Today’s Daily Brain Teaser (Oct 25, 2015)

Death’s Demise

Once upon a time there was a dad and 3 kids. When the kids were adults, the dad was old and Death came to take the dad. The first son, who became a lawyer, begged Death to let the dad live a few more years. Death agreed. When Death came back, the second son, who became a doctor begged Death to let his father live a few more days. Death agreed. When Death came back the third son, who became a priest begged Death to let the dad live till that candle wick burned out and he pointed to a candle. Death agreed. The third son knew Death wouldn’t come back, and he didn’t. Why not?

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Today’s Daily Trivia Quiz (Oct 25, 2015)

Percy Jackson and the Olympians II
Answer questions about the book “The Sea of Monsters” by Rick Riordan.

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Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Coterie

co-ter-ie

noun :: An intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose.

“The Quilting Coterie got together every Sunday evening to make quilts.”

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Historical Events for 24th October 2015

1861 – West Virginia seceded from Virginia
1909 – Italy and Russia sign the Racconigi Pact in which both nations promise to support the status quo in the Balkans
1922 – German parliament mandates Ebert president until July 1925
1940 – US Fair Labor Standards of 1938 comes into effect – minimum wage, 44 hr week
1940 – Japan eliminates US terms (strike, play ball) from baseball
1948 – Bernard M Baruch introduces term “Cold War”
1963 – Sandy Koufax is unanimous winner of Cy Young Award
1976 – 1st Jewish film and TV festival
1989 – Rev Jim Bakker is sentenced to 50 years for fraud
2009 – First International Day of Climate Action, organized with 350.org, a global campaign to address a claimed global warming crisis.

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