Saturday, June 9, 2012

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JUNE 9, 2012

PLAY BALL!
The weather is turning warmer and the professional baseball season is well underway.
Listed below alphabetically are all 30 Major League Baseball teams, as they officially appear on scoreboards. Do you know their full names?

01. ARI
02. ATL    
03. BAL
04. BOS
05. CHC
06. CIN
07. CLE
08. COL
09. CWS
10. DET
11. HOU
12. KC
13. LAA
14. LAD
15. MIA
16. MIL
17. MIN
18. NYM
19. NYY
20. OAK
21. PHI
22. PIT
23. SEA
24. SD
25. SF
26. STL
27. TB
28. TEX
29. TOR
30. WSH

We'll reveal all next weekend. But now, let's peek inside THE ANSWERS BOX and discover the results from June 2, 2012's Puzzle Corner!

COMMON BONDS
01. {Groups 2 and 3 only lacked one word to form song titles}
02. {Nights, Breeze} = Summer. "Summer Nights" from the musical Grease! and "Summer Breeze" by Seals and Croft.
03, {Afternoon, Ruby} = Tuesday. "Tuesday Afternoon" by The Moody Blues and "Ruby Tuesday" by the Rolling Stones, which is the official song title despite how many times they actually sang "Goodbye Ruby Tuesday".

TRIVIA TIME
King George VI was succeeded to the throne of England by Queen Elizabeth II, who is currently celebrating her Diamond Jubilee (60th anniversary) in the position.

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