The answer to last week's challenge is, Q: A dead body lies at the bottom of a multistory building. It looks as though they committed suicide by jumping from one of the floors. When the detective arrives, he goes to the first floor ... Read More
11
Dec2020
The answer to last week's challenge is, Q: Kristina and Anthony went out for drinks together. They ordered the same drink. Kristina was really thirsty and finished five in the time it took Anthony to finish one. The drinks were poisoned, but only ... Read More
December 11, 2020admin
04
Dec2020
The answer to last week's challenge is, Q: Dan is put in a cell with a dirt floor and only one window. The window is too high for him to reach. The only thing in the cell is a shovel. He won’t be ... Read More
December 4, 2020admin
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
20
Nov2020
The answer to last week's challenge is, Q: Fourteen of the kids in the class are girls. Eight of the kids wear blue shirts. Two of the kids are neither girls or wear a blue shirt. If five of the kids are girls ... Read More
November 20, 2020admin
06
Nov2020
The answer to last week's challenge is, Q: A sundial has the fewest moving parts of any timepiece. Which has the most?
A: An hour-glass of course!
This week's challenge is:
Q: I am the beginning of sorrow and the ... Read More
November 6, 2020admin
16
Oct2020
The answer to last week's challenge is, Q: A woman comes home with a bag of groceries, gets the mail and walks into the house. On the way to put the groceries away she passes and looks at her husband who has committed ... Read More
October 16, 2020admin
01
Oct2020
The answer to last week's challenge is, Q: An unknown number of left and right handed gloves have been thrown into a large sack. How many gloves will you have to take out of the sack to be absolutely certain that you will ... Read More
October 1, 2020admin
06
Mar2020
The answer to last week's Mental Floss challenge, Q: When the boy told his Mother he was going to join the band she immediately became very upset and knew that a bad fate would befall him. How?
A: The band was ... Read More
March 6, 2020Frank Connolly
28
Feb2020
The answer to last week's Mental Floss challenge, Q: A farmer is walking across his field when he comes across a bundle. A few metres away he is horrified to discover the body of a dead man. Immediately the farmer knew how ... Read More
February 28, 2020Frank Connolly
20
Feb2020
The answer to last week's Mental Floss challenge, Q: Your friend tells you their Grandmother is younger than their Mother. How is this possible?
A: It is possible that the paternal Grandmother could be younger than the Mother. If the Mother ... Read More
February 20, 2020Frank Connolly
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?
Join us in Melbourne on Feb 27 & 28 and bring a team to solve some of your ... Read More
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