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Quizmas

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Open to Australian residents aged 18+. Opens on 1/12/11 and ends at 11:59pm (Sydney time) on 20/12/11. Limit 1 entry per person per day. Entries into each draw close at 11.59pm AEDST (Sydney time) each day of the promotion.


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'Quizmas' Promotion
 
1. This promotion is open only to Australian residents aged 18 years and over.
 
2. The promotion opens on 01/12/2011. Final entries close at 11:59pm (Sydney time) on 20/12/2011. The prizes will be drawn at Reader’s Digest, 80 Bay St Ultimo NSW 2007. A prize draw will be conducted for each day of the promotional period. Entries into each daily draw close at 11.59pm AEDST (Sydney time) each day of the promotion. Prize draws for each day of the promotional period will be conducted every Wednesday at 10.30am from 07/12/2011 to 21/12/2011, as follows:
• 07/12/2011 (six draws - one for the entries received each day from 01/12/2011 to 06/12/2011)
• 14/12/2011 (seven draws - one for the entries received each day from 07/12/2011 to 13/12/2011); and
• 21/12/2011 (seven draws - one for the entries received each day from 14/12/2011 to 20/12/2011).
 
3. To enter each daily draw individuals must correctly answer the daily puzzle found at www.readersdigest.com.au by 11:59pm (Sydney time) for that day of the promotional period.
 
4. Limit one (1) entry per person per day.
 
5. As a condition of entering into this promotion, each entrant licences the Promoter to use their entry (including any literary work) in any media for an unlimited period for any reason including but not limited to future promotional, marketing or publicity purposes. Each entrant warrants to the Promoter that each entry submitted is an original literary work of the entrant that does not infringe the rights of any third party. The entrant agrees to indemnify the Promoter against all costs and claims by third parties arising from a breach of this warranty. Entrants consent to any use of their entry which may otherwise infringe their moral rights pursuant to the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth).
 
6. The promotional material, information on how to enter and prize details form part of these Terms and Conditions. Employees of Reader's Digest and members of their immediate families are not eligible to enter. Immediate family means any of the following: spouse, ex-spouse, de-facto spouse, child or step-child (whether natural or by adoption), parent, step-parent, grandparent, step-grandparent, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew, brother, sister, step-brother, step-sister or 1st cousin. Reader's Digest will not accept responsibility for lost, misdirected or delayed entries.
 
7. The Promoter reserves the right, at any time, to verify the validity of entries and entrants (including an entrant’s identity, age and place of residence) and to disqualify any entrant who submits an entry that is not in accordance with these Terms and Conditions or who tampers with the entry process. Errors and omissions may be accepted at the Promoter's discretion. Failure by the Promoter to enforce any of its rights at any stage does not constitute a waiver of those rights.
 
8. If there is a dispute as to the identity of an entrant, the Promoter reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to determine the identity of the entrant.
 
9. Reader’s Digest will conduct the draw and the winners declared will be final (subject to verification by the Promoter) and no correspondence will be entered into.
 
10. The first valid entry drawn in each draw will win the prize nominated in the table below (correlating to the date of entry receipt by the Promoter). For the sake of clarity, the “date” column in the table below is representative of the date on which an individual must enter to be eligible to win the nominated prize. The daily prizes and values are as follows:
 
Date (i.e. entry period) Prize Value
01/12/2011 Breville coffee machine – Café Roma ESP8C $180
02/12/2011 Breville slow cooker SLC80 $110
03/12/2011 Woolworths Wish card $100
04/12/2011 A selection of Cook books (as determined by the Promoter) $100
05/12/2011 Dick Smith 2.4GHz Digital Wireless Headphones $130
06/12/2011 Apple iPod nano (8GB) $140
07/12/2011 Samsung Camera SH100 $249
08/12/2011 Sunbeam Electric BBQ HG5400 $150
09/12/2011 Morphy Richards Accents Traditional Kettle $115
10/12/2011 Sunbeam Back massager with Heat VB4500 $60
11/12/2011 Raw sun tent $60
12/12/2011 Nike Team Training Medium Backpack $45
13/12/2011 Apple TV $129
14/12/2011 Eurolab wireless vacuum $200
15/12/2011 Kindle wi-fi e-reader $140
16/12/2011 Lennox stainless steel juicer $110
17/12/2011 My Shop Today Picnic trolley $70
18/12/2011 Sunbeam ice-cream maker GL5400 $55
19/12/2011 Dick Smith Micro HiFi with iPod Dock $90
20/12/2011 Event Cinemas movie card $100
  Total prize pool value $2,334
 
