Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Jun 07, 2014)

Homophones



Below are two clues for words that are homophones of each other. For example, "Number after one...Also" would result in "Two...Too". Can you get all of the words?



1. Tiny Spider...Not sure if I will or not

2. Made the gun more accurate...Quoted

3. Container...Light

4. Head organ...Yes





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Brain Teaser 6/06/2014

1. What number is missing from this series?

2 3 5 7 13 17



2. What's the pattern to these numbers?

8 5 4 9 1 7 6 3 2 0



3. 8998971798998

What is so special about this set of numbers, aside from the fact that it is a palindrome?

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Today in History for 6th June 2014

Historical Events

1242 - 24 wagonloads of Talmudic books burned in Paris

1864 - Battle of Lake Chicot, AR (Dutch Bayou)

1885 - 19th Belmont: Paul Duffy aboard Tyrant wins in 2:43

1976 - 30th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Phoenix Suns, 4 games to 2

1993 - 63rd French Mens Tennis: S Bruguera beats Jim Courier (64 26 62 36 63)

2009 - 141st Belmont: Kent Desormeaux aboard Summer Bird wins in 2:27.54

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Famous Birthdays

1847 - Gerben Postma, [Ids], Frisian writer (Swealtsjeblommen)

1902 - Avraham Daus, composer

1929 - Boguslaw Schaffer, composer

1972 - Gary Downs, running back (Atlanta Falcons)

1976 - aKido, Canadian musician

1984 - Noor Sabri, Iraqi footballplayer

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Famous Deaths

1862 - Turner Ashby, General, killed near Harrisonburg VA, dies at 33

1934 - Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and writer (b. 1864)

1968 - Randolph Churchill, son of Winston Churchill (b. 1911)

1985 - Siem Devout, Dutch actor, dies at 54

1992 - Thijs van Lier, lawyer/Dutch MP (PvdA), dies at 44

2005 - Anne Bancroft, American actress, dies from uterine cancer at 73

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