Mental Floss 79

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 a row, alternating between full and empty (See diagram below). By handling only one glass, what can you do to end up with the first three glasses full and the second three empty?

 

 

The answer along with a new challenge, next week.

 

 

Try out our rapid-fire problem solving series for those organisations with problems to solve and little time to solve them! Call us on 0400 109727 for a no obligation chat on how we can assist.

 

Have a great weekend!

/ Creativity, Lateral Thinking, Mental Floss, Perception, Thinking Better / Tags: , , , , , ,

Share the Post

About the Author

Frank Connolly

Frank Connolly is the Principal of “Think Quick”, a business that adds value through thinking differently. His work history covers all sectors and includes initiatives that have yielded bottom line benefit in the 10’s of millions of dollars.

Frank has worked across Australia, South East Asia, China, the Middle East and Africa where he has trained and facilitated multiple thinking methods and been acknowledged by Edward de Bono as one of the foremost practitioners of the de Bono thinking methods worldwide.

Frank believes strongly that if we can improve the way we think, the actions that follow also improve.

Related Posts

Mental Floss 85
Mental Floss 35
The Intelligence Trap
Mental Floss 257
Mental Floss 55
Mental Floss 63
Siamese Lateral Thinking
Mental Floss 371

Comments (1)

  1. Ken Tucknott – :
    reply

    Frank, I think I must be missing something here but,
    If the glasses are numbered from the left & the glasses with liquid in them are regarded as “full”,
    pick up glass number 5, tip its contents into empty glass number 2 and then
    replace the now empty glass number 5 in it’s original position?

Yanıtla

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *