The answer to last week's challenge is, Q: A man wishes to reach the island in the middle of an ornamental lake without getting wet. The island is 20 feet from each edge of the pond (see diagram) and he has two ... Read More
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May2019
The answer to last week's challenge was, Q: Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000. Now add 30. Add another 1000. Now add 20. Now add another 1000. Now add 10. What is the total?
A: Four ... Read More
May 10, 2019Frank Connolly
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May2019
The answer to last week's challenge is Q: What word if pronounced right is wrong and if pronounced wrong is right?
A: The word "Wrong".
This week's challenge is a slightly different kind ...
Q: Take 1000 and add 40 to ... Read More
May 3, 2019Frank Connolly
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Apr2019
The answer to last week's mental floss challenge is. Q: It is said by some that some things are improved by death. Tell me, what stinks while living but in death smells good?
A: A Pig.
This week's lateral thinking challenge is ...... Read More
April 26, 2019Frank Connolly
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Apr2019
The answer to last week's challenge is. Q: I have holes top and bottom, inside and and out but I still hold water. What am I?
A: I am a sponge.
This week's lateral thinking challenge is ...
Q: It is ... Read More
April 19, 2019Frank Connolly
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Apr2019
The answer to last week's challenge is. Q: A man pushes his car up to a hotel and tells the owner he is bankrupt. What has happened?
A: He was playing monopoly.
This week's challenge is ...
Q: I have holes ... Read More
April 12, 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