The Crafty Puzzles Company: 03/27/13

Wednesday 27 March 2013

Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Mar 28, 2013)

Oxy the Moron!

Oxy the Moron set out into the world and learned a big word, OXYMORON!!! After searching about this new word for a some time, he came up with a teaser made especially for you!

Can you figure out which well known oxymorons these words are?

Ex) Initial facsimile = original copy

1) solitary option

2) approximately precise

3) trivial calamity

4) accurate approximation

5) authentic duplication

Check Braingle.com for the answer.

Today's Daily Trivia Quiz (Mar 28, 2013)

Animal Adjectives I

These quizzes are all about adjectives as applied to animals. A knowledge of birth signs will help with some.

Take the Quiz at Braingle.com

Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Turpitude

tur-pi-tude

noun :: Depravity or shamefulness.

"As for the moral turpitude that man unveiled to me, even with tears of penitence, I can not, even in memory, dwell on it without a start of horror." - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

Creativity : Engineering Challenge : Spaghetti Cantilever

Engineering challenges are fun activities that are frequently assigned to students in physics or engineering classes, but they can easily be used outside of these venues. An engineering challenge usually has a simple goal and some rules about what sorts of materials you are allowed to use. These are great ways to get people thinking creatively and to foster teamwork and competition. Try an engineering challenge at a birthday party, office outing, scout meeting, or any other gathering where you want to have fun and exercise your creativity.

The Spaghetti Cantilever challenge is a fun one. Each team is given a small package of spaghetti, a roll of tape and a table. The objective is to construct a cantilevered structure that extends as far from the table as possible without touching the ground. The structure must be attached to the top of the table and nowhere else. Because spaghetti is very brittle, the engineering becomes very important. Measurements should be taken from the edge of the table to the furthest point of the spaghetti structure.

Memory : Memorizing the Calendar

Memorizing the calendar will allow you to amaze and impress your family and friends with seemingly impossible mental feats. It's actually quite easy to do with a little practice.

For each year that you want to memorize, all you need to do is remember a twelve-digit number. For the year 2005, that number is 26-63-15-37-42-64. Each digit in that number represents the first Sunday of the month. For example, the first Sunday in January is the 2nd. The first Sunday of February is the 6th, and so on.

Now, suppose someone asks you what day Christmas falls on in 2005. First, you retrieve the 12th digit of your secret number; this is 4. Now you know that the first Sunday is on the 4th. You also know that Christmas is 21 days later. Since a week has 7 days, you know that Christmas is exactly 3 weeks ahead and thus also falls on a Sunday. Let's try a harder example: July 21. The secret number for July is 3. There are 18 days between the 3rd and the 21st. That's 2 weeks and 4 days. Since adding a week takes you back to the same day, we only need to add 4 days to Sunday, which is Thursday. Tada!

All you need is an old calendar to construct the secret 12-digit number for that year. Now, you just need to memorize those 12 numbers. This is what the Phonetic Mnemonic System is great at. Using this system, the secret number listed above can be represented as "Notch, Gym, Tail, Hammock, Horn, Chair", which you could easily link together using the Link System. With a little practice, you could memorize several years and be able to calculate any date for those years with only a few seconds of thought.

Library Announces Children's Programs - Patch.com

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Monster Meltdown review – cerebral lemmings - Metro

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Ridley Scott Freaking Out Over Prometheus 2 - Get The Big Picture (blog)

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Daily Sudoku: Thu 28-Mar-2013

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Daily Monster Sudoku: Thu 28-Mar-2013

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Daily Squiggly Sudoku: Thu 28-Mar-2013

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The Wachowskis' 'Sens8' Gets Picked Up By Netflix - Get The Big Picture (blog)

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Sega's Puzzle Pirates coming to Android tablets - Phandroid.com

Sega's Puzzle Pirates coming to Android tablets

Phandroid.com

Sega has announced that one of its “MMO” puzzle games is coming to the big screen, and by big screen I mean Android tablets, of course. It's Puzzle Pirates, the game that lets you customize your own buccaneer and roam around the high seas for treasure, ...

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Battle of the Brains-Brain Teaser - wtvr.com

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Capital Quiz: Thursday, March 28 - The Dominion Post

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Not Just Another Wacky Rubik's Cube Video - Motherboard

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'Friday Night Lights' Movie Goes The Kickstarter Route - Get The Big Picture (blog)

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The Cerebral Bundle gets Puzzlier with 5 new Brainteasers! - Gamasutra

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'Fourth Kind' Director Finds 'Eden' - Get The Big Picture (blog)

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Science Project: Can a Pair of West Knoxville Moms Put Together a New, State ... - Knoxville Metro Pulse

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Celestial Games reveals Muti, a first-person horror game set in Africa - show ... - EL33TONLINE (blog)

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Celestial Games reveals Muti, a first-person horror game set in Africa - show ...

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Muti from Celestial Games is a survival horror game that will see our hero, Zola, partaking in a spot of puzzle solving and light action while interacting with a distinct cast of character who will each have their own personal reactions to situations ...

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Chimpanzees enjoy brainteasers, say scientists - Christian Science Monitor

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White House Gets Invaded Again In 'White House Down' - Get The Big Picture (blog)

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Maximum Games to Release Puzzler® World 2013 this April - Gamasutra

Maximum Games to Release Puzzler® World 2013 this April

Gamasutra

(March 26, 2013) – Maximum Games today announced that Puzzler World 2013 , the latest game in the highly successful Puzzler World franchise, will be available in stores and online beginning April 23, 2013. Puzzler World 2013 brings new puzzles, more ...