Sunday 3 August 2014

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

Guerin Remembers



In Flanders fields, where once was blood,

From battles for so few yards of mud,

I woke from such slumber deep,

And mocked the blood the havoc wreaked.



But now I show our future hope,

And enable veterans to cope,

By provoking memories of blood,

Before new battlefields can flood.



What am I?





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Today in History for 3rd August 2014

Historical Events


1855 - Rotterdam-Gouda railway opens

1913 - Wheatland Hop Riot

1955 - Roger Moens runs world record 800 m (1:45.7)

1969 - Reds beats Phillies 19-17

1981 - 13,000 Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO) begin their strike

1984 - 365.7 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange


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Famous Birthdays


1900 - Ernie Pyle, England, correspondent during WW II

1924 - Leon Uris, Baltimore, novelist (Exodus, QB VII, Battle Cry)

1940 - Joseph Dorfman, composer

1970 - Stephen Carpenter, American musician (Deftones)

1973 - Kurt Grote, US, 100m/200m breaststroke (Olympics-6th-96)

1977 - Tómas Lemarquis, Icelandic actor


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Famous Deaths


1546 - Étienne Dolet, French scholar and printer (b. 1509)

1857 - Eugène Sue, French novelist (b. 1804)

1975 - Ruth Lee, actress (Middleton Family at 1939 World's Fair), dies at 79

1994 - Christy Henrich, US turnster, dies of anorexia nervosa at 22

1995 - Marcus Chenault, killer of Martin Luther King Jr's mother, dies at 54

2002 - Carmen Silvera, British actress (b. 1922)


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Brain Teaser 8/2/2014

LETTERS w/Logic?



1. 100 Z in a G

2. 100 T in a G of S

3. 6= S of a H

4. 1 = P of P P that P P P

5. 1 F T M 2 F T S

Solution

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At Texas Tech University, a prominent statue of Will Rogers on his horse…

Soapsuds-cropped At Texas Tech University, a prominent statue of Will Rogers on his horse, Soapsuds, sits at the main entrance to the school. The rear end of the horse is pointed at College Station, TX, home of rival school Texas A&M.






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In 1888 a pigeon-fancier and a beekeeper challenged each others…

In 1888 a pigeon-fancier and a beekeeper challenged each others creatures to a 3.5 mile organized race in Germany. The bee won by 25 seconds.






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In Iceland, belief in elves is still prevalent enough…

In Iceland, belief in elves is still prevalent enough to hinder building projects. In Dec of 2013, Elf Advocates urged the Icelandic Road and Coastal Commission to abandon a highway project for fear of disturbing an elf habitat that includes an elf church.






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In the Netherlands heroin addicts are given free heroin at clinics…

In the Netherlands heroin addicts are given free heroin at clinics three times a day. Some addicts complain that the government makes being an addict too easy for an individual, but overall heroin addiction has decreased.






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Russian voters used to have a box on their ballots…

Russian voters used to have a box on their ballots to vote for “against all”.






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Steven Spielberg declined to direct the Harry Potter movies…

Steven Spielberg declined to direct the Harry Potter movies and said “It’s just like withdrawing a billion dollars and putting it into your personal bank accounts. There’s no challenge.”






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The Navy e-Reader Device, for use aboard US Navy Submarines…

nerd-cropped The Navy e-Reader Device, for use aboard US Navy Submarines, is pre-loaded with Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings books.






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You burn 650 calories…

You burn 650 calories donating one pint of blood.






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America has 19 aircraft carriers. Compared to the rest….

USNAVY America has 19 aircraft carriers. Compared to the rest of the worlds combined 12.






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The Fibonacci Sequence was described by an Indian mathematician…

The Fibonacci Sequence was described by an Indian mathematician ~1200 years before Fibonacci wrote of it.






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