July 2013 Skeptical Crossword – Solution
June Puzzles
Your JUNE 2013 CROSSWORD has the theme “Financial Scams“.
As usual, the PICTURE PUZZLES and “MIXED BAG” QUESTIONS are at the top of the
PUZZLES page.
June 2013 “Mixed Bag” Questions – Answers
1. Sagittarius, Gemini, Scorpio
2. They are father, son and grandson
3. Ship’s sails
4. Into the briar patch
5. Railway Station
6. cadence
7. Playing for your team’s Number 2 or Reserve side.
8. Born June Gough, she was a native of Broken Hill. She adopted the professional name June Bronhill in gratitude when the town raised the money to send her overseas to further her career.
9. Kellogs Sugar Frosties became Kellogs Frosties
10. Tasmania
More Critical Thinking Videos
In early 2012 a series of short videos on the topic of critical thinking was released.
The group that produced them have created more. I think these are videos are superb; short, to the point, quirky and ideal for anyone wanting to quickly understand the scientific method and critical thinking including fallacies. I’ve linked to all of them below.
The scriptwriter is science communicator and author Mike McRae, well known for his book Tribal Science.
Surprisingly, the videos were funded by the Australian Government. The narrator is James Hutson and they’re produced by Bridge8.
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More videos after the fold.
July 2013 Logic & Maths Problems – Solutions
1. A3, B4, C1, D5, E2, F7, G10, H6, I8, J9
2. Cube D
3. A mirror
4. MARGE LETS NORAH SEE SHARON’S TELEGRAM. NO MISSES ORDERED ROSES, SIMON.
5. 10 triangles
6. a. Reagan b. Lincoln c. Roosevelt d. Johnson e. Eisenhower f. Nixon
7. six teams
8. 45 pencils 7 jars
9. Very likely
Almost everybody in a normal human population has two arms.
There are probably no people with more than two arms
There are likely to be a very small number of people with one or no arms for whatever reason.
Therefore, the average number of arms in a normal human population is very slightly less than two.
It’s very likely that the next person you meet will have two arms.
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June 2013 Logic & Maths Problems – Solutions
1. One chance in six or 5:1
2. Ms Blue is wearing pink; Ms Green is wearing blue; Ms Pink is wearing green
3. 54 cents
4. Six people
5. 9 games
6. 4,2,5,3
7. 40 cards
8. 40 cards
Note that the answer 40 would be correct for any number of decks.
9. The daughter’s ages are 8, 3 and 3 and the house number is 14.
The key lies in the fact that the census taker would already know the house number, so if he still doesn’t know the girl’s ages after working out the three possible factors of 72 that add up to the house number, it must be because there’s more than one possibility.
The only factors of 72 that have the same sum are 2 X 6 X 6 and 3 X 3 X 8 . The sum in each case is 14. Once the census taker knows that there is one eldest daughter (not twins), the correct ages must be 3, 3 and 8.
10. Six hours
August 2013 Picture Puzzles – Answers
1.Ps of pumpkin pie
2.Won with ease
3.In between jobs
4.Lineup in alphabetical order
5.Back to square 1
6.eskimo pie
7.Police lineup
July 2013 Picture Puzzles – Answers
1.Billiard Cue
2.engrossing
3.anenomes
4.lobotomy
5.fertile
6.Missing you
7.Full of baloney
June 2013 Picture Puzzles – Answers
1.Tapioca
2.Tax Invoice
3.No time to lose
4.Entrapped
5.Indoor Plants
6.Table whines
7.Season’s Ticket
