Today’s Daily Brain Teaser (Nov 05, 2015)

The Fuzzy, Green Monster in the Den

Four legs have I, a sturdy fellow

A fuzzy back that isn’t yellow

But (often) green or (rarely) red

A den is where I make my bed

My keepers feed me coloured balls

With sticks they store on my den walls

Sometimes I store them in my pouch

Sometimes deep in my belly; ouch!

That’s when you’ll see me acting strange

Instead of balls, I’ll eat your change

And that’s my cue to feed again

Chalk it up to hunger, friend!

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Today’s Daily Trivia Quiz (Nov 05, 2015)

The Bill of Rights
Test your knowledge of The Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments added to the United States Constitution, which Thomas Jefferson described as, “What the people are entitled to against every government on Earth… and what no just government can refuse.”

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Creativity : Keep Doubling

This exercise will help build your mental endurance and concentration. Pick any small number (lets say 3) and start doubling it in your mind.

3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 96, 192, 384 ….

How far can you get? Most people have a hard time once they get past 10 doublings. Practice until you can get up to 20 (the 20th doubling of 3 is 3,145,728).

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Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Obloquy

ob-lo-quy

noun :: Abusively detractive language or utterance.

“He earned a bunch of obloquy by enacting a big tax increase.”

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Memory : Forgetting Speed

Sometimes we forget a fact almost instantaneously and sometimes we can remember it for the rest of our lives. If a fact is stored in our short-term memory, we are more likely to instantaneously forget it again. But once information enters our long-term memory, it still may be in danger of being forgotten. Studies have shown that the rate of forgetting is highest shortly after the learning happens and tapers off as time passes. Additionally, we may remember the general idea much longer than specific facts.

The more thoroughly you learn the subject, the less likely you are to forget it. This is because you are reinforcing the memories more deeply into your mind by overlearning the topic. Information learned quickly will also be forgotten quickly.

Another factor that determines forgetting is the amount of reinforcement that you give these memories. If you learn something and then are never asked to recall that information, it is going to be forgotten much more easily than if you use the learned information on a regular basis. So, if you want to remember something, you should learn it thoroughly and then refresh your memory from time to time.

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All hail the overlord!

Photo courtesy of Zane Czarnecki.
Found at Burger King in China.

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Historical Events for 4th November 2015

1845 – First nationally observed uniform election day in US
1864 – Confederate assault on Johnsonville, Tennessee
1879 – James Ritty patents first cash register, to combat stealing by bartenders in his Dayton, Ohio saloon
1890 – Great Britain proclaims Zanzibar as a protectorate
1953 – Eddie Joost succeeds Jimmy Dykes as the manager of Phila A’s
1972 – Bangladesh adopts constitution
1977 – UN Security council proclaims weapon embargo against South Africa
1987 – Lisa Steinberg, battered into coma by her adoptive father Joel
1987 – NBA announces 4 new franchises; Charlotte and Miami for 1988 and Minneapolis and Orlando for 1989
2014 – Protectionist wins the 2014 Melbourne Cup

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