THE PUZZLE CORNER: SEPTEMBER 13, 2025

 😎FUN FACT

A Nautical Mile is 6,076 feet or 1,852 meters.

TRIVIA TIME⌚

Sine September 18 is Cheeseburger🍔 Day, what exactly is on Jimmy Buffet’s ♫Cheeseburger In Paradise♫?

COMMON BONDS

The items in each subset below have something in common. Do you know what it is?

01. {Nuro, Valo}

02. {Skua, Grebe}

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the September 6, 2025 Puzzle Corner as we celebrated Star Trek’s 59th anniversary.

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇

Who was the very first Captain of the Starship Enterprise NCC-1701?

Robert April is officially the Captain of record while the ship was being built and oversaw its initial missions until the Enterprise was declared space worthy. His then First Officer Christopher Pike assumed command.

TRIVIA TIME⌚

Why is September 8 so significant in Star Trek history?

Besides the fact that Thursday September 8, 1966 saw the debut of the original Star Trek on network television, Saturday September 8, 1973 saw the debut of Star Trek: The Animated Series, continuing the series with most of the original cast voicing their characters in new adventures.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: SEPTEMBER 6, 2025

 😎FUN FACT

September 8 is Star Trek Day, celebrating the 59th anniversary of the franchise.

Sorry, no Star Trek images because Paramount zealously protects their copyrights.

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇

Who was the very first Captain of the Starship Enterprise NCC-1701?

TRIVIA TIME⌚

Why is September 8 so significant in Star Trek history?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the August 30, 2025 Puzzle Corner.

AKA, ALSO KNOWN AS

Who do we know Emmanuel Goldenberg better as?

Famous actor Edward G. Robinson.

THE 50/50 CHANCE

Just like a regular TRIVIA TIME question except there are only two possible answers, hence the even odds of getting it right. Ready?

TRUE or FALSE: It is illegal to take an unauthorized photograph of Paris’ Eiffel Tower at night.

TRUE! Because the exterior lighting arrangement is still under copyright protection.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: AUGUST 30, 2025

 😎FUN FACT

There is no confirmed instance in any nation's official naval history of someone “walking the plank”.

AKA, ALSO KNOWN AS

Who do we know Emmanuel Goldenberg better as?

THE 50/50 CHANCE

Just like a regular TRIVIA TIME question except there are only two possible answers, hence the even odds of getting it right. Ready?

TRUE or FALSE: It is illegal to take an unauthorized photograph of Paris’ Eiffel Tower at night.

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the August 23, 2025 Puzzle Corner.

TRIVIA TIME⌚

What did guests receive during the first season of the original Muppet Show that no other guest has received since?

A Muppet likeness of themselves.

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇

What was the first Broadway show to have more than 10,000 performances?

The Phantom of the Opera, which closed after a 35 year run with 13,981 performances. While there are other possible contenders, the record has yet to be beaten.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: AUGUST 23, 2025

 😎FUN FACT

Astronaut visors are coated with gold to block harmful solar radiation.

TRIVIA TIME⌚

What did guests receive during the first season of the original Muppet Show that no other guest has received since?

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇

What was the first Broadway show to have more than 10,000 performances?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the August 16, 2025 Puzzle Corner.

COMMON BONDS

Because there are so many this time, the items in the lone subset below all have something in common. Do you know what it is?

{Blizzard Blue, Dandelion, Lemon Yellow, Magic Mint, Mulberry, Orange Red, Raw Umber, Violet Blue} and we are looking for something specific in regards to all 8/EIGHT.

The 8/EIGHT colors listed above have all been discontinued by Crayola.

WHO AM I?

Can you identify the person (real or fictitious) based upon the clue below?

I’m the first performer to win Emmy Awards for Acting, Writing and Directing on the same series.

Alan Alda, for M*A*S*H.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: AUGUST 16, 2025

 😎FUN FACT

Through his Sherlock Holmes stories, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is accredited with inspiring the creation of police forensics departments.

COMMON BONDS

Because there are so many this time, the items in the lone subset below all have something in common.

Do you know what it is?

{Blizzard Blue, Dandelion, Lemon Yellow, Magic Mint, Mulberry, Orange Red, Raw Umber, Violet Blue} and we are looking for something specific in regards to all 8/EIGHT.

WHO AM I?

Can you identify the person (real or fictitious) based upon the clue below?

