Saturday, January 3, 2009

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JANUARY 3rd, 2009

It's a brand new year and I've got a whole new batch of conundrums, for amongst other things, I received a couple of reference books for Christmas.
But let's get right to it for with the first enigmas of 2009!

TRIVIA TIME
Who was the first lady to ever be a Grand Marshall in the annual Tournament of Roses parade?

COMMON BONDS
What, if anything, do the items in each of the following groups have in common?
1. {Crystal Gayle, Loretta Lynn}
2. {Peter Graves, James Arness}

As usual, the answers will appear at the end of next week's The Puzzle Corner.
But now, let's conclude our unfinished business from 2008 and reveal the answers to last week's history quiz.

01. The Messenger Space Probe will hopefully land on Mercury in 2011.
02. Raul Castro took over leadership of Cuba after his brother Fidel stepped down.
03./04. The Phoenix Space Probe has found frozen water at Mars' northern pole.
05. Bill Gates is now concentrating upon his philanthropic work.
06./09. Beijing, China hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics, and then the 2008 Paralympic Games that September, reusing many of the same venues.
07./08. Michael Phelps won 8 Gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics, beating Mark Spitz previous record of 7.
10. Believe it or not, the Republican party was the first to decide upon a Presidential candidate and completed their slate because their convention was before the Democratic Party's in 2008.

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