Saturday, June 5, 2021

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JUNE 5, 2021

😎FUN FACT
Seahorses hold tails while courting.

TRIVIA TIME
What always has four letters, occasionally twelve letters, but never five letters?

THE 50/50 CHANCE
Just like a regular TRIVIA TIME question, except there are just two possible answers, hence the even odds of getting it right. Ready?
TRUE or FALSE: The United States of America has yet to see an Independent President in office.

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the May 29, 2021 Puzzle Corner.

THE LETTER SHUFFLE
How many new words can you find within the letters of 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, memo, mil (wire thickness), mile, mime, mire, mole, moral, morale, more
Oar, oil, oiler, ole, or, ore
Rail, ram, real, realm, ream, rile, rim, rime.
More than the 53 listed above might be possible.

COMMON BONDS
The items in each subset below have something in common. Do you know what it is?
01. {Board, Piece} = Lumber, or any traditional table game requiring at least two players like Chess, Checkers, Parcheesi, etc.
02. {Ted Williams, James Stewart}
These famous people, and many others, paused their careers to serve their country.

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