Saturday, April 10, 2010

THE PUZZLE CORNER: APRIL 10, 2010

It's tax time in the United States, as the filing deadline of April 15th looms for both state and federal income taxes.
So let's hope this weekend's appropriately themed enigmas are not too taxing.

TRIVIA TIME
Under the current system, Americans have been paying income tax since 1913. But when was the very first income tax collected in the United States?

THE LETTER SHUFFLE
Although I hate running the same puzzle type two weeks in a row, what better way to file than to see how many words can be found using the letters in the words INCOME TAX?

THE ANSWERS BOX
Today's results will be revealed next weekend.
Now, here are the solutions to April 3's Easter Weekend Puzzle Corner.

EGG QUIZ
1. Omelet
2. Quiche
3. Eggs Benedict (but not named after Benedict Arnold)
4. Sunny Side Up
5. Caviar (also known as roe, or fish eggs)

THE LETTER SHUFFLE
In our great EASTER EGG hunt, you could find:
*A, Age(s), Agree(s), Are, Art(s), As, At, Ate
*Eager, Ease, East, Eat(s), Eggs (Egg was part of the search perimeters so it doesn't count), Erase
*Gee, Geese, Grate(s), Grease, Great(s), Greet(s)
*Rag(s), Rage(s), Rat(s), Rate(s), Rest
*Sat, Sea, See, Seer, Set, Seat, Stag, Stagger, Stage, Stare, Steer, Steerage, Star
*Tag(s), Tea(s), Tease, Teaser, Test
Other combinations besides the 56 above might be possible.

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