Wednesday, 18 June 2014

Brain Teaser 6/18/2014

1. If 2 hours ago it was as long after one o’clock in the afternoon as it was before one o’clock in the morning. What time would it be now?



2. Quebec women expect Robert to yell unless I offer _________.

Which one of the following drinks belongs at the end of the sentence?

Scotch, Brandy, Gin, Pepsi.

Solution

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Get Hooked On Cryptograms....





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Today in History for 18th June 2014

Historical Events


1836 - HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leave South-Africa

1954 - Pierre Mendèsforms French government

1978 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Bankers Trust Golf Classic

1983 - 7th Shuttle Mission-Challenger 2 launched-Sally Ride 1st US woman

1986 - Papua New Guinea score 9-455 in 60 overs v Gibraltar, ICC Trophy

1992 - Ottawa Senators make goalie Peter Sidorkiewicz their 1st draft


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Famous Birthdays


1681 - Feofan Prokopovich, theologian, archbishop of Novgorod, westernizer

1930 - Peter Phillips, CEO (AB Electronics) [or Feb 10]

1937 - John D [Jay] Rockefeller IV, (Sen-D-WV, 1985- )

1971 - Nathan Morris, [Alex Vanderpool], Phila Pa, rapper (Boyz II Men)

1975 - Jamel Debbouze, French actor and producer

1976 - Witte Wartena, Dutch artist


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Famous Deaths


1464 - Rogier van der Weyden, Flemish painter, dies at 65

1821 - Charles Hague, composer, dies at 52

1965 - George Melachrino, composer, dies at 56

1975 - Faisal Ibn Mussed Abdul Aziz, Saudi prince, beheaded in Riyadh shopping center parking lot for killing his uncle the king

1980 - André Leducq, French cyclist (b. 1904)

1982 - Djuna Barnes, writer, dies


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At a launch site in South Dakota, the entrance to the underground missile launch control…

minuteman-cropped At a launch site in South Dakota, the entrance to the underground missile launch control center is sealed by a blast-proof door painted like a Domino’s Pizza logo, and hand-lettered text on the door reads “World-wide delivery in 30 minutes or less, or your next one is free”.






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A man in Yellowstone has an 800 pound pet grizzly bear named Brutus…

A man in Yellowstone has an 800 pound pet grizzly bear named Brutus. Brutus was the best man at his wedding and sits at the table with them at thanksgiving.






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Until 1974, it was legal in Texas for a man…

Until 1974, it was legal in Texas for a man to kill his wife’s lover if he found them in bed together.






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Colonel Saunders disliked what the KFC franchise had done to the food…

Colonel Saunders disliked what the KFC franchise had done to the food so much that he described it as “the worst fried chicken I’ve ever seen” and called the gravy “wallpaper paste”.






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When Teddy Roosevelt was a young child, doctors prescribed…

When Teddy Roosevelt was a young child, doctors prescribed him whiskey and cigars to relieve his severe asthma.






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