Tuesday, 15 April 2014

Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Apr 16, 2014)

Hospital Ward



There were 100 patients in a road trauma hospital. Some of the patients had only one leg. Half the rest had no legs. In total how many legs did the 100 patients have?





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Cruise Control

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Some vegans choose not to eat honey because…

Some vegans choose not to eat honey because they consider beekeeping to be slavery.






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In 2003, the U.S. military planned to attach…

In 2003, the U.S. military planned to attach caged chickens to the top of their Hum-Vees as they entered Iraq, to act as an early warning system to any dangerous chemicals or nerve agents. The operation was dubbed Operation Kuwaiti Field chicken (KFC).






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Today in History for 15th April 2014

Historical Events


1954 - Orioles 1st game in Baltimore beat White Sox 3-1

1957 - Congress gives Post Office $41M; restoring Saturday mail delivery

1962 - US national debt above $300,000,000,000

1979 - 43rd Golf Masters Championship: Fuzzy Zoeller wins, shooting a 280

1984 - 48th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Crenshaw wins, shooting a 277

2012 - China loosens monetary policy and allows the Yuan to fluctuate up to 1% against the US dollar


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Famous Birthdays


1896 - Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov, Russian chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1986)

1898 - Marian Jordan, actress, radio comedienne (Molly-Fibber McGee and Molly)

1912 - Kim II Sung, Eternal President ("The Great Leader") of North Korea (1945-94)

1947 - Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, TV producer (Designing Women, Murphy Brown)

1950 - Amy Wright, Chicago Illinois, actress (Inside Moves, Accidental Tourist)

1963 - Manoj Prabhakar, cricketer (Indian opening batsman and opening bowler)


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Famous Deaths


1865 - Abraham Lincoln, 16th American president, dies from gunshot wound at 56

1912 - John Jacob Astor IV, billionaire (b. 1864)

1975 - Richard Conte, actor (Four Just Men, Jean Arthur Show), dies at 65

1993 - John Tuzo Wilson, Canadian geologist (b. 1908)

2008 - BenoƮt Lamy, Belgian Movie Director (b. 1945)

2010 - Jack Herer, American author and cannabis activist (b. 1939)


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Cows have no personality


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Brain Teaser 4/15/2014

Sky likes the number 5, but not 6. She likes 32, but not 33. She likes 41, but not 42.



Which of the following numbers does she like and not like?



50

39

23

14

16

Solution

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Indie Games - The best games from independent game developers.





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39% of Bob Ross’ paintings contain an almighty mountain…

bob-ross 39% of Bob Ross’ paintings contain an almighty mountain, 44% contain at least one happy cloud, and 18% feature a charming little cabin.






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The Soviet Union allowed theaters to play The Grapes of Wrath…

Wrathposters141-small The Soviet Union allowed theaters to play The Grapes of Wrath movie because of its depiction of the plight of the poor under capitalism, but it was later withdrawn because Russian audiences were amazed that even the poorest Americans could afford a car.






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After betraying their mission and informing the FBI about…

After betraying their mission and informing the FBI about Nazi agents on U.S. soil, the two men who saved America from Nazi infiltration were greeted with life imprisonment, threat of execution, and deportation.






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In 1884, following a shipwreck, four men were in a flimsy….

In 1884, following a shipwreck, four men were in a flimsy 13-foot lifeboat for 20 days when they decided to kill the comatose cabin boy so they might survive on his flesh. When they returned home to England, they were tried, convicted of murder and sentenced to death.






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