THE PUZZLE CORNER: JANUARY 29, 2022

😎FUN FACT

January 29 is Puzzle🧩🧩 Day!

Let’s celebrate with some enigmas!

TRIVIA TIME⌚

Based solely upon the number of movies made, what is the most successful theatrical film franchise, to date?

NUMBER PLEASE

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

How many films are within the correct TRIVIA TIME answer above, to date?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the January 22, 2022 Puzzle Corner.

FAMOUS FIRST🥇

Who was the first lady to win a Daytime Emmy Award?

Many people naturally thought Oprah Winfrey, but it was actually Betty White for her brief (13 week: January-April, 1983) game show Just Men.

TRIVIA TIME⌚

What was the first name of DC Comics’ famous World War 2 hero Sergeant/SGT. Rock?

Frank.

SUNDAY FUNNIES: I AM WOMAN! (International Women's Day, celebrity comments)

The baby dragon

Hello Everybody. Today you have both Waxy Dragon AND Autumn the Puppy, because it's International Women's Day!

The puppy

That's right Waxy. Now, depending upon where you live, this celebration has been everything from a political message to an event honoring the ladies of the world. Yet there is no denying that women do make up a very important part of the world.

Right on Autumn! From Betsy Ross to Florence Nightingale, from Gilda Radner to Margaret Thatcher, there have been many famous women throughout history. Now why a lot of countries only pay women up to 78% of what their men earn is a mystery to me.

I wish I knew the answer to that one myself Waxy. Anyway, being women ourselves (sort of), we certainly aren't going to tell women themed jokes and belittle the celebration. So instead we're going to use one of my regular features and present some female based celebrity comments. Ready?

"Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness."—Oprah Winfrey.
"Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And if/when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others."—Amelia Earhart.
Or in other words ladies, if at first you don't succeed: try again!

"I cannot say that women are better are men, but we are certainly no worse."—Golda Meir.
"As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot."—John Lennon.
Women are not perfect. We are not saying we are superior. But we ARE living, thinking beings who deserve the respect and dignity of life.

"All women's issues are to some degree men's issues, and all men's issues are to some degree women's issues."—Warren Farrell
"I believe that women still face a glass ceiling that must be shattered."—Andrew Cuomo.
In a famous speech, Doctor Martin Luther King, Junior said he had a dream in which his children were judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
Shouldn't the same criteria apply to gender as well?

And on that note, have a great week and please be back here next weekend for more Sunday Funnies!—Waxy Dragon AND Autumn the Puppy.

SUNDAY FUNNIES: AUTUMN'S CELEBRITY SHINY NEW YEAR!

"Oh the weather outside is frightful..."

Hello Everybody!
Autumn the Puppy here with not only my first post of the new year, but also my first batch of celebrity quotes for 2015 too.
So this time, I'm going to have the celebrities comment on the new year and as usual, my comments are in italics.
Ready?

Winfrey, circa 2011

"Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right!"
Oprah Winfrey
Other than forgetting where I buried some of my bones, I thought I had a pretty good 2014 overall.

Gaiman, circa 2007

"I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes.
Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're doing something."
Author Neil Gaiman
I agree with the sentiment, and this year I resolve to make better notes on where I plan to hide my bones before I bury them.

O'Hara

"I know I'm lazy. But I made myself a New Year's Resolution that I would write myself something really special. Which means I have 'til December, right?"
Catherine O'Hara
Why put off until tomorrow what you can do today?
Of course, until the weather improves, I can't go outside and look for my missing bones anyway.

The bard

"Come gentlemen. I hope we shall drink down all unkindness."
William Shakespeare
"I never worry about being driven to

Fields, circa 1919

drink. I just worry about being driven home."
W.C. Fields
Well, as long as the water in my water dish is fresh and clean, I'll certainly drink to both thoughts! Happiness in the new year and designated drivers.

Tennyson

"Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, 'It will be happier'."
Alfred Lord Tennyson
I sure hope so, because we can all use some happiness in our lives.

And on that note, have a great week everybody and please be back here next weekend for more Sunday Funnies!--AtP.

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