Wednesday 30 July 2014

Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Jul 31, 2014)

Trapdoors



There are five doors, one leads to the exit, the others lead to traps. They are in a line. The clues tell you which position the doors are in the line and where the door to freedom is. All the clues are true. Each door has a clue written on it. The clues read:



The blue door: This door is two spots away from the door to freedom.

The red door: This door is at the far right, and is two spots away from the blue door.

The purple door: This door is not next to the door to freedom.

The green door: This door is left of the blue door.

The orange door: This door is not next to the red or blue doors.



Which door leads to freedom?





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Today in History for 30th July 2014

Historical Events


1419 - First defenestration of Prague: anti-Catholic Hussites, followers of executed reformer Jan Hus, storm the Prague town hall and throw the judge, mayor and several city council members (either 7 or 13) out the windows. They all either died in the fall or were killed by the crowd outside.

1619 - House of Burgesses Virginia forms, 1st elective American governing body

1869 - The Charles, considered the world’s first "oil tanker", departs from the United States headed for Europe with a bulk capacity of 7,000 barrels of oil

1962 - All star MVP: Leon Wagner (LA Angels)

1968 - Beatles' Apple Boutique closes, entire inventory is given away

1978 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Hoosier Golf Classic


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Famous Birthdays


1929 - Sid Kroft, Athens Greece, puppeteer (Barbara Mandrell Show)

1936 - John Burton-Hall, Dorset England, captain (QE2)

1958 - Daley Thompson, London, Decathalete (Olympic-gold-1980, 1984)

1959 - Petra Felke, German DR, javelin thrower (world record 1988)

1970 - Joe Montford, CFL linebacker (Hamilton Tiger Cats)

1980 - Sara Anzanello, Italian volleyball player


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Famous Deaths


1540 - Robert Barnes, English churchman (martyred) (b. 1495)

1947 - George Challenor, cricketer (played in 1st WI Test side 1928), dies

1965 - Junichiro Tanizaki, Japanese writer (Key), dies at 79

1979 - Beppie Nooij Jr, Dutch actress (Rooie Sien), dies at 67

1994 - Theo van Scheltinga, skater, dies at 80

2005 - Anthony Walker, English hate crime murder victim (b. 1987)


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Brain Teaser 7/30/2014

What Number?



1. What is the five-digit number, no zeroes, in which the second digit is three times the first, the third is one more than the second, the fourth is four times the first, and the last is one-half more than the second?



2. A 3 digit number is such that its unit digit is equal to the product of the other two digits which are prime. Also, the difference between its reverse and itself is 396. What is the sum of the three digits?

Solution

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