THE PUZZLE CORNER: SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

 😎FUN FACT

Sony Play Station and Nintendo once considered an alliance, but the agreement was short lived.

⌚TRIVIA TIME

What is it that some of us do at home but most elsewhere, if at all?

🥇FAMOUS FIRSTS

What was the first Rock and Roll song to top the Billboard music charts?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the September 2, 2023 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?

Two “precious metal” Fall apples? = Ginger Golden Delicious. Ginger Gold and Golden Delicious are so named for their outer coloring.🍏

⌚TRIVIA TIME

Where did the last fare of the night want to be taken to in Harry Chapin’s ♫Taxi♫?

16 Park Side Lane.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: APRIL 29, 2023

 😎FUN FACT

Lego makes its bricks out of the same plastic many hard hats are made of.

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?

Two different versions of the same reality competition combine forces.

HUH? (misquotes)

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

“Hold me closer, Tony Danza.”

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the April 22, 2023 Puzzle Corner.

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇

What was Mario’s first Nintendo appearance?

The original Donkey Kong game, but he was first known as Jump Man and the lady he kept rescuing wasn’t identified as Princess Peach.

WORD SEARCH

It’s been quite a while since this game was last played, and unfortunately we still cannot produce an interactive grid, but how many words either from left to right or from right to left can you find in the following: PADREDEVIL.

Left to right: Pa, Pad, Padre, Dred, Red, Devil, Evil.

Right to left: Live, Lived, Dap.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: APRIL 22, 2023

 😎FUN FACT

Nintendo actually ran a Game Counselors Hot Line from 1986-2005 to help players with their games.

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇

What was Mario’s first Nintendo appearance?

WORD SEARCH

It’s been quite a while since this game was last played, and unfortunately we still cannot produce an interactive grid, but how many words either from left to right or from right to left can you find in the following: PADREDEVIL.

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX 📦and discover the results from the April 15, 2023 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?

An actor’s breakfast? = Kevin Bacon and Eggs.

SUPER SECONDS🥈

After the FAMOUS FIRSTS, what comes next?

April 15 was Jackie Robinson Day, celebrating the breaking of the color barrier in Major League Baseball.⚾ But after Robinson, who next made it?

Larry Doby.