THE PUZZLE CORNER: NOVEMBER 19, 2022

 😎FUN FACT

Sesame Street’s Cookie Monster actually has a first name! It’s Sid.

COMMON BONDS

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

01. {The Running Man, Predator} and yes we know they’re movies.

02. {Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Led Zepplin} and yes we know they’re rock groups.

THE LETTER SHUFFLE

How many new words can you make out of the letters in THANKSGIVING?🦃

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the November 12, 2022 Puzzle Corner.

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?

Classic series: HAPPY DAYS (Italicized letters were given.)

TRIVIA TIME⌚

What is Petrichor?

The formal name for that lingering earthy smell after it rains.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: NOVEMBER 20, 2021

😎FUN FACT

If you are considering giving anyone a Barbie Doll for Christmas, remember: her full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts from Willows, Wisconsin; and she was "born" on March 9 (1959!)

TRIVIA TIME⌚

What is Mrs. Dagwood Bumstead’s full maiden name?

THE LETTER SHUFFLE

With the impending holiday, how many new words can you make out of the letters in THANKSGIVING?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the November 13, 2021 Puzzle Corner.

TRIVIA TIME⌚

What series originally opened with Bill Haley and the Comets’ ♫Rock Around The Clock♫ before developing its own theme song?

Happy Days.

COMMON BONDS

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

01. {James, Bacon} = Kevin.

02. {Susan, Pea} = Black-eyed, a variety of both.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JANUARY 11, 2014

Depending upon where you are right now, it's a pretty dreary weekend weather-wise, so let's try to cheer things up with some enigmas.

COMMON BONDS
The items in each subset have something in common.
Do you know what it is?
01. {B. J. Thomas, Gene Kelly}
02. {The Beatles, Katrina and the Waves}

TRIVIA TIME
On the classic western series The Virginian, what was the full name of James Drury's title character?

We'll reveal all next weekend, but for now, let's open up THE ANSWERS BOX and discover the results from our Famous Firsts quiz that celebrated the first Puzzle Corner of 2014.

The first names of all our contestants are:
01. Mr. Magoo (voiced by Jim Backus): QUINCY
02. MacGyver (played by Richard Dean Anderson): ANGUS
03. Robert B. Parker's Spenser: NEVER REVEALED!
04. Doctor Mallard from NCIS (David McCallum): DONALD
05. The Fonz (Henry Winkler on Happy Days): ARTHUR Fonzerelli
06. Quincy, M.E. (Jack Klugman): NEVER REVEALED, but it was confirmed on the show that his first name did start with an R!
07. Columbo (Peter Falk): Officially, NEVER REVEALED, but whenever his LAPD ID was shown, a freeze frame shows his first name was Frank.
08. McCloud (Dennis Weaver): Sam
09. McMillian... (Rock Hudson): STEWART. Most people on the show referred to him as either "Mac" or his formal position as a Police Commissioner.
10. ...and Wife (Susan Saint James): Sally

01)Mister Magoo

02

04)Dr. "Ducky" Mallard

05)The Fonz

06)Quincy, Medical Examiner

07)Columbo

08)McCloud

09 and 10