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
12
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
22
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
15
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
08
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
18
Apr2020
Practical Innovation (Dubai June 17-18, 2020)
How do we move from talking about innovation, to doing innovation?
We struggle to break free from day to day habits and procedures that often hold us back. Yet, we all understand that to deliver the quality services and products now ... Read More
April 18, 2020Frank Connolly
03
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
27
Mar2020
The answer to last week's Mental Floss challenge, Q: A horse plows a field all day. If he takes 24 steps to reach from one end of the field to another, how many hoof prints will the horse leave in the ... Read More
March 27, 2020Frank Connolly
13
Mar2020
The answer to last week's Mental Floss challenge, Q: How much dirt is there in a square hole that is 12cms on each side and 12cms deep?
A: None. It's a hole.
This week's thinking challenge is:
Q: Add a 2 ... Read More
March 13, 2020Frank Connolly
20
Feb2020
The answer to last week's Mental Floss challenge, Q: Your friend tells you their Grandmother is younger than their Mother. How is this possible?
A: It is possible that the paternal Grandmother could be younger than the Mother. If the Mother ... Read More
February 20, 2020Frank Connolly
14
Feb2020
The answer to last week's Mental Floss challenge, Q: I am standing on a bare stone floor, holding a very fragile and brittle porcelain cup. I am certain however, that I can drop the cup more than a metre without it breaking. ... Read More
February 14, 2020Frank Connolly
07
Feb2020
The answer to last week's Mental Floss challenge, Q: What can you break by saying it's name?
A: Silence!
This week's thinking challenge is:
Q: I am standing on a bare stone floor, holding a very fragile and brittle porcelain cup. I am ... Read More
February 7, 2020Frank Connolly
17
Jan2020
This week's Mental Floss challenge is, Q: How many string quartets are there is a dozen?
Join us in Melbourne on Feb 27 & 28 and bring a team to solve some of your ... Read More
January 17, 2020Frank Connolly
10
Jan2020
The answer to last week's challenge is Q: As I left the reptile house at the zoo I felt something move in my pocket. I put my hand in and discovered something with no legs and several teeth. Once over my ... Read More
January 10, 2020Frank Connolly
03
Jan2020
The answer to last week's challenge is Q: A woman has three daughters who in turn, each have three daughters. If they all get together in one room, how many pairs of Grandmothers and Grand-Daughters are there?
A: There are ... Read More
January 3, 2020Frank Connolly
20
Dec2019
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
December 20, 2019Frank Connolly
29
Nov2019
The answer to last week's challenge is Q: If aerosol propellants burn when lit, how is it that when threatened by a snake whilst on a recent trip to the equator, I was unable to use my deodorant as a flame thrower?... Read More
November 29, 2019Frank Connolly
22
Nov2019
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
15
Nov2019
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
01
Nov2019
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