I’m the first performer to win Emmy Awards for Acting, Writing and Directing on the same series.

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX and discover the results from the August 9, 2025 Puzzle Corner.

AKA, ALSO KNOWN AS

Who do we know Louis Francis Cristillo better as?

Lou Costello of the (Bud) Abbott and Costello comedy team.

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇

Who was the very first lady inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

Aretha Franklin.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: AUGUST 9, 2025

 😎FUN FACT

Pink Floyd, Led Zepplin, Elton John, Genesis and Jethro Tull all contributed to financing the making of Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

AKA, ALSO KNOWN AS

Who do we know Louis Francis Cristillo better as?

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇

Who was the very first lady inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the August 2, 2025 Puzzle Corner.

RHYME TIME⏰

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

Woodwinds’ problems. = Oboes’ woes.

NUMBER PLEASE

Get ready! We ask the question, but the answer is just a number.

How many Number One albums have The Who (Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle and Keith Moon) had?

Only 1/ONE. Who’s Next went Number 1 on the British Charts in 1971.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: AUGUST 2, 2025

 😎FUN FACT

RHYME TIME⏰

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

Woodwinds’ problems.

NUMBER PLEASE

Get ready! We ask the question, but the answer is just a number.

How many Number One albums have The Who (Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle and Keith Moon) had?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the July 26, 2025 Puzzle Corner.

REBUS

Something familiar is represented in the image on the left. Do you know what it is?

Pink Floyd’s ♫Just Another Brick In The Wall♫

HUH? (misquotes)

The misquote is below. All you have to do is give us the correct quote and source. Ready?

♫Where Theo can meet this guy, I’ll be sailing♫ is actually ♫Where the ocean meets the sky, I’ll be sailing♫ from Rod Stewart’s The Rhythm of My Heart.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JULY 26, 2026

 😎FUN FACT

Ironically, Debbie Reynolds’ voice was completely dubbed for Singin’ In The Rain☔ when part of the plot was her character rerecording all of Lena Lamont’s dialogue at the advent of talking pictures.

REBUS

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

HUH? (misquotes)

The misquote is below. All you have to do is give us the correct quote and source. Ready?

♫Where Theo can meet this guy, I’ll be sailing♫

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the July 19, 2025 Puzzle Corner.

THE 50/50 CHANCE

Just like a regular TRIVIA TIME question except there are only two possible answers, hence the even odds of getting it right. Ready?

TRUE or FALSE: The ABC daytime soap operas All My Children, One Live To Live and General Hospital were always an hour long per episode.

FALSE: All three were in the traditional half hour format upon their debuts and expanded as other daytime programs were canceled.

⌚TRIVIA TIME

What country has the longest coastline in the world?

Canada, because it borders the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic Oceans.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JULY 19, 2025

 😎FUN FACT

Godzilla has had honorary citizenship in Japan since 2015.

THE 50/50 CHANCE

Just like a regular TRIVIA TIME question except there are only two possible answers, hence the even odds of getting it right. Ready?

TRUE or FALSE: The ABC daytime soap operas All My Children, One Live To Live and General Hospital were always an hour long per episode.

TRIVIA TIME⌚

What country has the longest coastline in the world?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the July 12, 2025 Puzzle Corner.

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇

July 17 was World Emoji Day. What was the very first one?

Publicly, a heart, represented in 1995 as <3. Any private experimentation or use before then cannot be verified.

NEXT?

What is the next item(s) in the sequence below?

1, 2, 3, 7, ??, ??

12, 18.

1+2=3, 3+4=7, 7+5=12, 12+6=18.

Adding while counting upward.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JULY 12, 2025

😎 FUN FACT

If it’s too hot for you it’s too hot for them. Keep your pets safe and cool indoors during the hot summer months.

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇

July 17 is World Emoji Day. What was the very first one?

NEXT?

What is the next item(s) in the sequence below?

1, 2, 3, 7, ??, ??

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the July 5, 2025 Puzzle Corner.

WHAT’S THAT SONG?

Words from a tune of the past are below. All you have to do is give us the song title. Ready?

♫Now this is the politic of lies.♫ = Heart and Soul by T’Pau.

TRIVIA TIME⌚

What do you have if you suffer from Onychophagia?

You’re a chronic finger nail biter.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JULY 5, 2025

 😎FUN FACT

The tops of Japanese beverage cans are also labeled in Braille to help consumers who cannot see.

WHAT’S THAT SONG?

