THE PUZZLE CORNER: AUGUST 22, 2015

FUN FACT
Although officially never named in the Peanuts comic strip by Charles Schulz, The Little Red Head Girl was referred to as Heather in the television special It's Your First Kiss Charlie Brown, which Schulz never considered part of the official Peanuts canon.


TRIVIA TIME
Author Ian Fleming is famous for creating British Secret Agent James Bond. But can you name the books Fleming wrote that did NOT feature Bond?

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

TRUE OR FALSE: In the Peanuts comic strip, Charlie Brown's baseball team NEVER won a game.

We'll reveal all next weekend. But for now, let's open up THE ANSWERS BOX and reveal the results from the August 15, 2015 Puzzle Corner.

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

01. {Leigh Brackett, Roald Dahl}
And yes, we know they are both authors.
But both have also written the screenplays to famous movies!
02. {Pink, Jay Leno}
And yes, we know they are both celebrities, and that Pink was a musical guest during Leno's tenure as host of The Tonight Show.
Both worked in the fast food industry before becoming famous celebrities.

TRIVIA TIME
Two world capitals are named after Presidents of the United States of America.
One is obvious, but can you name them both?
Washington, DC for George Washington and Monrovia of Liberia for James Monroe.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JUNE 27, 2015

"Hammer time!" (cheeky)

FUN FACT
The profile side of a hammer is called a cheek.

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

YES or NO: Medically, is sternutation life threatening?


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

S(fun)U(fun)M(fun)M(fun)E(fun)R

We'll reveal all next weekend. But for now, let's open up THE ANSWERS BOX and discover the results from the June 20, 2015 Fathers' Day themed Puzzle Corner.

TRIVIA TIME
Who came up with the idea of Fathers' Day?
The truth of the matter? Nobody knows for sure.

THE LETTER SHUFFLE
How many new words can you find within the letters that spell FATHERS?
A, aft, ah, are, arf, art(s), as, ash, at, ate
Ear(s), earth, east, eat(s)
Fae, far, fare(s), fast, fat(s)
Ha, hare(s), has, hart(s), hat(s), he, hear(s), heart(s), her, heat(s)
Raft(s), rah, rat(s) ref(s), rest
Safe, safer, sat, sea, sear, seat, shaft, share, she, shear, star, stare
Tar(s), tea(s), tear(s), the

More than the 66 words listed above might be possible.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JULY 19, 2014

ADDENDUM
Since posting the answers in the July 5th Puzzle Corner, it has been brought to our attention that there is also SATURDAY Night's Alright (for fighting) by Elton John and SATURDAY's Child by The Monkees, although the latter was never officially released. We have since adjusted the corresponding ANSWERS BOX accordingly.

THE 50/50 CHANCE

This is just like a regular TRIVIA TIME question, only there are just two possible options, hence the even odds of getting the right answer. Ready?

TRUE OR FALSE: There really was a Dr. Pepper behind the famous soft drink?

FAMOUS FIRSTS
In keeping with our summer time theme this week, what WAS the first commercial soft drink offered to the public? Hint: It was already called by the name you know it today.

We'll reveal all next weekend. But for now, let's open up THE ANSWERS BOX and discover the results from our July 12, 2014 Puzzle Corner.

REBUS
The item pictured was (literally) a riding lawn mower.


TRIVIA TIME
Although musical numbers were part of stage and movie productions for decades prior, THE MONKEES are accredited with creating what we know today as the music video.
So enjoy this classic clip of their very first song, courtesy of YouTube, although we have no control over the "watermarks".