THE PUZZLE CORNER: NOVEMBER 14, 2020

😎FUN FACT

Every letter of the alphabet is present within the members of the United States’ names except Q.

RHYME TIME

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

Nocturnal Beacon???

REBUS: REMEMBERING ALEX TREBEK

We lost the long time host of Jeopardy! November 8. Among the other game shows he hosted over the course of his career was the 1987-1991 version of Concentration, the classic rebus game.

Can you solve the puzzle Trebek is posing with in this publicity photo on the right?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the November 7, 2020 Puzzle Corner.

AKA, ALSO KNOWN AS

Who do we know Oscar Diggs better as?

L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz. His full name is Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkle Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs, but I wouldn't call him Oz Pin Head. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this answer.)

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: The Archies are a one hit wonder group with ♫Sugar Sugar♫.

FALSE! While ♫Sugar Sugar♫ is their biggest hit, it was also the third of five releases, with the follow up single ♫Jingle Jangle♫ making it to Number 10 that same year-1969.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JUNE 8, 2019

😎FUN FACT
Although the United States Congress passed the Equal Rights Amendment in 1972, it still needs one more state to ratify the proposal to officially become part of the American Constitution.
Considering this is 2019, what’s taking so long???

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇
While test animals of both genders were used before, who was the first female person in outer space?

NUMBER PLEASE
Get ready! We ask the question, but the answer is just a number.
Which amendment to the United States Constitution bans denying anyone the right to vote based on gender?

We’ll reveal all next weekend, but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the June 1, 2019 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?
♫It’s my true heart I’m showin’, or my nose would be growin’, you know that it gets longer when I lie♫
“Jingle Jangle” by The Archies, their follow up to 1969’s #1 hit “Sugar Sugar,” which reached #10 on the charts the same year proving that, contrary to popular belief, the group was not a one hit wonder.

NEXT?
What is the next item(s) in the sequence below?
B, C, G, I, J, K, P, R, ??, ??
T and Y, because all are letters of the alphabet that also sound like words.
B (be or bee), C (sea or see), G (gee, as in gee whiz), I (eye), J (as in blue jay), K (as in Kay), P (pea), R (are), T (tea or tee) and Y (why).

THE PUZZLE CORNER: OCTOBER 13, 2018

😎FUN FACT
Even if it doesn’t occur on a Friday, some people consider the 13th of any month unlucky.

COMMON BONDS
The items in each subset below have something in common. Do you know what it is?
01. {Iggy Pop, Joey Ramone}
02. {Bean, Shepard}

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

We’ll reveal all next weekend, but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the October 6, 2018 Puzzle Corner.

TRIVIA TIME⌚
How much dirt is in a hole?
NONE! Otherwise, it wouldn’t be a hole!

NUMBER PLEASE
Get ready! We ask the question, but the answer is just a number.
How many Top 10 hits are accredited to The Archies?
TWO! Most people think the group is just a “one hit wonder” with ♫Sugar Sugar♫, but ♫Jingle Jangle♫ made it to #10 upon its release in 1969 as the fourth of five singles in the group’s career, to date.