Saturday, 9 July 2016

Double Word Meanings Puzzle

Can you guess the double meaning word

Below are words or phrases grouped in pairs. There is a different word that fits in the middle of each set that can be defined by both sides. Your task is to find those words.

Example:
Flower ________ Stood
Answer: Rose

1. Enclosure for animals – __________ – Writing instrument
2. Male sheep – __________ – Collide into something
3. To shove one thing inside another – __________ – A collection of miscellaneous items
4. Not specific or definite – __________ – Military officer of very high rank

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1. Enclosure for animals – Pen – Writing instrument
2. Male sheep – Ram – Collide into something
3. To shove one thing inside another – Stuff – A collection of miscellaneous items
4. Not specific or definite – General – Military officer of very high rank

 

 

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Today in History for 9th July 2016

Historical Events

1916 – 1st cargo submarine to cross Atlantic arrives in US from Germany
1957 – 24th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 6-6 at Sportsman’s Park, St Louis
1968 – 15.68″ (39.83 cm) of rainfall, Columbus, Miss (state 24-hour record)
1975 – The National Assembly of Senegal passes a law that paves way for a (albeit highly restricted) multi-party system.
1985 – South Africa police arrested Dutch ANC’er Klaas de Jong
1991 – All star MVP: Cal Ripken Jr (Balt Orioles)

Famous Birthdays

1766 – Jacob Perkins, Newburyport Massachusetts, American Inventor
1916 – Joe Liggins, US composer (Pink Champagne)
1927 – Red Kelly, Canadian ice hockey player
1930 – Buddy Bregman, orchestra leader (Eddie Fisher Show), born in Chicago, Illinois
1932 – John Paul Getty II, US/British oil magnate/billionaire (Getty Oil)
1969 – Jerry Drake, NFL defensive linesman (Arizona Cardinals)

Famous Deaths

1639 – Entonius Walaeus, calvinist theologist, dies at 65
1978 – Aladar Zoltan, composer, dies at 49
1979 – Cornelia Otis Skinner, dies at 78
1979 – Betty Evans Grayson, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1959), dies at 53
1979 – Janardhan Gnanoba Navle, cricketer (2 Tests for India), dies
2010 – Vonetta McGee, American actress, dies from cardiac arrest at 65

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