Wednesday, 21 January 2015

Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Jan 22, 2015)

Guess Who



Change one letter in each word to form the name of a famous person. (Bet Stifler = Ben Stiller)



1. Delta Geese

2. Halve Ferry

3. Since Girl

4. Mew Roan

5. Tint Burner

6. Row Lose

7. Tone Dale

8. Amp Giant

9. Earth Brooms

10. Bray Pita





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When Martin Luther King Jr.’s Nobel Peace Prize celebration dinner was not well…

When Martin Luther King Jr.’s Nobel Peace Prize celebration dinner was not well supported the then CEO of Coca-Cola threatened to pull the company out of Atlanta out of embarrassment.






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Wasabi was originally eaten with sushi to kill bacteria and parasites…

Wasabi was originally eaten with sushi to kill bacteria and parasites in the fish. Now with better sanitary conditions it’s not needed and eaten just out of habit.






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Early NYC dive bars had no glasses, only barrels of booze connected to rubber…

Early NYC dive bars had no glasses, only barrels of booze connected to rubber tubes. For three cents you were allowed to drink till you ran out of breath.






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Jim Morrison , on LSD, was listening for the first time to…

Jim Morrison, on LSD, was listening for the first time to “Joy to the World” – better known as “Jeremiah was a Bullfrog” – when he saw a monkey run into the room, start dancing, and juggling Christmas ornaments. It was not an hallucination.






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Brain Teaser 1/21/2015

WHAT KIND?



1. What kind of water never freezes?



2. What kind of rocks are on the bottom of the Mississippi River?



3. What kind of coat can be put on only when wet?



4. If a rooster laid a brown egg and a white egg, what kind of chicks would hatch?

Solution

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Ultimate IQ Tests: 1000 Practice Test Questions to Boost Your Brain Power





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Today in History for 21st January 2015

Historical Events


1927 - 1st national opera broadcast from a US opera house (Faust, Chicago)

1935 - 12.0" (30.5 cm) of rain falls, Quinault RS, Wash (state record)

1945 - British troops land on Ramree, near coast of Burma

1985 - -19°F (-28°C), Caesar's Head, South Carolina (state record)

1996 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Rudy Galindo

2013 - 41 people are injured after two trains collide in Vienna, Austria


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Famous Birthdays


1824 - Thomas Jackson ["Stonewall"], Clarksburg, Virginia, Lt Gen 2nd Corps (ANV, Confed), (d. 1863)

1915 - Alan Hewitt, actor (Det Brennan-My Favorite Martian), born in NYC, New York

1946 - Vincent Placoly, Martinique, writer (L'eau-de-mort guildive)

1974 - Jerry Wunsch, tackle (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

1975 - Yuji Ide, Japanese racing driver

1980 - Aubrie Rippner, tennis star (1995 USTA National Girls 18), born in Los Angeles, California


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Famous Deaths


1527 - Juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (c. 1489)

1903 - Hermanus J A M Schaepman, Dutch clergyman/politician, dies at 58

1933 - George A. Moore, Irish novelist (b. 1852)

1956 - Sam Langford, Canadian boxer (b. 1883)

1985 - Barbara Cowsill, rocker (Cowsills), dies of emphysema

1995 - Philippe Casado, Moroccan/French cyclist, dies at 30


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