THE PUZZLE CORNER: APRIL 23, 2022

😎FUN FACT

The ancient term Stewardesses is the longest English word that can be typed solely with the left side of any keyboard.

AKA, ALSO KNOWN AS

What do we call Stewardesses now?

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇

Who was the first performer to play a Vulcan, a Romulan, AND a Klingon within the Star Trek franchise?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the April 16, 2022 Puzzle Corner.

REBUS

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

MILL1ON = One in a million. Something very rare.

THE LETTER SHUFFLE

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

Hint: There’s more than you think.

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, star, stare, steer

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

More than the 43 listed above might be possible.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: MAY 15, 2021

😎FUN FACT

Long before the prison was built, Spanish explorers named the island Alcatraz after all the birds present.

AKA, ALSO KNOWN AS

Who do we know Gordon Sumner better as?

REBUS

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

ECNALG

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the May 8, 2021 Puzzle Corner.

HUH? (misquotes)

The misquote is below.

All you have to do is give us the correct quote and source.

Ready?

♫Well you can tell by the way I use my walk I’m a woman now, no time to talk.♫

The opening lyric from the Bee Gee’s “Staying Alive” is actually ♫Well you can tell by the way I use my walk I’m a woman’S MAN, no time to talk.♫

It’s anybody’s guess as to the reason(s) why that line is misconstrued.

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: The Mister Clean “spokesman” has a first name.

TRUE! It’s Veritably, as in Veritably Clean.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: MARCH 20, 2021

😎FUN FACT

This is our 2,499 Blog post! The March 14-20 edition of The Week In Review will be #2500!

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What band was originally known as Starfish?⭐

REBUS

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

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the March 13, 2021 Puzzle Corner.

NUMBER PLEASE

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

How many of his movies did James Dean actually see released in his lifetime?

1 = East of Eden. The rest were all released posthumously.😢

RHYME TIME⌛

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

The (in)famous Hughes Aircraft.

Spruce Goose.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JANUARY 2, 2021

😎FUN FACT

2021 is the first numerically consecutive year since 1920! The next is obviously 2122, a long way off no matter how you examine the situation.

NUMBER PLEASE

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

What was the first numerically consecutive year?

THE LETTER SHUFFLE

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

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the December 26, 2020 Puzzle Corner’s

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇: THE CHRISTMAS🎄 CAROL♫ EDITION

Having been inundated with Christmas music by some radio stations since before Veterans Day this year, let’s see if you know who sang which song first?

01. Frosty the Snowman⛄ was first sung by Gene Autry in a 1950 recording.

02. Have A Holly Jolly Christmas was actually first performed by The Quinto Sisters in 1962, although Burl Ives’ rendition is the most famous and popular.

03. Judy Garland was the first to sing Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas during the 1944 MGM musical Meet Me In Saint Louis.

04. Here Comes Santa Claus🎅 was first sung by its co-writer Gene Autry in 1947, although the classic radio version is actually of a later recording.

05. I’ll Be Home For Christmas was first sung by Bing Crosby in 1943 as a World War 2 morale booster but has since taken on a life of its own.

06. Jingle Bell Rock was first performed by Bobby Helms in 1957.

07. Vaughn Monroe first pleaded Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow in 1946.

08. Then 13 year old Brenda Lee first sang Rocking Around The Christmas Tree in 1958.

09. Believe it or not, there are two possible answers for this one!

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer🦌 first shined in 1948 when Harry Brannon sang it live on various New York City radio programs, but Gene Autry was the first to actually record the song the following year.

10. Eartha Kitt first purred Santa Baby in 1953. Madonna’s version isn’t bad, but wouldn’t you like to see Harley Quinn take a whack at it?😉

11. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town is actually the oldest song on our list. Eddie Cantor was the first to sing it in a 1934 recording, although I personally like the rendition by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.

12. Silver Bells was first performed in the 1951 Paramount Picture The Lemon Drop Kid by its star Bob Hope, who continued to perform it on every TV Christmas special he did until his passing.

13. Sleigh Ride, as an instrumental, was first performed by The Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler in 1949, although the popular radio version is actually one of their later performances.

14. The Andrews Sisters were the first to sing Sleigh Ride's lyrics in a 1950 recording, although Peggy Lee’s I Like To Sleigh Ride version from 1960 is pretty cool.

15. You're right to say Bing Crosby was the first to ever perform White Christmas, but he did so during his radio show on Christmas Day 1941. The movie Holiday Inn was released in 1942, and the remake movie White Christmas in 1954. Between his radio and TV shows, he sang it every year until his passing.

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: NOVEMBER 28, 2020

😎FUN FACT

Although many radio stations have been playing Christmas🎄 music♫ since BEFORE Thanksgiving🦃, our holiday puzzles will not start until December 5.

