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Sunday 27 July 2014

Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Jul 28, 2014)

Animals.

What different species of one animal is represented in the following phrases?

Source of paper

A male cow

A short African.

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Brain Teaser 7/27/2014

1. How can a woman in New York, without getting a divorce or becoming a widow, or otherwise legally separated, legally marry 10 men?

2. I am a 4-digit number that is the same when my digits are written backwards. The sum of my outside digits is 6 times the sum of my two middle digits. What number am I?

3. The local Music Society had their fall concert last night. Ticket prices were as follows: men $5, women $2, children 10 cents. Coincidentally, 120 people attended and $120 was earned from ticket sales. How many men, women and children were in attendance?

Solution

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Brain Teaser 7/26/2014

The old lady who lived in a shoe was having some real trouble buying Christmas presents for her enormous family. Although she bought the least expensive stocking stuffers she could find, the bill was high. Of course, both a 15 percent sales tax and a 5 percent luxury tax were added to the original price. She paid a total of $100. What was the cost of the stuffers before taxes?

Solution

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Brain Teaser 7/25/2014

Across a stream runs a row of eight stepping stones. On one side of the stream, on the first five stones, sit five girl lizards-Liza, Lizzie, Lottie, Lola, and Liz-and they want to get across to the other side. There's one empty stone in the middle. On the other side are three boy lizards, waiting to come across the other way-Lonnie, Leo, and Len. Only one lizard moves at a time. Any lizard may hop to the next stone if it is empty, or may hop over one lizard of the opposite sex onto an empty stone. Can you get all the lizards across the river, and what's the smallest number of leaps?

Solution

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Spinning Red Bricks Optical Illusion

Ah Sunday, a day of rest and reflection , and hopefully that is what you all are doing today! There is an old song from the 1980s that talks about how someone can spin someone else around like a record. Now, with today’s optical illusion, that is exactly what you get! You spin me right round baby! How do you get to spin around? Why all you have to do is stare directly into the center of this red brick optical illusion, and your eyes are going to see the tiles slowly starting to spin in a circle!

Pretty cool right? Now do us a big favor, if you all get dizzy from this spinning red squares optical illusion, we want you to tell us so. Please remember, we love to hear that our optical illusions are loved by all of you, and comments are the best way to do it!

Ready for a 3-D optical illusion involving a banana? This banana optical illusion is guaranteed to make your eyes get a workout, but it really is worth it! Stare hard at the center of the banana, and all will be revealed! Once you are done, post a comment below and have a great Sunday!

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Today in History for 27th July 2014

Historical Events

1931 - Grasshoppers in Iowa, Nebr and SD destroyed thousands of acres of crops

1944 - US troops occupy le Mesnil-Herman/Hill 183 Normandy

1945 - Cubs purchase pitcher Hank Borowy from NY Yankees

1968 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Supertest Canadian Golf Open

1973 - 40th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Miami 14, All Stars 3 (54,103)

2002 - Ukraine airshow disaster: A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes during an air show at Lviv, Ukraine killing 85 and injuring more than 100 others, the largest air show disaster in history.

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Famous Birthdays

1879 - Francesco Gaeta, Italian poet (Il Libro Della Giovinezza)

1907 - Mollie Doreen Phillips, British figure skater/judge (Olympics 1932,36)

1927 - Sat Mahajan, Indian politician

1934 - John Pardoe, CEO (Sight and Sound Education)/Liberal MP

1942 - Dennis Ralston, American tennis player

1960 - Jo Durie, England, tennis player

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Famous Deaths

1638 - Johan VIII de Jongere, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies in battle at 54

1924 - Ferruccio Dante Michelangelo Benvenuto Busoni, composer, dies at 58

1979 - Shirley Mason, actress (Let it Rain, Dark Skies), dies at 79

1986 - Leroy Holmes, orchestra leader (Tonight Show, 1956-57), dies at 72

2003 - Vance Hartke, American politician (b. 1919)

2008 - Horst Stein, German conductor (b. 1928)

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Donald Trump proposed a one-time tax on the wealthiest…

Donald Trump proposed a one-time tax on the wealthiest 1% to eliminate the national debt.

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As a teenager, Puccini stole organ pipes from his town’s cathedral and sold…

As a teenager, Puccini stole organ pipes from his town’s cathedral and sold them to buy cigarettes. As church organist, he rearranged the music to avoid playing the missing notes

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According to a UK psychiatry study, 3 out of 11 personality disorders…

According to a UK psychiatry study, 3 out of 11 personality disorders were more common in executives than in criminal psychiatric patients. The business people were described as “successful psychopaths and the criminals as unsuccessful psychopaths”.

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The Norse Sagas which describe the historical pre-Columbus Viking discovery…

The Norse Sagas which describe the historical pre-Columbus Viking discovery of North America also say that they met Native Americans who could speak a language that sounded similar to Irish, and who said that they’d already encountered white men before them.

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