Brain Celebri-teasers: Solution
By Brian | April 14, 2011
Welcome back to Brain Celebri-teasers. It’s time to reveal the solution to our Week #15 puzzle:
| Week #15 | |
| Category: | Music |
| Difficulty: | Easy |
| Clue: | For these guys, life is mostly black and white |
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| Yes, it’s the Face-to-Face piano men, Billy Joel and Elton John. While their careers these days are more reminiscent of Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me, I, for one, prefer to focus on the I’ve Loved These Days feeling. | |
The winner this week was Ilya!
After fifteen weeks, the standings are as follows:
| Player | Points | Correct Answers |
| Mike | 8 | 6 |
| Suzanne | 7 | 4 |
| Konstantin | 4 | 8 |
| Ilya | 3 | 11 |
| Hilary | 3 | 1 |
| Jeff Porten | 2 | 3 |
| Jim | 0 | 1 |
| Jason | 0 | 2 |
| Harmon | 0 | 1 |
| Lee Salz | 0 | 1 |
Thanks for playing, everyone! Remember to check back on Monday for next week’s puzzle!
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Brain Celebri-teasers: Week #15
By Brian | April 11, 2011
Welcome back to Brain Celebri-teasers. This is Week #15. Here’s this week’s puzzle:
| Week #15 | |
| Category: | Music |
| Difficulty: | Easy |
| Clue: | For these guys, life is mostly black and white |
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Remember – the solution will be posted on Thursday, so you have 3-4 days to guess. Put your answer in the comments section – first comment (by timestamp) wins.
Now that the contest is over, you can click here to see the answer.
Good luck!
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Brain Celebri-teasers: Solution
By Brian | April 7, 2011
Welcome back to Brain Celebri-teasers. It’s time to reveal the solution to our Week #14 puzzle:
| Week #14 | |
| Category: | Sports |
| Difficulty: | Medium |
| Clue: | These two guys are charged with protecting a very specific region of New York City |
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| This week, we honor the return of Major League Baseball with two of the game’s greats – Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez. The region of New York they are charged with protecting, of course, is the left side of the Yankee infield, up at 161st Street and River Avenue in the Bronx. | |
The winner this week was Konstantin!
After fourteen weeks, the standings are as follows:
| Player | Points | Correct Answers |
| Mike | 8 | 6 |
| Suzanne | 7 | 4 |
| Konstantin | 4 | 7 |
| Hilary | 3 | 1 |
| Ilya | 2 | 10 |
| Jeff Porten | 2 | 3 |
| Jim | 0 | 1 |
| Jason | 0 | 2 |
| Harmon | 0 | 1 |
| Lee Salz | 0 | 1 |
Thanks for playing, everyone! Remember to check back on Monday for next week’s puzzle!
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Brain Celebri-teasers: Week #14
By Brian | April 4, 2011
Welcome back to Brain Celebri-teasers. This is Week #14. Here’s this week’s puzzle:
| Week #14 | |
| Category: | Sports |
| Difficulty: | Medium |
| Clue: | These two guys are charged with protecting a very specific region of New York City |
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Remember – the solution will be posted on Thursday, so you have 3-4 days to guess. Put your answer in the comments section – first comment (by timestamp) wins.
Now that the contest is over, you can click here to see the answer.
Good luck!
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The New York Times – Charging for Free Content
By Brian | April 2, 2011
In case you haven’t read about it yet, the New York Times changed their online access policy, by offering what they’re calling digital subscriptions. Here’s how it works:
If you are a home delivery subscriber of The Times, you will continue to have full and free access to our news, information, opinion and other features on your computer, smartphone and tablet. International Herald Tribune subscribers will also receive free access to NYTimes.com.
If you are not a home delivery subscriber, you will have free access to 20 articles (including slide shows, videos and other features) each month. If you exceed that limit, you will be asked to become a digital subscriber. On our smartphone and tablet apps, the Top News section will remain free of charge. For access to the other sections within the apps, we will ask you to become a digital subscriber.
