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
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
31
Jan2020
The answer to last week's Mental Floss challenge, Q: You have two buckets of the same size. If you fill one with small pebbles and the other with large stones which bucket will be the heaviest?
A: Both buckets will weight ... Read More
January 31, 2020Frank Connolly
24
Jan2020
The answer to last week's Mental Floss challenge, Q: How many string quartets are there is a dozen?
A: 12
This week's thinking challenge is:
Q: You have two buckets of the same size. If you fill one with small pebbles ... Read More
January 24, 2020Frank Connolly
17
Jan2020
This week's Mental Floss challenge is, Q: How many string quartets are there is a dozen?
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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
27
Dec2019
The answer to last week's challenge is Q: What weighs virtually nothing but is impossible to hold for half an hour?
A: Your breath.
This week's thinking challenge is:
Q: A woman has three daughters who in turn, each have three ... Read More
December 27, 2019Frank 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
13
Dec2019
The answer to last week's challenge is Q: What famous expression does this represent? 100S549A3 100F4E621T 0028Y2167
A: SAFETY IN NUMBERS.
This week's thinking challenge is:
Q: A sphere has three, a circle has two, but a point hasn't got any. ... Read More
December 13, 2019Frank Connolly
12
Dec2019
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December 12, 2019Frank Connolly
06
Dec2019
The answer to last week's challenge is Q: I bumped into my long-lost Uncle from Ireland in the street. I'd never met him, never seen his picture or even heard a description of him. Yet, I recognised him immediately. How?... Read More
December 6, 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
08
Nov2019
The answer to last week's challenge is: Q: They can be made, bent, laid down, stretched and broken but they cannot be touched. What are they?
A: Rules.
This week's thinking challenge is:
Q: In a pig sty, each of the ... Read More
November 8, 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
25
Oct2019
The answer to last week's challenge is: Q: I am on Earth, but I'm not within a time zone, nor am I between two time zones. Where am I?
A: I am standing on one of the poles.
This week's thinking challenge ... Read More
October 25, 2019Frank Connolly
18
Oct2019
The answer to last week's challenge is: Q: Which is true? One statement here is false. Two statements here are false. Three statements here are false.
A: Two statements here are false.
This week's thinking challenge is:
Q: I am ... Read More
October 18, 2019Frank Connolly
11
Oct2019
The answer to last week's challenge is: Q: Is this correct or incorrect? The last man to be hung in Australia was Ronald Ryan after being found guilty of the murder of a prison officer.
A: Incorrect. People are hanged, not ... Read More
October 11, 2019Frank Connolly