THE PUZZLE CORNER: JANUARY 10, 2025

 😎FUN FACT

It has been proven that ancient Egyptians even mummified food for the after life.

WHO AM I?

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

Although I wanted to be an actor, I was more successful as a carpenter before finally getting my big break.

TRIVIA TIME⌚

What is Pentheraphobia?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the January 3, 2026 Puzzle Corner.

NUMBER PLEASE

Get ready! We ask the question, but the answer is just a number.

On the television show M*A*S*H, how many “bug outs”/camp relocations were conducted under Lieutenant Colonel Henry Blake?

0/ZERO! Every evacuation to a hopefully safer location was done under Colonel Sherman Potter.

AKA, ALSO KNOWN AS

While not officially recognized by any government, New Year’s Day is also known as what?

Hangover Day, because of all the partying the night before on New Year’s Eve.🥳

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JANUARY 3, 2026

 😎FUN FACT

Welcome to the first Puzzle Corner of 2026!

NUMBER PLEASE

Get ready! We ask the question, but the answer is just a number.

On the television show M*A*S*H, how many “bug outs”/camp relocations were conducted under Lieutenant Colonel Henry Blake?

AKA, ALSO KNOWN AS

While not officially recognized by any government, New Year’s Day is also known as what?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the December 27, 2025 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 a rare condition in this day and age, to read any good news on the newspaper page.♫

“As Days Go By”, the theme to the TV series Family Matters (1989-1998).

THE LETTER SHUFFLE

How many new words can you make out of the letters in NEW YEAR?

A, an, any, are, aye

Ear, earn, ewe, eye

Nay, nee, near

Ran, raw, ray, renew

War, ware, warn, way, wean, wear, weary, were, wren

Yarn, yaw, yawn, yea, yearn

New and Year don’t count because they were part of the original phrase. Other words than the 30 listed above might be possible.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: APRIL 12, 2025

 😎FUN FACT

When first assembled in New York Harbor, the Statue of Liberty was actually copper brown. The exterior color changed over time to its current shade due to continuous outdoor weather exposure.

TRIVIA TIME⌚

What does hurkle durkle mean?

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇

Which member of The Beatles was the first to release a solo album?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the April 5, 2025 Puzzle Corner.

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: There has never been a laugh track during an operating scene on the classic TV show M*A*S*H.

FALSE. A laugh track during an operating scene was only used once. During Major Frank Burns’ testimony in the episode “Court Martial” since that moment was far from serious. Otherwise, operating room scenes were always portrayed dramatically.

WHO AM I?

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

I am a world famous author whose birthday is now also International Children’s Book Day.

Hans Christian Anderson.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: FEBRUARY 1, 2025

 😎FUN FACT

At a special one day only event, the Smithsonian displayed Wonder Woman’s Invisible Jet April 1, 2015.

RHYME TIME⏰

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

Young cat’s poultry.

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?

♫Prices are rising. The devil to pay. Moving the mountain that got in the way.♫

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the January 25, 2025 Puzzle Corner.

NUMBER PLEASE

Get ready! We ask the question, but the answer is just a number.

How many spin offs did the classic television series M*A*S*H have?

2/TWO! While everyone remembers After MASH, which ran for two seasons after the original show ended, there was also Trapper John, MD; starring Pernell Roberts as the title character from 1979-1986.

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?

Famous series: The Pink Panther. (Italicized letters were given.)

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JANUARY 25, 2025

 😎FUN FACT

No one from the TV version of Mission: Impossible would make a cameo in the first Tom Cruise movie because they all believed, regardless of who portrayed him, there was no way the Jim Phellps character would ever be a traitor.

NUMBER PLEASE

Get ready! We ask the question, but the answer is just a number.

How many spin offs did the classic television series M*A*S*H have?

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?

Famous series: THE _ _ _ _   _ _ _ THE_

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the January 18, 2025 Puzzle Corner.

BEFORE AND AFTER

Two separate items share at least one word, and so can be combined to create something new. Based upon the clue below, do you know what the new thing is?

Angry drivers against artificial intelligence. = Road Rage Against The Machine (Road Rage/Rage Against The Machine)

TRIVIA TIME⌚

What famous duo originally called themselves “Tom and Jerry,” before settling on their more famous career names?

(Paul) Simon and (Art) Garfunkel.