May 2014 Crossword – Solution
April 2014 Puzzles
Try our new monthly batch of puzzles and diversions!
There are seven new Picture Puzzles and some “Mixed Bag” Trivia at the top of the PUZZLES PAGE
April’s Skeptical Crossword is HERE
April’s Logic & Maths Puzzles are HERE
ENJOY!
April 2014 Logic & Maths Puzzles – Solutions
1. 29 frogs
2. Shape (c)
3. 44 penguins, 28 huskies
4. Treble = 8, double = 20, single = 13
5. 40
6. Apples 30¢ Bananas 50¢ Cantaloupes $1.20
7 A. The green ball will stop dead. The red ball will fly off to the right at high speed.
8. Cube 1: one rubber band Cube 2: two rubber bands
9. Four times
10. 21
“Mixed Bag” April 2014 – Answers
1. Iron, copper, silver, gold, Tin, mercury lead
2. Anagrams of the 4 major compass points
3. Illinois
4. Claude Monet
5. Christmas tree
6. Pygmy shrew
7. Native Australian berry / bush tucker
8. sneezing
9. Tinky-Winky, La-La, Dipsy, Po
10. Chad Morgan
HARDER:
11. Architecture / town planning
12. “pick me up” or “lift me up”
13. Chicken & mushrooms
14. South
15. La Rosa di Bagdad aka The Rose of Baghdad aka The Singing Princess
16. Mahomet
17. Thunderbirds (“Brains”)
18. Captain Marvel
19. Ellery Queen books / novels / titles
20. Sir Hubert Wilkins
May 2014 Picture Puzzles – Answers
1. Start Me Up
2. Iconic
3. Tongue in cheek
4. Emotion
5. Whole milk
6. Totally inept
7. Tap Dancers
April 2014 Picture Puzzles – Answers
1. abominable
2. formidable
3. I envy you
4. Assassinate
5. asinine
6. Robin Hood
7. West Indies
March 2014 Puzzles
Picture Puzzles and “Mixed Bag” Questions are at the top of the PUZZLES PAGE.
Here’s the link to the month’s LOGIC & MATHS PROBLEMS
Our MARCH CROSSWORD theme is Hoaxes and Scams. Cryptic clues and references added 2/3/2014
Enjoy.
March 2014 Picture Puzzles – Answers
1. intentionally
2. effeminate
3. Suits me fine
4. Apportion blame
5. New Idea
6. indicate
7. Many happy returns
March 2014 Logic & Maths Problems – Solutions
1. Treble = 14, double = 19, single = 3
2. 29
3. a. 21 b. 34 c. 256 d. 343 e. 99 f. 3125
4. a. 43 b. 21 c. 127 d. 15 d. 278
5. There are 10 triangles
6. The letter A
7. 20 horses, 50 pigs, 160 cows, 330 sheep
8. 10m
9. 8 male, 6 female
10. Four will be left standing. They will be soldiers 1, 2, 6 and 11