Showing posts with label Quiz Time. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Quiz Time. Show all posts

Saturday, June 29, 2024

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JUNE 29, 2024

 ðŸ˜ŽFUN FACT
Scientists claim to have created a perfume that smells like outer space. Yet, considering its airless vacuum environment, how does someone know what outer space smells like??? Let alone live to tell anyone???

QUIZ TIME!⏳
We all watch them, but do you know what the network acronyms stand for?📺
01. ABC
02. AMC
03. BBC
04. BET
05. CBS
06. CNN
07. CSPAN
08. ESPN
09. HBO
10. NBC
11. PBS
12. TBS
13. TCM
14. TMC
15. TNT
16. TWC

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the June 22, 2024 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 of a Kind pair. = Olivia Newton-John Travolta, since both ONJ and JT starred in the 1983 movie.

RHYME TIME⏰
The clue to something is below, but no matter how long your answer is, each word within it must rhyme. Ready?
Woodwinds’ problems. = Oboes’ Woes.

Saturday, August 22, 2020

THE PUZZLE CORNER: AUGUST 22, 2020

😎FUN FACT
August 26 marks the 100th anniversary of American women gaining the right to vote!
So it's quiz time!

01. Yes or No. The United States of America was the first country to acknowledge a woman's right to vote?
02. If your answer to Question 01 is “no”, then who do you think was the first?
03. Who was President of the United States when the 19th Amendment became law?
04. How many states needed to approve the measure for it to become the 19th Amendment?
05.Who was the first state to say “yes”?
06. Based on your answer to Question 04, who was the last to say “yes”?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the August 15, 2020 Puzzle Corner.

TRIVIA TIME⌚
What is Mondegreen?

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇
What was the first grocery store chain?
Not sure about other countries, but in America it was Piggly Wiggly.

Video courtesy of YouTube. Schoolhouse Rock and "Sufferin' Until Sufferage" © by whoever currently owns them.

Saturday, April 28, 2018

THE PUZZLE CORNER: APRIL 28, 2018

😎FUN FACT
Fondly remembered but no long on broadcast television, this year is Schoolhouse Rock’s 45th anniversary!

Between the above and the recent passing of Schoolhouse Rock contributor and jazz musician Bob Dorough, it’s Quiz Time! Ready?

01. When Schoolhouse Rock! first debuted in January 1973, it began with Multiplication Rock!, covering the table from "My Hero Zero" to "Little Twelvetoes".
But what two numbers were skipped?
02. Multiplication Rock! lessons were quickly joined in the weekly rotation with Grammar Rock!
What was the first lesson in that subject?
03. What group of lessons were added in 1975 in time for the bicentennial of the United States?
04. What subject started debuting lessons in 1979 amongst the existing topics?
05. Although the shortest subject because of the ever changing technology field, Computer Rocks! debuted in 1983 with what two recurring characters?
06. Sadly, the series went off the air for a while starting in 1985, but when it returned in the early 1990s, it gained a mascot to introduce the segments. Who was this character?
07. With the series revival, what new subject was introduced amongst the original episodes and new lessons in Grammar Rock!?
08. Sadly, the series went off the air again in 1999 and has only been on DVD (and YouTube) since then. Yet what new subject was covered in the series only straight to DVD release (to date) in 2009?

We’ll reveal all next weekend, but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX and discover the results from the April 21, 2018 Puzzle Corner.

WHAT’S THAT SONG?
Words from a tune of the past are below. All you have to do is tell us the song title. Ready?

♫Where paleface and redskin both turn chicken♫
From the theme to F-Troop (1965-67) by Irving Taylor and William Lava.

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?

Lucky vehicle accessory?
Spare Wheel of Fortune.