THE PUZZLE CORNER: FEBRUARY 28, 2026

 😎FUN FACT

We're back online again after another winter storm yesterday. IS IT SPRING YET? 😢

THE 50/50 CHANCE

Just like a regular TRIVIA TIME question except there are only two possible answers, hence the even odds of getting it right. Ready?

TRUE or FALSE: Has a cat ever been in outer space?

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?

♫Space Monkey Mafia.♫

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the February 21, 2026 Puzzle Corner as we celebrated 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, I have been the unsung arch-nemesis for most of the series from that first game.

Ganon.

TRIVIA TIME⌚

February 28 is the 30th anniversary of Pokemon. What were the original three starting creatures one could choose from?

Squirtle, Bulbasaur and Charmander.

AKA, ALSO KNOWN AS

NES is an abbreviation for what?

The Nintendo Entertainment System.

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.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

FUN FACT
George Washington was the only candidate in American history to be UNANIMOUSLY elected President by everyone who voted!


TRIVIA TIME
What is the only naturally occurring element of the periodic table that science has NOT been able to reproduce artifically?

THE 50/50 CHANCE
Just like a regular TRIVIA TIME question, except there are only two possible answers, hence the even odds of getting it right. Ready?
TRUE OR FALSE: Television's original Mission: Impossible team consisted of master of disguise Rollin Hand (Martin Landau), femme fatale Cinnamon Carter (Barbara Bain), electronics expert Barney Collier (Greg Morris), strong man Willy Armitage (Peter Lupis), and team leader Jim Phelps (Peter Graves).

We'll reveal all next weekend, but for now let's open up THE ANSWERS BOX and discover the results of the September 10, 2016 Puzzle Corner.

FAMOUS FIRSTS
What video game was the first with the capability to allow players to save their progress?
The very first Legend of Zelda game for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).

TRIVIA TIME
Who is the only musical act (to date) to have four number one albums within a span of twelve months?

The Monkees, circa 1980s

A LOT of people e-mailed this e-zine claiming that the question was too easy because the answer was The Beatles, but the CORRECT ANSWER IS The Monkees!
Their first four albums, starting with their debut record (The Monkees), along with More of The Monkees, Headquarters, and Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, and Jones Ltd; were all number one during 1967!