Today’s Daily Brain Teaser (Jan 03, 2016)

6 Clues to Solve the Mystification

What are the answers to all these clues and what do those answers have in common?

1. An amber tinted paste used on a wienerwurst.

2. A purple fruit

3. Besides the number of days, the months of May and August have this in common.

4. A finely feathered and polychromatic avian friend.

5. A 7 letter word for a pigment like crimson.

6. A bleached and neutral hue.

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Today’s Daily Trivia Quiz (Jan 03, 2016)

TV Cops & Crime Shows 3
Many fine police and crime shows have adorned our television screens over the years. Synchronize your watches, TV spies and private eyes. “Who loves ya, Baby?”

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Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Sop

sop

noun :: A conciliatory bribe, gift, or gesture.

“The sop was so good that Levin gave up the idea of going home.” –Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

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Historical Events for 2nd January 2016

1908 – Canadian branch of the Royal Mint opens in Ottawa
1932 – Young gang shoot dead 6 police in Springfield Missouri
1956 – Poujadists/communists win French parliamentary elections
1970 – Dutch premiere of musical “Hair” in Amsterdam
1983 – Duke Ellington’s musical “Sophisticated Ladies” closes at Lunt-Fontanne, NYC after 767 perfs
1984 – 13th Fiesta Bowl: #14 Ohio State beats #15 Pittsburgh, 28-23
1984 – Riot in Tunis kills over 100
1985 – Undefeated BYU becomes college football champions
1989 – UCLA wins a record 7th consecutive bowl game
2000 – 29th Fiesta Bowl: #3 Nebraska beats #6 Tennessee, 31-21

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