THE PUZZLE CORNER: MARCH 11, 2023

 😎FUN FACT

Daylight Savings Time starts, at least for the United States of America, this weekend.

Since America is Springing Forward an hour this weekend, let’s do a little time traveling with this quiz. Can you identify the show based upon the quote from its intro?⌚⏰⌛⏳

01. Theorizing that one could time travel within their own lifetime…

02. Two American scientists are lost in the swirling maze of past and future ages, during the first experiments on America’s greatest and most secret project…

03. We travel through time to help history along. Give it a push where it’s needed.

04. Where it’s the same year and you’re the same person, but everything else is different.

05. Takes him back to the place and the people he calls home.

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the March 4, 2023 Puzzle Corner.

COMMON BONDS

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

01. {Elmo, Ernie, Earl} = Names that begin with E.

02. {Bumpkin Buzz, Everett True, But I Digress} = Regular features from the gone but not forgotten Comics Buyers’ Guide.

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇

Where was the world’s first roller coaster built?

The Coney Island Amusement Pier in New York City, USA with its first passengers riding at 6 miles per hour in1884.

SUNDAY FUNNIES: TIME FOR JOKES!

Part time watch dog

Hello Everybody! Autumn the Puppy here!
Believe it or not, the United States is now on Daylight Saving Time for 2018, so I hope everyone this affects remembered to Spring Forward one hour, despite the fact that it's nowhere near Spring around here yet.
Anyway, I also thought now would be the appropriate time for some jokes.
Ready?

What time is it when the clock strikes 13?
Time to get a new clock.

Have you ever noticed that whenever you ask someone throughout the day what time it is, you always get a different answer!

What do you call a belt with a clock on it?
A waist of time.

What time is it when 10 angry animals are chasing you?
Ten to one, or time to run!

How can you make time fly?
Throw the clock out the window!

Rock around the clock

The man called his dentist for an appointment.
It wound up being at tooth-hurty.

Why was the clock all stressed out?
It was too wound up.

What did the second hand say to the hour hand as it passed by?
See you again in a minute.

What time do ducks wake up?
At the quack of dawn.

What did the whale say to the dolphin in the ocean?
Long time, no sea.

Did you hear about the hungry clock?
It went back four seconds.

And remember, even a broken clock is right twice a day, unless it's digital and the screen is blank. Then it's anybody's guess.

On that note♫, have a great week and please be back here again next weekend for more Sunday Funnies!—AtP.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: MARCH 11, 2017

FUN FACT
After a prolonged battle with the administration of President Richard Nixon, John Lennon was finally granted a green card in 1976.

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

Seriously overused part of speech?

TRIVIA TIME
Everyone knows George Michael got his big break as a member of Wham! But who else was in the group?

We’ll reveal all next weekend, but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX and discover the results from the March 4, 2017 Puzzle Corner.

THE 50/50 CHANCE
Just like a regular TRIVIA TIME question, only there are just 2 possible answers, hence the even odds of getting it right. Ready?

TRUE OR FALSE: A touchdown in American Football is worth 7 points.
FALSE! The touchdown is only worth 6 points. The extra is earned from a successful field goal attempt or if you make a successful 2 point conversion.

THE LETTER SHUFFLE
Since our esteemed Editor-In-Chief celebrated his 55th March 5th, how many new words can you spell out of the letters in the word BIRTHDAY?

A, ad, ah, aid, air, airy, art, at
Bad, bah, bait, bar, bay, bid, bit, brad, braid, bray
Dad, dairy, day, dirt, dirty, drab, drat, dray
Ha, habit, had, had, hair, hairy, hart, hat, hay, hi, hid, hit
I, id, it
Rabid, rad, rah, raid, rat, ray, rib, rid
Tab, tad, tar, third, triad, tray
Yard

More than the 56 words listed above might be possible.

SUNDAY FUNNIES: JUST THINKING...

I bark, therefore I am.

Hello Everybody! Autumn the Puppy here.

Now I like to think that I'm pretty smart for your average puppy.
That's not hubris, just fact based on first hand evidence. After all, I did graduate top of my class at obedience school. Just because there are times when I choose not to obey doesn't mean I'm dumb.
Sometimes a dog just has to do what a dog has to do.

One time my owners bought a video from some advertiser that claimed it would allow you to test your canine's Intelligent Quotient, or IQ for short.
So, considering I didn't waste MY money on that, whose the smart one?

Need more proof?
People go to horse tracks to bet on the races there, but when was the last time you ever saw a horse at a stadium betting on the human races there?

I'm always sitting out in my yard thinking about stuff like this. After all, what else do I have to do? I have a dog license, but my owners won't let me drive their vehicle. I would like to see more of the world than just what's between the back door of my owners' place and my dog house, or between there and my veterinarian.

While I'm uncertain how my rear paws would ever reach the brake and gas pedals, the way I see it, I must not need insurance because I've never gotten any offers for coverage through the mail. I did get an offer for a credit card once in my name, but my owners threw it away.

I'm still wondering about that. On one hand, I have no money, so how would I ever repay any debt I ran up, which makes me wonder why anyone would send a credit card offer to a dog to begin with. On the other hand, it was addressed to me, and it's rare when I get any mail beyond Dog Fancy and vet appointment reminders.

When my owners' asleep, I do surf the Internet. Hey, it's not my fault they don't password protect their PCs. How do you think I know so much as it is? But you have to be careful on the web though. Too many clicks spoil the browse.

Well, unfortunately that's all the time and space I have for this week. And here I thought there were infinite quantities of both.
In any event, have a great week and please come back next weekend for more Sunday Funnies!-AtP