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Diversions Here are some puzzles and mind-games to keep your brain active. Members are encouraged to devise and contribute any crossword puzzles, quizzes or other diversions which might be suitable for this page. Remember, making up a puzzle might be more rewarding than solving one! Back in the mists of time, The Browser included a crossword devised by Bob Kershaw. Here is his number 22 from The Browser February 2016:
This sudoku is courtesy of free-sudoku.com. If you find that it is too easy (or too hard) use the options button to chose a more appropriate one.
From the December 2019 Browser, an Australian quiz. 1. What were the Commonwealth Games originally called? 2. In which year did the British Empire Games begin? 3. When was daylight saving first introduced to Australia? 4. What is Broken Hill's nickname? 5. What is a drongo? 6. In which state would you find Lake Eyre? 7. Who invented the 'Stump Jump' plough? 8. Prior to its amalgamation with General Motors, what was the name of Holden's business? 9. What was the ship Endeavour's original name? 10. Which European is credited with first noticing Norfolk Island? 11. On which Australian decimal banknote was the portrait of poet Henry Lawson? 12. Who was the first chairman of the ABC? 13. Which other coin was made in the production of the holey dollar? 14. Who was the first Australian politician to broadcast on radio? 15. What was a 'deener'? 16. In which Queensland town was Waltzing Matilda first performed? Answers to quiz:
1. The British Empire Games; 2. 1930; 3. 1917; 4. The Silver City; 5. A bird; 6. South Australia; 7. RB and CH Smith; 8. Holden and Frost; 9. Earl of Pembroke; 10. James Cook; 11. $10; 12. Charles Lloyd Jones; 13. The dump; 14. Billy Hughes; 15. A one shilling coin, the equivalent of a ten cent piece; 16. Winton
From the February 2020 Browser, a Busselton quiz (answers below). 1. Where was Western Australia's first railway line? 2. Who started the Busselton Health Study and when? 3. What and where was Busselton's first lighthouse? 4. In what year did Nicholas Baudin arrive in Geographe Bay? 5. Who was Captain John Molloy?
From the May 2020 Browser, a local quiz (answers below). 1. RAAF Laverton gave what nickname to Busselton in 1945? 2. When did Group Settlement happen in the Busselton area? 3. When did construction of the Busselton Jetty begin? 4. The Busselton Health Study, known as the Kevin Cullen Study, began in which year? 5. Busselton has two sister cities, Sugito and? 6. What was the original name for the town of Busselton? 7. Moondyne Cave was discovered by him in 1881 and named after him. What was his real name? 8. The first recorded whaling ship in Geographe Bay was the Arabian in what year? 9. Western Australia’s first railway, the Ballaarat Tramline, was built in 1871 to carry timber. It went from Lockville to where? 10. The largest earthquake recorded in the Busselton area was a magnitude of 5.0. When did it occur? Answers to quiz:
1. P-51 Mustang;
2. Between 1923 and 1926;
3. 1864;
4. 1966;
5. Saitama, Japan;
6. Vasse;
7. Joseph Bolitho Johns;
8. 1842;
9. Yoganup;
10. 3rd of October 1959;
Here is another quiz, in its own page because it is too long to include here. It is written and contributed by your webmaster. Many of the questions are a bit obscure but the pictures are interesting, and you only have to choose between four possible answers, so you should get a satisfying 25% correct even if you just guess at the answers. Anything above that is a creditable result.
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