Friday 27 March 2015

Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Mar 28, 2015)

Ling O'Fruit



Each of the following clues describes two words. One of the words is a type of fruit. The other word is that fruit with one of the following changes: a letter added anywhere (apple applet), a letter deleted anywhere (orange range), or a letter changed anywhere (cheery cherry). There is no rearrangement of the other letters. No fruit is used more than once.



1) This is a devilish fruit.

2) This is a crippled fruit.

3) This is a happy fruit.

4) This is a criminal fruit.

5) This is a large fruit.

6) This is a tardy fruit.

7) This is a sullen fruit.

8) This is an up-to-date fruit.

9) This is a handkerchief worn by a fruit.

10) This is a popular dance among fruit.

11) This is a complaint by a fruit.

12) This is a weapon used by a fruit.





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Today in History for 27th March 2015

Historical Events


1900 - Recognising that the war in South Africa is going to take a major commitment, Parliament passes the War Loan Act, calling for £35 million to support the fight against the Boers.

1944 - 40 Jewish policemen in Riga, Latvia, ghetto are shot by the Gestapo

1945 - Gen Eisenhower declares German defenses on Western Front broken

1948 - The Second Congress of the Workers' Party of North Korea is convened.

1951 - 13th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Kansas 68-58

1961 - Failed assassination attempt on King Saif al-Islam Achmad of Yemen


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Famous Birthdays


1934 - Arthur Mitchell, choreographer (Dance Theater of Harlem)

1937 - Johnny "Clyde" Copeland, US blues guitarist/singer (Lion's Den)

1939 - Ruth Ashton, general secretary (Royal College of Midwives)

1951 - Tony Banks, rocker

1966 - Kate Donahoo, Las Vegas NV, US judoka (Olympic-92)

1981 - Lin Jun Jie, Chinese Singer


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Famous Deaths


1462 - Vasili II of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (b. 1415)

1757 - Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz, composer, dies at 39

1889 - John Bright, English statesman (b. 1811)

1943 - Grigori Yakovlevich Bakhchivangi, test pilot (BI-1), killed in crash

2003 - Daniel Ceccaldi, French actor (b. 1927)

2005 - Grant Johannesen, American concert pianist (b. 1921)


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