The answer to last week’s thinking challenge was. Q: What is the real reason that 1989 Pennies are worth more than 1982 Pennies?
A: Because there are ... Read More
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Apr2023
The answer to last week’s challenge is. Q: When asked who a certain photograph was of, the owner replied “Uncles and Brothers I have none, but that man’s Father is my Father’s son”. Who ... Read More
April 21, 2023admin
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Apr2023
The answer to last week’s lateral challenge is. Q: In which direction is the bus traveling?
A: The bus is traveling to the right because the door is hidden on the other side. ... Read More
April 14, 2023admin
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Apr2023
The answer to last week’s challenge is. Q: Three coins are placed side by side in a row, touching each other. The leftmost coin (A), the middle coin (B), and the rightmost (C). How ... Read More
April 7, 2023admin
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Mar2023
The answer to last week’s challenge is. Q: A dead person’s soul comes to a crossroads: one way leads to heaven, the other to hell. There is no road sign to tell the soul ... Read More
March 31, 2023admin
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Mar2023
The answer to last week’s challenge is. Q: There are three sealed jars of apples. The first jar contains sour apples, the second contains sweet apples and the third contains a mixture ... Read More
March 24, 2023admin
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Mar2023
The answer to last week’s challenge is. Q: A female cat had three kittens, Mitzi, Pritzi and Kitzi. What is the Mother’s name.
A: There was no question posed last week given there ... Read More
March 17, 2023admin
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Mar2023
The answer to last week’s challenge is. Q: One tenant lives on the first floor of a 15 floor building. The number of tenants living on each successive floor is double that of ... Read More
March 10, 2023admin
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Mar2023
The answer to last week’s challenge is. Q: There are three light switches in a room. You can do what you want with them and then go into the next room where there are three light bulbs. How can you identify the ... Read More
March 3, 2023admin
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Feb2023
The answer to last week’s challenge is. Q:How can you tie a knot in a piece of string without letting go of either end?
A: Pick up the string with both arms folded and then unfold your arms.
This week’s Mental Floss ... Read More
February 24, 2023admin
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Feb2023
The answer to last week’s challenge is. Q: A woman is alone on a deserted island without any food or water or any prospect of a ship passing by, but she does not fear ... Read More
February 17, 2023admin
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Feb2023
The answer to last week’s question is. Q: A man was traveling across country carrying a fox, a duck and a bag of corn when he came to a river. There was a small boat in which he could ferry only one ... Read More
February 10, 2023admin
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Feb2023
The answer to last week’s challenge is. Q: She died and went to heaven. There were 1000’s of people there, all naked and looking as they had at age 21. She looked around to see if there was anyone she recognised and immediately ... Read More
February 3, 2023admin
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Jan2023
The answer to last week’s challenge is, Q: There are two plastic jugs filled with water. How could you put all of the water from the jugs into a barrel, without using any jugs or dividers, and still tell which water came from ... Read More
January 27, 2023admin
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Jan2023
As people increasingly become politically-polarised and as a result group-think becomes more common, society is losing it's critical thinking capacity.
Never has the need for these skills been greater.
To assist we have listed 10 key pieces of advice to improve your ... Read More
January 23, 2023Frank Connolly
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Jan2023
The answer to last week’s challenge is, Q: A man is found dead in the Arctic with a pack on his back. How did he die?
A: It was a pack of wolves on his back.
This week’s challenge is:
Q: There ... Read More
January 20, 2023admin
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Jan2023
The answer to last week’s challenge is, Q: There are ten socks of each of the following colours in a drawer: Blue, Green, Red, Yellow and White, a total of 50 socks. If the socks are randomly distributed in the drawer ... Read More
January 13, 2023admin
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Jan2023
The answer to last week’s challenge is, Q: Why is it against the law for a man living in Queensland to be buried in Victoria?
A: It is against the law to bury a person alive.
This week’s challenge is:
Q: There ... Read More
January 6, 2023admin
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Dec2022
The answer to last week’s challenge is, Q: What is the smallest number of people you need to assemble two Uncles and two Nephews in the same place?
A: Two. If two men marry each other’s mothers, they automatically become half-brothers. So, ... Read More
December 30, 2022admin