Today’s Daily Brain Teaser (Jan 02, 2016)

Sylalist

Use the syllables in the sylalist to complete the clues below. Each clue gives how many syllables the answer of it has. Can you complete every question?

Sylalist: com con dent e el el er fort junc man ment na nov o or or phant pi ro rus sat sau scor the tion urn

Clues:

1. Sign of the zodiac (3)

2. A Planet (2)

3. A Mammal (3)

4. Decoration (3)

5. Mansion (2)

6. Long Fiction (2)

7. Rat, Squirrel, etc. (2)

8. Quilted Bedcover (3)

9. Book of Synonyms (3)

10. and, but, for, so, etc. (3)

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Today’s Daily Trivia Quiz (Jan 02, 2016)

“Still Alive” – GLaDOS
How well do you know the ending theme song “Still Alive” from the Valve game “Portal”? The song is sung by GLaDOS.

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Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Perspicuity

per-spi-cu-i-ty

noun :: Plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation.

“Joe recited this couplet with such manifest pride and careful perspicuity, that I asked him if he had made it himself.” –Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

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Historical Events for 1st January 2016

1573 – Geuzen sets fire to Woudrichem
1834 – German Tolunie goes into effect
1923 – 9th Rose Bowl: Southern California beats Penn State, 14-3
1930 – Jurgens and Van den Berg merge with Lever Brothers to form Unilever
1937 – 23rd Rose Bowl: #3 Pittsburgh beats #5 Washington, 21-0
1952 – Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 5th string quartet
1960 – Johnny Cash plays first of many free concerts behind bars
1998 – 84th Rose Bowl: #1 Michigan beats #8 Washington State, 21-16
2000 – Gisbourne, New Zealand population 32,754 is first city in the world to welcome in the new millennium
2013 – 79th Orange Bowl: #13 Florida State beats #16 Northern Illinois, 31-10

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