11. Each prize winner will be notified by email after each draw and published on the Promoter’s website - www.readersdigest.com.au.
 
12. Any ancillary costs associated with redeeming any voucher/gift card/movie card are not included. Any unused balance of any voucher/gift card/movie card will not be awarded as cash. Redemption of all vouchers/gift cards/movie cards is subject to any terms and conditions of the issuer including those specified on the voucher/gift card/movie card.
 
13. Entrants consent to the Promoter using their name, likeness, image and/or voice in the event they are a winner (including photograph, film and/or recording of the same) in any media for an unlimited period without remuneration for the purpose of promoting the promotion (including any outcome), and promoting any products manufactured, distributed and/or supplied by the Promoter.
 
14. ‘iPod’ is a trademark of Apple Inc. Apple Inc. is not a participant in or sponsor of this promotion.
 
15. Subject to the unclaimed prize draw clause, if for any reason a winner does not take a prize by the time stipulated by the Promoter, then the prize will be forfeited. If any prize is unavailable, the Promoter, in its discretion, reserves the right to substitute the prize with a prize to the equal value and/or specification.
 
16. The Promoter may conduct such further draws at the same time and place as the original draws as is necessary on 21/03/2012 in order to distribute the prizes, if any remain unclaimed by that date.
 
17. The Promoter collects personal information in order to conduct the promotion and may, for this purpose, disclose such information to third parties, including but not limited to agents, contractors, service providers, prize suppliers and, as required, to Australian regulatory authorities. Entry is conditional on providing this information. The Promoter may, for an indefinite period, unless otherwise advised, use the information for promotional, marketing, publicity, research and profiling purposes, including sending electronic messages or telephoning the entrant. Entrants should direct any request to access, update or correct information to the Promoter. All entries become the property of the Promoter. The Promoter's decision on all matters pertaining to this promotion is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
 
18. Any cost associated with accessing the promotional website is the entrant’s responsibility and is dependent on the Internet service provider used. To the extent permitted by law, the Promoter accepts no responsibility for late, non-directed, misdirected or delayed entries, for any technical hardware or software failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections or failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmission or any human error which may occur in the receipt or processing of entries. Further, the Promoter accepts no responsibility for damage to computer systems from downloading any information necessary to participate in the promotion. The Promoter reserves the right to terminate, suspend or modify the promotion at any time if the Reader’s Digest on-line service is no longer available or is compromised by any virus, bugs, or other intervention beyond the Promoter’s control. In either of these events, prizes may be awarded based on entries received prior to date of termination.
 
19. The Promoter reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any entrant who tampers with the internet entry process or is in any other way responsible for compromising the orderly operation of the promotion. If this promotion is interfered with in any way or is not capable of being conducted as reasonably anticipated due to any reason beyond the reasonable control of the Promoter, including but not limited to technical difficulties, unauthorised intervention or fraud, the Promoter reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to the fullest extent permitted by law (a) to disqualify any entrant; or (b) to modify, suspend, terminate or cancel the promotion, as appropriate.
 
20. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions limits, excludes or modifies or purports to limit, exclude or modify the statutory consumer guarantees as provided under the Competition and Consumer Act, as well as any other implied warranties under the ASIC Act or similar consumer protection laws in the State and Territories of Australia (“Non-Excludable Guarantees”). Except for any liability that cannot by law be excluded, including the Non-Excludable Guarantees, the Promoter (including its respective officers, employees and agents) excludes all liability (including negligence), for any personal injury; or any loss or damage (including loss of opportunity); whether direct, indirect, special or consequential, arising in any way out of the promotion.
 
21. Except for any liability that cannot by law be excluded, including the Non-Excludable Guarantees, the Promoter (including its respective officers, employees and agents) is not responsible for and excludes all liability (including negligence), for any personal injury; or any loss or damage (including loss of opportunity); whether direct, indirect, special or consequential, arising in any way out of: (a) any technical difficulties or equipment malfunction (whether or not under the Promoter’s control); (b) any theft, unauthorised access or third party interference; (c) any entry or prize claim that is late, lost, altered, damaged or misdirected (whether or not after their receipt by the Promoter) due to any reason beyond the reasonable control of the Promoter; (d) any variation in prize value to that stated in these Terms and Conditions; (e) any tax liability incurred by a winner or entrant; or (f) use of a prize.
 
22. The Promoter is Reader’s Digest (Australia) Pty Limited, (ABN 81 000 565 471), 80 Bay Street, Ultimo, NSW Australia. Ph: Aust 1300 300 162 -(www.readersdigest.com.au)
 
NSW Permit No. LTPM/10/1003 ACT Permit No. TP10/5520

Is today's answer 28? I'm crap at puzzles!

I got 32, anyone have another answer?

I think it's 28

I got 28

I got 28 as well

Answer: Blue Box

Agreed

Thanks for the clues, this is one difficult comp for my baby brain

Answer: Dice C

I made a model :)

I'm so dumb at this stuff... thanks for your lateral thinking very cool!

Question:

Use your general knowledge to determine which word is the odd one out.

A. Apollo
B. Artemis
C. Ares
D. Persephone
E. Hephaestus

Answer: Persephone - she is not a god(dess)

Apollo - Greek god of light
Artemis - Greek virgin goddess of the hunt and the moon
Ares - Greek god of war
Persephone - Daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the underworld by Pluto
Hephaestus - Greek god of fire and metalwork

It could be E because all the others are sons or daughters of Zeus according to my dictionary.

According to my knowledge Greek mythology, Persephone married Eros (Cupid). As such, she was not born a God/Goddess.

Question:

Use your general knowledge to determine which word is the odd one out.

A. Sandwich
B. Cardigan
C. Braille
D. Raglan
E. Balaclava

I would say it is:

C. Braille

It's the only word which has nothing to do with 'cover something'.

I also think it's C Braille but because all the others are named after places while Braille is named after a person

Could also be E ... all others named after inventor
ie Sandwich is named after the 4th Earl of Sandwich
ie Cardigan named after the 7th Earl of Cardigan
ie Raglan named after Lord Raglan
ie Braille named after Louis Braille

I think its Braille because all the rest are connected to the Crimea - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brudenell,_7th_Earl_of_Cardigan  Also see Earl of Sandwich.

^^^ well done, zertzz  (and everyone)  :thumright:

I say E..Balaclava is named after a place..the others after a person.

Today Question:

Re-orientate the letter blocks above to form a six-letter word in the English language.

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Have been sitting here for a while trying to figure this out, usually get these things instantly but not this one! ???

Got me for a while too - the clue is in "re-orientate" - turn the letter N on it's side, the answer is PUZZLE

 :)

 wow deejay.. your terrific, it got me going for ages with no answer.. thanks so much  :P :D

thanks for that, was doing my head in  :lol:

Question: What number should replace the question mark here?

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204

You can get the answer by turning the square so the 1 points upwards then add the number to the left and the number to the right together and work your way across the puzzle. Sorry not too an articulate way of explaining it, but  e.g. 1 + 5 + 2 =8   then 2 + 8 + 3 = 13  3+ 4 + 13 = 20 etc etc.

