The Crafty Puzzles Company: 04/29/14

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?

Check Braingle.com for the answer.

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Don’t Spoil Your Dinner

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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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PT Loser

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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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Trivia: Trivia Games and Game Shows

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Today in History for 29th April 2014

Historical Events

1670 - Pope Clemens X elected

1894 - Commonwealth of Christ (Coxey's Army) arrives in Wash, DC 500 strong to protest unemployment; Coxey arrested for trespassing at Capitol

1927 - Construction of Spirit of St Louis is completed

1936 - 1st pro baseball game in Japan is played Nagoya defeats Daitokyo, 8-5

1945 - Japanese army evacuates Rangoon

1990 - "Change in the Heir" opens at Edison Theater NYC for 16 performances

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Famous Birthdays

1771 - Matthaus Stegmayer, composer

1908 - Jack [Stewart] Williamson, US, sci-fi author (Cometeers)

1921 - Cornelis de Jager, Dutch astronomer (Sun)

1922 - Toots [Jean] Thielemans, Belgian/US jazz musician/composer

1958 - Michelle Pfeiffer, Midway City California, actress (Married to the Mob)

1977 - Rocío Carrasco, Spanish TV host and socialite

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Famous Deaths

1943 - Sidney A K Keyes, English poet (Foreign Gate), dies at 20

1957 - Otallo Morales, composer, dies at 82

1967 - Anthony Mann, US director (El Cid, Last Frontier), dies at 60

1975 - Darwin Judge, USMC-corporal, 1 of last US soldiers killed in Viet

1992 - Mae Clarke, actress (Public Enemy, Frankenstein), dies at 84

2007 - Arve Opsahl, Norwegian actor, known as the leader of Olsenbanden

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