Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Aug 30, 2014)

Who is This? #5



In this teaser, I have given you 4 words. Beside each word is a series of letter groupings. Your task is to find the answer to the word on the left by choosing one letter from each of the letter groups to the right of each clue.



Example:



Statuette: fro evi gse rpu lor nai ngd rep



Answer:



Fgo evI Gse rpU loR naI Ngd rEp = FIGURINE



Sight: vjj asi tys aai vob mnp

Spectacles: ple byn emn agw dls tar shj bsn cem sff

Artistic: aer sde gts htn mnh gej iot aiu abc

Cheat: dsf tyw aei ern oud lkk ies





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Today in History for 29th August 2014

Historical Events

1895 - The formation of the Northern Rugby Union at the George Hotel, Huddersfield, England.

1914 - 4th day of Battle of Tannenberg: Russian Narev-army panics, Gen Martos caught

1957 - Strom Thurmond (Sen-D-SC) ends 24 hr filibuster against civil rights

1958 - US Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colo

1962 - US U-2 flight sees SAM launch pads in Cuba

1988 - USSR launches 3 cosmonauts (Valery Polyakav, 1 Afghan) to station Mir

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Famous Birthdays

1844 - Edward Carpenter, English poet (d. 1929)

1924 - Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican songwriter (d. 2005)

1928 - Thomas Stewart, San Saba Texas, baritone (La Roche Capriccio)

1949 - Peter John Wiegold, composer

1950 - Dave Reichert, American politician and sheriff

1956 - Edddie Murray, NFL kicker (Washington Redskins, Minnesota Vikings)

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Famous Deaths

1758 - Stepan F graaf Apraksin, Russian general-fieldmarshal, dies at 56

1987 - Archie Campbell, American country music comedian (b. 1914)

1989 - Peter Scott, English explorer, naturalist, and painter (b. 1909)

2000 - Willie Maddren, English footballer (b. 1951)

2001 - Graeme "Shirley" Strachan, Australian singer (Skyhooks), TV and radio star (b. 1952)

2007 - Pierre Messmer, French politician and Prime Minister (b. 1916)

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