Today’s Daily Brain Teaser (May 31, 2015)

Hidden Category II

Remove a letter from each of the words below and rearrange the remaining letters to form new words. The 10 words will all fall into a certain category. For example, given the words DEAR, ANGRY, and RENEGE, you could drop the “A” in DEAR to get RED, drop the “N” in ANGRY to get GRAY, and drop an “E” in RENEGE to get GREEN. These would all fall into the category of “Colors”.

If you’re stuck, the hint will name the category. The tough part is getting all 10 words.

EPOCH

EXPEL

WRIST

BUNDLE

INWARD

REPUTE

UNSEAT

ASCRIBE

MEMOIRS

PHRASING

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Today’s Daily Trivia Quiz (May 31, 2015)

The Hunger Games
“The Hunger Games” is a science fiction novel about a world after natural disasters and a nuclear war. How much do you know about it?

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Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Supercilious

su-per-cil-i-ous

adj. :: Lofty with pride; haughty; dictatorial; overbearing; arrogant

“Her face beamed with satisfaction when the guest eyed the appointments with a supercilious glance.” –Stoker, Bram

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During WWII, soldiers were known to take precious family photos…

During WWII, soldiers were known to take precious family photos (and Pinup Girl photos) and put them under clear grips on their 1911 pistols – called Sweetheart Grips. Many of the grips were made from pieces of broken plastic windows from bombers.

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Holocaust deniers have contacted former SS-Rottenführer Oskar Gröning to convince…

Holocaust deniers have contacted former SS-Rottenführer Oskar Gröning to convince him that the things he witnessed at Auschwitz were hallucinations on his part.

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Because of the specific social structure of Japanese society there are many more homeless…

Because of the specific social structure of Japanese society there are many more homeless men than homeless women in Japan. Historically, men were the sole providers for their families. Japanese companies believe that married men work better than unmarried ones do because the former feel more obligations and responsibilities toward their families. Hence, not only elderly men, who face ageism and cannot find employment, but unmarried men over 35 years old have difficulties in finding employment. It does not cause poorer men on average, but rather a greater variance, with increased number of both considerably rich and considerably poor men, in effect producing a greater number of homeless men than homeless women in Japan.

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The Stannard Rock Light, known as the “Loneliest Place in the World…

The Stannard Rock Light, known as the “Loneliest Place in the World”, is the furthest lighthouse from land and described as one of the top ten engineering feats in the United States.

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A morbidly obese woman refused to get free weight-loss surgery offered…

A morbidly obese woman refused to get free weight-loss surgery offered by the NHS because she didn’t want to lose the £75,000 in disability benefits she was receiving.

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In Russia, a stray cat named Masha kept a three month old baby warm in below-freezing…

In Russia, a stray cat named Masha kept a three month old baby warm in below-freezing temperatures and refused to leave its side when it was taken to the hospital, the baby lived.

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There was a movie made 4 years before 9/11 that condemned the incompetency…

There was a movie made 4 years before 9/11 that condemned the incompetency of government officials to prevent the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center towers from happening again; it’s called “Path to Paradise” (1997). Prophetically, it ends with a terrorist being shown that the WTC is still standing and he says, “Next time we’ll bring them both down.” And in 1998, The Seige was released, about middle easterners attacking NYC, and The X Files predicted a plane crashing into NYC.

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There is a real life “Van Wilder” who attended his universit…

There is a real life “Van Wilder” who attended his university for 16 years and did not graduate despite having enough credits completed for 9 majors and 5 minors.

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No artificial minerals.

Gluten free quartz

Photo courtesy of Tian Tang.
Sand from Korea. 

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Historical Events for 30th May 2015

1035 – Boudouin V van Rijsel becomes earl of Flanders
1879 – Gilmore Garden (NYC) renamed Madison Square Garden
1908 – 42nd Belmont: Joe Notter aboard Colin win
1914 – Indianapolis 500: René Thomas wins in 6:03:45.060 (132.729 km/h)
1922 – Indianapolis 500: Jimmy Murphy wins in 5:17:30.845 (152.057 km/h)
1937 – Police kill 10 strikers at Republic Steel Plant in Chicago
1967 – Yankee Whitey Ford, nearing 41, announces his retirement from baseball
1975 – European Space Agency (ESA) forms
1984 – Bomb explodes in rebel leader Eden Pastora’s headquarters in Nicaragua
1987 – North American Philips Company unveils compact disc video

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