Wow - you are a genius. How did you figure that out?  :D

Not sure, just stared at it for awhile. Probably there is an easier solution.

Ok somebody please check me on this - I'm new to these puzzles.  I think the answer for today is 73 people paying $39 each.

I answered 1 person because it wouldn't of been a private trip if they'd all gone at once. Although I could be wrong too....

I put it through a simple Excel spreadsheet and found the same answer as crazysinger, it's 73. That's the only wholly divisible value between 50 and 100 of 2847.

I've attached the spreadsheet for you to have a double check.

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Which is the odd one out?

JRN: I believe it is B, all he others are rotated copies of each other but in B the blue and yellow lines have swapped places

I also think it's B

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Which is the Odd one out?

JRN:  I'm thinking C.  C is the only one where BLACK/ORANGE are separated and where PURPLE/PINK are separated.

I also think it's C but with a different reasoning. Watch the opposite colours e.g.
A - black - purple; orange - pink; yellow - blue; red - green

It's the same with B + D; but it's different with C

I agree BLACK, ORANGE, PINK and PURPLE are in the same place in A, B and D (but not in C)

Todays puzzle:

Question:
Rearrange the letters in this phrase to make a single word.

GROWN LADIES

-- "GROWN LADIES" is an anagram of "A SINGLE WORD"

Very clever :)

Ross you are a star, I would have spent all day nutting out that one!

Actually all I did was Google up the following:

anagram "GROWN LADIES"

Today Question:

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What three letters come next?

A: VOC
B: VER
C: EWE
D: ENO

B. VER

As if you add it to the bottom then read backwards it reads REVERSE SEQUENCE

You are just brilliant!  :D

There are some very smart and generous people on this site.  Thank you purplesp8y

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What number should replace the question mark?

I'd say that the answer is 20 , if you add up the numbers diagonally - 2, 4, 6, 8,

10, 12, 14, 16, 18   and the answer is 20.

Anyone else agree?

Looks correct.....

1 person on facebook says 14
1 person says 20..............

 :shock:

Today

Question:

Which of the dice could be accurately formed from the template on the left?

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Answer: C

I adjusted my model from last time according to the new specs so it would fit  :D

Helga, perhaps you could check your answer. I think its A and I asked a couple of whizz maths kids (I'm not a whizz at maths I can assure you) and they agreed with me.

I just made a cube up and it looks like it's both.. A and C  8)

I agree A and C.

No Helga is right it'a only C as on dice A the dots on the face for 2 are going in the wrong direction. they ask for accurately.

I honestly can't see that. If you turn the template anti-clockwise the dots in both A and C are correct to my eyes.

Definitely only c as you say purplesp8y and helga - in A, the dots on the two are going in the wrong direction.

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JRN: Answer(H+C+D)= 5+3+4= 12

Diamond=4
Club=3
Heart=5
Spade=1

Sally, Linda and Eric have $28 between them. Sally has twice as much as Eric, who has twice as much as Linda. How much as Eric?

Ans:  Linda has $4, Eric has $8 and Sally has $16

Prize today is $100 Event Cinema Vouchers which are only useful in certain states.

Good luck.

But Eric has twice as much as Linda so we have:

Linda + 2*Linda {Eric} + 2*(2*Linda){Sally}  Your calculation's correct, just that you've got Eric in Linda's place.

$4      +   (2*$4=)  8   + (2*8)=  16   = $28

Agree wirh Calpot I made a mistake and have removed my earlier post to avoid confusion.

Eric has $8

On my post above a smiley is shown in my calculations but I never typed that and when I just went in to modify something else the smiley doesn't appear.

It should show as: instead of (2*8) it should show 2 multiplied by 8 in brackets

Is it December Fool's Day, is there a gremlin coming down the chimney or is there a function key that changes a simple multiplication into a smiley?

Thanks

C

"8" + ")" gives you always 8)

You may have noticed a 8) does always appear in T&Cs when the numbers have brackets following.