FUN FACTThe average person takes 23,000 breaths a day.
WHAT’S THAT SONG?
A line from a famous tune is below. Do you know what song it’s from?
♫A Picasso or a Garfunkel♫
THE LETTER SHUFFLE
How many new words can you form out of the letters in the phrase NEW YEAR?
We’ll reveal all next weekend, but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX and discover the results from the December 24, 2016 Puzzle Corner.
How many new words can you make out of the letters in the word CHRISTMAS?
A, act(s), ah(s), aim(s), air(s), am, arc(s), arch, arm(s), art(s), as, ash, ass, at
Cam(s), car(s), cart(s), cash, cast(s) cat(s), char(s), chair(s), charm(s), chart(s), chasm(s), chat(s), cram(s)
Ha, hair, ham(s), harm(s), has, hat(s), hi, him, his, hiss, hit(s)
I, I’m, is, it, its, itch
Ma, mach, march, mart(s), mash, mass, mast(s), mat(s), match, math, mint(s),mirth, miss, mist(s)
Racism, racist(s), ram(s), rash, rat(s), rich, rim(s)
Sash, sat, scam(s), scar(s), scat, sham(s), shirt(s), Sir, sis, sit(s), smash, smart(s), stair(s), star(s), starch, stash, stir(s)
Tar(s), this, trash, tram(s), trim(s), Tsar
Besides the 132 words listed above, Chris, Christ, and Sam might be eligible, depending upon your position of counting names in a game like this. Other words might also be possible.
REBUS
Something familiar is represented in the image on the right.
Do you know what it is?
A (Keith) Partridge in a pear tree.
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