March 2014 Skeptical Crossword – Solution
“Mixed Bag” March 2014 Answers
1. MDCLXVI = 1666
2. a. Jigsaw puzzle piece b. Joke c. Golf ball
3. Pared (as in abraded or rubbed away), raped, padre
4. Jack
5. Discovered Tutankhamun’s Tomb
6. B. Monkey
7. red
8. Lenny Pascoe
9. Evil Angels
10. C. The lining of an oyster shell
“Next Level”:
11. Golden Syrup
12. Helmet gun
13. Buried in a chocolate coffin
14. The pencil eraser
15. Ice Hockey
16. Went over Niagra Falls in a barrel
17. Kansas
18. Vertical Window divider
19. Statue of Liberty
20. The Sundance Kid
21. Shelby “Sheb” Wooley
22. Prime Minister of Victoria
23. John Graham Chambers
24. Opposite sides of a wall but linked with stone hands.
25. Britain and the USA
26. Pinnochio
27. Computer Mouse
28. South Australia (Donald Dunstan)
29. Long Range Gun aka Big Bertha
30. Lampreys
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February Puzzles
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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!
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,
- Our February Skeptical Crossword is all about Charles Darwin. We’ve posted it early for you,
“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
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
February 2014 Picture Puzzles – Answers
1. Navel exercises
2. No Pun intended
3. Plain or fancy
4. Bible Belt
5. Once In a Blue Moon
6. Microwave
7. Phonetic
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