Saturday, May 14, 2016

THE PUZZLE CORNER: MAY 14, 2016

FUN FACT
Although not in the format we know it today, the game of baseball might have existed as far back as the mid-18th century in Europe! More information here.

NEXT?
There is a specific pattern to the items listed below. Can you guess what the next one in the sequence should be?

KC, SD, SF, _______?

COMMON BONDS
The items within each subset below have something specific in common.
Do you know what it is?
01. {LAD, OAK, PIT, SEA}
02. {ARI, MIA, TEX}
03. {DET, MIN}
04. {This entire edition of The Puzzle Corner}

We'll reveal all next weekend, but for now, let's open up THE ANSWERS BOX and discover the results from the May 7, 2016, Puzzle Corner.

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

TRUE or FALSE: When going on a "snipe hunt", there actually is such a thing as a snipe?
Answer: TRUE!
While used as a joke in some cases to lose an obnoxious person for a while, there really is a snipe! More information here.

THE LETTER SHUFFLE
Everyone talks about it, but how many new words can you make out of the letters in the word WEATHER?

A, ah, are, art, at, aw, awe
Ear, earth, eat, ewe, ewer
Ha, hart, hat, haw, he, hear, heart, heat, her, here, hew
Tea, tear, tee, thaw, the, there, three, tree
We, wear, wee, were, wet, what, wheat, where

More than the 39 words listed above might be possible.

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