Category Archives: competition

Quaestio numeralis

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Cath@VWXYNot?

(Title translation provided by Google Translate, so please don’t moan at me! It’s not my fault I didn’t have a Classical education ;-p) I heard a nice little riddle while catching up on NPR’s Sunday Puzzle podcast this morning, and … Continue reading →

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And the winner is…

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Cath@VWXYNot?

The results of the Fourth Annual VWXYNot? Readers’ Choice Comment of the Year Award vote are IN! The winner is… (insert drumroll here) …BEAN-MOM! Congratulations Bean-Mom – please let me know to which email address you’d like me to send … Continue reading →

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Fourth Annual VWXYNot? Readers’ Choice Comment of the Year Award!

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Cath@VWXYNot?

(I’m off sick with a really nasty cough for the second day in a row, so I’m pushing this out a day earlier than planned ‘cos I’m bored) So as regular readers know, every Friday, more or less, I choose … Continue reading →

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2012 Bragging Rights

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Cath@VWXYNot?

HURRAH! It’s that time of year when I start going through the Bragging Rights Central archives of my favourite comment(s) from this blog and post(s) from other blogs – see the sidebar for details – trying to pick my favourite … Continue reading →

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QUIZ TIME – Einstein’s Logic Problem

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Are you part of the 2%?! see more Dropping The Science I’m sure there are people who can do this kind of thing in their heads. I’m not one of them – but I did get the right answer in … Continue reading →

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And the readers’ choice favourite comment of 2011 is:

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Cath@VWXYNot?

(Drumroll) Eva for “I’ve dated someone who showed me a powerpoint presentation about his work on the first date. That should have been a sign, but the topic was actually interesting, so it didn’t put me off right there and … Continue reading →

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Third Annual VWXYNot? Readers’ Choice Comment of the Year Award!

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

So as regular readers know, every Friday, more or less, I choose my favourite comments from this blog (and my favourite posts I’ve read on other blogs), and list them in the sidebar under the title Bragging Rights Central. In … Continue reading →

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2011 Bragging Rights

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

HURRAH! It’s that time of year when I start going through the Bragging Rights Central archives of my favourite comment(s) from this blog and post(s) from other blogs – see the sidebar for details – trying to pick my favourite … Continue reading →

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Science Crossword Quiz

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

As I mentioned on Friday, while tidying my desk at work last week I found a new and miraculously untouched science puzzle from last year’s desk calendar! It’s in the form of a crossword, and after trying and failing to format … Continue reading →

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Frittering

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Friday Twittering – is there anything finer? In other news, while tidying my desk today I found a new and miraculously untouched science puzzle from last year’s desk calendar. I’ll post it tomorrow (or possibly on Sunday) for your geeky … Continue reading →

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