THE PUZZLE CORNER: DECEMBER 5, 2020

😎FUN FACT

The holidays are officially upon us now, so let’s begin the Christmas🎄 season enigmas.

REBUS

Time to decorate the tree, but something familiar is represented in the image on the right. Do you know what it is?

AKA, ALSO KNOWN AS

Under what name did what is now Nickelodeon debut under?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the November 28, 2020 Puzzle Corner.

AKA, ALSO KNOWN AS

Who do we know Calvin Broadus, Junior better as?

Rapper Snoop Dogg.

THE 50/50 CHANCE

Just like a regular TRIVIA TIME question, except there are just two possible answers, hence the even odds of getting it right. Ready?

TRUE OR FALSE: All 5 Marx Brothers (Groucho, Chico, Harpo, Zeppo, and Gummo) have appeared on film together.

FALSE! All started out together on stage, but Gummo decided to open a theatrical agency instead of going into films, with his brothers as its first clients.

They did make one TV appearance together though, on the talk show Tonight! America After Dark hosted by Jack Lescoulie on February 8, 1957; although I’ve never seen it myself.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: MAY 18, 2019

😎FUN FACT
Samuel Morse established the first telegraph line on May 24, 1844.

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇
What was the first message Samuel Morse sent over that telegraph line to show it was operational?

TRIVIA TIME⌚
The game of Parcheesi originated in what country?

We’ll reveal all next weekend, but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the May 11, 2019 Puzzle Corner.

COMMON BONDS
The items in each subset below have something in common. Do you know what it is?
01. {Jack Berry, Snoop Dogg} = Both have hosted The Joker’s Wild.
02. {Hugh Downs, Alex Trebek} = Both have hosted the rebus based game show Concentration.
03. {Subsets 1 and 2} = Both involved game shows.

THE LETTER SHUFFLE
How many new words can you spell out of the letters in MOTHER?
Em (printing measure), emo
He, hem, her, hero, home, hot
Me, more, moth
Or, ore, other
Rot, rote (a way of learning)
The, them, tom (some male animals), tome, tor (mountain top), tore
Other words besides the 22 listed above might be possible.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: MAY 11, 2019

😎FUN FACT
William Shakespeare is accredited with creating the name Jessica.

COMMON BONDS
The items in each subset below have something in common. Do you know what it is?
01. {Jack Berry, Snoop Dogg}
02. {Hugh Downs, Alex Trebek}
03. {Subsets 1 and 2}

THE LETTER SHUFFLE
How many new words can you spell out of the letters in MOTHER?

We’ll reveal all next weekend, but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the May 4, 2019 Puzzle Corner.

TRIVIA TIME⌚
May 10 marks the 150th anniversary of the Golden Spike completing the Transcontinental Railroad. But where was that spike actually put into the track?
Promontory Summit, Utah

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇
Princeton University was founded in 1746. Who was their first graduate?
Future US President James Madison.