Archive for 'Competitions' Category
Mental Floss (Final)
Posted by webmaster 5 September 2009Congratulations to Andrew Caulfield of Victoria Police who responded with: They are among the most common sources of deadly bacteria. This week’s question is:
In what team is harmony achieved as a result of extreme tension?
The first CIN member in with the correct answer will receive a copy of I am an Idea Factory by Ed [...]
“Waltzing with the Elephant” by Mark Toomey
Posted by webmaster 4 September 2009
Waltzing with the Elephant! This evocative phrase is the title of the first book that I have seen that explains what IT governance is, why it matters, who is responsible and how you can pragmatically implement appropriate Technology for Information Technology governance. The book, by Mark Toomey of Infonomics is refreshingly free from jargon and [...]
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Posted by webmaster 28 August 2009Well done to Alan Kennedy of VicPol who responded with: Banks order ATM’s by the hundreds so it is cheaper to have them all the same rather than two customised sets, one with and one without braille. This week’s question is:
What lethal thing do elevators, money and restaurant menus have in common?
The first CIN member [...]
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Posted by webmaster 21 August 2009Well done to Steven Harris of Treasury & Finance who responded with: Anywhere. There are many people with less than two legs which means that the average number of legs on people must be less than two. Anyone therefore with more than two legs has more than the average. This week’s question is:
Why do Automatic [...]
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Posted by webmaster 14 August 2009Well done to Lauchlan MacKinnon of Planning & Community Development who responded with: A pipe burst, flooding the room to a great depth. The balloon rose with the water level. This week’s question is:
Where do you go to see people with more than the average number of legs?
The 1st CIN member in with the correct [...]
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Posted by webmaster 8 August 2009Well done to Richard Ratna of Primary Industries who responded with: Boxing Gloves – Introduced to reduce injury to hands and soften the blow of punches, but ended up allowing more blows to be made to head. The cumulative effect of these extra blows making brain damage more likely. This week’s question is:
Someone leaves an [...]
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Posted by webmaster 2 August 2009
Well done to Pratap Patnaikuni of State Revenue Office who responded with: The masked man was Bernie’s surgeon, who saved his life with an open heart operation. This week’s question is:
A safety improvement was introduced into a popular sport in order to reduce injury. It had the opposite effect, but was still retained. What was [...]
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Posted by webmaster 28 July 2009Well done to Harsha Wanninayaka of Human Services who correctly responded with: You can’t write ‘one’ because then there would be two. But if you write two, there would be only one. So lots of words could fit, eg: small, minimal or finite. This week’s question is:
A masked man plunged a knife deep into Bernie’s [...]
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Posted by webmaster 22 July 2009Well done to Edward Shin of DEECD and John Simmons of ESTA who both correctly answered with: The letters are the first letters of the numbers 1-8, so the next letter in the sequence will be ‘N” for nine. This week’s question is:
Using only one word, and correct grammar, complete the following sentence as accurately [...]
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Posted by webmaster 15 July 2009Congratulations to Phil Oude-Vrielink of Human Services who responded with: Yes. There is only one possible position in which the little hand is pointing in the correct direction. Given the hand is exactly half way between two of the hour symbols, it must be half past the hour, which makes it 1:30. This week’s question [...]
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Posted by webmaster 8 July 2009Well done to Phil Turner of Innovation, Industry & Regional Development who responded with: Fred wrapped the cue diagonally to make a package that when measured end to end was just under 1.5 metres in length. The post office regulations said nothing about diagonal measurements. This week’s question is:
Here is a clock, as you can [...]
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Posted by webmaster 2 July 2009Well done to Olivia Tsao of Justice who responded with: Jim was planning to pick up the second last glass and pour its contents into the second glass, then replace the empty glass in its original position. This week’s question is:
Fred wanted to send a snooker cue by post but was told at the post [...]
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Posted by webmaster 26 June 2009Well done to Gordon Forbes of Sustainability & Environment who correctly responded with: 50% – Since you have four and I have three, it is certain that you have either tossed more heads or more tails than I have (not both). Since there are only two options the chance that you toss more heads than [...]
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Posted by webmaster 20 June 2009Well done to Tannia Robertson of Justice who responded with: The right way around. This week’s question is:
You have four coins and I have three coins. We both toss all of our coins in the air. What is the chance that you end up with more heads than I do? Higher than 50%, Lower than [...]