June 2013 Picture Puzzles
Each of the following seven puzzles decodes to a word, phrase, song title, book, or film.
June 2013 “Mixed Bag” Questions
1. Unjumble each of these three phrases to form a word. The three answers are names from the same list.
Sis at guitar
I’m Geni
Coop, Sir?
2. Two fathers and two sons went fishing. After a whole day, they had only caught three fish. One father said “That’s enough; we’ll have one each”. How is this possible?
3. Moonraker, Trust-to-God and Angel Whispers are all kinds of what?
4. Where did Brer Rabbit particularly ask not to be thrown?
5. In German, Swiss and Austrian cities, the Bahnhoff is often one of the more prominent buldings at the city centre. What is a Bahnhoff?
6. What “c” word, defined as “Rhythmic flow” is used as an accompaniment to US military drills?
7. What is meant by the Australian slang term “In the Magoos”?
8. Famous Australian opera singer June Bronhill passed away in January. “June Bronhill” was a stage name. What was it’s derivation?
9. Which Kellogs cereal had a slight change of name, but not formula, in the light of criticism of its high sugar content?
10. Of which Australian state is Mount Ossa the highest peak?
June 2013 Skeptical Crossword
THEME: FINANCIAL SCAMS
June 2013 Logic and Maths Problems
JUNE 2013 LOGIC & MATHS PROBLEMS HERE:
May 2013 Picture Puzzles
Each of the following seven puzzles decodes to a word, phrase, song title, book, or film.
May 2013 “Mixed Bag” Questions
1. Five of the six pairs of letters below belong, and their pattern is consistent. One pair of letters does not fit the pattern. Can you tell which one does not belong and why?
CI, GM, PV, NT, BH, TW
2. Look at these 12 words. What connects them?
Alien, avenue, asteroid, eastern ebony, icon, ideal, islander, opinion, orange, ovary, unit.
3. In what ocean are the Maldive group of islands?
4. What nickname do English cricketers bestow on the supposedly unlucky score of 111?
5. Of what colour is cobalt a variety?
6. Which Victorian Premier had the middle name of Gibb?
7. In what surroundings does a tipstaff work?
8. What skill is a person said to achieve by kissing the blarney stone?
9. Write an anagram for the word “master”
10. Why was Mary Poppins the only applicant for the job of Nanny in the Banks household?
11. Which company marketed Japan’s Isuzu Piazza in Australia under its own badge?
12. For what movie did Nicole Kidman win Best Actress in 2002?
13. What was a ducat?
14. In what year?
• Columbia makes the first operational Space Shuttle flight.
• Films include Any Which Way You Can, Arthur,
• and The Cannonball Run
• In popular music, Stars on 45 create a craze for medley singles.
15. In which state is the wine-growing region of Clare Valley?
16. By what common name is the mainly children’s disease Pertussis better known?
17. What was the name of Dr Seuss’s egg-hatching elephant?
18. What is the fundamental difference between the two powerful organisations that appear James Bond stories, Smersh and Spectre?
19. What was the name of Dale Carnegie’s most famous self-improvement book, with seven words in the title?
20. Is the colour chartreuse best described as
A. Light green B. pinky-mauve or C. red-orange ?
21. Which US city has the huge Bay Area Rapid Transport System, or BART for short?
22. According to Star Trek, which Alien Race will mankind encounter for the first time on 5th April 2063?
23. In which country is Tagalog spoken?
24. Which two Australian states have a postcode for Ivanhoe?
25. Is the number of dogs in Australia closest to 2, 3 or 4 million?
May 2013 SPECIAL Skeptical CRYPTIC Crossword
Logic and Maths Problems May 2013
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