Saturday, July 16, 2022

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JULY 16, 2022

😎FUN FACT
The fear of long words is called Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliphobia.
And you thought Antidisestablishmentarianism was a long word! (35 characters versus 28)

COMMON BONDS
The items in each subset below have something in common. Do you know what it is?
01. {Needle, Swiss Cheese}
02. {Dane, Idle}

BEFORE AND AFTER
Two separate items share at least one word, and so can be combined to create something new. Based upon the clue below, do you know what the new thing is?
Crocodile Dundee’s World War 2 sitcom?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the July 9, 2022 Puzzle Corner.

NUMBER PLEASE
Get ready! We ask the question, but the answer is just a number.
What is the first viable palindromic number?
101, because you need at least 3 characters/numbers for a palindrome.

REBUS
Something familiar is represented in the image below. Do you know what it is.

PRO
MISE
Answer: Broken Promise.

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