THE PUZZLE CORNER: JANUARY 24. 2026

 😎FUN FACT

January 29 is the 90th anniversary of the first group of honorees being inducted into the Baseball⚾ Hall of Fame.

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇

Can you name all the honorees from that inaugural group?

SUPER SECONDS🥈

After the FAMOUS FIRSTS, what comes next?

Who were the next group of honorees in 1937?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the January 17, 2026 Puzzle Corner.

COMMON BONDS

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

01. {treat, uncle} = Dutch. Dutch treat, Dutch uncle.

02. {sesame, easy} = Streets. Sesame Street, Easy Street.

RHYME TIME⏰

The clue to something is below, but no matter how long your answer is, each word within it must rhyme. Ready?

More problems than you were expecting. = Double Trouble.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: AUGUST 5, 2023

 😎FUN FACT

Rocking MTV (Music Television) was later followed by the “milder” VH1 (Video Hits One). Unfortunately neither are doing much with actual music videos today.

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇

What was the very first music video MTV played upon its debut on August 1, 1981?

SUPER SECONDS🥈

What was the SECOND music video MTV ever played?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the July 29, 2023 Puzzle Corner.

TRIVIA TIME⌚

While the world wonders if we will ever see A Song of Ice and Fire Book 6: The Winds of Winter, name the existing 5 novels in order.

A Game of Thrones (from which the HBO series took its name), A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast of Crows and A Dance with Dragons. Fire and Blood is actually the first half of an unfinished prequel tale.

WHO AM I?

Can you identify the person (real or fictitious) based upon the clue below?

Allegedly born in Arizona before relocating to Babylonia.

♫King Tut♫ according to the classic Steve Martin song.

PUZZLE CORNER: APRIL 15, 2023

 😎FUN FACT

A dog’s nose print🐶 is just like a human’s fingerprint. Unique unto each.

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?

SUPER SECONDS🥈

After the FAMOUS FIRSTS, what comes next?

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

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the April 8, 2023 Puzzle Corner.

THE LETTER SHUFFLE

How many new words can you spell out of the letters in EASTER?

A, are, arse, art(s), as, Aster (type of flower), at, ate

Ear(s), East, eat(s)

Rat(s), rest, reseat, reset

Sat, sea, sear, seat, see, seer, set, star, stare, steer

Tar(s), tare(s), tea(s), tear(s), tease, teaser, tee(s), terse

More than the 42 listed above might be possible.

HUH? (misquotes)

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

“I’m getting hugged riding up and down the same old trip.” = “I’m getting bugged driving up and down the same old strip.” from the Beach Boys’ ♫I Get Around♫

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JANUARY 28, 2023

 😎FUN FACT

Tomorrow, January 29, is Puzzle Day! Let’s celebrate a little early with these enigmas.

SUPER SECONDS BRAND NEW GAME!

After the FAMOUS FIRSTS, what comes next?

After the Crossword Puzzle, what is the second most popular ongoing newspaper puzzle?

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇

What was the first musical act to make a several city tour of mainland China?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the January 21, 2023 Puzzle Corner.

REBUS

Something familiar is represented in the image below. Do you know what it is?

SAN FRAN💗ISCO

♫I Left My Heart, In San Francisco♫, made famous by Tony Bennett.

TRIVIA TIME⌚

Who appeared in the most episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series?

Leonard Nimoy as Mister Spock, since he was also in the very first pilot “The Cage”, which was split into the two part episode “The Menagerie”. William Shatner as Captain Kirk didn’t appear until the second pilot “Where No One Has Gone Before”, although he was in the new footage of “The Menagerie”.