Today's Daily Brain Teaser (May 06, 2013)

Venus



You awake inside a small transparent capsule sitting on the surface of Venus. From a small speaker you hear a voice that says, "We will leave you here either for a day or a year. If you choose to stay a day, we will give you $1 million. If you choose to stay a year, we will give you $2 million. Either way, you will have sufficient food and water. We will make sure the temperature is a constant 70 degrees Fahrenheit. We will also supply cable TV."



What is your choice? (Don't let money decide your answer).





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Today's Daily Trivia Quiz (May 06, 2013)

Do You Have This Phobia? IX

How well do you know the names for the phobias that almost everyone has one or more of? Watch for the clues!



Take the Quiz at Braingle.com

Stress : Three Happy Things

Unfortunately, people often get into a pessimistic mood where they can only see the failures and problems with their life. This can cause people to experience stress and its many negative side effects.



One way to become more optimistic is to take a few minutes at the end of each day to think about the good things that happened. These don't have to be big events; it could be as simple as having a good sandwich for lunch. Record three of these happy things in a notebook, which you can review whenever you need a pick-me-up.



If you practice this exercise every day, you will get into the habit of recognizing the positive events in your life and forgetting the negatives.

Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Unwonted

un-wont-ed



adj. :: Uncommon; unusual; infrequent; rare



"...for though it was a most unwonted hour, yet so impressive was the cry, and so deliriously exciting, that almost every soul on board instinctively desired a lowering." -- Melville, Herman

Memory : Short-Term Memory Test

We have talked about how the average short-term memory can only hold around 7 pieces of information. Here is a test to see how good your short-term memory is.



Slowly read each line once and then look away and try to recall the numbers. The first few should be easy. Once you get to 7 or 8 digits, you will start to have a very difficult time.



4 8 6

2 5 7 8

5 8 2 5 7

9 1 3 4 0 6

6 7 2 8 4 3 8

1 9 8 3 0 7 5 2

0 9 3 7 0 4 6 9 1

Thomas Was Alone (Vita) Review - 411mania.com

411mania.com

Thomas Was Alone (Vita) Review 411mania.com Even the puzzles introduced aren't really complex. Most puzzles are pretty simple to find the solution to, except for a few puzzles, and some areas are even revisited a few times as you go through. Still, the game's 100 levels will keep you entertained ...

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Daily Sudoku: Mon 6-May-2013

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Daily Monster Sudoku: Mon 6-May-2013

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Daily Squiggly Sudoku: Mon 6-May-2013

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Impossible Triangle Solution GIF

via Mighty Optical Illusions http://www.moillusions.com/2013/05/impossible-triangle-animated-gif.html

More often than not, I receive emails from fans all over the world! Most of them are complimentary, thanking me for maintaining this site and expressing gratuity for regular content.

Off course, I also receive a complaint here and then (mostly addressing my English). Questions and suggestions fly in as well. One that stood out lately was a complimentary email from Agnes, where she also expressed her disappointment regarding solutions often not being included inside the articles. I have to acknowledge this, yet I’ve always felt the solution shouldn’t be handed of on a plate. In my view easy answer degrades the value of a question (or illusion in our case). Somehow I always disliked shortcuts in life. Perhaps this Spartan approach doesn’t work for some, but it certainly helps starting the conversation (comments section!). This also forces you to stop and think about the illusion for a second. After all, isn’t the feeling when you come up with the solution yourself – rewarding by itself?! Having said that, I have to admit many illusions I posted are still a mystery to me. They may appear beautiful or simple, but sometimes even I can’t see the answer. It’s one of the reasons I enjoy reading your comments so much! It’s one of the things that keep me going… Here’s a solution animation that may help with one of our latest posts ;)

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Violence on TV: Effect on kids - Gulf Today

via brain teasers - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEkUf0CocatGsqbvAmwDaZ8cjq2DA&url=http://gulftoday.ae/portal/751f0a75-a701-4294-9a3e-135b5435152d.aspx

Capital Quiz: Monday, May 6 - The Dominion Post

via brain teasers - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHiNPRks6ewMG9GCADgy0xRLrcZNw&url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/quizzes/8634827/Capital-Quiz-Monday-May-6

Star of David puzzle (2)

These puzzles are patterned after better ones by Bob (at http://lumberjocks.com/projects/61701). Mine are of oak & poplar, oil-finished, < 4.75” in diameter. Many thanks to Bob, for generously sending additional clues to this struggling constructor. This exercise was to add to a bag of wood puzzles & games I share with 4th grade students in an urban school. They’re mostly children of refugees (from Africa, Nepal & the Near East). I engage them in conversation to improve their fluency in English. Such volunteering is great fun & a thrilling work in progress for me.

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Star of David puzzle (2)

These puzzles are patterned after better ones by Bob (at http://lumberjocks.com/projects/61701). Mine are of oak & poplar, oil-finished, < 4.75” in diameter. Many thanks to Bob, for generously sending additional clues to this struggling constructor. This exercise was to add to a bag of wood puzzles & games I share with 4th grade students in an urban school. They’re mostly children of refugees (from Africa, Nepal & the Near East). I engage them in conversation to improve their fluency in English. Such volunteering is great fun & a thrilling work in progress for me.

http://lumberjocks.com/assets/pictures/projects/392627-196x130.jpg



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Area features some fun parks, for your amusement - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

via brain teasers - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGgi8X9ZkKqTa_73vGXF2W1EbAyQQ&url=http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20130501/LIVINGHERE/305010084/Area-features-some-fun-parks-your-amusement