Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Aug 10, 2014)

Wanna Story



It was Louis Ixolite's bedtime and as usual he wanted a bedtime story.

He was a bright young man and had managed to communicate in Rebuses before he could speak.

Daddy asked Louis which story he would like to hear and Louis scribbled down the following Rebus in crayon.



Soybeans "blah blah blah"

Jack "blah blah blah"

Kidneybeans "blah blah blah"



What story did Louis want to hear?





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Today in History for 9th August 2014

Historical Events

1253 - Clare of Assisi's rules confirmed by Pope Innocent IV for Clare's Order of Poor Ladies

1830 - Louis-Philippe formally accepts crown of France, following abdication of Charles X

1930 - 113°F (45°C) at Perryville, Tennessee (state record)

1970 - Peruvian Airlines jet carrying 45 US exchange students explodes

1987 - Mary Beth wins LPGA Henredon Golf Classic

1992 - Last day of Test Cricket for David Gower

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Famous Birthdays

1718 - Placidus Cajetan von Camerloher, composer

1808 - William Thomas Ward, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)

1939 - Brito, Brazilian footballer

1952 - Prateep Ungsongtham Hata, Thai politician

1965 - Ezra Polley, Georgetown Kentucky, pitcher (NY Yankees)

1974 - Kirill Reznik, American politician

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Famous Deaths

1816 - Johann August Apel, German jurist and writer (b. 1771)

1919 - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (Pagliacci), dies at 62

1929 - Heinrich Zille, German cartoonist (Simplicissimus), dies at 71

1958 - Felipe Boero, composer, dies at 74

1967 - Anton Walbrook, actor (Laura, I Accuse), dies of heart attack at 66

1977 - Edward Chapman, actor (Promoter, Rembrandt), dies at 75

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Brain Teaser 8/9/2014

1. What is the next term in this series?

100 121 144 202 244 400 ...?



2. A 30 year old man married a 25 year old woman. She died at age 50 and her husband was so devastated that he cried for years. Ten years after he stopped crying, he died. If he had lived to be 80, how many years was he a widower?

Solution

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