Today’s Daily Brain Teaser (Oct 18, 2015)

Homonym Sentences

The blanks in the following sentences will be filled in with three different homonyms (words that are spelled differently but sound alike) to make valid sentences. The dashes indicate the number of letters in the words. Can you fill in the blanks?

1. The cut on his _ _ _ _ won’t _ _ _ _ in time for the race, so _ _ ‘_ _ have to drop out.

2. The man was so upset about being _ _ _ _ that he regularly _ _ _ _ _ _ himself up on the bed and _ _ _ _ _ _ his eyes out.

3. I couldn’t _ _ _ _ _ any of the _ _ _ _ _ _ in the flower shop, because for some strange reason I had 50 _ _ _ _ _ crammed up my nose.

4. A bloodthirsty pirate will wander the _ _ _ _ and essentially _ _ _ _ _ everything he _ _ _ _.

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Today’s Daily Trivia Quiz (Oct 18, 2015)

“Sweet Home Alabama” – Lynyrd Skynyrd
Take this quiz about one of the greatest songs ever!

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Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Macabre

ma-ca-bre

adj :: Gruesome. Suggesting death.

“The novel was full of macabre tales of war and plague.”

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Historical Events for 17th October 2015

733 – Battle at Tours (Poitiers): Charles Martel’s Frankish and Burgundian forces beat those of al-Andalus under Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi halting influence of Islam
1448 – Second Battle of Kosovo, where the mainly Hungarian army led by John Hunyadi were defeated by an Ottoman army led by Sultan Murad II.
1777 – British General John Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga NY
1868 – Constitution of Grand Duchy of Luxembourg comes into effect
1956 – Pakistan defeat Australia by nine wickets at 1st attempt
1957 – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visit the White House
1968 – “Bullitt” directed by Peter Yates and starring Steve McQueen and Jacqueline Bisset is 1st released
1969 – Plastic Ono Band’s “Cold Turkey” is released in UK
1978 – Yanks win 22nd World Championship capping their great comeback year
1990 – Green Day singer Billie Joe Armstrong drops out of school to pursue a career in music

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