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Monday, 2 November 2015

Historical Events for 2nd November 2015

1355 – English invasion army under king Edward lands at Calais
1835 – 2nd Seminole War begins in Osceola
1881 – Dutch New-Malthusiaanse Union forms
1943 – Jewish ghetto of Riga Latvia is destroyed
1954 – Charles C Diggs Jr elected Michigan’s 1st black congressman
1957 – 1st titanium mill opened, Toronto Ohio
1959 – The first section of the M1 motorway, the first inter-urban motorway in the United Kingdom, is opened between the present junctions 5 and 18, along with the M10 motorway and M45 motorway
1971 – Orioles Pat Dobson no-hits Yomiuri Giants, 2-0
1971 – “Great Harp” opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 7 performances
2002 – 14th College Football Holy War: Boston College beats Notre Dame 14-7 in South Bend

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Sunday, 1 November 2015

Today’s Daily Brain Teaser (Nov 02, 2015)

Hidden Animals

Can you find 13 animals hidden in these words?

Pheasantoadderaturtleechareelionewtiger

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Today’s Daily Trivia Quiz (Nov 02, 2015)

New “Doctor Who” – Series One
When “Doctor Who” returned to the screens after 16 years, it featured the Ninth Doctor and a new companion. Test your knowledge on series one.

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Memory : Mozart Effect

The Mozart Effect is the notion that listening to classical music composed by Mozart can temporarily increase your IQ and enhance other mental functions. It is said that playing classical music to infants can improve their mental development. Some studies have shown that listening to Mozart can temporarily increase one’s IQ by up to 9 points when given a spatial reasoning test. Other studies showed that it had the opposite effect!

One theory to explain this is related to mood. If you happen to enjoy classical music, then listening to it will bring you pleasure. This will put you in a good mood, which can improve your mental performance. If you dislike classical music, listening to it will annoy you and cause you to perform poorly on any subsequent test.

This enjoyment effect is not restricted to Mozart; it goes for any type of music. So, listen to what you enjoy and try to get in a good mood whenever you need to perform at the top of your game.

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Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Garrulity

gar-ru-li-ty

noun :: Talkativeness.

“The garrulity of the teenager prompted her parents to get her her own cellphone.”

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Creativity : Guesstimate Distance

As we go about our daily lives, we are constantly making decisions based on guesses and estimates. This exercise will help you improve your ability to make educated guesses about distance.

When you are estimating each answer, try to pay attention to how you are solving the problem. Are you guessing the whole number or are you trying to calculate it based on smaller guesses? Avoid using a calculator or pen and paper until after you have made your estimate.

1. Distance to the moon in miles

2. Length of a AA battery in millimeters

3. Thickness of a standard #2 pencil in inches

4. Height of a stack of a million dollar bills in feet

The answers are listed below in backwards order. Don’t cheat!

(417, 0.29, 50.4, 238856)

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Historical Events for 1st November 2015

1248 – Earl Willem II of Holland crowned as RC German emperor
1570 – All Saints Flood, tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland; killing more than 1,000 people.
1784 – Maryland grants citizenship to Lafayette and his descendents
1913 – Notre Dame upsets Army 35-13, 1st to use forward pass effectively
1920 – Eugene O’Neill’s “Emperor Jones” premieres in NYC
1946 – Cleveland Indians owner Bill Veeck’s right foot is amputated
1973 – “Molly” opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 68 performances
1974 – Fire kills 189 in less than 25 min (Sao Paulo Brazil)
1982 – Andrew “Dice” Clay and George Wendt appear in “Trick or Treatment”
1987 – 22,000 run in NYC Marathon (won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya 2:11:01)