Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Sep 01, 2014)

Three of a Kind 2



Figure out what the trio in each set have in common. As long as each answer is a six-letter plural word, ending in -s.



Example: Railroad, wild animal, music CD: TRACKS





1) Hunting dog

Compass

Scoreboard



2) Dungeon

Jewelry store

Sequence



3) Fish

Sheet music

Dieters



4) Municipal parking lot

Electric utility

Rhythm in verse





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Brain Teaser 8/31/2014

1. It takes twelve one-cent stamps to make a dozen. How many four-cent stamps does it take to make a dozen?



2. There was a man climbing a ladder to somebody's house, to the nearest window. He broke into the house and took what was most precious to the family. He climbed down, and the police were there waiting for him. He returned what he took, and the police let him walk away. Why?

Solution

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Move over, ice bucket challenge: Guys are grabbing…

Move over, ice bucket challenge: Guys are grabbing their nuts to raise awareness for testicular cancer.

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Today in History for 31st August 2014

Historical Events

1907 - Britain, Russia and France form Triple Entente

1943 - Japanse occupiers intern Jewish Congregation of Sorabajo

1974 - Pirate Radio Veronica moves into Scheveningen harbor

1989 - Aeromexico DC-9 collides over LA, 82 die (15 on the ground)

1992 - Dynamite explosion in Philipines mine; 500 die

1993 - Minnesota Twins beat Cleve Indians 5-4 in 22 innings

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Famous Birthdays

1888 - Ramon de Basterra, Spanish writer/diplomat (La Obra de Trajano)

1907 - Augustus F. Hawkins, American politician and civil rights lawmaker (d. 2007)

1926 - Georgiy Petrovich Katys, Russia, cosmonaut (Voskhod 1 backup)

1973 - Scott Niedermayer, Edmonton, NHL defenseman (NJ Devils)

1974 - Andrei Medvedev, Kiev Ukraine, tennis star (1991 French Open junior)

1979 - Simon Neil, Scottish musician (Biffy Clyro)

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Famous Deaths

1056 - Theodora, Byzantine Empress (b. 981)

1795 - Francois-Andre Danican Philidor, composer, dies at 68

1966 - Kasimir Edschmid, [Karl E Schmidt], German writer, dies at 75

1974 - William Pershing Benedict, American pilot

2005 - Joseph Rotblat, Polish-British physicist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1908)

2008 - Ike Pappas, American news correspondent (b. 1933)

More Famous Deaths »

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Pope Pius XII, who is often criticized for not speaking forcefully…

Pope Pius XII, who is often criticized for not speaking forcefully against Hitler, supervised a rescue network which saved 860,000 Jewish lives – more than all the international agencies combined.

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In 1983, a man confessed to his wife’s murder after part of a female…

In 1983, a man confessed to his wife’s murder after part of a female skull was discovered in a peat bog near their home in England. He was convicted based on this confession. The skull turned out to be from someone who actually died about 1750 years earlier.

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An individual horse has a peak power…

An individual horse has a peak power output of 14.9 horsepower. A healthy human can produce about 1.2 hp briefly … and sustain about 0.1 hp indefinitely; trained athletes can manage up to about 2.5 hp briefly and 0.3 hp for a period of several hours.

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