Saturday, July 23, 2011

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JULY 23, 2011

Another weekend is upon us, and while the weather has been hot, the puzzles are cool.


TRIVIA TIME
The duo of Fischbacher and Horn are more commonly known as who?


BEFORE AND AFTER
Two different things, sharing at least one common word, have been combined to create a new thing. Based upon the clue below, do you know what it is?


Something your optometrist can see unaided?


We'll reveal all next weekend. But for now, let's peek inside THE ANSWERS BOX and discover the results from our brief quiz from July 16.


01. Who legitimately broke Babe Ruth's home run record?
Hank Aaron, because Barry Bonds has yet to be legally cleared of all the steroid/performance enhancing drug allegations against him.

02. Who preceded Johnny Carson hosting The Tonight Show?
Jack Paar, I kid you not (which was the title of his autobiography).

03. What famous actor suffered Misery?
James Caan.

04. What famous science fiction author wrote of Foundations and Robots?
Isaac Asimov.

05. What can be an auto club, a battery size, or the theme of this quiz?
Triple A's, for each answer has 3 A's in them.
Hey, I did say it was A brief quiz. 



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