Thursday 3 July 2014

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

Motor Cars



In this teaser, your job is to try and discover the car model within each sentence.



The model is hiding in the consecutive letters within a sentence.



Example: This recipe calls for only one onion.



Answer: Neon (oNE ONion)





1. The zookeeper gave the chimp a large banana.



2. The police had the home of the pyromaniac cordoned off.



3. There are galactic areas where our starship has not travelled.



4. Do math majors find people with a nice compass attractive?



5. I once saw a gambler from Mexico roll a seven five times in a row.





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Patriot

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From 1964 to 1973 the United States dropped 2 million…

bombed-field-Laos From 1964 to 1973 the United States dropped 2 million tons of bombs on Laos — enough for a full plane load every 8 minutes, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for 9 years.






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Some penguins get “depressed” and walk away…

Some penguins get “depressed” and walk away from the sea alone, to their deaths. No one knows why.






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Cockroaches can make group decisions…

cockroaches Cockroaches can make group decisions. When 50 cockroaches are presented with 3 shelters that can only house 40, they’ll split evenly into two groups and leave one shelter empty.






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Jesse James once gave a widow who housed him enough…

JesseJames Jesse James once gave a widow who housed him enough money to pay off a debt collector and then robbed the debt collector as the man left the widows home.






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American Made

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Brain Teaser 7/03/2014

A plane was returning from the Olympic Games with five athletes who placed first through fifth in an event. They made the following statements:

A: "I was not the last"

B: "C was the third"

C: "A was behind E"

D: "E was second"

E: "D was not the first."

On account of modesty or for some other reason, the gold and silver medallists lied. The three worst athletes told the truth.

What order did they all place in?

Solution

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Indie Games - The best games from independent game developers.





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Today in History for 3rd July 2014

Historical Events


1090 - Battle at Hagenoorde: German emperor beats earl Egbert II

1931 - 51st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Sid Wood Jr beats F X Shields (walkover)

1932 - 1st Sunday game at Fenway Park, Yanks beat Red Sox 13-2

1950 - 1st time US and North Korean forces clash in Korean War

1951 - 33rd PGA Championship: Sam Snead at Oakmont CC Oakmont Pa

1970 - 200,000 attend Atlanta Pop Festival


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Famous Birthdays


1881 - Leon Errol, Australian actor (Ziegfeld Follies, What a Blonde!)

1922 - Francois Reichenbach, French director (La douceur du Village)

1927 - Ken Russell, England, director (Tommy, Altered States, Gothic)

1956 - Don Vito, American Viva La Bam castmember

1984 - Corey Sevier, Canadian actor

1987 - Sebastian Vettel, German racing driver


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Famous Deaths


1801 - Johann Nepomuk Went, composer, dies at 56

1816 - Dorothea Jordan, French actress/mistress (William IV), dies at 65

1954 - Siegfried Handloser, German physician (b. 1895)

1965 - Trigger, horse (Roy Rogers), dies at 25

1979 - Louis Durey, French composer (b. 1888)

1998 - Danielle Bunten Berry, American software developer (b. 1949)


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