Today’s Daily Brain Teaser (Mar 01, 2016)

I Won’t Let You Down

I’ve many holes but I will never leak

Not comfortable? Just give me a tweak

Though often together most of the day

Come bedtime we’ll go our separate ways

Life without me might be kind of a drag

‘Cause when I’m not around things tend to sag

Doing my job, your reliable mate

This is a “hold-up” you’ll appreciate

What am I?

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Today’s Daily Trivia Quiz (Mar 01, 2016)

Eponymous Food 4
Do you have a favourite family recipe, perhaps named after an uncle or a grandmother? Pass it on to others; maybe it will become famous like the foods in this quiz. Eponymous foods are named after a person or a place; see how many of them you know!

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Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Anathema

a-nath-e-ma

noun :: A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed.

noun :: An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.

noun :: Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority.

“…the sound of a witch’s anathemas in some unknown tongue” –Nathaniel Hawthorne.

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Creativity : Challenges

It is very important that people be challenged by a project if they want to have a high likelihood of coming up with creative solutions. Without a challenge, the process is no longer rewarding and the incentive to innovate is not there. If you find yourself in a situation where a project seems too easy, try to find some way to spice it up. Maybe you could find a new way to do it that makes it challenging. Try to add some new element to the project that makes it interesting.

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Memory : Alzheimer’s Disease

Alzheimer’s disease is a degenerative disease of the nerve cells in the brain that causes impairment of memory and other brain functions — such as language or perception of reality. Alzheimer’s patients also experience personality changes and a decreased ability to take care of themselves. Many scientists believe that the disease is caused by the abnormal accumulation of a specific protein that eventually leads to nerve cell death. The disease appears to start in the hippocampus and spreads to other parts of the cortex as it progresses.

Alzheimer’s disease is not part of the normal aging process. There are some genetic risk factors (gene mutations) that may influence the development of the disease. The main risk factor is age. Ten percent of people over the age of 65, and 50% over the age of 85, have the disease. Some studies have shown that a lifelong love of learning and physically staying in shape are negative risk factors for getting the disease. So, even if you are genetically prone to this disease, if you stay mentally and physically in shape, you can significantly delay or prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s.

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Today’s Daily Brain Teaser (Feb 29, 2016)

What’s In A Name

Some multi syllable first names sound like words or phrases. Using the clues provided can you figure out what first name fits?

e.g. Ernie’s uncooked friend would be Robert (Raw Bert).

The hint gives the gender most often associated with the name.

1) Arriving at 7:55, Fred was ______ time for his 8:00 meeting.

2) What the young Frank girl did when she wasn’t writing in her diary.

3) What the engineers decided to do to the river to allow crossing to the other side.

4) What the foodie said when he saw the soft French cheese.

5) When you inhale you take _____.

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Today’s Daily Trivia Quiz (Feb 29, 2016)

Which Came First? #2
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Well, no one knows for sure. However, you may know these questions.

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Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Virago

vi-ra-go

noun :: A woman of extraordinary stature, strength, and courage; a woman who has the robust body and masculine mind of a man; a female warrior.

noun :: Hence, a mannish woman; a bold, turbulent woman; a termagant; a vixen.

“His own woman was of the party–a veritable giantess, a virago of the first magnitude–and she was evidently the only thing in the world of which Usanga stood in awe.” — Burroughs, Edgar Rice

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