Saturday, January 11, 2014

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JANUARY 11, 2014

Depending upon where you are right now, it's a pretty dreary weekend weather-wise, so let's try to cheer things up with some enigmas.

COMMON BONDS
The items in each subset have something in common.
Do you know what it is?
01. {B. J. Thomas, Gene Kelly}
02. {The Beatles, Katrina and the Waves}

TRIVIA TIME
On the classic western series The Virginian, what was the full name of James Drury's title character?

We'll reveal all next weekend, but for now, let's open up THE ANSWERS BOX and discover the results from our Famous Firsts quiz that celebrated the first Puzzle Corner of 2014.

The first names of all our contestants are:
01. Mr. Magoo (voiced by Jim Backus): QUINCY
02. MacGyver (played by Richard Dean Anderson): ANGUS
03. Robert B. Parker's Spenser: NEVER REVEALED!
04. Doctor Mallard from NCIS (David McCallum): DONALD
05. The Fonz (Henry Winkler on Happy Days): ARTHUR Fonzerelli
06. Quincy, M.E. (Jack Klugman): NEVER REVEALED, but it was confirmed on the show that his first name did start with an R!
07. Columbo (Peter Falk): Officially, NEVER REVEALED, but whenever his LAPD ID was shown, a freeze frame shows his first name was Frank.
08. McCloud (Dennis Weaver): Sam
09. McMillian... (Rock Hudson): STEWART. Most people on the show referred to him as either "Mac" or his formal position as a Police Commissioner.
10. ...and Wife (Susan Saint James): Sally

01)Mister Magoo

02
04)Dr. "Ducky" Mallard
05)The Fonz

06)Quincy, Medical Examiner

07)Columbo
08)McCloud




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