Saturday, December 13, 2008

THE PUZZLE CORNER: DECEMBER 13th, 2008

To try and get everyone a little more into the holiday spirit, I thought we would try some themed puzzles over the next couple of weeks.

TRIVIA TIME
What famous Christmas icon actually started out life as a department store sales campaign?

REBUS
The images below will hopefully inspire you to remember a famous holiday tune.
Ready?

1. Q, W, E, R, T, Y, U, I, O, P, A, S, D, F, G, H, J, K, Z, X, C, V, B, N, M.
2. B, V, C, X, Z, H, G, F, D, S, A, Y, T, R, E, W, Q, N, M, K, J, I, O, U, P.
3. A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z.

The answers will appear next weekend, but now here are the results from December 6th, 2008.

TRIVIA TIME
Although not on the same episode or with the events in relation to each other, Dan Rowan and Dick Martin's Laugh-In was the first program to actually predict the Presidency of Ronald Reagan and the Fall of the Berlin Wall as part of their weekly "News of the Future" segment.

THE LETTER SHUFFLE
The letters O, P, S, and T can be used to form all the answers.
1. Chooses = OPTS
2. Stain = SPOT
3. Lids = TOPS
4. Mail = POST
5. Cookware = POTS
6. Halt! = STOP

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