Tuesday 3 June 2014

Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Jun 04, 2014)

Dictionary of World Capitals



The following clues give definitions for world capitals. These definitions describe what the capitals (just the city) sound like they would mean.



1) This capital is a recently opened store for cooked meats.

2) This capital is plant-covered bovine.

3) This capital is a tool used for fighting.

4) This capital is a royal weight.

5) This capital is a cheer for a body of water.

6) This capital is the legendary vehicle graveyard.

7) This capital is something that annoys a religious figure.

8) This capital is a basic digit.

9) This capital is something you get from the sun.

10) This capital is a score for a ringer.





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Today in History for 3rd June 2014

Historical Events


1861 - 1st Civil War land battle-Union defeats Confederacy at Philippi, WV

1939 - Beer Barrel Polka hits #1 on the pop singles chart by Will Glahe

1961 - JFK and Khrushchev meet in Vienna

1972 - 1st female US rabbi installed, Sally J Priesand at 25

1973 - At Paris air show, Tupolev 144, a Soviet supersonic airliner ("Concorde-ski"), crashes, 15 killed

1986 - Battles in Beirut; 53 killed


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Famous Birthdays


1877 - Raoul Dufy, France, Fauvist painter (Palm)

1881 - Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter (d. 1964)

1911 - Ellen Corby, Racine Wisc, actress (Grandma Walton-Waltons)

1949 - David Evenett, MP (Conservative)

1969 - Ray Roberts, tackle (Detroit Lions)

2002 - Prince Tirso of Bulgaria, titular Bulgarian royal family


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Famous Deaths


1411 - Duke Leopold IV of Austria (b. 1371)

1858 - Julius Reubke, composer, dies at 24

1894 - Karl Eduard Zachariae, German expert on Byzantine Law (b. 1812)

1991 - Andy Milligan, cinematographer/director (Sweeney Todd), dies at 62

2003 - Felix de Weldon, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907)

2011 - James Arness, American actor (d. 1923)


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Brain Teaser 6/03/2014

The same five letters can be anagrammed into four different words to fill in the blanks in the sentence to make (some­what) good sense. What are missing words?

The farmer with hundreds of _ _ _ _ _, deeply _ _ _ _ _ about the amount of rainfall, and _ _ _ _ _ around with artificial watering systems when the ground is dry enough to _ _ _ _ _ him about the possibility of crop failure.

Solution

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