1. Sagittarius, Gemini, Scorpio
2. They are father, son and grandson
3. Ship’s sails
4. Into the briar patch
5. Railway Station
6. cadence
7. Playing for your team’s Number 2 or Reserve side.
8. Born June Gough, she was a native of Broken Hill. She adopted the professional name June Bronhill in gratitude when the town raised the money to send her overseas to further her career.
9. Kellogs Sugar Frosties became Kellogs Frosties
10. Tasmania
In early 2012 a series of short videos on the topic of critical thinking was released.
The group that produced them have created more. I think these are videos are superb; short, to the point, quirky and ideal for anyone wanting to quickly understand the scientific method and critical thinking including fallacies. I’ve linked to all of them below.
The scriptwriter is science communicator and author Mike McRae, well known for his book Tribal Science.
Surprisingly, the videos were funded by the Australian Government. The narrator is James Hutson and they’re produced by Bridge8.
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More videos after the fold.
1. A3, B4, C1, D5, E2, F7, G10, H6, I8, J9
2. Cube D
3. A mirror
4. MARGE LETS NORAH SEE SHARON’S TELEGRAM. NO MISSES ORDERED ROSES, SIMON.
5. 10 triangles
6. a. Reagan b. Lincoln c. Roosevelt d. Johnson e. Eisenhower f. Nixon
7. six teams
8. 45 pencils 7 jars
9. Very likely
Almost everybody in a normal human population has two arms.
There are probably no people with more than two arms
There are likely to be a very small number of people with one or no arms for whatever reason.
Therefore, the average number of arms in a normal human population is very slightly less than two.
It’s very likely that the next person you meet will have two arms.
10. 
1. One chance in six or 5:1
2. Ms Blue is wearing pink; Ms Green is wearing blue; Ms Pink is wearing green
3. 54 cents
4. Six people
5. 9 games
6. 4,2,5,3
7. 40 cards
8. 40 cards
Note that the answer 40 would be correct for any number of decks.
9. The daughter’s ages are 8, 3 and 3 and the house number is 14.
The key lies in the fact that the census taker would already know the house number, so if he still doesn’t know the girl’s ages after working out the three possible factors of 72 that add up to the house number, it must be because there’s more than one possibility.
The only factors of 72 that have the same sum are 2 X 6 X 6 and 3 X 3 X 8 . The sum in each case is 14. Once the census taker knows that there is one eldest daughter (not twins), the correct ages must be 3, 3 and 8.
10. Six hours
1.Ps of pumpkin pie
2.Won with ease
3.In between jobs
4.Lineup in alphabetical order
5.Back to square 1
6.eskimo pie
7.Police lineup
1.Billiard Cue
2.engrossing
3.anenomes
4.lobotomy
5.fertile
6.Missing you
7.Full of baloney
1.Tapioca
2.Tax Invoice
3.No time to lose
4.Entrapped
5.Indoor Plants
6.Table whines
7.Season’s Ticket
We’ll lead off with the excellent news that after a twelve-month recess, Peninsula Skeptics are re-starting: on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 7:00 PM. The venue is The Peninsula Club, Gibson Street Dromana.
Your convenor Graeme Hanigan says: The night will be primarily social, perhaps a round table suggestion of topics for the future. Please go to the MEETUP GROUP to read more and to RSVP.
Graeme is also keen for Peninsula Skeptics to be involved in Science Week (mid August) and is looking for suggestions and ideas on some of the best ways to achieve this.
are travelling nicely with our regular Skeptics Café at La Notte Restaurant, 140 Lygon Street Carlton.
The next event is on Monday 20th May, where Ken Greatorex will host our Ninth Annual Trivia Extravaganza.
Please join us (with a team of up to six people, or just by yourself) for a meal at 6pm, with the Trivia starting at 7:30 pm. See our EVENTS page for details of Skeptics Cafés well into the future.
By Mal Vickers
Before you read any further, try to guess the answer to this question:
In Australia, in 2012, how many chiropractic treatments occurred as a result of a doctor’s referral?
To clarify, I’m not asking for the total number of chiropractic consultations that occur per year, just patients consultations for chiropractic treatment where the patient was referred by a medical doctor – how many? Find the answer in the text below highlighted in red. How close were you?
Medicare Dollars are Taxpayer Dollars
Everyone in Australia pays for Medicare rebates through the tax system. Medicare enables community access to a variety of quality health services but that’s not in question. What I’d really like to look at is how much we pay through the Medicare system for treatments that show little or no efficacy. View More Money Well Spent? Dubious Medicine on Medicare
