The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: With a 7 minute hourglass and an 11 minute hourglass, what would be the easiest way to tell exactly when 15 minutes were up?
A: Start both hourglasses together. When the sand stops ... Read More
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Jul2023
The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: Ronald and Joe were comparing information about their siblings. At one point Joe said "my older brother was born on the 4th of July, I remember because I was watching the fireworks". Ronald immediately knew ... Read More
July 21, 2023admin
06
Jul2023
88 69 11
The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: What do the numbers 11, 69, 88 all have in common?
A: They read the same right side up and upside down.
This week’s thinking challenge is …
Q: An iron horse with a flaxen tail. The ... Read More
July 6, 2023admin
30
Jun2023
The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: I am an odd number. Take away one letter and I become even. What number am I?
A: Seven. Take away the S and it becomes even.
This week’s thinking challenge is …
Q: ... Read More
June 30, 2023admin
09
Jun2023
The answer to last week's challenge is: Q: A sundial has the fewest moving parts of any time piece. Which has the most?
A: An hourglass with up to 100's of 1000's of moving parts.
This week’s thinking challenge is …
Q: ... Read More
June 9, 2023admin
02
Jun2023
The answer to last week’s challenge is. Q: If you do it once one day it’s OK, but if you do it twice it’s a serious offence! What is it?
A: Voting twice in an election.
This week's thinking challenge is ...... Read More
June 2, 2023admin
27
Aug2021
The answer to last week’s challenge is, Q: A large mail order company undertook an analysis of it's customer base. They were surprised to see that a there was an unusually high number of people who were born on November 11. How could ... Read More
August 27, 2021admin
20
Aug2021
The answer to last week’s challenge is, Q: What is it that goes on 4 legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon and 3 legs in the evening? This is the famous riddle of the Sphinx which was asked of Oedipus ... Read More
August 20, 2021admin
06
Aug2021
The answer to last week’s challenge is, Q: Fabio is guilty of no crime, yet he is surrounded by professional people, one of which hits him until he cries. Why?
A: Fabio is a newborn baby and the Dr slaps him to ... Read More
August 6, 2021admin
29
Jan2021
In an initiative to foster critical and creative thinking in children, Edward deBono is calling for your child's original idea for a "Dog exercising machine". Open for children aged 4-14. Prizes will be awarded to participants in a number of age categories. Some ... Read More
January 29, 2021admin
15
Jan2021
The answer to last week's challenge is, Q: A serial killer kidnapped five different people and sat them down each with two pills in their hand and a glass of water. He told them each to take one pill but warned them that ... Read More
January 15, 2021admin
08
Jan2021
The answer to last week's challenge is, Q: On the first day of school, someone murdered a history teacher. There were four people at the school that the police suspected had done it: the landscaper, a math teacher, a basketball coach, and the ... Read More
January 8, 2021admin
27
Nov2020
The answer to last week's challenge is, Q: Forrest left home running. He ran a ways and then turned left, ran the same distance and turned left again, ran the same distance and turned left again. When he got home, there were two ... Read More
November 27, 2020admin
23
Oct2020
The answer to last week's challenge is, Q: I left my campsite and hiked south for 3 miles. Then I turned east and hiked for 3 miles. I then turned north and hiked for 3 miles, at which time I came upon a ... Read More
October 23, 2020admin
18
Sep2020
The answer to last week's challenge is, Q: Can you name out load, 5 days in a week without using the names of the days of the week or numbers of any kind?
A: The day before yesterday, yesterday, today, tomorrow and ... Read More
September 18, 2020admin
14
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
26
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
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