THE PUZZLE CORNER: FEBRUARY 21, 2026

 😎FUN FACT

This week’s enigma’s celebrate two major media milestones.

WHO AM I?

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

While everyone congratulates Link and Zelda on the 40th anniversary of the very first Legend of Zelda video game for the NES from February 1986, I have been the unsung arch-nemesis for most of the series from that first game.

TRIVIA TIME⌚

February 27 is the 30th anniversary of Pokemon. What were the original three starting creatures one could choose from?

AKA, ALSO KNOWN AS

NES is an abbreviation for what?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the February 14, 2026 Puzzle Corner.

THE LETTER SHUFFLE

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

A, alien, alive, an, ant, at, ate

Eat, eave, even, evil

I, in, inn, inane, it

Lane, late, Latin, lean, leave, lei, lenient, lent, lie, line, lint, live

Neat, nine, nit

Tan, tea, ten, teen, tile, tin, tine

Veil, vein, vent, vial, vile

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇

Who was the first non-Beatles act to sign with the Fab Four’s Apple Records?

James Taylor.

SUNDAY FUNNIES: DID YOU KNOW...??? (misc. jokes)

Hello Everybody! Piper D. Katt here!

After teaming up with Autumn the Puppy for the Big Game🏈 and Valentines' Day💕, we're back to solo turns for awhile.

I have been told by our illustrious Editor-In-Chief that we will be having our annual guest hosts for Saint Patrick's Day🍀 and Easter🐇, and that our next team up will probably be Mothers' Day for those interested.

But moving on...

Being a cat I'm naturally curious.

I'll stick my nose into almost anything interesting to see what's going on in the world and boy, some of the things I've found out!

For example, did you know...

Unsavory artists are sketchy?

The Cairo river’s small tributaries are juveniles.

Old bankers don’t retire, they just lose interest.

If plant kernels get lost, they become corn fused.

Music coming from a printer means the paper be jamming.

Laboratory Retrievers are a chemist’s favorite dog.

A cloud’s favorite reptile is a blizzard.

Whenever help's needed at the gym, they hang up a sign proclaiming  POSITIONS AVAILABLE.

Hunting unicorns🦄 is LEGAL in Michigan! No wonder there are none in that state. They all fled when they had the chance!

And did you know that unfortunately I'm all out of space and time?

On that note♫ have a great week.

Take care!

STAY SAFE!😷

And please be with us again next weekend for more Sunday Funnies!—PDK.

SUNDAY FUNNIES: PERSPECTIVE (misc. jokes)

"In living technicolor!"

Hello Everybody! Waxy Dragon here.

Now, it has come to my attention that different beings see things differently.
Cats see things differently from dogs.
Dragons see things differently from people.
Republicans see things differently than everyone else in the universe.

It's a question of whether or not the glass is half empty, half full, or if there is even a glass at all.

Now, on the right I'm posting a specific image.

Nothing fancy.
Just something for you to stare at and ponder over for a moment.

There are NO hidden images.
At least, there are no intentional hidden images.
It's just a picture of a simple thing.

Now then, what did you see?
Whatever your answer is, part or all of it might be different than mine.

And what was mine?
Glad you asked.
I saw...

The middle of a tunnel, since the light is supposed to be at the end.

A room without a night light.

The bottom of a VERY deep hole.

The outer space inbetween planets and stars.

An empty cave when one of my dragon relatives isn't home.

How my stomach feels when I don't have any Belgosian Dark Chocolate.

The back of my closet. Then again, it's so messy, maybe it's a good thing you can't see it.

So the point of this hopefully humorous moral is: it's all a question of how you look at things. Just make sure your eyes are open.

Take care everyone. Have a great week, and please be back here next weekend for more Sunday Funnies.—wd.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: FEBRUARY 21, 2015

FUN FACT
Silent movies have not been honored in an Oscar ceremony since the very first awards presentation, when an Oscar for Best Title Writing was available.

Pull up a chair. Break out the popcorn and your other favorite movie snacks.
Tonight the 35th annual Razzie Awards will be presented for the worst in movies, while tomorrow night the 87th annual Oscars will be presented for the best in motion pictures.
Obviously, we have a quiz celebrating both, so read the questions carefully before answering. Ready?

01. The Razzies are known by what more formal name?
02. What film won the very first Best Motion Picture Oscar?
03. What movie "won" the very first Worst Motion Picture Razzie?
04. What movie won the Best Motion Picture Oscar last year?
05. What were the first new Razzie categories to be added to the original program?
06. What Oscar is technically still available, but hasn't been awarded since 1984?
07. What Razzies were added to the program in 1994?
08. While unfortunately the Razzies don't get much TV coverage, what year was the first Oscar telecast?
09. Who has "won" the most Razzies (to date)?
10. What movie has received the most Oscar nominations (to date)?

We'll reveal all next weekend. But for now, let's open up THE ANSWERS BOX and discover the results of the February 14th, 2015 Puzzle Corner.

THE LETTER SHUFFLE
To celebrate February 14th, how many new words can you make out of VALENTINE?

A, alien, alive, an, ant, at, ate

Eat, eave, even, evil

I, in, inn, inane, it

Lane, late, Latin, lean, leave, lei, lenient, lent, lie, line, lint, live

Neat, nine, nit

Tan, tea, ten, teen, tile, tin, tine

Veil, vein, vent, vial, vile

More than the 43 listed above might be possible.

PRESIDENTIAL FAMOUS FIRST QUIZ
February 16th was Presidents Day here in the United States.
Did you know who was the first President...

01. To physically live in the White House?
This is a trick question. Technically, John Adams and his family might be the first, since they were there during construction, but officially Thomas Jefferson was the first to occupy the structure during his entire administration.
02. To work in the Oval Office? (The West Wing, where it resides, was a later addition to the structure.) William Howard Taft
03. To marry while in office? Grover Cleveland. He was single when elected.
04. To remarry while in office? John Tyler, for his first wife died during his administration.
05. To see their child actually born in the White House? We're back to Grover Cleveland, who welcomed his daughter Esther into the world during his second term.