Today's Daily Brain Teaser (May 01, 2014)

Planets



Find the names of 5 planets hidden in the following sentences:



1. "What hurts?" asked the doctor. "It's my ear," the patient cried.



2. "Steven, use the screwdriver to build those shelves."



3. Everyone takes a turn during Monopoly.



4. "Cassie, you ran us over with your bicycle!"



5. "Sam, arsenic is poisonous. I read the definition in the dictionary."





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On Jan. 1, 1976 a prankster played a word game with the Hollywood sign…

On Jan. 1, 1976 a prankster played a word game with the Hollywood sign. He hung curtains to make it read “Hollyweed.”

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Brain Teaser 4/30/2014

Three Quickies For Today



1. Mary's husband's father-in-law is Mary's husband's brother's mother-in-law, and Mary's sister-in-law is Mary's brother's stepmother. How did this happen?



2. Double my number, I'm less than a score, half of my number is less than four. Add one to my double when bakers are near, days of the week are still greater, I fear. What am I?



3. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?

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Today in History for 30th April 2014

Historical Events

1527 - England and France sign Treaty of Westminster to end the War of the League of Cognac

1967 - Orioles' Stu Miller and Steve Barber lose 2-1 despite no-hitting Tigers

1976 - Royal Canadian Mint opens a branch in Winnipeg, Manitoba

1977 - Billy Graham beats Bruno Sammartino in Baltimore, to become WWF champ

1988 - Baltimore Orioles win record 14th straight from beginning of season

1997 - Tino Martinez hits record 34 RBIs in April

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Famous Birthdays

1664 - François Louis, Prince of Conti, French general (d. 1709)

1853 - Alfred v Berger, writer

1903 - Gunther AR Raphael, German composer (Symphony Breve)

1953 - Merrill Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie and Marie)

1960 - Kerry Healey, American politician

1968 - Babette Van Veen, Neth, actress (Linda-GTST, Blueberry Hill)

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Famous Deaths

1063 - Emperor Renzong of China (b. 1010)

1630 - Ercole Porta, composer, dies at 44

1736 - Johann Albert Fabricius, German classical scholar and bibliographer (b. 1668)

1980 - Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican poet, journalist, and politician (b. 1898)

1996 - Julio Cesar Mendez Montenegro, pres of Guatemala (1966-70), dies

2005 - Ron Todd, TGWU General Secretary (1985 - 1992) (b. 1927)

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In 1881, engineers blew up a mule for “science”. Why? Allegedly…

In 1881, engineers blew up a mule for “science”. Why? Allegedly, establishing what happens at the instant a mule gets its head blown off is important information to submarine engineers.

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