The answer to last week's challenge is Q: A sphere has three, a circle has two, but a point hasn't got any. What?
A: Dimension. A point is a place, it has no form.
This week's thinking challenge is:
Q: What ... Read More
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Dec2019
The answer to last week's challenge is Q: What famous expression does this represent? 100S549A3 100F4E621T 0028Y2167
A: SAFETY IN NUMBERS.
This week's thinking challenge is:
Q: A sphere has three, a circle has two, but a point hasn't got any. ... Read More
December 13, 2019Frank Connolly
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Dec2019
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The best way to improve performance and the bottom line is to improve the way we think.
At a time when the World Economic Forum tells us the ... Read More
December 12, 2019Frank Connolly
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Dec2019
The answer to last week's challenge is Q: I bumped into my long-lost Uncle from Ireland in the street. I'd never met him, never seen his picture or even heard a description of him. Yet, I recognised him immediately. How?... Read More
December 6, 2019Frank Connolly
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Apr2019
The answer to last week's challenge is Q: A man went to a party and drank some of the punch. He then left early. Everyone else at the party who drank the punch subsequently died of poisoning. Why did the man not die?... Read More
April 5, 2019Frank Connolly
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Mar2019
The answer to last week's challenge is Q: A sundial is said to be the timepiece with the fewest moving parts. What is the timepiece with the most moving parts?
A: An hourglass.
This week's thinking challenge is ...
Q: A ... Read More
March 29, 2019Frank Connolly
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Mar2019
The answer to last week's challenge is Q: You are driving your car on a wild, stormy night, when you pass by a bus stop and you see three people waiting: An old lady who looks as if she is ... Read More
March 22, 2019Frank Connolly
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Mar2019
The answer to last week's thinking challenge is Q: You have a large box that gets lighter when you put something in it. The more you put in it the lighter it gets. What are you putting in the box?
A: ... Read More
March 8, 2019Frank Connolly
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Mar2019
The answer to last week's Mental Floss is Q: Three spiders named Mr Eight, Mr. Nine & Mr Ten are crawling on an activity board in a Govt Dept. One spider has 8 legs, one has 9 and the other has ... Read More
March 1, 2019Frank Connolly
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Feb2019
The answer to last week's challenge is Q: Six drinking glasses stand in a row, alternating between full and empty. By handling only one glass, what can you do to end up with the first three glasses full and the second three ... Read More
February 22, 2019Frank Connolly
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Feb2019
The answer to last week's question is. Q: How many hands does the clock of the tower of Big Ben have?
A: Eight. Two for each of four faces.
This week's lateral thinking challenge is.
Q: Six drinking glasses stand in ... Read More
February 15, 2019Frank Connolly
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Feb2019
The answer to last week's lateral thinking challenge is. Q: In the diagram above, link all 9 dots using no more than 4 straight lines without lifting the pen off the paper and without tracing the same line. Answer below ...... Read More
February 8, 2019Frank Connolly
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Feb2019
The answer to last week's challenge is. Q: HAL 2000 is the name is the name of the famous super-computer featured in the movie “2001: A Space Odyssey”. There is a curious relationship between HAL and the computer manufacturing company IBM. Can ... Read More
February 1, 2019Frank Connolly
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Jan2019
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
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
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
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
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
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
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