thinking challenge is: Q: I am ... Read More
October 18, 2019Frank Connolly

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Oct2019

Mental Floss 113

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            The answer to last week's challenge is: Q: Is this correct or incorrect? The last man to be hung in Australia was Ronald Ryan after being found guilty of the murder of a prison officer. A: Incorrect. People are hanged, not ... Read More
October 11, 2019Frank Connolly

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Sep2019

Mental Floss 111

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          The answer to last week's challenge is: Q: Which one word can fill both gaps in the sentence. My _________ is _________than my wallet? A: Lighter. This week's thinking challenge is: Q: What object can you cut clean through and be ... Read More
September 27, 2019Frank Connolly

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Sep2019

Mental Floss 110

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          The answer to last week's challenge is: Q: I have two money boxes that are exactly the same size along with two types of coin. The small coins are solid gold and are worth $10.00. The larger coins are twice the ... Read More
September 20, 2019Frank Connolly

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Sep2019

Mental Floss 109

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          The answer to last week's challenge is Q: Which of the following is the odd one out and why? EGG, FISH, TABLE, FOUNDATION, BET. A: Fish. You can't lay a fish. This week's thinking challenge is: Q: I have two ... Read More
September 13, 2019Frank Connolly

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Sep2019

Mental Floss 108

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        The answer to last week's challenge is Q: How many eggs can you eat on an empty stomach? A: Only one because after one the stomach is no longer empty. While on the egg theme, here is this week's challenge. Here is ... Read More
September 6, 2019Frank Connolly

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Aug2019

Mental Floss 107

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        The answer to last week's challenge is Q: What has no beginning, no end and nothing in the middle? A: A Doughnut. This week's thinking challenge is ... Q: How many eggs can you eat on an empty stomach?... Read More
August 30, 2019Frank Connolly

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Aug2019

Mental Floss 106

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        The answer to last week's challenge is Q: What is the next letter in this sequence  O T T F F S …? A: The letter S. They are the initial letters for the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc. This ... Read More
August 23, 2019Frank Connolly

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Aug2019

Mental Floss 105

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          The answer to last week's challenge is Q: A completely naked man robs a kiosk and then runs off into the crowd. The police are unable to find him and all of the witnesses have trouble describing him. Why? A: The ... Read More
August 16, 2019Frank Connolly

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Aug2019

Mental Floss 104

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      The answer to last week's challenge is Q: One family wants to get through a tunnel at night. Dad can make it in 1 minute, mom in 2 minutes, son in 4 minutes and daughter in 5 minutes. Unfortunately, not more than ... Read More
August 9, 2019Frank Connolly

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Aug2019

Mental Floss 103

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                  The answer to last week's challenge is Q: There are 20 people in an empty, square room. Each person has full sight of the entire room and everyone in it without turning his head or body, or moving in any way. ... Read More
August 2, 2019Frank Connolly

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Jul2019

Mental Floss 102

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        The answer to last week's challenge is Q: A woman has 7 children, half of them are boys. How is this possible? A: She has all boys so the other half are boys too. This week's thinking challenge is ...... Read More
July 26, 2019Frank Connolly

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Jul2019

Mental Floss 101

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          The answer to last week's challenge is Q: A man phoned his daughter to ask her to buy a few things he needed for a trip. He told her she would find enough dollar bills for the purchases in an envelope on ... Read More
July 19, 2019Frank Connolly

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Jul2019

Mental Floss 100

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        The answer to last week's challenge is Q: A building is being prepared for opening. People are decorating the building with 12 flags. At first they arrange the flags 4 to a side, as shown, but then they see that the flags ... Read More
July 12, 2019Frank Connolly

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Jul2019

Mental Floss 99

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          The answer to last week's challenge is Q: You are on an island in the middle of a lake. The lake is in a remote part of the country and there has never been a bridge connecting the island to the mainland. ... Read More
July 5, 2019Frank Connolly