Wednesday 19 June 2013

Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Jun 20, 2013)

Warner Bros.



What does this Rebus represent?





Cockroach

Ant

Worms



Rabbit





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Today's Daily Trivia Quiz (Jun 20, 2013)

NFL Teams III

Do you know the names of the 32 teams in the National Football League? Test your knowledge as you fill in the blanks.



Take the Quiz at Braingle.com

Creativity : Number Exercises

These number exercises will help improve your concentration and mental endurance.



1. Recite all the numbers between 1 and 100 that contain the digit 3 (3, 13, 23...).

2. Count down from 200 by 7s (200, 193, 186...).

3. Recite the numbers by alternatly counting up by 2s and by 3s (2-3, 4-6, 6-9, 8-12...).

4. Try reciting a number series while writing down a different series. Pick any number series you want (up by 2s, down by 7s, every number containing 4s, etc.).



Feel free to modify these exercises and practice them to increase your ability.

Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Benign

be-nign



adj :: Showing kindness and gentleness.



"The benign nature of the nurse put all her patients at ease."

Google HR Boss Explains Why GPA And Most Interviews Are Useless - Seattle Post Intelligencer



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Google HR Boss Explains Why GPA And Most Interviews Are Useless - San Francisco Chronicle



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Google HR Boss Explains Why GPA And Most Interviews Are Useless - Business Insider



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In Head-Hunting, Big Data May Not Be Such a Big Deal - New York Times



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New Lego Movie Trailer Fits Like A Plastic Block - Get The Big Picture



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Daily Sudoku: Thu 20-Jun-2013

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Daily Monster Sudoku: Thu 20-Jun-2013

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Daily Squiggly Sudoku: Thu 20-Jun-2013

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The Burgundy Legend Continues. With a Trailer. - Get The Big Picture (blog)



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Longtime Tennessean journalist Allen W. Pettus dies at 91 | The Tennessean ... - The Tennessean



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Capital Quiz: Thursday, June 20 - The Dominion Post



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Please Silence Your Phones: Theatre [502] Opens Season with "Dead Man's ... - WFPL



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From the Set of Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim - Superherohype.com



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Fossil Brain Teaser: New Study Reveals Patterns of Dinosaur Brain Development - Science Daily (press release)



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Expecting a right carry-on at Lerryn - This is Cornwall



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From the Set of Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim - ComingSoon.net



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'Next-gen' news from E3 - The Age



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YouTube Video Shows iPad Running iOS 7 Beta 1 ? - PhoneBuff



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89.3 KPCC-FM ADDS NEW VOICES, DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES TO ... - MMD Newswire (press release)



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June Solve Locally puzzle - The Independent Weekly



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Longtime Tennessean journalist Allen W. Pettus dies at 91 - The Tennessean



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