So, twenty articles per month for free, after which you have to pay to read. But wait, there are a couple of small caveats:
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Brain Celebri-teasers: Solution
By Brian | March 31, 2011
Welcome back to Brain Celebri-teasers. It’s time to reveal the solution to our Week #13 puzzle:
Week #13 Category: Sports Difficulty: Medium Clue: These two guys embody what the madness is all about Answer: Unquestionably two of the greatest basketball players of all time, Michael Jordan famously came from the University of North Carolina, whose boxer shorts he supposedly wore under his uniform during every NBA game he ever played. Lebron James famously came from St. Vincent Categories: Celebri-teaser Answers | 1 Comment »
Brain Celebri-teasers: Week #13
By Brian | March 28, 2011
Welcome back to Brain Celebri-teasers. This is Week #13. Here’s this week’s puzzle:
Week #13 Category: Sports Difficulty: Medium Clue: These two guys embody what the madness is all about Remember – the solution will be posted on Thursday, so you have 3-4 days to guess. Put your answer in the comments section – first comment (by timestamp) wins.
Now that the contest is over, you can click here to see the answer.
Good luck!
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Brain Celebri-teasers: Solution
By Brian | March 26, 2011
Welcome back to Brain Celebri-teasers. It’s time to reveal the solution to our Week #12 puzzle:
Week #12 Category: Politics Difficulty: Medium Clue: A couple of years ago, these young ladies watched mom & dad run across the country Answer: Meghan McCain and Bristol Palin both became quite noteworthy during the last Presidential election, and not always for the reasons they’re famous parents would have wanted. The winner this week was Suzanne (who also said some nice things about my Photoshop skills. Thanks, Suzanne!)!
After twelve weeks, the standings are as follows:
Player Points Correct Answers Mike 8 6 Suzanne 5 3 Hilary 3 1 Ilya 2 9 Konstantin 2 5 Jeff Porten 2 3 Jim 0 1 Jason 0 2 Harmon 0 1 EDITOR’S NOTE: I was once again late in posting the results this week – shame on me. You all get your money back. Oh wait, this is free. OK, then just shame on me. Kidding aside, I’m trying to automate this so I never run late – the answers are tougher because I have to wait to see who guessed before posting. But I’ll keep working on it…
Thanks for playing, everyone! Remember to check back on Monday for next week’s puzzle!
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Brain Celebri-teasers: Week #12
By Brian | March 21, 2011
Welcome back to Brain Celebri-teasers. This is Week #12. Here’s this week’s puzzle:
Week #12 Category: Politics Difficulty: Medium Clue: A couple of years ago, these young ladies watched mom & dad run across the country Remember – the solution will be posted on Thursday, so you have 3-4 days to guess. Put your answer in the comments section – first comment (by timestamp) wins.
Now that the contest is over, you can click here to see the answer.
Good luck!
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Brain Celebri-teasers: Solution
By Brian | March 20, 2011
Welcome back to Brain Celebri-teasers. It’s time to reveal the solution to our Week #11 puzzle:
Week #11 Category: Movies/TV Difficulty: Medium Clue: These two guys would often have trouble being serious Answer: Only two guesses this week, befitting a couple of “jokers” like Jack Nicholson and Heath Ledger. Ironically, these two guys would likely never be put in the same sentence, except for their sharing of an iconic film role. And now, they’ll be forever linked, at least in Internet posts like this… The winner this week was Konstantin!
After eleven weeks, the standings are as follows:
Player Points Correct Answers Mike 8 6 Suzanne 3 2 Hilary 3 1 Ilya 2 9 Konstantin 2 5 Jeff Porten 2 3 Jim 0 1 Jason 0 2 Harmon 0 1 EDITOR’S NOTE: Sorry for being late in posting the results this week – I was traveling and didn’t have an opportunity to tally the scores. I’ll try to be more punctual in the future…
As always, thanks for playing, everyone! Remember to check back on Monday for next week’s puzzle!
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