Thursday 4 September 2014

Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Sep 05, 2014)

Yard By Yard



Blade to blade I always win,

My foe laid low and even.

Yard by yard through thick and thin,

I'm busiest in season.





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This Father Won't Be Walking His Daughter Down The Aisle - Here's Why

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IKEA Hilariously Spoofs Apple Products In New Advert For Its Revolutionary 'BookBook'

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This Sports Fan Does NOT Like Beach Balls

Two words: Kill. Joy.



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Eww! Is This The Most Gruesome Ice Bucket Challenge Yet?

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Brain Teaser 9/4/2014

A telephone conversation:

"Hello. Is this XYZ8765?"

"Yes. Who's that?"

"What? You don't recognize my voice? Why, my mother is your mother's mother-in-law."

What is the relationship of the speakers?

Solution

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This Is Still The Best Thing Ever Made About Newport

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Want To Know How It Feels To Bound Towards The Sea Like A Dog? Watch This!

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In 2012, the White House responded to a petition to have a Death Star…

In 2012, the White House responded to a petition to have a Death Star built by stating that “the Administration does not support blowing up planets” and that it would not fund a weapon “with a fundamental flaw that can be exploited by a one-man starship”.






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In the 1970s Intervision Song Contest, the Communist equivalent to Eurovision…

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In 2009, during a bar fight in Dublin, a man had his hand cut off with a samurai sword…

In 2009, during a bar fight in Dublin, a man had his hand cut off with a samurai sword. He proceeded to punch his attacker in the face with the stump.






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In Oslo Norway, there is a free medical clinic for undocumented immigrants…

In Oslo Norway, there is a free medical clinic for undocumented immigrants. They will even provide patients with a translator at no charge.






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The Austin, TX clock tower shooter left a suicide note saying…

The Austin, TX clock tower shooter left a suicide note saying he felt that there was something wrong with his brain as he knew what he was doing was wrong and couldn’t stop it. An autopsy revealed a brain tumor pressing on the amygdala.






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Today in History for 4th September 2014

Historical Events


1882 - 1st large-scale test of Thomas Edison's light bulb - lighting of NY's Pearl Street Station

1933 - 1st airplane to exceed 300 mph (483 kph), JR Wendell, Glenview, Il

1945 - Ruben Fine wins 4 simultaneous rapid chess games blindfolded

1966 - Jim Hogan wins Europe marathon (2:20:04.6)

1984 - Nigerian singer Fela Kuti sentenced to 2 years

1991 - "Most Happy Fella" opens at NY State Theater NYC


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Famous Birthdays


1824 - Anton Bruckner, Ansfelden, Austria, Wagner disciple and "monumental bore"/composer

1892 - Darius Milhaud, Aix-en-Provence France, composer (Maximilien)

1914 - Rudolf Leiding, German auto executive, third postwar chairman of Volkswagen (d. 2003)

1961 - Rizwan-uz-Zaman, Pakistani cricketer

1962 - Kiran More, Indian cricketer

1966 - Debra Lewin, South Burlington Vermont, Miss Vermont-America (1991)


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Famous Deaths


1784 - Cesar F Cassini "the Thury", French astronomer (geodesic labor), dies

1916 - José Echegaray y Eizaguirre, Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)

1964 - W Bergengruen, writer, dies at 71

1980 - Wolfgang Gentner, German nuclear physicist, dies at 74

1985 - Isabel Jeans, actress (Suspicion, Easy Virtue, Tovarich), dies at 93

1989 - Georges Simenon, Belgian/French writer/director (Maigret), dies at 86


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