THE PUZZLE CORNER: JUNE 13, 2026

 😎FUN FACT

Phone books in Iceland are arranged alphabetically by everyone’s FIRST name.

FILL IN THE BLANKS

All you have to do is what the title says, literally fill in the blanks to acquire the answer. The given letters are all shown, none of those are missing. Ready?

EVENT: _I_E_ _ E_ _ I_ _.

RHYME TIME⏰

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

What his wife requested her carpenter husband to build next after their new barn.

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the June 6, 2026 Puzzle Corner as we remembered D-Day.

TRIVIA TIME⌚

What does the term D-Day stand for?

The moment when a military action begins but if there is a more specific meaning for the acronym, it’s lost to the annuls of time.

QUOTE THIS

Who said the following concerning war: “All gave some. Some gave all.”

Korean War Veteran Howard William Osterkamp. Many have since applied it to World War 2.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JUNE 6, 2026

 😎FUN FACT

IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO SERVED

Before D-Day began on June 6, 1944 to free Europe from Axis control, some of the mission’s code words were found in local crossword puzzles. When questioned about his use of those specific words, the maker simply replied, “Because they fit the puzzle.” The investigation was soonn dropped.

TRIVIA TIME⌚

What does the term D-Day stand for?

QUOTE THIS

Who said the following concerning war: “All gave some. Some gave all.”

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the May 30, 2026 Puzzle Corner.

TRIVIA TIME⌚

From the famous comic strip, what is Blondie Bumstead’s maiden name?

Boopadoop.

NUMBER PLEASE

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

As of June 1, 2026: How many people have walked on the surface of Earth’s moon?

12.

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin from Apollo 11 (1969), Charles Conrad and Alan Bean from Apollo 12 (1969), Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell from Apollo 14 (1971), David Scott and James Irwin from Apollo 15 (1971), John Young and Charles Duke from Apollo 16 (1972) and Gene Cernan with Harrison Schmitt from Apollo 17 (1972).

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.