Sunday 1 June 2014

Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Jun 02, 2014)

Ten X Ten



Each of the following clues refers to a word that begins with "ten". Can you guess all ten of them?



1. Inclination

2. Delicate or gentle

3. A sinew

4. A racket game

5. Capable of being stretched

6. Between the bass and alto

7. Stretched tight

8. Unsubstantial

9. A dwelling

10. An opinion held to be true.





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It was common for hospitals in Germany to have…

It was common for hospitals in Germany to have a brewery. Patients would get a beer before go to bed.






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Brain Teaser 6/01/2014

Robert and David were preparing to have a water balloon fight. "No Fair" cried Robert, "You have 3 times as many as I do!" David said "Fine!" and gave Robert 10 more balloons. "Still not fair!" argued Robert, "You still have twice as many as I do." How many more balloons must David give Robert for them to have the same number?

Solution

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Car & Vehicle Electronics





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Today in History for 1st June 2014

Historical Events


1868 - Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed allowing the Navajos to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico.

1917 - Hank Gowdy is 1st baseball player to enlist during WW I

1934 - AFC '34 soccer team forms in Alkmaar

1976 - Great Britain and Iceland end the "cod war"

1977 - SC Heerenveen soccer team forms in Heerenveen

1979 - The first black-led government of Rhodesia in 90 years takes power.


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Famous Birthdays


1892 - Samuel L M Barlow, composer

1922 - Abdul Rashid, Pakistan, field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1960)

1946 - Brian Cox, actor (Killer Party, Manhunter)

1960 - Simon Gallup, English bassist (The Cure)

1970 - Alexi Lalas, American soccer player

1984 - Oliver Tielemans, Dutch racing driver


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Famous Deaths


1970 - G Ungaretti, writer, dies at 82

1983 - Charles Tham, of Saxon-Coburg-Gotha, count of Flanders/Prince, dies

1986 - Jo Gartner, Austrian racing driver (d. 1958)

1996 - Don Grolnick, jazz musician, dies at 48

1996 - Robert Arthur Hughes, missionary/surgeon, dies at 85

2001 - Queen Aiswarya of Nepal (b. 1949)


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The last prisoner of war from the Second World War…

The last prisoner of war from the Second World War to be repatriated was a Hungarian soldier who was taken prisoner by the Red Army in 1944, then discovered living in a Russian psychiatric hospital in 2000.






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There are only two countries in the world Coca-Cola…

coca-cola There are only two countries in the world Coca-Cola is not officially sold: North Korea and Cuba.






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