Saturday, September 6, 2014

THE PUZZLE CORNER: SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

FUN FACT
It is illegal for a school teacher to keep an entire class after the last bell. It violates the Geneva Convention's laws on collective punishment!

It's a year AFTER the fact, but within the first hour of Prime Time television Sunday September 7, the ABC television network will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of that beloved, and educational classic Schoolhouse Rock!
To celebrate ourselves, let's have a SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK QUIZ! Ready?

01. When Schoolhouse Rock! first debuted in 1973, they began with Multiplication Rock!, covering the multiplication table from "My Hero Zero" to "Little Twelvetoes". But what two numbers were skipped?
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2. Multiplication Rock! lessons were quickly joined in the weekly rotation with Grammar Rock! What was the first lesson in that subject?
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3. What group of lessons was added in 1975 in time for the bicentennial of the United States?
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4. What subject started debuting lessons in 1979 amongst the existing topics?
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5. Although the shortest subject because of the ever changing technology field, Computer Rocks! debuted in 1983 with what two recurring characters?
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6. Sadly, the series went off the air for a while starting in 1985, but when it returned in the early 1990s, it gained a mascot to introduce the segments. Who was this character?
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7. With the series revival, what new subject was introduced amongst the original episodes and new lessons in Grammar Rock!?
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8. Sadly, the series went off the air again in 1999 and has only been on DVD (and YouTube) since then. What new subject was covered in a straight to DVD release in 2009?

We'll reveal all next weekend. But for now, let's open THE ANSWERS BOX and discover the results from the August 30th, 2014 Puzzle Corner!

TRIVIA TIME
Fauntleroy is the middle name of what famous star? Donald Duck!

HOW?
Our very first mystery in this new game was...

The answer?
The last person took the egg AND the basket!






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