Saturday, May 4, 2013

THE PUZZLE CORNER: MAY 4, 2013

Lot of ground to cover this weekend. So let's get right to it!

TRIVIA TIME
Today, May 4, 2013; is FREE COMIC BOOK DAY at participating outlets around the world, a celebration of the genre.
Comic books originally started out just reprinting newspaper comic strips until they began creating their own material. Do you know who the very first ORIGINAL comic book hero is?

THE LETTER SHUFFLE
May 4th is also a red letter day for fans of both puns and the Star Wars franchise, so don't be surprised if someone says "May the Fourth (force) be with you" today.
Do you know how many other words you can make out of the letters in STAR WARS?

We'll reveal all next weekend. But for now, let's peek inside THE ANSWERS BOX, and discover the results of the April 27, 2013 Puzzle Corner.

THE FIFTY-FIFTY CHANCE
Just like a regular Trivia Time question, only there are two possible answers.
True or False: There really is/was a Sherwood Forest?

ANSWER: True. But Sherwood Forest originally covered over 200 square miles, and what little remains in England is a mere shadow of its former glory.

TRIVIA TIME
In a past Puzzle Corner, we asked what is the best possible score in the average game of solitaire. Now, do you know what the average score in such a game is?

ANSWER: 645, because it's a rare event to make it through the deck without having the computer reshuffle the cards, for each time it does subtracts 100 points from your score.

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