First look: Stylish trailer released for the final season of Breaking Bad - Herald Sun

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Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Jul 31, 2013)

Happy New ****



In this teaser, I will give you a list of clues and the answer, with all the letters, but the word year, missing. Your job is to figure out what to add to the word year to get the answer to the clue.



Example: Reading Glasses = *Y**EAR

Answer: EYEWEAR



1. Word for word, without reading = *Y *EAR*

2. New York Birthplace of F.D.R. = *Y*E *AR*

3. Caveat Emptor = **YE* ***AR*

4. Person engaged in reverie = **Y**EA**R

5. Student at Harvard or Yale, e.g. = **Y *EA***R

6. Seafood restaurant = *Y**E* *AR

7. Old sage who doesn't shave = ***Y*EAR*

8. Extra-powerful, souped up = *Y*E***AR***

9. Absolutely transparent = **Y**** **EAR

10. Place to drop off clothes = **Y **EA**R

11. Jellystone resident = Y*** *EAR

12. Headache remedy since 1899 = **YE* A***R**





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Today's Daily Trivia Quiz (Jul 31, 2013)

Can Ye Talk Like a Pirate?

Arrr, matey! Do ye know yer pirate speak? A bottle of rum may ease yer thirst if ye be a pirate and ye might be a pirate if ye can shout "Yo ho ho". Go ahead and walk the plank, matey!



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Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Cadge

cadge



verb :: To carry, as a burden.

verb :: To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc.

verb :: To intrude or live on another meanly; to beg.



"The poor son came to his father regularly to beg for money and to cadge free meals."

Memory : Mozart Effect

The Mozart Effect is the notion that listening to classical music composed by Mozart can temporarily increase your IQ and enhance other mental functions. It is said that playing classical music to infants can improve their mental development. Some studies have shown that listening to Mozart can temporarily increase one's IQ by up to 9 points when given a spatial reasoning test. Other studies showed that it had the opposite effect!



One theory to explain this is related to mood. If you happen to enjoy classical music, then listening to it will bring you pleasure. This will put you in a good mood, which can improve your mental performance. If you dislike classical music, listening to it will annoy you and cause you to perform poorly on any subsequent test.



This enjoyment effect is not restricted to Mozart; it goes for any type of music. So, listen to what you enjoy and try to get in a good mood whenever you need to perform at the top of your game.

Creativity : Guesstimate Distance

As we go about our daily lives, we are constantly making decisions based on guesses and estimates. This exercise will help you improve your ability to make educated guesses about distance.



When you are estimating each answer, try to pay attention to how you are solving the problem. Are you guessing the whole number or are you trying to calculate it based on smaller guesses? Avoid using a calculator or pen and paper until after you have made your estimate.



1. Distance to the moon in miles

2. Length of a AA battery in millimeters

3. Thickness of a standard #2 pencil in inches

4. Height of a stack of a million dollar bills in feet



The answers are listed below in backwards order. Don't cheat!



(417, 0.29, 50.4, 238856)

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Mathematician Publishes Brain Teasers for Henry Ford's 150th Birthday - Patch.com

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