Tuesday 8 July 2014

Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Jul 09, 2014)

Magical Scroll Case



After some relaxing, the Seekers of Knowledge received a gift from an anonymous person. The gift was a magical scroll case that had 12 gemstones on it. The Seekers were a bit shocked at the elegance of the scroll case as they knew it was very expensive.



There was a catch with it. They had no idea how to open it. As they looked over the scroll case with amazement, suddenly a magic mouth appeared before them and said, "The code to open this scroll case is hidden within the stones; you must press each stone in the proper order to open it." The magic faded out.



The stones are in this order on the scroll case: Turquoise, Diamond, Opal, Aquamarine, Topaz, Emerald, Moonstone, Garnet, Sapphire, Amethyst, Ruby, Peridot.





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Today in History for 8th July 2014

Historical Events


1822 - Chippewas turn over huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom.

1849 - St Paul's Place in the Bronx named

1896 - William Jennings Bryan's "cross of gold" speech at Democrat convention

1898 - US battle fleet under Admiral Dewey occupies Isla Grande at Manila

1950 - 57th Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Louise Brough beats M duPont (6-1 3-6 6-1)

1994 - Sonia O'Sullivan runs female 2K world record (5:25.36)


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Famous Birthdays


1819 - Francis Leopold McClintock, British naval officer and explorer (d. 1907)

1892 - Richard Aldington, writer

1949 - Wolfgang Puck, Austrian-born celebrity chef

1951 - Greg T Walker, rock bassist (Blackfoot)

1961 - Graham Jones, rock guitarist (Haircut 100)

1963 - Mike Ridley, Winnipeg, NHL center (Vancouver Canucks)


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Famous Deaths


1249 - Alexander II, King of Scots (1215-49), dies at 51

1656 - Alexander van der Capellen, mister of Aartsbergen, dies at about 64

1943 - Harry Oakes, Canadian ruler of Bahamas, murdered

1979 - Robert B. Woodward, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1917)

1986 - Skeeter Webb, American baseball player (b. 1909)

1994 - Dick Sargent, actor (Darren-Bewitched), dies of cancer at 64


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