Mixed Bag June 2012 Answers

1. a. Late date,  b. Glum plum, c. Current currant, d. Grape gripe

2.  a. Anthony Perkins / Psycho;  b. Anthony Hopkins / The Silence of the Lambs;  c. Jack Nicholson / A Few Good Men

3. Divination using cheese

4. Three

5. They were topless

6. The Spruce Goose

7. Gecko  

8. La Perouse

9. less

10. (a) Sydney- Much more rain (1200mm v 650mm); (b) Melbourne – more days of rain (147 v 139)

Happenings

by Ken Greatorex

This is a collection of odds, ends and newsy bits that have taken our attention in the last month.

  • The Global Atheist Convention in Melbourne was as big an event as predicted. There was even an appearance by both militant Christians and Muslims. HERE. For Dick Gross’s review, see HERE
    Eugenie Scott

    The GAC was big enough to have its own fringe, in fact. Our own April Skeptics Café was billed as just such an event, featuring  the delightful Eugenie Scott. It may not have represented an enormous crowd for Ms Scott – she is much in demand internationally as a speaker – but it set a record for La Notte’s Club Room. View More Happenings