Saturday, November 12, 2011

THE PUZZLE CORNER: NOVEMBER 12, 2011

The following Puzzle Corner has a special theme to it. Do you know what it is?

COMMON BONDS
The items in each subset have something in common. What is it?
01. {Sergeant Ben Romero, Detective Sergeant Ed Jacobs}
02. {Frank Smith, William Gannon}

TRIVIA TIME
The Los Angeles (California, USA) Police Department honorably retired Badge 714 in 1983, despite the fact it was never worn by an actual police officer. Why?

We'll reveal all next weekend. Meanwhile, let's peek inside THE ANSWERS BOX and discover the results of November 5's Puzzle Corner.

TRIVIA TIME
The United States Congress finally adopted the measure of Daylight Saving Time in March 1918, despite founding father Benjamin Franklin being the earliest (known) person to suggest it back in the 1700s.

THE LETTER SHUFFLE
Out of the letters in the word DAYLIGHT, you can form the following words: a, ad, ah, ail, at, daily, day, dial, gait, gay, ha, had, hag, hai (Japanese for yes), hail, hat, hay, hi, hid, hilt, hit, I, id, it, la (musical note), lad, lag, laid, lay, lid, light, tad, tag, tail, AND ti (another musical note).
Other words besides the 35 listed above might be possible.

No comments: