Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Oct 27, 2014)

People Boat



When I was walking across a bridge, I saw a boat crowded with people. But there wasn't a single person on the boat. How could this be?





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Brain Teaser 10/26/2014

Swap one word from Group A with one word in Group B such that the two groups have a similar, though different, property. Which two words must be swapped and what is the property?



A: hallow, car, eight, cart

B: cant, harp, mar, ball

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Miss Navajo Nation is not a typical “beauty pageant

Miss Navajo Nation is not a typical beauty pageant. It’s not about beauty, it’s about finding who best embodies the traditions of the Navajo. The women are expected to know about their heritage and culture and be able to answer questions in both English and Navajo and show proficiency in various skills considered essential in tribal life, including butchering the sheep.

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Legendary author Ray Bradbury was a descendant…

Legendary author Ray Bradbury was a descendant of Mary Bradbury, who was tried in the Salem Witch Trials of 1692.

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Residents of the city of Glasgow in Scotland…

Residents of the city of Glasgow in Scotland have a disproportionately low life expectancy and no one’s sure why.

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When Anne Frank’s family was arrested, her father showed…

When Anne Frank’s family was arrested, her father showed the officer her height markers on the wall to prove how long they had been hiding, and after the diary was published, the officer said, “I bought the little book last week, to see if I was mentioned there, but I was not.”

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The prune industry asked the FDA to relabel…

The prune industry asked the FDA to relabel prunes as “dried plums” because “prunes” weren’t selling. It worked.

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Today in History for 26th October 2014

Historical Events

1830 - Belgian rebels occupy Antwerp

1905 - Union of Sweden and Norway ends

1921 - Solomon Porter Hood named minister to Liberia

1923 - Dutch 2nd Chamber rejects Fleet laws (50-49 vote)

1951 - Rocky Marciano defeats Joe Louis at Madison Square Garden

1992 - The Charlottetown Accord fails to win majority support in a Canada wide referendum.

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Famous Birthdays

1719 - Joaquin de Oxinaga, composer

1900 - Ibrahim Abbud, general/premier Sudan (1958-64)

1944 - Mike Piano, rocker (Sandpipers)

1946 - Pat Sajak, Chicago, TV host (Wheel of Fortune, Pat Sajak Show)

1950 - Chuck Foreman, NFL running back (Minnesota Vikings)

1984 - Sasha Cohen, American figure skater

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Famous Deaths

1608 - Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies

1749 - Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, French composer/organist, dies at 72

1956 - Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer, dies at 60

1993 - H Hardenberg, writer, dies

2007 - Dr. Arthur Kornberg, American Nobel Prize laureate in 1959 for the discovery of DNA polymerase (b. 1918)

2009 - George Na'ope, American musician (b. 1928)

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