Saturday, June 3, 2017

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JUNE 3, 2017

FUN FACT
No professional basketball player has yet to beat Wilt Chamberlain’s single game record of scoring 100 points, established in 1962.

COMMON BONDS
The items within each subset below have something in common. Do you know what it is?
01. {Andover, Talladega}
02. {Slovenly, neat}

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: Human hair grows faster during the winter months.

We’ll reveal all next weekend, but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX and discover the results from the May 27, 2017 Puzzle Corner.

TRIVIA TIME
When did Decoration Day officially become Memorial Day?

While the term Memorial Day was first used in 1882, its use didn’t become popular and fully accepted until after World War 2. But Memorial Day did not become an official Federal holiday in the United States until 1967.

THE LETTER SHUFFLE
How many new words can you spell, using 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 listed above might be possible.

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