Picture Puzzles and “Mixed Bag” Questions are in their usual spot at the top of the PUZZLES PAGE
December’s Skeptical Crossword is our largest yet. It’s theme is Alternative Healing Practices, and you have your choice of “straight” or cryptic clues. DECEMBER 2013 SKEPTICAL CROSSWORD
And finally, there’s DECEMBER 2013 LOGIC & MATHS PROBLEMS
Enjoy.
1. 75 degrees
2. 11 red 3 brown 2 blue 1 pink 5 black
3. 12 reds 2 yellows 3 browns 4 blues 3 blacks
4. $25
5. 30 and 31
6. a. Thirty cubes b. forty cubes
7. 288 metres
8. 40
9. Apples 30¢ Bananas 50¢ Cantaloupes $1.20
10. a. fruit ; b.bread; c.aisle 4
1. 4 ducks
2. Eddie Murphy – Shrek; Daniel Radcliffe – Harry Potter; Elijah Wood – Lord of the Rings; Leonardo DiCaprio – Titanic; Ewan MacGregor – Attack of the Clones; Mel Gibson – Chicken Run
3. True
4. Mother and Son
5. False. It doesn’t really stand for anything.
6. Dingo
7. herring
8. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
9. Pinnochio
10. Plum
“Next Level”:
11. Lara
12. James Dougherty
13. Butter, sugar, salt, egg, mashed pumpkin (cold), Self raising flour
14. Cooktown Orchid (Dendrobium bigibbum var. Phalaenopsis)
15. Normie Rowe
16. Roller Skates / Inline Skates
17. Philology / Study of languages
18. 7 (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David)
19. A Roman Goddess
20. Converted to Catholicism
21. Arkansas (one of the first black students integrated into college)
22. The Australian Red Ensign
23. Shirley McLaine
24. Telling fortunes / the future by looking at cheese.
25. Old letters of the English alphabet (“runes” is close enough)
26. An explosive charge used to bring down walls
27. A month of a new Calendar brought in during the French Revolution
28. Large Asteroid and its satellite
29. Flute playing, boxing and chess. He’s also an actor and broadcaster
30. Dhani Harrison (George’s Son)
1. Waste of time
2. Too clever by half
3. Foreign Legion
4. Low Fat Diets
5. Interior Design
6. To ‘ell with it
7. Amazin’ Grace
