Saturday, April 2, 2016

THE PUZZLE CORNER: APRIL 2, 2016

FUN FACT
Birds need gravity to swallow.

RHYME TIME
The clue to something is below, but no matter how long your answer is, every word within it must rhyme. Ready?

A canine playground.

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

COU(ball)RT

We'll reveal all next weekend, but for now, let's open up THE ANSWERS BOX and discover the results from the March 26, 2016 Puzzle Corner.

THE 50/50 CHANCE
Just like a regular TRIVIA TIME question, only there are just two possibilities, hence the even odds of getting it right. Ready?

True or false: There really was a Sara Lee behind the Sara Lee brand.

TRUE. Baker Charles Lubin named his company after his young daughter, Sara Lee Lubin.

THE LETTER SHUFFLE
Let's hop to it and see how many new words you can form out of the letters in EASTER.
Hint: There's more than you think.

A, are, arse, art(s), as, Aster (type of flower), at, ate
Ear(s), east, eat(s)
Rat(s), rest, reset
Sat, sea, sear, seat, see, seer, set, star, star, stare, steer
Tar(s), tare(s), tea(s), tear(s), tease, teaser, tee(s), terse

More than the 42 listed above might be possible.

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