Wednesday 25 March 2015

Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Mar 26, 2015)

Add it Up 5



Beginning with the word "in," add one letter from the given pool to create a new word until you get a seven-letter word meaning "being in a state of suppressed agitation, worry, or resentment."



Pool: T G E S W



1) IN

2)

3)

4)

5)

6)



The hint gives definitions for each additional word.





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An American gymnast with a wooden leg won six medals, including three…

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In 2013, for the first time, a former prosecutor (and judge) was sentenced to prison…

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An anti-Nazi organization called Exit distributed free t-shirts at…

An anti-Nazi organization called Exit distributed free t-shirts at a neo-Nazi rock concert in Germany. These shirts appeared to be neo-Nazi-themed, but after they were washed, an anti-Nazi message was revealed.






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Korean War soldier Eduardo C Gomez took out an enemy tank by crawling across an open…

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Brain Teaser 3/25/2015

WORDS:



1. What is the longest word in the dictionary?



2. What 7 letter word becomes longer when the third letter is removed?



3. What common English word will describe a person or thing as not being found in any place and yet with no changes other than a space between syllables, will correctly describe that person or thing as being actually present at this very moment?



4. I know a word of letters three, add two and fewer there will be?

Solution

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Today in History for 25th March 2015

Historical Events


1409 - Council of Pisa opens

1863 - 1st Army Medal of Honor awarded

1888 - Socialist leader Domela Nieuwenhuis elected to Dutch 2nd chamber

1960 - Ford Frick voids Indians-Red Sox deal as Sam White retires

1961 - 3rd place game is one of the wildest contests in NCAA Tournament history as St Joseph's defeats Utah 127-120 in 4 overtimes

1971 - European council accepts Mansholt plan laying off 5 million farmers


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Famous Birthdays


1770 - Carl Friedrich Ebers, composer

1865 - Pierre Weiss, Mulhouse, France, French physicist (theory of ferromagnetism)

1886 - Athenagoras, Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 1972)

1942 - Jacqueline Lichtenberg, US, sci-fi author (Star Trek Lives!, Dreamspy)

1965 - Sean "Hollywood" Hamilton, DJ (Hangin' With Hollywood, Z-100)

1973 - Anthony Barness, English footballer


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Famous Deaths


1766 - Johannes Ritschel, composer, dies at 26

1852 - Alexis Garaude, composer, dies at 73

1860 - James Braid, Scottish surgeon (b. 1795)

1973 - Edward Steichen, pioneer of US photography, dies at 93

1979 - Anton Heiller, composer, dies at 55

1980 - Milton H. Erickson, American psychiatrist (b. 1901)


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