Saturday, June 4, 2016

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JUNE 4, 2016

FUN FACT
The average man spends about 5 months of his life shaving.

TRIVIA TIME
Who is buried in Grant's Tomb?

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: Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is the world's first full length animated feature.

We'll reveal all next weekend, but for now, let's open up THE ANSWERS BOX and discover the results from the May 28, 2016 Memorial Day weekend Puzzle Corner.

TRIVIA TIME
When was the very first, official Memorial Day held?

Decoration Day officially became Memorial Day when Congress declared it a Federal holiday in 1967.

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

A, aero, ail, aim, air, ale, alm, am, ammo, are, arm
Ear, elm, em (a printer's measure), era
I, ire
Lair, lea, leo, liar, lie, lime
Ma, mail, male, mar, mar, me, meal, mil (wire thickness), mile, mime, mire, mole, moral, morale, more
Oar, oil, oiler, ole, or, ore
Rail, ram, real, realm, ream, rile, rim

More than the 51 words listed above might be possible.

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