February Puzzles
February’s Picture Puzzles and Mixed Bag questions are at the top of our Puzzles & Diversions Page. http://skeptics.cafe/puzzles/ The Skeptical Crossword for February is here: http://skeptics.cafe/puzzles/february-2011-crossword/
Month: January 2011
"Mixed Bag" February 2011 Answers
1. a. Basic / sick bay ; b. Welfare / farewell; c. Zero / rosy; d. Germaine / manger
2. a. 6 Strings on a guitar; b. 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover; c. 4 Suits in a deck of cards; d. 1 Giant Leap for Mankind; e. 9 Lives of a Cat; f. 7 colours in the rainbow; g. 206 bones in the human body; h. 13 stripes on the American flag; i. 76 trombones in the big parade.
3. a. Late date; b. Glum plum; c. Current currant; d. Grape gripe
4. a. Anthony Perkins / Psycho; b. Anthony Hopkins / The Silence of the Lambs; c. Jack Nicholson / A Few Good Men
5. Calpurnia – Julius Caesar; Katharina – The Taming of the Shrew; Iago – Othello; Prospero – The Tempest
6. a. Enterprise; b. Rouseabout; c. Rudiments
7. A mirror
8. a. Pupils / slipup; b. Regal / lager; c. Snoops / spoons; d. Straw / warts
9. MARGE LETS NORAH SEE SHARON’S TELEGRAM. NO MISSES ORDERED ROSES, SIMON.
10. a. Chelsea; b. Aston Villa; c. Southampton; d. West Ham United
February Picture Puzzles: Answers
1. Potatoes
2. Apportion blame
3. Missing LINK
4. The check is in the male
5. Benign Influence
6. Complimentary Tickets
7. Update
New Skeptics In the Pubs
We’re pleased to tell you about three brand new Skeptics In the Pubs.
*Eastern Hills SITP meets at The Knox Club, on the corner of Stud / Boronia Rds Wantirna South. The first meeting will be on Tuesday 15th February, but all subsequent meetings will be on the second Monday of each month.
Details are at http://groupspaces.com/meh-sitp (NOTE CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS ADDRESS)
* Melbourne SITP: The first will be held on Monday, January 31st at the James Squire Brewhouse in Waterfront City, Docklands. RSVP on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=123743067689382 The event will kick off at 6:30pm. Future events will be held on the fourth Monday of each month.
http://www.melbourneskeptics.com.au/skeptics-in-the-pub/
* Great Ocean Road SITP launched on Saturday morning 5th February, with regular meetings on the Last
Wednesday of each month from 6.30 pm. For March 30, the venue is City Quarter Bar on Cunningham Pier Geelong. For further information, contact Carolyn Coulson. CAROLCO(AT)BarwonHealth.org.au. See our article on Great Ocean Road Skeptics below, as well as their 10:23 video
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Well established Victorian Skeptics groups looking forward to 2011 are:
*Borderline Skeptics (Albury Wodonga) meeting 3rd Wednesday of each month; contact Russell Kelly (02) 6072 – 3632 or Laurie Smith (02) 6072 – 3415
*The Celestial Teapot (Mornington) meeting 3rd Thursday of each month; http://www.meetup.com/Teapot-Mornington-Peninsula/
*Mordialloc SITP http://www.meetup.com/Mordi-Skeptics-in-the-Pub/
*Sale SITP meeting at the Star Hotel on the 2nd Friday of each month from 6.30pm. For details contact saleskepticsinthepub@hotmail.com
AND DON’T FORGET our very own Skeptics Café on the 3rd Monday of each month. See our Events section for details.
Darwin Day February 12 2011
BARBECUE:
12 Noon to 4.30 pm
(NOTE CHANGE to PREVIOUSLY ADVERTISED TIME)
An Invitation from the Atheists, Humanists, Rationalists & Skeptics to celebrate
Charles Darwin’s birthday
For details, go here: http://skeptics.cafe/events/darwin-day-barbecue-2011/
CELEBRATE DARWIN DAY IN YOUR CLASSROOM:
Here’s a suite of classroom exercises designed to mark Charles Darwin’s Birthday.
http://skeptics.cafe/for-sale/stuff-for-teachers-education-resources/darwin-day-february-12-classroom-suite-of-exercises/
Psychic Predictions For 2011
It’s a new year, and we here at Vic Skeptics would like to celebrate this (somewhat arbitrary) milestone in the traditional skeptical fashion.
We’re going to shake up the tea leaves, gaze into the crystal ball, yank out the goat entrails and check out some psychic predictions for 2011.
Then, most importantly of course, we’ll revisit them at the end of the year and see how they did!
But we don’t want any of those annoying predictions that are infuriatingly general and non-specific.
And we definitely don’t want any silly prophecies about celebrity relationships. (Brad and Angelina are going to have a rough time? Oh noes!)
No, what we want are specific dates and detailed events.
Enter Australia’s own John Gold. Mr Gold goes out on a huge number of very impressive limbs with his 2011 forecasts.
I’ve reproduced a choice selection below the fold, or you can read the whole jaw-dropping lot here.
View More Psychic Predictions For 2011
Great Ocean Road Skeptics
The new Geelong-based Skeptics group, Great Ocean Road Skeptics In the Pub launched spectacularly on Saturday 5th February at 10 am at Bell’s Beach Torquay.
Regular meetings are held on the last Wednesday of each month from 6.30 pm. For March 30, the venue is City Quarter Bar on Cunningham Pier Geelong. For further information, contact Carolyn Coulson.
CAROLCO(AT)BarwonHealth.org.au