THE PUZZLE CORNER: JUNE 27, 2026

 😎FUN FACT

Drummer Dennis Wilson was the only member who could actually surf🏄 when the Beach Boys began their musical career.

COMMON BONDS

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

01. {black, blue, rasp, straw}

02. {base, foot}

THE 50/50 CHANCE

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

TRUE or FALSE: 🐔Chickens have teeth.

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the June 20, 2026 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?

Eager actors investment service? = Summer Stock Market. (Summer Stock, Stock Market)

THE LETTER SHUFFLE

How many new words can you make out of the letters in FATHER?

A, Aft, After, Ah, Are, Art, At, Ate

Ear, Eat

Fa (a musical note), Fae (fantasy fairy), Far, Fare, Fat, Fate, Fear, Feat

Ha (a laugh), Hare, Hart, Hat, Hate, Hater, Hear, Heart, Heat, Her

Rah (a cheer), Rat, Rate

Tar, Tare, Tea, Tear, The, (and) Tra (a musical note)

More than the 37 listed above might be possible.

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: APRIL 4, 2020

😎FUN FACT
There will be a “Super Moon”🌕 in the night sky above Earth April 7.

REBUS
Something familiar is represented by the image on the right.
Do you know what it is?


The misquote is below. All you have to do is give us the correct quote and source. Ready?
“Oh give me The Beach Boys and free my soul”

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

TRIVIA TIME⌚
April 1 marks the 60th anniversary of TIROS-1 being launched. What was it?
The Television Infrared Observation Satellite for studying the Earth’s weather from above.

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?
Famous film maker’s sea food dish?
Oliver Stone Crab.