Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Apr 05, 2013)

Sherlock Holmes



One snowy night, Sherlock Holmes was in his house sitting by a fire. All of a sudden a snowball came crashing through his window, breaking it.

Holmes got up and looked out the window just in time to see three neighborhood kids who were brothers run around a corner. Their names were John Crimson, Mark Crimson and Paul Crimson.

The next day Holmes got a note on his door that read "? Crimson. He broke your window."

Which of the three Crimson brothers should Sherlock Holmes question about the incident?





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Today's Daily Trivia Quiz (Apr 05, 2013)

Windows Hotkeys

How well do you know the default hotkeys supported by many Windows applications?



Take the Quiz at Braingle.com

Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Remonstrance

re-mon-strance



noun :: An expression of protest, complaint, or reproof, especially a formal statement of grievances.



"Before I could utter a word of remonstrance, I felt a shooting pain in my inside, and a demoniacal laugh seemed to issue from within me." -- Abbott, Edwin

Creativity : Nonsense Words

Here are some nonsense words. Use your creativity and try to come up with at least 3 unique definitions for each word. Word games like this are a great way to improve your mental flexibility and spontaneity.



1. Bedeen

2. Thawgable

3. Exrute

4. Mawn

5. Internidge

Memory : Over-learning

Over-learning is a simple technique that helps you improve your memory. Over-learning is the repetitive study of something until it becomes second nature. Even after you think you have learned something, if you continue to study it, you reinforce it in your memory. This practice not only strengthens learning, but it also improves recall speed.



Over-learning is the idea behind flashcards, but it can be useful for more things than just your math quiz. Try something as simple as a list of items on a piece of paper that you carry with you. Read through the list several times a day while waiting for the elevator, at a stoplight, in line at a store, before going to sleep, etc. You will learn these items better and recall them more quickly.

Akki, Imran and Sonakshi indulge in some brain teasers - Mid-Day

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Fearless Forecast: 'GI Joe' Holds On For Another Week - Get The Big Picture (blog)

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The Spirit Walkers Review: Casually beautiful - DroidGamers

The Spirit Walkers Review: Casually beautiful DroidGamers If you've played one casual, puzzle-based and story-driven game by G5 or other developers like Big Fish, you've sort of played them all. I don't really care that many of them use the same puzzles or the same gimmicks because, after all, all of those ...

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Daily Sudoku: Fri 5-Apr-2013

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Daily Monster Sudoku: Fri 5-Apr-2013

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Daily Squiggly Sudoku: Fri 5-Apr-2013

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Futuro Cube lights up tap and turn game challenge fun - Gizmag

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Futuro Cube lights up tap and turn game challenge fun - Gizmag

Futuro Cube lights up tap and turn game challenge fun Gizmag By spreading gameplay over all six sides, the Futuro Cube adds whole new levels of difficulty to its pre-loaded games, puzzles and brain-teasers. Out of the box, there's an insanely difficult-looking version of Gomoku, a clever take on Tetris called ...

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Olympic star Danny Boyle steers an 'evil twin' course - USA TODAY

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Capital Quiz: Friday, April 5 - The Dominion Post

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Usher in hope, success and joy - The Hindu

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RIP Roger Ebert: 1942-2012 - Get The Big Picture (blog)

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What's happening today in the north valley - Enterprise-Record

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The Path Found: Solutions to the Maze of Games Campaign Puzzles - Wired (blog)

The Path Found: Solutions to the Maze of Games Campaign Puzzles Wired (blog) For the last month and a half, Decode readers have gotten an inside look at the puzzles from the campaign for The Maze of Games , which was a Kickstarter campaign run as an alternate reality game. The puzzles, created by Gaby Weidling, Eric Harshbarger ...

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“Fathers and Sons” Illusion Poster

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Trapping viewer’s attention, which is the main goal in product advertising is more often than not incredibly difficult task to achieve. While already sky-high, user ad-blindness is rapidly increasing, with no signs on horizon showing this will change anytime soon.

However, one method stands tall, promising delivery – still being able to trap attention. Messages broadcasted in a “trivia” or “optical illusion” format have always proven successful, often making a person look twice and actually spending moment of their time thinking about the advertised message. This has been advocated here since the very beginnings of Mighty Optical Ilusions blog.

An example poster produced by Bruketa&Zinic agency designed for “Fathers and Sons” theatre performance uses well known “Rubin’s Vase” optical illusion motif, cleverly placing incomplete and unverbalised father-son relationships in the forefront. Spotlight features damaged and clumsily repaired vase, strongly alluding to an unresolved conflict – “a communication crack” standing in-between father and the son.

Rubin’s vase, an old school illusion that comes in many forms is a famous set of ambiguous two-dimensional forms developed around 1915 by the Danish psychologist Edgar Rubin

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'The Purge' Wrings A Lot Of Awesome Out Of Absurdity - Get The Big Picture (blog)

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Newest 'Only God Forgives' Trailer Has Nothing To Apologize For - Get The Big Picture (blog)

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