Saturday, April 11, 2009

THE PUZZLE CORNER: APRIL 11th, 2009

Okay, let's dive into our Easter basket for some puzzle fun!

TRIVIA TIME
What famous vehicle had the license plate V-194?

THE LETTER SHUFFLE
Considering the religious signifigance of tomorrow for a lot of people, how many words can you make out of the holiday phrase:

HAPPY EASTER

The answers will appear next weekend. But for now, here are the answers to last weekend's puzzles.

TRIVIA TIME
Although just a Princess when she met Harry S. Truman, Queen Elizabeth II of England has met every United States President since except for Lyndon Baines Johnson, although she later did meet with Lady Bird Johnson after the former President left office.

THE LETTER SHUFFLE
Out of the letters in the phrase FOREIGN SUMMIT, I found the following words, with plurals noted:
Emit(s), Fig(s), Figure(s), Fine(s), Finer, Finest, Fin(s), Fire(s), First, Fist, Font(s), For, Fore, Foreign, Forge(s) Form(s), Forum(s), Four, From, Front(s), Frost, Fun, Gent(s), Get(s), Gin, Grime, Gun(s), Gust, Gut(s), I, If(s), In, Intro(s), In, Is, Its, It's, Memo(s), Men, Mentor(s), Mime(s), Minor(s), Mint(s), Minute(s), Mire(s), Miser, Mist, Mister, Mite(s), More, Nitro, No, Nog, Nor, Not, Note(s), On, One, Or, Ore, Rest, Rig(s), Ring(s), Rise, Risen, Run(s), Rune(s), Rot(s), Rust, Senior, Set, Sing, Sir, Sire, Sit, Smog, So, Some, Son, Song, Snore, Stem, Strong, Stun, Summit, Sun, Sung, Time(s), Timing, 'Tis, Ton(s), Trust, Tune(s), and Tuner(s).

And of course, more words might be possible than the 127 listed above.

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