THE PUZZLE CORNER: SEPTEMBER 5, 2025

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 😎FUN FACT

September 8 is not only Star Trek Day, but the 60th anniversary of the franchise, based upon the debut episode of the original series. So let’s celebrate with some themed enigmas.

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇

Which was the first USS Enterprise that could separate its saucer section from the rest of the ship?

NUMBER PLEASE

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

How many different Star Trek series have there been, as of September 2026?

TRIVIA TIME⌚

Two Star Trek: Voyager performers had cameos in the Star Trek: First Contact movie. One was blatantly obvious and the other wasn’t. Can you name them both?

THE LETTER SHUFFLE

How many new words can you form out of the letters in STAR TREK?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the August 29, 2026 Puzzle Corner.

TRIVIA TIME⌚

What does the acronym stand for in the SAT test?

Scholastic Aptitude Test or Scholastic Assessment Test.

COMMON BONDS

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

01. {Blake, Jones, Rogers} and yes we know they are names.

They are the surnames of some of the human characters on Scooby-Doo. Daphne Blake, Fred Jones and Norville “Shaggy” Rogers. Listing Velma Dinkley too might have given it away.

02. {Batman, Dark Shadows, The Monkees, Mission: Impossible, Star Trek} and yes we know they are all TV shows.

All of them celebrate their 60th anniversary in 2026, along with Family Affair, The Green Hornet and That Girl.

SUNDAY FUNNIES: LABOR DAY LAUGHS

Hello Everybody! The Free Choice E-zine’s Editor-In-Chief Lee Houston, Junior here because The Sunday Funnies’ regular hostesses—Autumn the Puppy and Piper D. Katt—are off since it’s the Labor Day weekend here in the United States of America.

For those unfamiliar with the holiday, the first Monday of the first full week of September is set aside to honor the work force of this country, even if they have to work and don’t get that day off.

In any event, while I have tackled plenty of subjects on holidays past when the ladies were off, I’ve never actually attempted a Labor Day themed column.

Until now. Ready?

(To the tune of ♫The Itsy-Bitsy Spider♫)

The Itsy-bitsy paycheck

Posted to my account.

Down came the bills and wiped the money out.

But I still owe so back to work I go

For the itsy bitsy paycheck, posted to my account.

I am going to travel the world and not stop until I run out of money. I hope to get past the end of my driveway this time.

They claim money is the root of all evil.

Besides not knowing who "they" are, I'd actually like to have some money to see whether or not that claim is true.😉

I told the boss that three companies were after me and I wanted a raise. He asked me what three companies were after me.

I said the electric, telephone, and water.

Interviewer: “The starting pay is $40,000. Later it can go up to $80,000.”

Me: “Okay, I will start later.”

Boss: “Can you work this weekend?”

Me: “Yeah, no worries, but I’ll probably be late as public transportation on a weekend is slow.”

Boss: “What time can you get here?”

Me: “Monday.”

I love having a job. I just hate going to it.

I love being at work. Just not for eight hours a day.

When my boss asked me what I liked best about my job, Apparently coffee breaks, lunch time, and going home were not the right answers.

When you see the overly happy new employee actually enjoying their day at work, tell them when no one from management is around: “We don’t do that here.”

It's easy enough to joke about work. Dilbert and others have made a career of it.

But have you ever wondered where they got some of those company names from?

This link leads to a list of actual, but (intentionally or not) humorous business names.

My boss told me to have a good day, so I went home.

So on that note♫, if you have to work any of the holiday…

If you’re in any service: military, police, fire fighters, or medical personnel; WE SALUTE YOU!

If you’re in any other profession, especially retail, and you have to work Monday: SHAME ON YOUR EMPLOYER!

Otherwise, have a great week.

STAY SAFE!😷

Take care and please be back here next weekend when Autumn and Piper return for our annual BACK TO SCHOOL SALUTE on The Sunday Funnies!—lh,jr. 

THE PUZZLE CORNER: SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

😎FUN FACT

THIS IS OUR 2400TH POST!🥳🎉

AKA, ALSO KNOWN AS

It’s been in the news so much, what does PPE stand for?

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇

Who was the first actress to ever win THREE consecutive Emmy Awards?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the August 29, 2020 Puzzle Corner.

NUMBER PLEASE

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

As I was going to Saint Ives, I met a man👫👭👭👭 with seven wives.

Each wife had seven sacks.

Each sack had seven cats.😺😺😺😺😺😺😺

Each cat had seven kittens.

Kits, cats, sacks, and wives.

How many were COMING from Saint Ives?

8. I met a man with seven wives. 1 + 7 = 8, although how/why the man had so many wives is beyond us.

Now if you’re counting felines too, then add 343 cats and 2,401 kittens.

TRIVIA TIME⌚

What famous character lives at 1770 James Street?

Schroeder from Peanuts.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: SEPTEMBER 5, 2015

FUN FACT
It is a proven scientific fact that the average human being burns more calories while asleep than they do watching television!

School is back in session in most parts of the world, so to celebrate, we here at The Free Choice E-zine are proud to represent the quiz based upon our favorite institute of higher learning: Schoolhouse Rock!

01. When Schoolhouse Rock! first debuted in 1973, they 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 was 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, because no one wanted to tie up 3 minutes of air time, and has only been on DVD (and YouTube) since then. What new subject was covered in a straight to DVD release in 2009?

We'll reveal all next weekend, but for now, let's peek inside THE ANSWERS BOX and discover the results of the August 29, 2015 Puzzle Corner.

FAMOUS FIRSTS
What television program was the first to accurately predict that Pluto had at least one moon?
Believe it or not, it was the original anime Space Cruiser Yamato, known in the United States as the first season of Star Blazers!

EXTREMES
Can you name both the youngest and the oldest members of The Beatles?

Technically, the answer to both is RINGO STARR! Having replaced Pete Best as drummer makes him the youngest member of the Fab Four, and he is also the oldest of the famous quartet.