New Picture Puzzles and “Mixed Bag” Questions are in their usual spot at the top of the PUZZLES PAGE
The December 2014 SKEPTICAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE has Famous Skeptics as its theme; and there are ten new LOGIC & MATHS PUZZLES
Enjoy!
1. Nine ways: 2 X $20; 1 X $20, 2 X $10; 1 X $20, 1 X $10, 2 X $5; 1 X $20, 4 X $5; 4 X $10; 3 X $10, 2 X $5; 2 X $10, 4 X $5; 1 X $10, 6 X $5; 8 X $5
2. Sixteen ways
3. The cube
4. Queen-1; King-7; Pawn-5; Knight-4; Bishop-2
5. (a) 6 snakes, (b) 14 lizards, (c) 7 people
6. 72 metres
7. Four ducks
8. 11 times
9. (a) 13; (b) 1 in 144 or 1:143
10. Alice is 10, Bill is 5, Charlie is 9
1. A. Foot; B. Hand; C. Fish (or finger); D. Ear
2. Commander Quinton McHale
3. Australia v West Indies, Cricket
4. Reduced, secured, seducer
5. A. Orange (The Netherlands); B. Scotland; C. Hanover (Germany)
6. Sanyo
7. Hans Christian Andersen
8. Five miles
9. Magazines (Vogue, Vanity Fair, New Yorker, GQ among others)
10. Handel
HARDER:
11. One
12. Shortest reign (12 days)
13. Makes shoes
14. Charlotte Corday
15. 1869
16. 12 days
17. Eight
18. Nicholas Beakspear, aka Adrian IV
19. Fauntleroy
20. Thomas Sullivan