Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Feb 18, 2015)

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Insert the words in COLUMN II into the spaces in COLUMN I to form words. Do not rearrange the letters.



COLUMN I............. COLUMN II



IN_ _ _ _O.............ACHE

CON_ _ _ _ NT........AUNT

H_ _ _ _ING...........BAND

EX_ _ _ _ENT..........BITE

OR_ _ _ _R............CELL

TA_ _ _ _RY...........CENT

DIS_ _ _ _T............CHAR

FOR_ _ _ _ TE.........COLA

AL_ _ _ _ R.............DIME

EM_ _ _ _ Y.............DOME

PER_ _ _ _ TE..........EACH

A_ _ _ _ ON.............FERN

DIS_ _ _ _ GE..........JOIN

O_ _ _ _ TER...........LOVE

IN_ _ _ _ IVE...........PATH

IM_ _ _ _OR............PEST

B_ _ _ _LOR............POST

T_ _ _ _ER..............TUNA





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Brain Teaser 2/17/2015

1. Four cars come to a four way stop, all coming from a different direction. They can't decide who got there first, so they all go forward at the same time. They do not crash into each other, but all four cars go. How is this possible?



2. A family gathering consists of father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, cousin, nephew, niece, uncle and aunt. But there are only two men and two women present. They have a common ancestor, and there has been no consanguine marriage. Explain how this is possible.

Solution

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Today in History for 17th February 2015

Historical Events

1926 - Avalanche buries 75 in Sap Gulch Bingham Utah, 40 die

1933 - US Senate accept Blaine Act: ending prohibition

1954 - WAST (now WNYT) TV channel 13 in Albany-Troy, NY (NBC) 1st broadcast

1962 - Beach Boys introduced a new musical style with their hit "Surfin"

1989 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1995 - Tiger Manager Sparky Anderson takes unpaid leave due to baseball strike

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Famous Birthdays

1824 - William Farrar "Baldy" Smith, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), (d. 1903)

1906 - Galo Plaza Lasso, pres of Ecuador (1948-52), head of OAS (1968-75)

1914 - Arthur Kennedy, Worcester Mass, actor (Fantastic Voyage, Peyton Place)

1935 - Christina Pickles, UK-born American actress

1946 - Andre Dussollier, Annecy France, actor (3 Men and a Cradle)

1966 - Ioannis Kalitzakis, Greek footballer

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Famous Deaths

956 - Hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55

1827 - Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss educator, dies at 81

1977 - Janani Luwum, Ugandan Archbishop (b. 1922)

1986 - Paul Stewart, actor (Opening Night, In Cold Blood, Window), dies

1990 - Hap Day, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (b. 1901)

1990 - Marc Clement, actor (Career Opportunities, Sluggers Wife), dies

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