Words from a tune of the past are below. All you have to do is give us the song title. Ready?

♫Now this is the politic of lies.♫

TRIVIA TIME⌚

What do you have if you suffer from Onychophagia?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the June 28, 2025 Puzzle Corner.

THE LETTER SHUFFLE

Using the same group of letters, can you spell a variety of cheese, a strong drink and another word for manufactured?

EDAM, MEAD and MADE.

WHO AM I?

Can you identify the person (real or fictitious) based upon the clue below?

Many don’t know this but I created Crest Toothpaste, Folgers Coffee, Bounce Fabric Softener and Safeguard Soap.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JUNE 28, 2025

 😎FUN FACT

THIS IS OUR 3,200TH BLOGGER POST!😁🎂

THE LETTER SHUFFLE

Using the same group of letters, can you spell a variety of cheese, a strong drink and another word for manufactured?

WHO AM I?

Can you identify the person (real or fictitious) based upon the clue below?

Many don’t know this but I created Crest Toothpaste, Folgers Coffee, Bounce Fabric Softener and Safeguard Soap.

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the June 21, 2025 Puzzle Corner.

TRIVIA TIME⌚

What is Monochromatism?

A form of color blindness where everything is only visible in shades of black, white and gray.

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?

The Pritchetts meet the Griffins. = Modern Family Guy. (Modern Family/Family Guy)

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JUNE 21, 2025

😎 FUN FACT

While now a major historical event that some consider the prelude to Woodstock in 1969, 1967’s Summer of Love was actually unplanned.

⌚TRIVIA TIME

What is Monochromatism?

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?

The Pritchetts meet the Griffins.

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the June 14, 2025 Puzzle Corner.

AKA, ALSO KNOWN AS

Who do we know Farrokh Bulsara better as?

Freddie Mercury of Queen.

HUH? (misquotes)

The misquote is below. All you have to do is give us the correct quote and source. Ready?

♫Hold me closer Tony Danza.♫ = ♫Hold me closer Tiny Dancer.♫, a seriously misheard line from the classic Elton John song.

There are 3/THREE links in this article.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JUNE 14, 2025

 😎FUN FACT

Every horse🏇 that raced in the 2025 Kentucky Derby was a descendant of Secretariat, the 1973 Derby winner and still champion of the fastest race time to date.

AKA, ALSO KNOWN AS

Who do we know Farrokh Bulsara better as?

HUH? (misquotes)

The misquote is below. All you have to do is give us the correct quote and source. Ready?

♫Hold me closer Tony Danza.♫

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the June 7, 2025 Puzzle Corner.

TRIVIA TIME⌚

What country is Turkey in?

Turkey is within both Europe and Asia.

WHO AM I?

Can you identify the person (real or fictitious) based upon the clue below?

Although it happened long after my passing, a sports team and their mascot have been named in my memory.

ANSWER: Edgar Allan Poe. The Baltimore Ravens of professional football🏈 have been named after his famous poem and their mascot, a raven, is named Poe.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JUNE 7, 2025

 😎FUN FACT

King’s College in London, England is experimenting with growing replacement human teeth.

TRIVIA TIME⌚

What country is Turkey in?

WHO AM I?

Can you identify the person (real or fictitious) based upon the clue below?

Although it happened long after my passing, a sports team and their mascot have been named in my memory.

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the May 31, 2025 Puzzle Corner.

NUMBER PLEASE

Get ready! We ask the question, but the answer is just a number.

How many US Presidents were also former military personnel?

Starting with George Washington, 35 of the 45 (although there are 47 to date, Grover Cleveland and Donald Trump served nonconsecutive terms) Presidents had prior military service, but none since George W. Bush. More details here.

TRIVIA TIME⌚

What does D-Day stand for?

It does not stand for anything. The 'D' is derived from the word 'day'. 'D-Day' means the day on which a military operation begins. The term 'D-Day' is still used for military operations, but to the general public it is generally used to refer to the Allied landings in Normandy on 6 June 1944 which eventually led to the end of World War 2 in Europe. 

THE PUZZLE CORNER: MAY 31, 2025

 😎FUN FACT

It is estimated that post D-Day, up to 4% of the sand at Normandy Beach is still bits of shrapnel from World War 2.

NUMBER PLEASE

Get ready! We ask the question, but the answer is just a number.

How many US Presidents were also former military personnel?

