Wednesday 18 June 2014

Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Jun 19, 2014)

Business is Good



Yeah, they keep me locked up, but I guess I'm thankful, in short.

I hand out the beatings, while my neighbors import and export.

We make a good team, especially me as the muscle,

But with two dozen guards, I'm glad we never tussle.

But really, I got a lotta my own connections,

Imports, exports, with thousands collectin'.

But between us, there's really no competition,

I call it harmonizin' cause we're on the same mission.

No one is unnecessary, or, you know, too small,

The guy upstairs is the boss of it all.

He's also incarcerated, but for his good I bet it is,

Business is good, so long as we get the messages.



Question:



Who's doing the talking, and who are the other players in this riddle? (there are a total of 28, minus the narrator's connections)





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Boss Benz

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Ryousuke Ohtake’s Realistic Wooden Lobster

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Jizai Okimono is a specialty of japanese art that focuses on recreating animals in complexity.


So when 25 year old Ryousuke Ohtake set out to create a lobster—one of the most intricate animals—in the super-realistic style without any previous experience it seemed hard to believe. In addition, wood isn’t the only medium used for this art, but it is certainly the most difficult.


The results are amazing! His sculpture moves just like the real animals.


Ryousuke Ohtake Lobster

Ryousuke Ohtake Lobster Tailflick

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To preserve the harvest, Mao Zedong had…

To preserve the harvest, Mao Zedong had all sparrows killed (along with rats, flies and mosquitoes) because they ate grain. The result was an ecological disaster that resulted in the birds’ natural prey devouring the harvest.






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Brain Teaser 6/18/2014

1. If 2 hours ago it was as long after one o’clock in the afternoon as it was before one o’clock in the morning. What time would it be now?



2. Quebec women expect Robert to yell unless I offer _________.

Which one of the following drinks belongs at the end of the sentence?

Scotch, Brandy, Gin, Pepsi.

Solution

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Get Hooked On Cryptograms....





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Today in History for 18th June 2014

Historical Events


1836 - HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leave South-Africa

1954 - Pierre Mendèsforms French government

1978 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Bankers Trust Golf Classic

1983 - 7th Shuttle Mission-Challenger 2 launched-Sally Ride 1st US woman

1986 - Papua New Guinea score 9-455 in 60 overs v Gibraltar, ICC Trophy

1992 - Ottawa Senators make goalie Peter Sidorkiewicz their 1st draft


More Historical Events »


Famous Birthdays


1681 - Feofan Prokopovich, theologian, archbishop of Novgorod, westernizer

1930 - Peter Phillips, CEO (AB Electronics) [or Feb 10]

1937 - John D [Jay] Rockefeller IV, (Sen-D-WV, 1985- )

1971 - Nathan Morris, [Alex Vanderpool], Phila Pa, rapper (Boyz II Men)

1975 - Jamel Debbouze, French actor and producer

1976 - Witte Wartena, Dutch artist


More Famous Birthdays »


Famous Deaths


1464 - Rogier van der Weyden, Flemish painter, dies at 65

1821 - Charles Hague, composer, dies at 52

1965 - George Melachrino, composer, dies at 56

1975 - Faisal Ibn Mussed Abdul Aziz, Saudi prince, beheaded in Riyadh shopping center parking lot for killing his uncle the king

1980 - André Leducq, French cyclist (b. 1904)

1982 - Djuna Barnes, writer, dies


More Famous Deaths »






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At a launch site in South Dakota, the entrance to the underground missile launch control…

minuteman-cropped At a launch site in South Dakota, the entrance to the underground missile launch control center is sealed by a blast-proof door painted like a Domino’s Pizza logo, and hand-lettered text on the door reads “World-wide delivery in 30 minutes or less, or your next one is free”.






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A man in Yellowstone has an 800 pound pet grizzly bear named Brutus…

A man in Yellowstone has an 800 pound pet grizzly bear named Brutus. Brutus was the best man at his wedding and sits at the table with them at thanksgiving.






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Until 1974, it was legal in Texas for a man…

Until 1974, it was legal in Texas for a man to kill his wife’s lover if he found them in bed together.






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Colonel Saunders disliked what the KFC franchise had done to the food…

Colonel Saunders disliked what the KFC franchise had done to the food so much that he described it as “the worst fried chicken I’ve ever seen” and called the gravy “wallpaper paste”.






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When Teddy Roosevelt was a young child, doctors prescribed…

When Teddy Roosevelt was a young child, doctors prescribed him whiskey and cigars to relieve his severe asthma.






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