Today’s Daily Brain Teaser (Oct 20, 2015)

Anagram 6 – 5 – 4

Each of the following sentences has three missing words. The first missing word of each sentence is 6 letters long, the second missing word is 5 letters long, and the third missing word is 4 letters long. All the 6 letter words are anagrams of each other, as are all the 5 letter words, and all the 4 letter words. Can you fill in the blanks?

1) Nobody would ______ to the old pirate any more, because his _____ were far too ____.

2) The fans were ______ as the opposition managed to _____ the game from the home ____.

3) When he decided to ______, he did not expect _____ bread with his ____ every meal.

4) On many of the lake’s ______ in the Spring, _____ will be out looking for a ____.

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Today’s Daily Trivia Quiz (Oct 20, 2015)

Money Talks
Do you listen when money talks? There are many phrases and sayings that talk about money. Speaking of money, see how many of these phrases you can figure out.

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Memory : Split-Brain Research

In split-brain patients, the corpus callosum, which connects the left and right hemispheres of the cerebral cortex, has been surgical severed. This surgery is performed very rarely to help control severe epilepsy.

By studying these patients, Dr. Roger Sperry made some remarkable discoveries about the human brain, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1981. What he found was that consciousness exists independently in the two different hemispheres and that the two sides can operated independently. The left side of the brain contains the speech center and can express itself verbally and logically, while the right side of the brain is more visually oriented.

In one of the experiments, an object was shown to the left visual field (which connects to the right side of the brain). Because the right hemisphere cannot process language, the patient was unable to say what the object was. However, they were able to pick up the matching object with their left hand. This is because the right hemisphere of the brain knew what the object was and could tell the left hand to pick it up, it just couldn’t express it with language.

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Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Mollify

mol-li-fy

verb :: To soothe in temper or disposition. Appease.

“His politician changed her position to mollify public concern.”

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Creativity : True or False II

For each of the following statements, come up with at least two plausible reasons why they are true. Now, come up with at least two plausible reasons why they are false. This exercise will help you to see that issues often have different sides to them.

1. Guns are dangerous.

2. Traveling by airplane is safer than traveling by car.

3. Water causes brain damage.

You can repeat this exercise by using any subjective statement that you can find.

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Harder Than it Looks Key Puzzle

I know this is an optical illusion website, but I have a bit of a puzzle for you guys this morning. It’s a simple little key puzzle, but it’s fun nonetheless. All you have to do is tell me which keyhole this key fits into.

This key puzzle may seem easy, but it’s a little trickier that it looks. It’s pretty obvious that the key won’t fit into some of the keyholes, but other keyholes aren’t so obvious. You’ll have to really look to solve this key puzzle!

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If you liked this key puzzle, head over and see if you can solve the mystery of the disappearing egg next!

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Brown tag sale!

Pants half off!

Photo courtesy of Will Bowles.
Found in Korea.

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Historical Events for 19th October 2015

1298 – Rindfleisch-140 Jews of Heilbron Germany are murdered
1765 – Stamp Act Congress met in NY, wrote decl of rights and liberties
1864 – Approx 25 Confederates make surprise attack on St Albans, Vermont
1916 – France extends formal recognition of the Provisional Government in Crete proclaimed Eleftherios Venizelos
1943 – Theater Guild presentation of “Othello” opens at Shubert
1958 – 9th Formula One WDC: Mike Hawthorn wins by one point
1962 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1981 – MLB National League Championship: Los Angeles Dodgers beat Montreal Expos, 3 games to 2
1986 – “Raggedy Ann” closes at Nederlander Theater NYC after 5 performances
1991 – Lonnie Glieberman purchased Ottawa Rough Riders from CFL

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