Sunday 5 April 2015

Today’s Daily Brain Teaser (Apr 06, 2015)

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C _ _ _ ED


A common three-letter word can be added in the spaces below to create four common English words. What is the three letter word?


C _ _ _ ED



T _ _ _ SIT



ST _ _ _ D



F _ _ _ TIC


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Easter is really the celebration of the fertility goddess…

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Easter is really the celebration of the fertility goddess Eostre and that eggs and bunnies are her symbols.


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A parking meter official got busted stealing $90,000 in quarters. Bank staff became…

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A parking meter official got busted stealing $90,000 in quarters. Bank staff became suspicious because he was regularly depositing large amounts of coins into his personal account while still wearing his parking enforcement uniform.


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An Air Canada passenger flight took a detour and dropped from 37,000 feet to 4,000 feet…

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An Air Canada passenger flight took a detour and dropped from 37,000 feet to 4,000 feet to help find a stranded yacht off the Australian coast. It took the passengers 25 minutes after the emergency beacon was activated to locate the yacht.


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On Christmas Day, 1942 during the Battle of Stalingrad, Radio Moscow broadcasted…

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On Christmas Day, 1942 during the Battle of Stalingrad, Radio Moscow broadcasted the message that “Every seven seconds a German soldier dies in Russia” to the besieged Nazi Army. The message was accompanied by the sound of a ticking clock. The ticking clock was broadcast all day.


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People think more rationally in their second language…

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People think more rationally in their second language and make better choices.


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After several overburdened hospitals turned away a 22yo woman’s 4 Ebola-stricken family…

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After several overburdened hospitals turned away a 22yo woman’s 4 Ebola-stricken family members, the Liberian woman fashioned protective equipment out of plastic garbage bags and treated them herself for 2 weeks. Three of the Four family members survived.


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County of Los Angeles in California asked for computer manufacturers to stop using…

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County of Los Angeles in California asked for computer manufacturers to stop using “master” and “slave” terminology because it was politically incorrect.


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Brain Teaser 4/5/2015

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Do you know?


1. Which are there more of: millimeters in a mile or seconds in a month?

2. Which is heavier: 1000 kilograms or 1 ton?

3. Which is longer: 250 centimeters or 8 feet?

4. Which is larger: 3 raised to the 5th power or 5 raised to the 3rd power?

5. Which are there more of: ounces in a ton or inches in a kilometer?

Solution

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Today in History for 5th April 2015

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Historical Events


1948 - WGN TV channel 9 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting

1964 - Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA St Petersburg Women’s Golf Open

1971 - US Lt Wiliam Calley (My Lai Massacre) sentenced to life

1987 - Fox TV network premieres showing Married With Children and Tracey Ullman

1992 - 4th Seniors Golf Tradition: Lee Trevino

2013 - 60 people are killed in Nigeria after a bus collides with an oil tanker


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Famous Birthdays


1649 - Elihu Yale, England, philanthropist founded Yale

1822 - James Nagle, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), (d. 1866)

1912 - John Le Mesurier, Bedford England, actor (Jabberwocky, Dad’s Army)

1929 - Hugo Claus, Flemish writer/director (Cool Lover, Sugar)

1950 - Agnetha Fältskog [Anna Ulvaeus], Swedish singer (ABBA)

1955 - Janice Long, British radio host (Crash FM)


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Famous Deaths


1963 - Julius Harrison, composer, dies at 78

1974 - William Hudson, actor (I Led 3 Lives), dies at 49

1986 - Colin McCool, cricketer (14 Tests for Australia, 36 wkts), dies

1994 - Marlon Riggs, US writer/director/producer (Ethnic notions), dies at 37

1997 - Allen Ginsberg, beat poet, dies at 80

1999 - Paul David, French-Canadian cardiologist (b. 1919)


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