Today’s Daily Brain Teaser (Dec 28, 2015)

Time Lines

A clock has 60 lines on it; one at each minute interval. Everyone knows that the hour and minute hands point to the same line at 12:00. Can you figure out what time it is for these situations?

1. The hour hand is exactly on one line, and the minute hand is exactly on the NEXT line.

2. The hour hand is exactly on one line, and the minute hand is exactly on the PREVIOUS line.

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Today’s Daily Trivia Quiz (Dec 28, 2015)

Who Said It? – “Finding Nemo” Version
How much do you know about the Disney animated movie, “Finding Nemo”? In this quiz, you will try to match a quote from the movie with the character who said it.

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Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Propitiatory

pro-pi-ti-a-to-ry

adj :: Conciliatory, appeasing or mitigating.

“Even the propitiatory gestures of the creature failed to disarm me.” –The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G.

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Creativity : Asking Questions

Asking questions is an important ability for a creative person to have. As children, we probably asked our parents a bunch of questions. As we grow older, we tend to ask fewer and fewer questions. This is because once we reach a certain age, the questions become difficult enough that a parent or teacher may not have the patience or knowledge to answer them and this discourages us from asking further questions. The other reason why adults do not ask questions is because it is an admission of ignorance and people do not like appearing ignorant. As a result people frequently will nod their heads and agree to things that they do not understand.

A creative thinker overcomes these obstacles and asks questions. In reality, asking questions doesn’t make you appear stupid; it shows your inquisitive nature and often reveals how much more you know about something than the person you are asking. Not to mention that the question you are asking is probably the same one that everyone else in the room has in the back of their minds. You have nothing to lose and a whole lot to gain from asking questions.

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Memory : Phonetic Mnemonic System

The Phonetic mnemonic system is similar to the Peg system in that it uses words to represent numbers so that you can recall items non-sequentially. It is more difficult to learn than the Peg system, but once mastered, it will allow you to remember much longer lists (the Peg system has difficulty for numbers over 20).

Whereas the Peg system translates numbers into words by using rhymes, the Phonetic system uses sounds. Each digit from 0-9 is represented by a unique sound.

0 — z, s

1 — t, d, th

2 — n

3 — m

4 — r

5 — l

6 — j, sh, ch, soft g

7 — k, q, hard c, hard g

8 — f, v

9 — p, b

You can then translate numbers into words by combining these sounds. Notice how only consonant sounds are used. Any non-used sounds (including all the vowels) are irrelevant. They are simply there to help construct the word. For example, the number 29 might be represented by the word ‘nap’ (n=2 and 9=p). The number 99 could be represented by ‘puppy’, ‘papa,’ or ‘baby.’ You can use the word ‘tie’ for the number 1.

Use these constructed keywords to make your visual associations and you will be able to recall items in any order.

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Historical Events for 27th December 2015

1845 – Ether 1st used in childbirth in US in Jefferson, Georgia
1862 – Battle of Chickasaw Bluffs, MS (Chickasaw Bayou)
1906 – 1st annual meeting of American Sociological Society, Providence, RI
1924 – The US signs a treaty with the Dominican Republic, which supersedes that of 1907: in July, the Us had withdrawn its Marines and ended its occupation
1927 – Philip Barry’s “Paris Bound” premieres in NYC
1944 – Greece: British premier Winston Churchill flies back to London
1949 – Queen Juliana of the Netherlands grants independence to Indonesia
1960 – France performs nuclear test
1976 – Albania constitution goes into effect
1986 – “Les Miserables” opens at Kennedy Center, Wash DC

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