The answer to last week's challenge is: Q: There are three sealed jars of apples. The first jar contains sour apples, the second jar contains sweet apples, and the third jar contains apples of both varieties. But the labels on each jar are ... Read More
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Aug2020
The answer to last week's challenge is: Q: Three coins are placed side by side in a row touching each other. The leftmost one A, the middle one B and the rightmost C. How can you move A so that it will be ... Read More
August 21, 2020admin
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Aug2020
The answer to last week's challenge is: Q: Can you divide 9 cats into 4 bags so that each bag contains an odd number of cats?
A: Put 3 cats in each bag. then put the three bags into the forth bag. ... Read More
August 14, 2020admin
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Aug2020
The answer to last week's challenge is: Q: A young lad is playing around on the emergency ladder of his parent's boat. His leg gets tangled in one of the rungs and he is left dangling above the water with his head 2.5 ... Read More
August 7, 2020admin
31
Jul2020
The answer to last week's challenge is: Q: Two flexible wicks have been formed into torches. Each can burn exactly 60 minutes, but at a rate that is neither uniform nor predictable. How can you tell when 45 minutes have elapsed if you ... Read More
July 31, 2020admin
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Jul2020
The answer to last week's challenge is: Q: How many times does the digit 3 appear between 1 and 50?
A: 15 times. 3, 13, 23, 30 31, 32, 33 (two 3's), 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 & 43.
This week's challenge ... Read More
July 24, 2020admin
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Jul2020
The answer to last week's challenge is: In a balloon off the coast of Ireland, I dropped two wine bottles off the side. One was full and one was empty, which one hit the ground first?
A: Neither hit the ground as ... Read More
July 17, 2020admin
10
Jul2020
The answer to last week's challenge is, Q: If four boys can pick four apples in four minutes, how many boys would be able to pick 100 apples in 100 minutes?
A: Four. As a team, can can on average, pick one ... Read More
July 10, 2020admin
03
Jul2020
The answer to last week's challenge is, Q: Someone is being chased through the jungle by cannibals. They have in their possession two solid gold bars which weigh 4kg each. They come to a rope bridge to escape upon but the bridge will ... Read More
July 3, 2020admin
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Jun2020
The answer to last week's challenge is. Q: Two coal-covered miners were sitting on a bench. One miner was the other's son, but the other was not his Father. Why not?
A: The other miner was his Mother.
This week's challenge is:... Read More
June 26, 2020admin
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Jun2020
The answer to last week's challenge is. Q: What can explode slowly with no smoke and no flame?
Q: A Population.
This week's challenge is:
Q: Two coal-covered miners were sitting on a bench. One miner was the other's son, ... Read More
June 19, 2020admin
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Jun2020
The answer to last week's challenge is. Q: A traveller set out on a journey and stopped only once he had returned to his starting point. During the journey, his head travelled 36 feet further than his feet, yet his feet remained attached ... Read More
June 12, 2020admin
05
Jun2020
The answer to last week's challenge is, Q: Scott ran halfway into the forest in half an hour. Dan claimed he had gone two thirds of the way into the forest in the same time. Scott however said this was impossible. Why?... Read More
June 5, 2020admin
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May2020
The answer to last week's challenge is, Q: How many mistakes are there in the following sentence? "This sentance containes two misstakes".
A: Four. Three spelling mistakes plus the mistaken claim that it contains only two mistakes.
This week's Mental Floss challenge is:... Read More
May 29, 2020admin
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May2020
The answer to last week's challenge is, Q: A snail crawls slowly up a garden wall 48cm high. If it crawls up 8cm a day and slips back 3cm each night, how long will it take to reach the top?
A: 9 ... Read More
May 22, 2020admin
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May2020
The answer to last week's challenge is: Q: A jet airliner carrying 20 Mexican lawyers to a convention in Rio de Janiero crashed and landed directly onto the border between Colombia, Venezuela & Brasil. Under International law, where should the ... Read More
May 15, 2020Frank Connolly
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May2020
The answer to last week's challenge was: Q: A woman stopper her car opposite a hotel and was soon bankrupt. How?
A: She was playing Monopoly.
This week's challenge is:
Q: A jet airliner carrying 20 Mexican lawyers to a convention in Rio de ... Read More
May 8, 2020Frank Connolly
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Apr2020
The answer to last week's Mental Floss challenge, Q: In 1987, a crane collapsed near a business and residential area of Sydney harbour at lunchtime. Nobody noticed or heard a thing however, why not?
A: A bird collapsing is not ... Read More
April 24, 2020Frank Connolly
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Apr2020
The answer to last week's Mental Floss challenge, Q: Which English word do all Australians pronounce incorrectly?
A: The word "Incorrectly"!
This week's thinking challenge is:
Q: In 1987, a crane collapsed near a business and residential area of Sydney ... Read More
April 11, 2020Frank Connolly
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Apr2020
C-Y-G-T-N-L-I-T-S
The answer to last week's Mental Floss challenge, Q: Can you guess the next letter on this series C-Y-G-T-N-L-I-T_?
A: The letter S, because they are the first letters of each of the words of the question.
This week's thinking challenge is:
Q: Which English ... Read More
April 3, 2020Frank Connolly