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Who do we know Calvin Broadus, Junior better as?

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.

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the November 21, 2020 Puzzle Corner.

NUMBER PLEASE

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

How many Three Point Shots has Shaquille O’Neal successfully made in his professional basketball🏀 career?

ONE! 

THE LETTER SHUFFLE

With the holiday this week, how many new words can you form out of the letters in THANKSGIVING?🦃

A, aging, ah, akin, an, angst, as, at,

Gag(s), gain(s), giant(s), gas, gat(s) <old 1930's slang for guns>, gig(s), gin(s), gist, git(s) <Hillbilly slang for scram/get>, giving

Hag(s), haggis <a Scottish delicacy>, hang(s), has, hat(s), having, hi <short form of "hello">, hiking, hint(s), hit(s)

I, ink(s), in(s), inn(s), is, it, its

Kin, king(s), kit(s), knight(s), knit(s)

Nag(s), nigh, night(s)

Sag, saint, sank, sat, saving, shag <a type of carpeting>, sight, sighting, sign, signing, sink, sinking, sin, shin, shining, sit, skin, skit, snag, snit, stag, staging, stain, staining, stank, sting, stinging, stink, stinking

Tag(s), tan(s), tank(s), than, thank(s), thin(s), thing(s), think(s), this, tin, vain, vat(s), visit, Viking(s), (AND) vista.

Other words besides the 117 above might be possible. But IV (the medical term) didn’t count because it’s an abbreviation. The Roman numerals II and IV are debatable, but the cuss word for human waste was not listed since this is a family oriented E-zine.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: NOVEMBER 21, 2020

😎FUN FACT

For better or worse, Creedence Clearwater Revival holds the record for most songs reaching #2 without becoming a Number 1 hit.

NUMBER PLEASE

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

How many Three Point Shots has Shaquille O’Neal successfully made in his professional basketball🏀 career?

THE LETTER SHUFFLE

With the holiday this coming week, how many new words can you form out of the letters in THANKSGIVING?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the November 14, 2020 Puzzle Corner.

RHYME TIME

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

Nocturnal Beacon = Night Light.

REBUS: REMEMBERING ALEX TREBEK

We lost the long time host of Jeopardy! November 8. Among the other game shows he hosted over the course of his career was the 1987-1991 version of Concentration, the classic rebus game.

Can you solve the puzzle Trebek is posing with in this publicity photo on the left?

♫Torn Between Two Lovers♫

Torn (T + Oar + N) Between (Beet + Wee + N) Two (The playing card) Lovers (Loaf + Fur + Z)

THE PUZZLE CORNER: NOVEMBER 14, 2020

😎FUN FACT

Every letter of the alphabet is present within the members of the United States’ names except Q.

RHYME TIME

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

Nocturnal Beacon???

REBUS: REMEMBERING ALEX TREBEK

We lost the long time host of Jeopardy! November 8. Among the other game shows he hosted over the course of his career was the 1987-1991 version of Concentration, the classic rebus game.

Can you solve the puzzle Trebek is posing with in this publicity photo on the right?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the November 7, 2020 Puzzle Corner.

AKA, ALSO KNOWN AS

Who do we know Oscar Diggs better as?

L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz. His full name is Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkle Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs, but I wouldn't call him Oz Pin Head. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this answer.)

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: The Archies are a one hit wonder group with ♫Sugar Sugar♫.

FALSE! While ♫Sugar Sugar♫ is their biggest hit, it was also the third of five releases, with the follow up single ♫Jingle Jangle♫ making it to Number 10 that same year-1969.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: NOVEMBER 7, 2020

😎FUN FACT

In Switzerland, it is illegal to own just 1 guinea pig since they are social animals who need friends.

AKA, ALSO KNOWN AS

Who do we know Oscar Diggs better as?

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: The Archies are a one hit wonder group with ♫Sugar Sugar♫.

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the October 31, 2020 Puzzle Corner.

NEXT?

What is the next item(s) in the sequence below?

October 2020, August 2023, June 2026….???

April 2029 as the Blue (two fulls in the same month) Moon🌕🌕 cycle continues, with the next for Halloween being October 2039!

NUMBER PLEASE

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

How many genes does the average human being have?

24,000!

THE PUZZLE CORNER: HALLOWEEN 2020

😎FUN FACT

October 31 is both Halloween 🎃 AND a Blue/Full Moon!🌕

NEXT?

What is the next item(s) in the sequence below?

October 2020, August 2023, June 2026….???

NUMBER PLEASE

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

How many genes does the average human being have?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the October 24, 2020 Puzzle Corner.

