Saturday, 2 August 2014

Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Aug 03, 2014)

The Concealed Proverb



In each sentence a word is concealed, such as the word no in sentence five. If you can find the buried words and read them in order from 1 to 6, they will form a well-known proverb.



1.The word buried here has only one letter.

2.Did you find a jelly roll in Gaskin's Bakery?

3.It's the best one I've ever seen.

4.The rug at her stairway was made in India.

5.He's an old friend.

6.Amos sold his bicycle to a friend.





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Today in History for 2nd August 2014

Historical Events


1701 - Great Peace of Montreal signed between New France and North American Indian nations at urging of Huron chief Kondiaronk

1894 - Dutch Society for Women Suffrage gets royal charter

1914 - Sherlock Holmes Adventure "His Last Bow" takes place

1965 - Morley Safer's sends 1st Vietnam report indicating we are losing

1970 - Baltimore defeats KC 10-8, Orioles 23rd straight win over the Royals

1975 - 104°F (40°C) at Providence, Rhode Island (state record)


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Famous Birthdays


1882 - Rik Wouters, Belgian painter/sculptor (Virgin Doll)

1891 - Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, London, composer (Olympians)

1936 - Christopher Hogg, CEO (Courtaulds and Reuters)

1938 - Brunhilde Hendrix, German FR, relay runner (Olympic-silver-1960)

1952 - Angel Herrera, Cuba, FW/LW boxer (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)

1960 - Linda Fratianne, US, figure skater (Olympic-silver-1980)


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Famous Deaths


1512 - Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher, dies at 48

1600 - Arent van Dorp, Dutch governor of East-Zealand, dies at about 70

1788 - Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61

1873 - Frank Mori, composer, dies at 53

1903 - Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian (b. 1850)

1958 - Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80


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Brain Teaser 8/2/2014

It's All About Time



1. At what time after 4pm are the minute and hour and second hand of a standard clock perfectly aligned on top of each other?



2. How many times does a coin rotate in rolling completely about another coin, of the same size, without slipping?

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