THE PUZZLE CORNER: JUNE 20, 2020

😎FUN FACT
A newborn kangaroo🦘 is traditionally smaller than a Lima Bean!
Hence why the infant stays within the mother’s pouch for so long.

COMMON BONDS
The items in each subset below have something in common. Do you know what it is?
01. {Michael Keaton, Ben Affleck} and yes, we know they’re both comedic actors.
02. {J. K. Simmons, Chris Evans} and yes, we know they’re both actors.

TRIVIA TIME⌚
What movie🎥 features the most Elvis Presley songs?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the June 13, 2020 Puzzle Corner.

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: There is a real Doctor behind the creation of Dr. Pepper.
FALSE! It was created by PHARMACIST Charles Alderton.

NUMBER PLEASE
Get ready! We ask the question, but the answer is just a number.
Jenny?
8675309, but thankfully Tommy Tutone never revealed the area and country codes to that (in)famous number.📵

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JUNE 13, 2020

😎FUN FACT
It takes roughly eight minutes and twenty seconds for sunshine🌞 to reach Earth🌎 from its star.🌟

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: There is a real Doctor behind the creation of Dr. Pepper.

NUMBER PLEASE
Get ready! We ask the question, but the answer is just a number.
Jenny?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the June 6, 2020 Puzzle Corner.

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇
Who was the first woman inducted into the (American) Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
Aretha Franklin.

TRIVIA TIME⌚
What does R2D2 stand for?
In Star Wars, the Astromech is a Robotic Droid, Series 2.
In film making, it stands for Reel 2, Dialogue 2 when editing.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JULY 26, 2014

FUN FACT
The people behind the quiz show Jeopardy! have computed that the ultimate one day win, provided one contestant gave the correct response to EVERY "question" and made it "a true daily double" (betting all their winnings to that point) on each Double Jeopardy and in the Final Jeopardy round, would come to $566,400 US Dollars.
They have not computed the odds of one contestant actually accomplishing that feat.

TRIVIA TIME
What is a pukwudgie?

AKA (Also Known As)
Barbara Millicent Roberts is better known as who?

We'll reveal all next weekend. For now, let's open THE ANSWERS BOX and discover the results of the July 19th, 2014 Puzzle Corner.

THE 50/50 CHANCE
True or False: There really was a Doctor Pepper behind the famous soft drink?
FALSE! Although a pharmacist did invent it.

FAMOUS FIRSTS
What was the first commercial soft drink to be offered to the public?
Doctor Pepper, on December 1, 1885 in Waco, Texas USA; beating the debut of Coca-Cola by a full year.