WHAT’S THAT SONG?

Words from a tune of the past are below. All you have to do is give us the song title. Ready?

♫All for a cuddle and a peck upon the cheek.♫

♫Come Dancing♫ by the Kinks.

THE LETTER SHUFFLE

How many words can you form out of the letters in HALLOWEEN?👻

A, all, allow, an, awl

Eel, ell, eon, ewe

Ha, hall, hallow, halo, heal, he, heel, hell, hello, hole, how, howl

Law, lawn, lea, lean, low

New, no, Noel, now

Oh, on, owl

Wall, we, wean, wee, ween, well, who (and) whole.

More than the 41 listed above might be possible.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: OCTOBER 10, 2020

😎FUN FACT

Once upon a time, MTV and VH-1 actually played music videos on a regular basis!

COMMON BONDS

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

01. {The Mood Ring, the Thigh Master} and we’re not sure both can be considered fads.

02. {Andrew Ridgeley, Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou}

TRIVIA TIME⌚

What is Floccinaucinihilipilification? (And yes, it IS spelled right.)

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the October 3, 2020 Puzzle Corner.

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇

Who was the first woman to fly across the United States of America?

Not to take anything away from the accomplishments of Aviator Amelia Earhart, but it was author Laura Ingalls Wilder, as a passenger on October 9, 1930.

It is unknown if there are any Flight Attendants who might have accomplished this first.

AKA, ALSO KNOWN AS

Something familiar has been rephrased in the clue below. Do you know what it is?

Angry Wine Source = The Grapes of Wrath, a novel by Ernest Hemingway.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

😎 FUN FACT

Charles Darwin never once used the word “evolution” in his book📖 On the Origin of Species.

REBUS

Something familiar is represented in the image below.

Do you know what it is?

⛆☔⋈

COMMON BONDS

We’ve only got one subset this time because it’s a big list, but what do the following musicians all have in common?

{Keith Richards, Steve Winwood, Quincy Jones, Herb Alpert, Billy Joel, Neil Young, John Fogerty, Hank Williams Junior, Roberta Flack, Julian and Sean Lennon}

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the September 5, 2020 Puzzle Corner.

AKA, ALSO KNOWN AS

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

Personal Protective Equipment.😷

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇

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

Barbara Bain in 1967, 1968, and 1969 for her work on Mission: Impossible.

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: AUGUST 22, 2020

😎FUN FACT

August 26 marks the 100th anniversary of American women gaining the right to vote!

So it's quiz time!

01. Yes or No. The United States of America was the first country to acknowledge a woman's right to vote?

02. If your answer to Question 01 is “no”, then who do you think was the first?

03. Who was President of the United States when the 19th Amendment became law?

04. How many states needed to approve the measure for it to become the 19th Amendment?

05.Who was the first state to say “yes”?

06. Based on your answer to Question 04, who was the last to say “yes”?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the August 15, 2020 Puzzle Corner.

TRIVIA TIME⌚

What is Mondegreen?

The technical term for mishearing something.

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇

What was the first grocery store chain?

Not sure about other countries, but in America it was Piggly Wiggly.

Video courtesy of YouTube. Schoolhouse Rock and "Sufferin' Until Sufferage" © by whoever currently owns them.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: AUGUST 15, 2020

😎 FUN FACT

Due to the Isaias caused power outage the week of August 4, this is the adjusted Puzzle Corner that would have appeared Saturday, August 8, 2020.

TRIVIA TIME⌚

What is Mondegreen?

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇

What was the first grocery store chain?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the August 1, 2020 Puzzle Corner.

RHYME TIME⌛

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

Aromatic Rating? = Nasal appraisal.

COMMON BONDS

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

01. {Pepper, Friday} = Both are Sergeants.

02. {Sophie Turner, Famke Janssen} and yes, we know they’re both actresses.

Both have portrayed Jean Grey/Marvel Girl/The Phoenix.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: AUGUST 1, 2020

😎FUN FACT
Saffron is easily the most expensive spice. It can only be hand-picked from the filaments of crocus flowers during certain hours of the day.

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

COMMON BONDS
The items in each subset below have something in common. Do you know what it is?
01. {Pepper, Friday}
02. {Sophie Turner, Famke Janssen} and yes, we know they’re both actresses.

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the July 25, 2020 Puzzle Corner.

TRIVIA TIME⌚
Who portrayed the gopher in the Caddyshack🏌 movies?
While a combination of puppetry and special effects, the gopher received a screen credit at the end of both films as Chuck Rodent.

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇
What was the very first video game ever played in outer space?
TETRIS!

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JULY 25, 2020

😎FUN FACT
July 25 marks the 40th anniversary of the first Caddyshack 🏌movie.

