Today’s Daily Brain Teaser (Nov 08, 2015)

Spazy Croonerisms 4

A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have their initial sounds switched to form new words. The pairs need only sound the same, not necessarily be spelled the same (power saw & sour paw, horse cart & coarse heart). There may sometimes be one or two connecting words (kick the stone & stick the cone, king of the rats & ring of the cats). Given the following definitions, what are the spoonerisms?

1) overweight dam builder & symptom of a sick flying mammal

2) bottom of the ocean & an insect-bitten dog has this

3) a cooking utensil & a nosy admirer

4) the person in charge of clocks and watches & the result of exposing silent actors to the sun

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Today’s Daily Trivia Quiz (Nov 08, 2015)

Music That Rocks!
This is a quiz about different rock bands and the songs that made them famous.

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Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Consternation

con-ster-na-tion

noun :: Surprise and fear. Paralyzing dismay.

“The sight from the edge of the cliff filled me with consternation.”

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Red, Red Rose Optical Illusion

Good morning to all! It’s the weekend, so I ended up sleeping in this morning and my post is pretty late today. But, I have to sleep sometime, no?

Today’s rose optical illusion is a bit of a puzzle. Take a look and tell me what you see…

Of course you see a flower, but is there something else hidden in this rose optical illusion?

If you liked this rose optical illusion, head over and check out this spirit of decay optical illusion!

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Historical Events for 7th November 2015

1876 – Edward Bouchet, is 1st black to receive a PhD from a US college (Yale)
1893 – US State Colorado accepts female suffrage
1907 – Test tokens are struck in 1st production of Canadian coins
1960 – KNRR TV channel 12 in Pembina, ND (IND) begins broadcsting
1969 – John and Yoko release their 2nd album “Wedding Album” in UK
1981 – France performs nuclear test
1982 – Turkey adopts constitution
1985 – Colombian troops end 27-hr siege of Bogota’s Palace of Justice
2001 – The supersonic commercial aircraft Concorde resumes flying after a 15-month hiatus.
2004 – War in Iraq: The interim government of Iraq calls for a 60-day “state of emergency” as U.S. forces storm the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.

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