The Crafty Puzzles Company: 06/25/13

Tuesday, 25 June 2013

Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Jun 26, 2013)

Letter Juggle 10

Take the given words, and by moving a single letter from one word to the other, make a pair of synonyms, or near synonyms. For example, given: Boast - Hip, move the 's' from 'Boast' to 'Hip' creating two synonyms: Boat - Ship.

1. Flat - Pump

2. Feather - Crate

3. Bet - Stop

4. Ear - Trip

5. Lopes - Shills

Check Braingle.com for the answer.

Today's Daily Trivia Quiz (Jun 26, 2013)

Random Greek Mythology

How well do you know these ancient tales of gods, monsters, and heroes?

Take the Quiz at Braingle.com

Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Commensurate

com-men-su-rate

verb :: To reduce to a common measure.

adj. :: Equal in measure or extent; proportionate.

"The only conception that can explain the movement of the locomotive is that of a force commensurate with the movement observed." --Tolstoy, Leo

Creativity : Opposite Point of View

People tend to quickly classify a situation, which causes us to think and respond to it in predictable ways. A creative thinker will think about situations from different angles. Try this exercise to think of these situations from the opposite point of view.

1. You favorite coffee mug just broke. List five good things about that.

2. You have just won big on a slot machine in Vegas. List five reasons why this is bad.

3. Your flight home for the holidays was just canceled. List five reasons why you should be glad.

4. Your son just got straight As on his report card. List five reasons why you should be upset.

Memory : Story Mnemonic System

The Story System is similar to the Link System and will help you remember items in order. To use this system, you need to create a little story using each item on your list.

For example, take the list: clown, banana, giraffe, and moon. Your story might be, "A clown slipped on a banana and startled a giraffe. The giraffe jumped over the moon and ran away." It's easier to remember this short story than it is to remember the list of words without any associations.

Compared to the Link System, this system may make it easier to recall the information later, but it is less effective for longer lists of items because it's difficult to work subsequent items into a meaningful story. However, the story system works better with abstract words that are hard to visualize by themselves.

Westnedge Games adds Piatnik jigsaw puzzles - Toy News

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Westnedge Games adds Piatnik jigsaw puzzles

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Westnedge Games has partnered with Austrian firm Piatnik to distribute its range of jigsaws in the UK. This marks the first time that Westnedge will be distributing jigsaw puzzles. Its portfolio currently includes playing cards, and family fun and ...

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Daily Sudoku: Wed 26-Jun-2013

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Daily Monster Sudoku: Wed 26-Jun-2013

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Daily Squiggly Sudoku: Wed 26-Jun-2013

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The Path to Monochroma: Platformer Design Elements - Gamasutra (blog)

The Path to Monochroma: Platformer Design Elements

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Monochroma, a cinematic puzzle-platformer game, is the first big project out of Nowhere Studios and has been in development for 18 months. As the creative director and designer, it was my job to search for articles that could help us understand the ...

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Capital Quiz: Wednesday, June 26 - The Dominion Post

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Why Brainteasers Don't Belong in Job Interviews - New Yorker (blog)

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More Cubes

Once again a game/puzzle from the past. This one is at least 100 years old. 27 cubes glued together to form 7 different shapes. 6 are made from 4 cubes and are the only 6 shapes that can be made to fit inside the 3×3 cube. the last one is a simple ell made from 3 cubes.

First pic shows the pieces, second shows the assembled 3×3 cube. The rest of the pics show other things to build.

A nice way to use scraps, and give the grandkids a fit.

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deadlock metal puzzl

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all cuffed up metal

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wood puzzles - Googl

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Disney, Toca Boca launch new kids mobile games - Green Bay Press Gazette

Disney, Toca Boca launch new kids mobile games

Green Bay Press Gazette

Where's My Mickey? is the newest iteration in the water-physics puzzle series that started with Where's My Water? and then continued with Where's My Perry? In this new app, kids solve water-based puzzles to help either Mickey or Goofy. Mickey fans ...