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Sep2023

Mental Floss 317

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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
September 22, 2023admin

15

Sep2023

Mental Floss 316

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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 This week’s ... Read More
September 15, 2023admin

07

Sep2023

Mental Floss 315

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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! This week’s thinking challenge ... Read More
September 7, 2023admin

01

Sep2023

Mental Floss 314

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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

Mental Floss 313

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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

Mental Floss 312

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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

Mental Floss 311

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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

Mental Floss 310

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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

Mental Floss 308

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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

Mental Floss 307

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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

Mental Floss 305

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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

Mental Floss 304

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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

Mental Floss 303

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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

Mental Floss 302

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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

Mental Floss 216

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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

Mental Floss 214

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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

Mental Floss 188

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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

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Mar2021

Mental Floss 187

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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

Mental Floss 176

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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

25

Dec2020

Mental Floss 175

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The answer to last week's challenge is, Q: Nicole went to the police to report that someone had stolen her vintage ring. When the police got to her house they notice that the window was broken, there was a total mess inside, ... Read More
December 25, 2020admin