TRIVIA TIME⌚

What does D-Day stand for?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the May 24, 2025 Puzzle Corner.

COMMON BONDS

The items in each subset below have something in common. Do you know what it is?

01. {Hobby, Saw} = Horses.

02. {Checkers, Chess} = Board Games.

THE LETTER SHUFFLE

How many new words can you spell out of the letters in 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, (and) rime.

More than the 53 listed above might be possible.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: MAY 24, 2025

 😎FUN FACT

While other countries have their own version of the holiday, May 26 is Memorial Day in the United States, where we honor those who proudly served this country in peace and protected it in war.

COMMON BONDS

The items in each subset below have something in common. Do you know what it is?

01. {Hobby, Saw}

02. {Checkers, Chess}

THE LETTER SHUFFLE

How many new words can you spell out of the letters in MEMORIAL?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the May 17, 2025 Puzzle Corner.

TRIVIA TIME⌚

When was the resealable paint can invented?

In 1877 by Henry Sherwin, who confounded Sherwin-Williams Paint with Edward Williams in 1870.

THE 50/50 CHANCE

Just like a regular TRIVIA TIME question except there are only two possible answers, hence the even odds of getting it right. Ready?

TRUE or FALSE: The iconic Mister Clean has a first name.

TRUE! Although rarely used in advertising, it’s Veritably.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: MAY 17, 2025

 😎FUN FACT

Goofy and his ilk are unofficially referred to by some as Disneyus Humanus Standinish, a psuedo term for substitute humans within some sections of the animated anthropomorphic Disney Universe.

TRIVIA TIME⌚

When was the resealable paint can invented?

THE 50/50 CHANCE

Just like a regular TRIVIA TIME question except there are only two possible answers, hence the even odds of getting it right. Ready?

TRUE or FALSE: The iconic Mister Clean character has a first name.

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the May 10, 2025 Puzzle Corner.

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?

Richie, Ralph and company on a long running soap opera. = Happy Days Of Our Lives. (Happy Days/Days Of Our Lives)

NUMBER PLEASE

Get ready! We ask the question, but the answer is just a number.

With the selection of Leo XIV, to date: how many Popes have there been?

267 unless you count Stephen II, who was selected but passed away before his official consecration to the Papal office, which prompted another Conclave to select a new Pope again. Then there are 268.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: MAY 10, 2025

 😎FUN FACT

George Lucas gave Mel Brooks permission to parody Star Wars on one condition, that there would never be any Spaceballs based merchandise. To this day, no one is certain whatever happened to all the props and prototypes shown during the movie.

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?

Richie, Ralph and company on a long running soap opera.

NUMBER PLEASE

Get ready! We ask the question, but the answer is just a number.

With the selection of Leo XIV, to date: how many Popes have there been?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the May 3, 2025 Puzzle Corner as we celebrated Star Wars Day.

AKA, ALSO KNOWN AS

What was George Lucas’ original title for what eventually became Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope?

THE Star Wars.

Okay, like we said, it was the working title. Luke Skywalker was originally named Luke Starkiller, so there was a lot of rewriting between first draft and finished screenplay.

TRIVIA TIME⌚

What characters appeared throughout all nine movies of the original three trilogies?

The droids R2-D2 and C-3PO.

THE LETTER SHUFFLE

Do you know how many other words you can make out of the letters in STAR WARS?

ANSWER: Granted, there weren't as many as one might suspect, but you can still form:

A, art(s), at, as, ass, aw

Rat(s), raw

Sat, saw, Stars (star doesn't count because it was part of the original phrase), straw(s)

Tar(s)

War (wars doesn't count because it was part of the original phrase), was, (and) wart(s).

If more than the 21 listed above are possible, please let us know.

PUZZLE CORNER: MAY 3, 2025

 😎FUN FACT

May 4 is International Star Wars Day, so let’s celebrate with some fun and games. May the Fourth be with you.

AKA, ALSO KNOWN AS

What was George Lucas’ original title for what eventually became Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope?

TRIVIA TIME⌚

What characters appeared throughout all nine movies of the original three trilogies?

THE LETTER SHUFFLE

Do you know how many other words you can make out of the letters in STAR WARS?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the April 26, 2025 Puzzle Corner.

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇

What was the first movie to ever have a soundtrack album?

Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

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?

A President turned scientist. = George Washington Carver. Carver, who made many improvements to agriculture to help farmers in his lifetime, was actually named after the first President of the United States.