Friday, 22 August 2014

Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Aug 23, 2014)

Fun with Division



What is half of 8,

yet isn't 2 x 2,

0 also isn't

what I'm looking for from you.





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Brain Teaser 8/22/2014

1. The price of an article was cut 20% for a sale. By what percent must the item be increased to again sell the article at the original price?

15% - 20% - 25% - 30% - 40%



2. See if you can complete words by putting three letters on each side of the following twelve combinations.

a. ural, b. ocia, c. upul, d. cina, e. caut, f. hest, g. ment, h. idel, i. redi, j. dpec, k. olut, l. epho

Solution

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Brain Teaser 8/21/2014

Jack and Joe were on vacation and driving along a deserted country road from the town of Kaysville to the town of Lynnsville. They came to a multiple fork in the road. The sign post had been knocked down and they were faced with choosing one of five different directions. Since they had left their map at the last gas station and there was no one around to ask, how could Jack and Joe find their way to Lynnsville?

Solution





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Brain Teaser 8/20/2014

1. George, Helen, and Steve are drinking coffee.

Bert, Karen, and Dave are drinking soda.

Using logic, is Elizabeth drinking coffee or soda?



2. A piece of firewood is standing on end. Which is more likely to knock the piece of wood over - a lead bullet fired from a gun or a rubber bullet of the same mass traveling at the same speed (and hitting the same spot)? Assume that the rubber bullet does not disintegrate on impact.

Solution





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There have been more deaths in Chicago from gang violence…

There have been more deaths in Chicago from gang violence than troops killed in Afganistan since 2001.






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The welfare state was originally a right-wing invention by arch-conservative…

The welfare state was originally a right-wing invention by arch-conservative Otto von Bismarck. Bismarck hated socialism, but he wasn’t an ideologue. He figured out that if you don’t provide a minimum safety net to workers, they will be persuaded by the socialists.






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Arctic explorer Peter Freuchen formed a chisel out of his own frozen…

Peter-Freuchen Arctic explorer Peter Freuchen formed a chisel out of his own frozen feces to free himself from an avalanche. He then amputated his own frozen toes with a hammer… without anesthesia.






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A loyal dog once stopped his owner from committing suicide…

dog A loyal dog once stopped his owner from committing suicide by knocking the gun out of the owner’s hand.






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Michigan has a second-tier DUI law, known as the…

DUI-law Michigan has a second-tier DUI law, known as the ‘Super Drunk Law’, for BACs over 0.17.






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In 2008 a man struck a deal with prosecutors agreeing to plead guilty…

Tremayne_A._Durham.jpg In 2008 a man struck a deal with prosecutors agreeing to plead guilty to murder in exchange for a bucket of KFC & some Popeyes chicken.






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Between 2004-2006, more than 500 Indian workers were lured into working…

Between 2004-2006, more than 500 Indian workers were lured into working for shipyards in America with the promise of American citizenship. The company sent them into a labor camp, held their passports, extorted them with lies about various fees, and threatened them with legal and physical harm.






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A child growing up in the U.S. is more likely…

A child growing up in the U.S. is more likely to have a pet than a live-at-home father.






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Mastering just 3,000 words in English will make you able to understand…

Mastering just 3,000 words in English will make you able to understand around 95% of common texts.






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“Wet houses”–permanent supportive housing where formerly homeless…

“Wet houses”–permanent supportive housing where formerly homeless, chronic alcoholics are allowed to drink and live–saved Seattle over $4 million in the first year and continually saves lives.






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Today in History for 22nd August 2014

Historical Events


1917 - Pittsburgh Pirates play 4th straight extra inning game, Carson Bigbee sets record of 11 at-bats, they lose in 22 innings to Dodgers

1934 - Australia beat England by 562 runs to regain Cricket Ashes

1950 - Althea Gibson becomes 1st black competetor in a US national tennis competition

1959 - Cin Red Frank Robinson hits 3 consecutive HRs

1962 - Failed assassination on French president Charles de Gaulle

1988 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site


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Famous Birthdays


1681 - Pierre Danican Philidor, composer

1779 - James Kirke Paulding, American author (d. 1860)

1873 - Karl Nef, Swiss musicologist

1880 - George Herriman, American cartoonist (d. 1944)

1925 - Honor Blackman, Plaistow, London, English actress (Goldfinger, The Avengers)

1940 - David Vance, horse trainer


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Famous Deaths


408 - Flavius Stilicho, West Roman field leader (395-408), dies at 48

1155 - Konoe, Emperor of Japan (b. 1139)

1607 - Bartholomew Gosnold, English explorer and privateer (b. 1572)

1984 - Charles Whittenberg, composer, dies at 57

2003 - Generosa Ammon, American widow of Ted Ammon (b. 1956)

2010 - Stjepan Bobek, Yugoslav football player (b. 1923)


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