Saturday, November 23, 2013

THE PUZZLE CORNER: NOVEMBER 23, 2013

Today, the Puzzle Corner pauses to commemorate two 50th anniversaries, so let's get to it.

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TRIVIA TIME: JOHN F. KENNEDY
Yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of the former President being taken from the world prematurely.
01. What was the most famous posting during Kennedy's World War 2 service?
02. Kennedy held what major public offices before running for the Presidency?
03. Who did Kennedy run against for the Presidency in 1960?
04. What was Jacqueline Kennedy's full name before marriage?
05. Fill-in the blank: Kennedy was the ___ President of the United States.


TRIVIA TIME: DOCTOR WHO
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the BBC science fiction series.
01. Fill-in the blanks: The Doctor is a ____, originally from the planet _____.
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02. He travels through time and space in a TARDIS, which is an acronym for what?
03. Why does the TARDIS always look like a blue police call box?
04. Fill-in the blank: Many actors have been able to play the title role over the five decades (thus far) because the title character is able to ____.
05. The original broadcast of the very first episode (part 1 of An Unearthly Child) was delayed for over an hour for what reason?

We'll reveal all next weekend. But for now, let's peek inside THE ANSWERS BOX and reveal the results from the November 16, 2013 Puzzle Corner.

COMMON BONDS
The items in each subset below have something in common.
Do you know what it is?

01. {Moses, Samuel, and Jerome Horwitz} We know them better as Moe, Shemp, and "Curly" Howard, members of The Three Stooges.
02. {Al, Jimmy, and Harry Joachim}  They are more famously known as the Ritz Brothers.

TRIVIA TIME
By what famous surname do we know Julius, Arthur, Leonard, Milton, and Herbert? MARX, for the brothers are more commonly known as Groucho, Harpo, Chico, Gummo, and Zeppo.

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