TRIVIA TIME⌚
Who portrayed the gopher in that movie?

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇
What was the very first video game ever played in outer space?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the July 18, 2020 Puzzle Corner.

LAST WEEK’S FUN FACT WAS...
Thus far Roger Moore has made the most movie appearances as British Secret Agent James Bond but because of the delays between films, current Bond actor Daniel Craig has the longest tenure in the role, to date.

Which led us into doing a themed Puzzle Corner.

NUMBER PLEASE
Get ready! We ask the question, but the answer is just a number.
How many movies has Roger Moore portrayed James Bond in?
007, ironically.

TRIVIA TIME⌚
Whatever your answer to last week’s NUMBER PLEASE, can you name them all?
In premiere order: Live and Let Die, The Man With The Golden Gun, The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, (and) A View To A Kill.

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇
The first Bond novel written by creator Ian Fleming was NOT the basis for the first Bond movie. Can you name both titles?
The first novel was Casino Royale, but the first movie was Dr. No, although Fleming wrote both books.

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: Actor George Lazenby made only one appearance as James Bond.
FALSE! While On Her Majesty’s Secret Service was his only movie, he also made a cameo in character during the 1983 TV movie The Return of the Man From UNCLE: The Fifteen Years Later Affair.

NEXT?
What is the next item(s) in the sequence below?
Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore…
Next would be Timothy Dalton, Pierce Bronsan, and Daniel Craig to complete the list of Bond actors, to date.

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?
A James Bond Double Feature: Allow to exist until tomorrow?
Live and Let Die Another Day.

GEEZ. One more puzzle, especially if it could have been COMMON BONDS, and we’d have 007!😉

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JULY 18, 2020

😎FUN FACT
Thus far Roger Moore has made the most movie appearances as British Secret Agent James Bond but because of the delays between films, current Bond actor Daniel Craig has the longest tenure in the role, to date.

We haven’t done a themed Puzzle Corner in a while, so...

NUMBER PLEASE
Get ready! We ask the question, but the answer is just a number.
How many movies has Roger Moore portrayed James Bond in?

TRIVIA TIME⌚
Whatever your answer to this week’s NUMBER PLEASE, can you name them all?

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇
The first Bond novel written by creator Ian Fleming was NOT the basis for the first Bond movie. Can you name both titles?

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: Actor George Lazenby made only one appearance as James Bond.

NEXT?
What is the next item(s) in the sequence below?
Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore…

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?
A James Bond Double Feature: Allow to exist until tomorrow?

GEEZ. One more puzzle, especially if it could have been COMMON BONDS, and we’d have 007!😉

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the July 11, 2020 Puzzle Corner.

TRIVIA TIME⌚
In what sport is a Jack the ball?
Bocce.
One player throws the Jack into a designated zone. The other players then try to knock the Jack out of the zone by bowling their own balls against it. Like a larger scale version of marbles.

REBUS
Something familiar is represented in the image below. Do you know what it is?
R|E|A|D|I|N|G = Reading between the lines.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JULY 11, 2020

😎FUN FACT
With a full orchestral accompaniment, none of The Beatles actually played an instrument on ♫Eleanor Rigby♫!

TRIVIA TIME⌚
In what sport is a Jack the ball?

REBUS
Something familiar is represented in the image below. Do you know what it is?
R|E|A|D|I|N|G

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the July 4, 2020 Puzzle Corner.

WHAT’S IN A NAME?
Been quite a while since we’ve played this last, but something famous is described below using alternate words. Do you know what it is?
“Story of Dual Municipalities”.
A TALE OF TWO CITIES (by Charles Dickens)

THE LETTER SHUFFLE
How many new words can you form out of the letters in INDEPENDENCE?
Cede
Deed, deep, deepen, deepened, den, dice, diced, die, died, din, dine, dip
End
I, ice, ID (part of the psyche), in, inn
Nee, need, needed, nice, nine, nip
Peen (part of a hammer), pen, pend, pin, pine
More than the 30 words listed above might be possible.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JULY 4, 2020

😎FUN FACT
The United States of America is 244 years old today!🎂

WHAT’S IN A NAME?
Been quite a while since we’ve played this last, but something famous is described below using alternate words. Do you know what it is?
“Story of Dual Municipalities”.

THE LETTER SHUFFLE
How many new words can you form out of the letters in INDEPENDENCE?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the June 27, 2020 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?
Illuminating Star Wars toy?
Flashlight saber.

AKA, ALSO KNOWN AS
Who do we know screenwriter Edmond Dantes (Beethoven 1, Maid In Manhattan) better as?
Director John Hughes (Home Alone franchise, numerous others).