Month: January 2014

January 31, 2014

February Puzzles

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February’s Picture Puzzles and Mixed Bag Questions have been added to the PUZZLES PAGE

This month’s Crossword has Charles Darwin as its theme, to highlight Darwin Day, (Charles Darwin’s birthday) on February 12. It’s HERE

The Logic & Maths Problems are HERE

Enjoy!

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January 19, 2014

Darwin Day: February 12 2014

This year there are two events in Melbourne to celebrate CHARLES DARWIN’s BIRTHDAY.

  • On Tuesday afternoon / evening from 5pm February 11 it’s open house for freethinkers. The venue is the Unitarian Church at 110 Grey Street East Melbourne (Melways 2G D2). It’s a Barbecue (BYO everything) followed by an 8 pm talk  by Rick Barker of the Philosophy Forum)  “Exploring the Pleistocene: A crucial time for the speciation and specialization of Modern Humans”.
  • On Wednesday February 12, The Humanist Society host a  celebration of Charles Darwin Day at Studley Park on Wednesday 12/2/14 from 5 pm. Anybody is welcome to join in. Again, its a Barbecue. BYO everything.
  • Teachers may like to make use of one or more of the classroom exercises in our Darwin Day Suite, 

HERE

  • Our February Skeptical Crossword is all about Charles Darwin. We’ve posted it early for you,

HERE

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January 16, 2014

“Mixed Bag” February 2014 – Answers

1. Mother 73, daughter 37

2. Because 2004 10¢ coins would be $200.40, whereas 2003 10¢ coins would only be $200.30

3. Top Gun

4. Your shoes

5. Alexander

6. Sammy Davis Jr

7. flax

8. Bungee jumping

9. Daryll & John

10. Music (song writing, management, production)

“Next Level”:

11. Flying Fish

12. Rex Hunt

13. brothers

14. The Jigsaw Puzzle

15. Japan

16. Fifty Million

17. First female boxer to die in the ring

18. Sir Topham Hatt’s / The Fat Controller’s inspection vehicle

19. Greek

20. They were the only survivors of the wreck of the Loch Ard

21. Photocopier / Xerox process

22. A shield bearing a coat of arms

23. Islands in Sydney Harbour

24. Win a VC

25. Zebra / plains zebra

26. orchid

27. Joseph Haydn

28. Rhine River valley, Germany

29. The lava lamp

30. JP Richardson aka The Big Bopper

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January 15, 2014

February 2014 Logic & Maths Problems Solutions

1. The water level of the pool will fall. The cannonball is much denser than the water. Let the cannonball have a volume of x litre. Assume the cannonball is ten times as dense as the water. Its mass will therefore be 10x kg. When the cannonball is placed in the boat, the boat settles by an amount which displaces 10 kg of water or 10x litres of water. However, when the cannonball is taken out of the boat and placed directly in the water, it only displaces its own VOLUME of water or x litres. This will have the same effect on the water level of the pool as taking 9x litres out.
2. Treble = 18, double = 4, single = 13
3. 2519 prisoners
4. The rule is: double the first number then take away 8. The answer is therefore 20
5. 13 triangles
6. 30 picknickers
7. a. 54m b. 6th c. 11th d. 22 times
8. Direction A (The doors must be on the other side or kerb side, & they drive on the right)
9. $20
10. (a) Keep Still (b) Call a Cab

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