Saturday, January 7, 2017

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JANUARY 7, 2016

FUN FACT
The Eiffel Tower in Paris, France acquires a new coat of paint every seven years as three shades of brown are applied over a fifteen month period.

WELCOME TO THE FIRST PUZZLE CORNER
OF THE NEW YEAR!

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

Salutation at a comedic event.

TRIVIA TIME
What part of the human body is the Glabella?

We’ll reveal all next weekend, but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX and discover the results from the December 31, 2016 Puzzle Corner.

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♫

“If I Had A Million Dollars” by Bare Naked Ladies, because the preceding line was: ♫I'd buy you some art♫

THE LETTER SHUFFLE
How many new words can you form out of the letters in the phrase NEW YEAR?

A, an, any, are, aye
Ear, earn, ewe, eye
Nay, nee, near
Ran, raw, ray, renew
War, ware, warn, way, wean, wear, weary, were, wren
Yarn, yaw, yawn, yea, yearn

New and Year don’t count because they were part of the original phrase. Other words than the 30 listed above might be possible.


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