In This Issue The Weekly Magazine of Cranbrook School

Quiz
1.
What is the name for 1 May?
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What two animals are on the
Australian �Coat
of Arms?
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What year was the Sydney
Opera House opened?
How many Australian states
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Quiz Answers
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are there?
What is the capital of
Venezuela?
What is the third element on
the periodic table?
What sport uses the terms ‘kiss’
and ‘bridge’?
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Mocking Bird?
Where was Captain James
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10. True of False? The TV show
Frasier was �a
spin off of Cheers?
11. Who was the Captain of the
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Chess Pie 1922
White to play and mate in two moves
Chess Pie 1922
Australian Cricket Team in
1995?
12. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
created which fictitious
White to play and mate in two moves
Solution on P.? of the Chronicle
detective? Solution: A rarity in artistic problem solving White wins with the capture 1.R-G3 with
13. In which ocean the threat did the of Titanic either 2.N-F5 or 2.N-G6 both of which Black cannot parry. If 1…N-F6
sink: a) North then Atlantic; 2. R-G6 b) mate and 1…N-G5 loses to 2.R-G3 double check and mate.
South Atlantic; or c) Arctic?
14. Which planet is known for its
rings?
15. When was the first cochlear ear
implant performed?
16. Which state on the eastern
border of Australia does not
follow Day Light Saving?
Sudoku
MATHS MATTERS
Congratulations to Marcus Chung and
Ian Chen who successfully answered
the Maths Matters questions last week.
Please collect your prizes from the
17. Who is the lead singer of
Coldplay?
Maths Office.
18. On what day was Cranbrook
Maths Fact
opened?
A sphere has two sides.
19. What was the score in the FIFA
World Cup game between New
Zealand and Italy?
Junior Problem
There was a young lady of Lee
20. What does the word
whose age had its last digit three.
‘renaissance’ mean?
If you total the two,
which is easy to do,
one less than a square you will see.
The editors of the Cranbrook
Chronicle invite their readers to write
to them with feedback, comments
and opinions to
letterstotheeditor@studentmail.
cranbrook.nsw.edu.au.
Week 3 Term 1 2005
Solution: A rarity in artistic problem solving
White wins with the capture 1.R-G3 with the
threat of either 2.N-F5 or 2.N-G6 both of
which Black cannot parry. If 1…N-F6 then
2. R-G6 mate and 1…N-G5 loses to 2.R-G3
double check and mate.
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FUN PAGE
Senior Problem
Solve this alphametic:
T U T
T U T
A
R A T
Rebirth
1 – 1
July 22 1918
Chris Martin
Queensland
1978
Saturn
North Atlantic
Sherlock Holmes
Mark Taylor
True
Hawaii
Harper Lee
Billiards
Lithium
Caracas
6
1973
Emu and kangaroo
May Day
Have a safe and enjoyable holiday!
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