Psychic Challenge 2012 – The Results

Greetings all.

Well, the year has come to an end. We survived the Mayan Apocalypse and time has marched on into the 14th Mayan B’ak’tun and the 2013th year of our Common Era.

That means it’s time to look back, reflect and review just how well the Psychic Predictions for the year turned out.

12 months ago we put out the call for a psychic to provide predictions for the year ahead. We then pit that psychic’s predictions against those from three skeptics, to see who would prove the most prescient.

And the results are now in!

For a full commentary and all the scores, check out the Psychic Challenge 2012 page.

January Puzzles

The JANUARY 2013 CROSSWORD is our largest ever. (We couldn’t think of a specific theme, so it covers most of the Skeptical bases.)

January’s Picture Puzzles are at the top of our PUZZLES page, closely followed by January’s “Mixed Bag” Quiz.

You’ll find January’s Maths & Logic Questions HERE

All of our previous monthly puzzles going back to August 2010 can be found here:

PUZZLES ARCHIVE 1  (AUGUST 2010 to APRIL 2011)

PUZZLES ARCHIVE 2 (MAY 2011 to SEPTEMBER 2011)

PUZZLES ARCHIVE 3 (OCTOBER 2011 to NOVEMBER 2012)

Logic & Maths Puzzles January 2013 Solutions

1. (a) 1 in 6 or 5 to 1 ; (b) 1 in 36 or 35 to 1; (c) 1 in 9 or 8 to 1
2. c. The blue area is larger than the green area
3. a. 8, 13 ; b. U, N (Uranus, Neptune)
4. a. 1 in 6 or 5:1 b. zero chance
5. 2 hours
6. 9 pm
7. Charlie guessed right with 29
8. 4 ducks
9. $470
10. Sam is 40 and his son is 12

“Mixed Bag”Questions January 2013 – Answers

1.
The first Golf game was telecast in 1947.
Peter Thompson won his first British Open in 1954.
Alan Shepard hit a six-iron on the moon in 1971.
European Players were admitted to The Ryder Cup in 1979.
The graphite shaft for golf clubs was introduced in 1973.
The World’s first mini- Golf course opened in 1916.
The word “birdie” was first used for a hole in one in 1898.
Royal and Ancient St Andrews Golf club was founded in 1754.

2. A. Chelsea, B. Aston Villa, C. Southampton, D. West Ham United

3. When the Full Moon is bright

4. A. 50%

5. Boston

6. False. The old flag did, but the current flag does not.

7. Othello

8. Derringer

9. True

10. Crimson Tide

A Letter to Chiropractors about Advertising

by Mal Vickers

Back in June 2012, a letter was sent to the Chiropractors’ Association of Australia (CAA). The text of this letter is reproduced below. The letter was signed by representatives of the Australian Skeptics and the Tinnitus Association of Victoria.

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Att: Dr Laurie Tassell

President of the Chiropractors’ Association of Australia (National) Limited

Date: 19 June 2012

Dear Dr Tassell,

We request that your organisation takes action by removing misleading claims regarding the treatment of medical conditions via chiropractic. It appears to be a practice of a small number of your members to advertise that they can treat conditions for which there is little or no scientific evidence that chiropractic is effective. View More A Letter to Chiropractors about Advertising