The Crafty Puzzles Company: April 2014

Wednesday, 30 April 2014

Today's Daily Brain Teaser (May 01, 2014)

Planets

Find the names of 5 planets hidden in the following sentences:

1. "What hurts?" asked the doctor. "It's my ear," the patient cried.

2. "Steven, use the screwdriver to build those shelves."

3. Everyone takes a turn during Monopoly.

4. "Cassie, you ran us over with your bicycle!"

5. "Sam, arsenic is poisonous. I read the definition in the dictionary."

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Wagon Truck

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New Hybrids

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On Jan. 1, 1976 a prankster played a word game with the Hollywood sign…

On Jan. 1, 1976 a prankster played a word game with the Hollywood sign. He hung curtains to make it read “Hollyweed.”

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Brain Teaser 4/30/2014

Three Quickies For Today

1. Mary's husband's father-in-law is Mary's husband's brother's mother-in-law, and Mary's sister-in-law is Mary's brother's stepmother. How did this happen?

2. Double my number, I'm less than a score, half of my number is less than four. Add one to my double when bakers are near, days of the week are still greater, I fear. What am I?

3. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?

Solution

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Today in History for 30th April 2014

Historical Events

1527 - England and France sign Treaty of Westminster to end the War of the League of Cognac

1967 - Orioles' Stu Miller and Steve Barber lose 2-1 despite no-hitting Tigers

1976 - Royal Canadian Mint opens a branch in Winnipeg, Manitoba

1977 - Billy Graham beats Bruno Sammartino in Baltimore, to become WWF champ

1988 - Baltimore Orioles win record 14th straight from beginning of season

1997 - Tino Martinez hits record 34 RBIs in April

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Famous Birthdays

1664 - François Louis, Prince of Conti, French general (d. 1709)

1853 - Alfred v Berger, writer

1903 - Gunther AR Raphael, German composer (Symphony Breve)

1953 - Merrill Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie and Marie)

1960 - Kerry Healey, American politician

1968 - Babette Van Veen, Neth, actress (Linda-GTST, Blueberry Hill)

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Famous Deaths

1063 - Emperor Renzong of China (b. 1010)

1630 - Ercole Porta, composer, dies at 44

1736 - Johann Albert Fabricius, German classical scholar and bibliographer (b. 1668)

1980 - Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican poet, journalist, and politician (b. 1898)

1996 - Julio Cesar Mendez Montenegro, pres of Guatemala (1966-70), dies

2005 - Ron Todd, TGWU General Secretary (1985 - 1992) (b. 1927)

More Famous Deaths »

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In 1881, engineers blew up a mule for “science”. Why? Allegedly…

In 1881, engineers blew up a mule for “science”. Why? Allegedly, establishing what happens at the instant a mule gets its head blown off is important information to submarine engineers.

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In 2001 a 15-year-old Australian boy dying of cancer had a last wish…

In 2001 a 15-year-old Australian boy dying of cancer had a last wish – to have sex. His child psychologist and his friends organized a visit to a prostitute before he died.

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Harvard earns enough money on interest from its endowment…

Harvard earns enough money on interest from its endowment that it could offer free tuition to all students and still make profit on the interest.

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In 1575 Native Americans, converting to Catholicism, had brought…

In 1575 Native Americans, converting to Catholicism, had brought the practice of smoking into churches during the liturgy. Tobacco smoke, in their traditions, evoked the spirits, so naturally they mixed their smoke into the liturgical incense.

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The Stoned Ape Theory of human evolution hypothesizes…

The Stoned Ape Theory of human evolution hypothesizes that psychedelics transformed Homo erectus to Homo sapiens.

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The richest man in history was Musa I…

The richest man in history was Musa I of Mali. On his pilgrimage to Mecca he spent so much gold that he caused a super inflation and devalued the metal for the next decades.

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There was an amusement park in Vernon, NJ that was so unsafe…

There was an amusement park in Vernon, NJ that was so unsafe being injured was considered part of the experience. The Alpine Slide alone produced 14 broken bones, 26 head injuries, and 1 fatality.

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La Rinconada, Peru the highest elevated city on earth has a goldmine…

La Rinconada, Peru the highest elevated city on earth has a goldmine where miners work for 30 days without pay. On the 31st day they are allowed to take as much ore as they can carry on their shoulders.

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James Madison proposed creating the Senate to protect…

James Madison proposed creating the Senate to protect the very wealthy from the poor: “Landholders ought to have a share in the government [...]. They ought to be so constituted as to protect the minority of the opulent against the majority. The senate, therefore, ought to be this body”.

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Tuesday, 29 April 2014

Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Apr 30, 2014)

Anagram Riddle 9

I am a set of three words, all with the same four letters.

First I am a type of carriage.

Then switch my middle letters, and I am a cover often useful on a diamond.

Now switch my end letters ...

When you see me, you also see hair.

What are the words?

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Collecting Every Last Copy of the Movie “Speed” (but only on VHS)

Ryan Beitz has an odd new collection. A lot of us have collections, but this man from Moscow has a very unique goal: Collect every copy of the hit Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock film: Speed

…but only on VHS

How Did this start?

He says that this started as a joke when he bought several identical copies of Speed to give to his family members and friends. After buying them, he noticed he liked the odd idea of owning several copies of the same movie.

So he kept buying them.

His current count is about 500 copies but Ryan says “we haven’t counted in awhile; it’s boring” and I’d have to agree.

Now Ryan has started a Kickstarter project. The goal is to pay for more copies of the movie (he accepts donations and too) and to repaint his van so it looks like the bus in the movie.

In addition to the engine repair and paint job, the van needs new tires, a new engine cover, holes in the floor sealed, various repairs to the body, and the windows tinted to protect the copies from sun damage during travel.

I wish Ryan Beitz the best in his crazy collecting! You can donate your own copies and join the World Speed Project if you like, just mail them here:

Chairman Ryan Beitz

The World Speed Project

20204 SR 195

Pullman, WA 99163

U.S.A.

Watch his story!

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The U.S. military has banned the use of ‘toe shoes’…

The U.S. military has banned the use of ‘toe shoes’ because of ‘image concerns’.

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There is a group of Native Americans in Mexico…

There is a group of Native Americans in Mexico who run 200 miles in one session and hunt by running their prey to death.

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In 1989, a small capsule, originally a part of a measurement device…

In 1989, a small capsule, originally a part of a measurement device, containing highly radioactive caesium-137 was found inside the concrete wall of a Kramatorsk apartment building. By the time the capsule was discovered, 6 residents of the building died from leukemia and 17 more received varying doses of radiation.

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Brain Teaser 4/29/2014

1. A woman bought a used car for $600 and sold it a friend for $800. She later bought it back for $1,000 and resold it for $1,200. Did she make any profit and if so, how much?

2. Can you pick the god from the list provided that will complete this group?

Zeus, Hephaestus, Gaea,? Choose from: Dionysus, Athena, Hermes, Poseidon, Aphrodite

Solution

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