Saturday, March 28, 2009

THE PUZZLE CORNER: MARCH 28, 2009

Another week, and more fun! So let's get right to it.

WORD SEARCHING
How many words can you find in the sentence below.

SDRACNEERGRETNUHYLLOHW

TRIVIA TIME
By what moniker is musician Darryl Dragon more commonly known?

The answers will appear next weekend, but now the results from March 21st, 2009.

TRIVIA TIME
Actress turned Congressional Democratic Representative from California Helen Gahagan Douglas bestowed future President Richard M. Nixon the infamous moniker "Tricky Dick" to combat the smear campaign he was raging against her for an United States Senatorial position in 1950.

THE LETTER SHUFFLE
Without using the actual words, the following can all be made from the letters in the phrase SPRING HAS SPRUNG:
A, Ah, An, Ann, As, Asp(s), Gain(s), Gap(s), Gas, Gin, Grin(s), Gun(s), Hang(s), Hi, Hip(s), His, Hung, Hun(s), I, Ian, In, Inn(s), Nag(s), Nun(s), Pain(s), Pan(s), Pain(s), Pass, Pin(s), Pun(s), Pup(s), Rain(s), Ran, Rang, Rung, Run(s), Sag(s), Sang, Sans, Sass, Sing(s), Sin(s), Sip(s), Spain, Spin(s), Sprang, Sprain(s), Spun, and Sung.
Besides the 74 words above, other combinations might be possible, for I know of two more that good taste will not allow me to list.

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