Saturday, November 19, 2011

THE PUZZLE CORNER: NOVEMBER 19, 2011

Another weekend is upon us, and considering that there are a lot of people staying indoors because of the cold weather, why not do so with a couple of puzzles to keep the mind warm.
Ready?

BEFORE AND AFTER
Two separate things share at least one word, allowing them to combine to create a new item.
Can you figure out what it is, based upon the clue below?

Tarzan at the playground?

THE FIFTY-FIFTY CHANCE
Just like a regular Trivia Time question, except there are only two possible answers, thus giving you a fair chance at answering the question correctly. Ready?

With the holiday baking season approaching, can you say whether or not the following corporate brands are actually based upon real people?
01. "Aunt Jemima"
02. "Betty Crocker"
03. "Uncle Ben" of rice fame.

We'll reveal all next weekend. Now, let's look inside THE ANSWERS BOX for the results of November 12's Puzzle Corner.

COMMON BONDS
01. {Sergeant Ben Romero, Detective Sergeant Ed Jacobs}
02. {Frank Smith, William Gannon}
All were partners of Police Sergeant Joe Friday on Dragnet.


TRIVIA TIME
Badge 714 of the Los Angeles (California, USA) Police Department was honorably retired in 1983 after the passing of actor Jack Webb, who portrayed Sgt. Friday on the Dragnet radio and television programs throughout his career.
While never confirmed beyond the fact that the number was not assigned to an actual officer at the time Dragnet first started on radio in 1949, urban legends persist that the actor/producer/show creator chose it either because it represented his mother's birth date  of July 14 (7-14) or that was the original career home run record in Major League Baseball, set by the legendary Babe Ruth.

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