Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Jan 30, 2015)

Back in Forth 4



Based on the clue in parentheses, find a four-letter word that can be inserted backwards into the blank to complete a longer word.



Example: di____ve (a defeat)

Answer: dissolve ("A defeat" gives you LOSS, which is placed backwards in the blank: di_SSOL_ve.)



1. mu____ds (rodents)

2. fro____g (young lice)

3. con____s (flightless birds)

4. ta____le (flying mammals)





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The ‘G’ on the Green Bay Packer’s helmets stands…

The ‘G’ on the Green Bay Packer’s helmets stands for “greatness,” not Green Bay.

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Programmers missed one bug in the Boeing 777 autopilot…

Programmers missed one bug in the Boeing 777 autopilot. Passengers on Flight 124 survived the roller coaster ride.

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Dogs have ‘Eureka moments’ and enjoy the experience of solving…

Dogs have ‘Eureka moments‘ and enjoy the experience of solving a problem in order to obtain a reward.

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There is a species of pig called “Mangalitsa” which has…

There is a species of pig called “Mangalitsa” which has wool on it which resembles that of a sheep.

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Ursula and Sabina Eriksson, two Swedish twin sisters, had a “shared psychosis” and…

Ursula and Sabina Eriksson, two Swedish twin sisters, had a “shared psychosis” and ran into oncoming traffic on a highway while on holiday in the UK.

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Brain Teaser 1/29/2015

All In The Family



1. In the Smith family, each daughter has the same number of brothers as she has sisters. Each son has twice as many sisters as he has brothers. How many sons and daughters are in the family?



2. A pregnant woman is preparing to name her seventh child. Her children's names so far are Dominique, Regis, Michelle, Fawn, Sophie and Lara. What will she name her next child -- Jessica, Katie, Abby or Tilly?



3. A girl has as many sisters as she has brothers. But each brothers has twice as many sisters as brothers. How many brothers and sisters in the family?

Solution

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Today in History for 29th January 2015

Historical Events

1523 - Sermon of Constanz: Zwingli defends 67 Schlussreden

1927 - 4th German government of Marx forms

1929 - Seeing Eye Guide Dog organization forms in USA

1966 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Allen

1993 - Test debut of Vinod Kambli, prolific Indian batsman

1995 - Greg Blewett scores century on Test debut vs England, Adelaide

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Famous Birthdays

1950 - Ann Jillian, Cambridge Massachusetts, actress (Mr Mom, Jennifer Slept Here)

1968 - Susi Erdmann, German bobsledder and luger

1968 - Edward Burns, Queens, New York, American actor, director, writer (Brothers McMullen, Saving Private Ryan)

1979 - Sui Feifei, Chinese basketball player

1986 - Drew Tyler Bell, American actor

1987 - Spencer Clark, American race car driver (d. 2006)

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Famous Deaths

1962 - Fritz Kreisler, Austria/US violinist/composer, dies at 86

1966 - Josef Winckler, German dentist/writer (Tolle Bomberg), dies at 84

1973 - Johannes Paul Thilman, composer, dies at 67

1976 - Michael Gwynn, actor (Dunkirk, Barabbas, Cleopatra), dies at 59

1992 - Willie Dixon, blues composer (I'm a Man, Backdoor Man), dies at 76

1994 - Jevgeni P Leonov, Russian actor (Gori, Moja Zvezda), dies at 67

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