Saturday, July 20, 2019

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JULY 20, 2019

😎FUN FACT
“That’s one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind.”—Astronaut Neil Armstrong; July 21, 1969.

This weekend marks the 50th anniversary of a major historic event🚀🌑, so…

TRIVIA TIME⌚
Who stayed in the orbiting return craft as Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin explored the lunar surface?

AKA, ALSO KNOWN AS
The landing capsule was called Eagle.🦅
“Houston. Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.”—Astronaut Neil Armstrong; July 20, 1969.
But what was the name of the craft that stayed in lunar orbit?🌕

We’ll reveal all next weekend, but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the July 13, 2019 Puzzle Corner.

NUMBER PLEASE
Get ready! We ask the question, but the answer is just a number.
What was the first number retired in Major League Baseball ⚾history?
4, worn by Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees on July 4, 1939.
Many people said Jackie Robinson’s 42, but the question was IN MLB history, not BY the MLB.

TRIVIA TIME⌚
What is a pangram?
A sentence that contains at least one appearance of every letter in the alphabet, so this one still needs G, J, K, M, W, X, and Z to qualify.😉

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