Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Aug 17, 2014)

Spazy Croonerisms 3



A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have their initial sounds switched to form new words. The pairs need only sound the same, not necessarily be spelled the same (power saw & sour paw, horse cart & coarse heart). There may sometimes be one or two connecting words (kick the stone & stick the cone, king of the rats & ring of the cats). Given the following definitions, what are the spoonerisms?



1) punched when starting work & discussion about scaling a mountain

2) a container of fibs & a shortage of baked goods

3) hasty vacation & prank gibe

4) a mongoose & artificial precipitation





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Brain Teaser 8/15/2014

1. John wonders, "If Raymond's son is my son's father, how am I related to Raymond?"



2. Sarah went to get her drivers license. When asked her age, she replied: "My age today is three times what it will be three years from now minus three times what my age was three years ago." How old is Sarah?



3. Hi! Ma and Pa told me I’d better say that all the two-letter words in this paragraph have something in common… or else! What’s the common factor here?

Solution

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Brain Teaser 8/15/2014

I am loud or quiet.

I am sudden or expected.

I am a strong medication.

I am a relief in certain situations.

I am caused by embarrassment and/or happiness.

I am found in many good friendships.

I am .......

Solution

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Brain Teaser 8/14/2014

1. There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, and the only food she had for her ten children was six potatoes. How did she make sure that each child had an equal share?



2. I come during winter,

But leave during summer.

You'll see me at night,

And maybe during day,

But one time you'll never see me,

Is without heat in my bay.

Solution

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Brain Teaser 8/13/2014

It's About Age...



1. In 1990, a person is 15 years old. In 1995 that same person is 10 years old. How is this possible?



2. A man was born in 1955. He's alive and well today at age 33. How is this possible?

Solution

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Brain Teaser 8/12/2014

Matthew walks up and down a hill which is three kilometers each way. His dog, being slower, walks at half the speed. When Matthew reaches the top of the hill he turns around and walks down to meet his dog part way. Matthew continues walking to the bottom of the hill maintaining his speed. The dog follows him, also maintaining his speed. How far does the dog walk?

Solution

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Brain Teaser 8/11/2014

Although I exist alone, I am often intertwined with others as

the threads of a spider web. When worn there's an expression

that signifies you shall not leave me. A man with a name meaning

knowledgeable one once said that I am part of a set of four and

that I have less than ten folds.

Solution

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Today in History for 16th August 2014

Historical Events

1861 - Skirmishes at Fredericktown/Kirkville, Missouri

1894 - Indian chiefs from the Sioux and Onondaga tribes met to urge their people to renounce Christianity and return to their old Indian faith

1934 - US ends occupation of Haiti (been there since 1915)

1956 - Indians' Rocky Colavito hits his 1st grand slam, Cleveland 5, Tigers 4

1969 - Second day of the Woodstock rock festival in NY

1981 - Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Mary Kay Golf Classic

More Historical Events »

Famous Birthdays

1922 - Louis E Lomax, author

1934 - Diana Wynne Jones, UK, sci-fi author (Drowned Ammet, Witch Week)

1957 - Laura Innes, Pontiac, Michigan, American actress and director (ER, The Event)

1970 - Dena Head, WNBA guard (Utah Starzz)

1976 - Dave Ockun, American concert producer

1978 - Fu Mingxia, Chinese female diver

More Famous Birthdays »

Famous Deaths

1508 - Henry van Stolberg and Wernigerode, Ger viceroy of Friesland, dies at 41

1831 - Eduard Brendler, composer, dies at 30

1938 - Andrej Hlinka, Slovak politician and priest (b. 1864)

1973 - Selman A Waksman, Russian/US microbiology (Nobel 1952), dies at 85

1984 - Gyorgy Kosa, composer, dies at 87

1997 - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani musician (b. 1948)

More Famous Deaths »

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A golden retriever has been caught on camera trying…

A golden retriever has been caught on camera trying to save fish stranded on land. The cameraman was criticized for not taking a similar action.

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You Are Standing

Photo courtesy of Ann-Sophie Schleicher.

Found in Qingdao, China.

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In 1976, a Soviet pilot defected to Japan in his advanced MiG-25 fighter…

Viktor also gave critical information about the next generation of Soviet interceptor, the MiG-31, who’s “look-down, shoot-down” radar had the capability to shoot down low-flying American bombers. This caused the cancellation of the U.S. B-1 bomber program (which relied upon high speed, low altitude flight to penetrate Soviet airspace), and triggered the shift in U.S. nuclear strategy from manned bombers to intercontinental ballistic missiles.

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In the early 1920s, the Anti-Flirt Club was organized to protect young women…

In the early 1920s, the Anti-Flirt Club was organized to protect young women and girls who received unwelcome attention from men in automobiles and on street corners.

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Mind-blowing sex can give you transient global amnesia…

Mind-blowing sex can give you transient global amnesia, a condition that causes you to lose all of your memories for a couple of hours.

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It used to be illegal for men to be shirtless on U.S. beaches as it was felt that…

It used to be illegal for men to be shirtless on U.S. beaches as it was felt that the sight of a man’s bare chest in public was immoral, & women and children had to be protected from that sight.

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Before the advent of elevators, the wealthiest people would live…

Before the advent of elevators, the wealthiest people would live on the lowest floors. The higher the floor, the poorer the tenants.

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It’s illegal to pee in an elevator in Singapore, and that some elevators have…

It’s illegal to pee in an elevator in Singapore, and that some elevators have a Urine Detection Device which detects urine odors, sets off an alarm, and close the elevator doors until the police arrive.

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The Jack Daniels distillery in Lynchburg, Tennessee, can’t sell…

The Jack Daniels distillery in Lynchburg, Tennessee, can’t sell any liquor because it is in a dry county. Instead, they sell commemorative Jack Daniels bottles that happen to have whiskey in them.

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Walking Corpse Syndrome is a mental disorder in which patients experience…

Walking Corpse Syndrome is a mental disorder in which patients experience delusions that they are dead, do not exist, are putrefying or have lost their vital organs.

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An Indian rationalist was accused of blasphemy and had to flee the country…

An Indian rationalist was accused of blasphemy and had to flee the country after he proved that the “miracle” tears coming from a Jesus statue actually came from clogged drainage pipes. The guy who offered him safety if he came back, was murdered.

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Police in Chinese city of Shenzhen have come up with a novel…

Police in Chinese city of Shenzhen have come up with a novel “eye for an eye” method of punishing drivers who misuse their headlights and dazzle other road-users. Anyone doing so will be made to stare at the police’s own full-beam headlights for five minutes.

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