Saturday, March 21, 2015

THE PUZZLE CORNER: MARCH 21, 2015

FUN FACT
A strawberry is not actually a berry, but is considered a hybrid fruit!

Some seasonal fun this weekend, depending upon the weather in your area.

NEXT?
It's been quite a while since we've played this.
All you have to do is guess the missing members of the sequence.
Ready?

64, 32, 16, 8, ?, ?, ?

REBUS
A familiar phrase is represented by the image below.
Do you know what it is?


We'll reveal all next weekend.
But for now, let's open up THE ANSWERS BOX and discover the results of the March 14, 2015 Puzzle Corner.

TRIVIA TIME
What exactly is Pi π ?
As the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, Pi π is technically an irrational number.

THE LETTER SHUFFLE
How many new words can you make out of the letters in the word SHAMROCK?

A, ah, am, arc(s), ark(s), arm(s), as, ash
Cam(s), car(s), cash, char(s), charm(s), chaos, chasm, cram(s), crash, croak(s)
Hack(s), ham(s), harm(s), has
Mach, mack, march, mar(s), marsh, mash, mock(s)
Oak(s), oar(s), oh, or
Rack(s), rah (which is an old cheer word), ram(s), rash, roach, roam(s), rock(s)
Sack, scam, scar, scram, sham, shack, shark, shock, soak, soar

More words than the 70 listed above might be possible.

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