The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: What do you cut, share at a table but never eat?
A: A deck of playing cards.
This week’s thinking challenge is …
Q: Cigars cannot be entirely smoked so a hobo who collects ... Read More
15
Sep2023
The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: You start with 1,000 then add 40. Add another 1,000, then add 30. Add another 1,000 then add 20. Add one more 1,000, then add 10. What is your answer?
A: 4,100
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September 15, 2023admin
07
Sep2023
The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: It is greater than God, more evil than the Devil. The poor have it, the rich need it and if you eat it you will die. What is it?
A: Nothing!
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September 7, 2023admin
01
Sep2023
The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: Mary is reading "Charlie & the chocolate factory" to her twin daughters. There is a power cut, but she manages to finish reading the book. How?
A: Mary is blind and reading in Braille.
This ... Read More
September 1, 2023admin
24
Aug2023
The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: You heard before, yet you hear me again. Then I die until you call me again. What am I?
A: An echo.
This week’s thinking challenge is …
Q: Mary is reading "Charlie & ... Read More
August 24, 2023admin
18
Aug2023
The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: Mr Smith wanted to build a house with all the windows facing South. How could he do this?
A: He built on the North pole where all aspects faced South.
This week’s thinking challenge is ... Read More
August 18, 2023admin
10
Aug2023
The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: There are 20 people at a party. If each of them is willing to shake hands only with people who are smaller than they are, how many people will shake hands in total?... Read More
August 10, 2023admin
03
Aug2023
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
August 3, 2023admin
21
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
13
Jul2023
The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: An iron horse with a flaxen tail. The faster the horse runs, the shorter his tail becomes. What is it?
A: A needle and thread.
This week’s thinking challenge is …
Q: Donald ... Read More
July 13, 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
23
Jun2023
The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: Using only addition, how do you add eight 8’s and get the number 1,000.
A: 888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1,000.
This week’s thinking challenge is …
Q: I ... Read More
June 23, 2023admin
16
Jun2023
The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: A man stands on one side of a river, his dog on the other side. The man calls his dog who then crosses the river without getting wet, using a bridge or a boat. ... Read More
June 16, 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
08
Oct2021
The answer to last week’s challenge is, Q: It has often been observed that individuals lost in the desert will set off with the intention of walking in a straight line but will eventually return to somewhere close to their starting point. Why ... Read More
October 8, 2021admin
24
Sep2021
The answer to last week’s challenge is, Q: A man in a restaurant used two forks and one knife. He did not pay for his lunch. What was going on?
A: He was a piano tuner who had come to tune the ... Read More
September 24, 2021admin
26
Mar2021
The answer to last week’s challenge is, Q: What can you hold in your right hand, but never in your left hand?
A: Your left hand.
This week’s challenge is:
Q: You’re rummaging around your great grandmother’s attic when you find five ... Read More
March 26, 2021admin
19
Mar2021
The answer to last week’s challenge is, Q: A is the brother of B. B is the brother of C. C is the father of D. So how is D related to A?
A: A is D’s aunt.
This week’s challenge is:... Read More
March 19, 2021admin
01
Jan2021
The answer to the last challenge of 2020 is, Q: A Japanese ship was leaving the port and on its way to open sea. The captain went to go oil some parts of the ship and took his ring off so it ... Read More
January 1, 2021admin