The Crafty Puzzles Company: 06/29/13

Saturday, 29 June 2013

Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Jun 30, 2013)

Naming Names II

In each equation below, part of a common name has been replaced with a definition for a word that is contained within that name. By answering the definition and completing the equation, you will find the name.

(Ric + difficult = ric + hard = Richard)

1. Put on clothes + ald

2. Fishing pole + ney

3. P+ make a mistake + y

4. Be in debt + n

5. That girl + r + adult guy

6. D + eager

7. B + lease an apartment

Check Braingle.com for the answer.

Today's Daily Trivia Quiz (Jun 30, 2013)

The Legacy of Johnny Cash

How much do you know about the songs and things Johnny Cash sang/did in his lifetime?

Take the Quiz at Braingle.com

Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Homily

hom-i-ly

noun :: A discourse or sermon read or pronounced to an audience; a serious discourse.

"After favouring them with some heads of that discourse, he remarked that he considered the subject of the day's homily, ill-chosen; which was the less excusable, he added, when there were so many subjects going about." --Dickens, Charles

A glimpse into the world of Google - Telegraph.co.uk

via brain teasers - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHCkFeqHV-8OpXUiJLR7iycq5JdMA&url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/digital-media/10150353/A-glimpse-into-the-world-of-Google.html