Monday, 4 August 2014

Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Aug 05, 2014)

Skydiving Elvis



What phrase is hidden here?



Genie's Gift

Skydiving Elvis





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Today in History for 4th August 2014

Historical Events


1855 - John Bartlett publishes "Familiar Quotations"

1956 - Indonesia says it will not pay debts to the Netherlands

1983 - France performs nuclear test

1983 - While warming up before 5th inning Yankee Dave Winfield accidentally kills a seagull

1986 - OPEC lowers oil production 20%

1997 - 185,000 Teamsters union United Parcel Service drivers walk off the job.


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Famous Birthdays


1873 - Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War

1877 - Dame Laura Knight, Long Eaton UK, Impressionist artist

1934 - Jonas Savimbi, Angolian leader of Unita

1962 - Paul Reynolds, rock guitarist (A Flock of Seagulls)

1969 - Norm Casola, CFL slot back (Toronto Argonauts)

1992 - Dylan Sprouse, Arezzo Italy, actor (Patrick Kelly-Grace Under Fire)


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Famous Deaths


1584 - John van Hembyze, South Netherlands Calvinist, dies at 71

1850 - Frantisek Tucek, composer, dies at 68

1889 - Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, composer, dies at 75

1973 - Eddie Condon, jazz guitarist (Eddie Condon's Floor Show), dies at 68

1996 - Geoff Hamilton, gardner/journalist, dies at 59

1999 - Victor Mature, American actor (b. 1913)


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After a test preview for Apollo 13, an audience member said he disliked…

Apollo-13 After a test preview for Apollo 13, an audience member said he disliked the movie because it had a “typical Hollywood ending” and that the crew would never have survived.






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The Danish government built a scale replica of the nation of Denmark…

minecraft-america-denmark-cropped The Danish government built a scale replica of the nation of Denmark in Minecraft. Soon after, American players invade, smuggle in illegal TNT, blow up virtual Copenhagen, and redecorate with virtual American flags and propaganda.






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It wasn’t until he was 37 when Jack Nicholson…

Jack-Nicholson It wasn’t until he was 37 when Jack Nicholson found out that his supposed “sister”, June, was actually his mother.






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On May 30th 1883, a woman tripped on the Brooklyn Bridge…

On May 30th 1883, a woman tripped on the Brooklyn Bridge, sparking panic that the bridge was collapsing. The resulting stampede ended with 12 people dead and more than 35 wounded.






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Citizens of Russia can legally identify as any ethnicity…

Citizens of Russia can legally identify as any ethnicity, real or not. According to official statistics in the 2002 census, there are Russian citizens who identify as Babylonians, Romans, Martians, Goblins, Elves, and Hobbits.






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Brain Teaser 8/4/2014

If I were in Hawaii and dropped a bowling ball in a bucket of water which is 45 degrees F, and dropped another ball of the same weight, mass, and size in a bucket at 30 degrees F, both of them at the same time, which ball would hit the bottom of the bucket first? Same question, but the location is in Canada?

Solution

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A Potato Chips Lovers Dream





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