Saturday, October 8, 2016

THE PUZZLE CORNER: OCTOBER 8, 2016

FUN FACT
During the 1920s, wearing a full-length coat made of raccoon fur was a popular fad for male college students in the United States, but obviously the raccoons didn't like it.

FAMOUS FIRSTS
Who was the first captain of the Starship Enterprise?

TRIVIA TIME
Although a misnomer in description, what is "the clean side" of a hurricane?

We'll reveal all next weekend, but for now, let's open up THE ANSWERS BOX and discover the results of the October 1, 2016 Puzzle Corner.

COMMON BONDS
The items in each subset below have something in common.
Do you know what it is?

01. {Rogers, Clark} = Both have the first name Roy.
02. {Charlie Chaplin, Paul McCartney} = Both have been Knighted, so can be called Sir.

THE LETTER SHUFFLE
Everyone talks about it, but how many new words can you form 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, thee, there, three, tree
We, wear, wee, were, wet, what, wheat, (and) where.

More than the 40 listed above are possible.

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