THE PUZZLE CORNER: FEBRUARY 15, 2025

 😎FUN FACT

Lava🌋 can reach temperatures as high as 2200 Fahrenheit/1204.4 Celsius.

TRIVIA TIME⌚

What is Dartitis?

WHO AM I?

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

Although a lady I made tools, including inventing the circular saw.

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the February 8, 2025 Puzzle Corner.

COMMON BONDS

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

01. {Marvin Gaye, Four Non Blondes} = Both have asked ♫What’s Going On?♫

02. {The Monkees, Steve Winwood} = Both have sang about a lady named ♫Valerie♫.

THE LETTER SHUFFLE

How many new words can you form 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

More than the 43 words listed above might be possible.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: FEBRUARY 8, 2025

 😎FUN FACT

The 1960s television series Hogan’s Heroes has grown to become a cult hit in Germany.

COMMON BONDS

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

01. {Marvin Gaye, Four Non Blondes}

02. {The Monkees, Steve Winwood}

THE LETTER SHUFFLE

How many new words can you form out of the letters in VALENTINE💖?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the February 1, 2025 Puzzle Corner.

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. = Kitten Chicken.

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.♫

The Family of Man by Three Dog Night.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JUNE 25, 2022

😎FUN FACT

Honeybees🐝🐝 pollinate over 90 known crops, besides flowers.

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇

Who is the only professional basketball player to score over 38,000+ career points?

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?

Mister Toad goes to Tara.

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the June 18, 2022 Puzzle Corner.

COMMON BONDS

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

01. {Marvin Gaye, 4 Non Blondes} = ♫What’s Going On?♫

02. {The Monkees, Steve Winwood} = ♫Valerie♫

03. {Subsets 1 and 2} = Different artists releasing different songs with the same title.

HUH? (misquotes)

The misquote is below. All you have to do is give us the correct quote and source. Ready?

♫Saving his life from this warm sausage tea.♫ IS ACTUALLY ♫Spare him his life from this monstrosity.♫ from Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JUNE 18, 2022

😎FUN FACT

♫Sugar Sugar♫ was actually the THIRD of five releases, so The Archies are NOT a “one hit wonder”.

It's a music theme today, so come along and play!

COMMON BONDS

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

01. {Marvin Gaye, 4 Non Blondes}

02. {The Monkees, Steve Winwood}

03. {Subsets 1 and 2}

HUH? (misquotes)

The misquote is below. All you have to do is give us the correct quote and source. Ready?

♫Saving his life from this warm sausage tea.♫

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the June 4, 2022 Puzzle Corner.

TRIVIA TIME⌚

On the BBC series Keeping Up Appearances, what was the maiden name of sisters Hyacinth, Violet, Rose, and Daisy?

While never officially stated during the course of the series, I’ve always suspected it was Gardener or something else floral appropriate between their names and considering how Hyacinth kept insisting Bucket was pronounced Bouquet.

RHYME TIME⏰

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

What we all need in life. = Less stress!