THE PUZZLE CORNER: AUGUST 29, 2020

😎FUN FACT 

The Snickers Candy Bar was named after a horse! 🐴

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?

TRIVIA TIME⌚

What famous character lives at 1770 James Street?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX and discover the results from the August 22, 2020 Puzzle Corner as we celebrated the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution as American women finally obtained the right to vote.

01. NO, the United States of America was NOT the first country to acknowledge a woman's right to vote.

02. New Zealand was in 1853, but they did not acknowledge a lady's eligibility to run for office until 1919. The 19th amendment does both.

03. Woodrow Wilson was President of the United States at the time when the 19th amendment became official, although he was personally against it.

04. 36 of the then 48 states had to approve the measure for it to officially become part of the Constitution.

05. Illinois was the first to say "yes" on June 10, 1919.

06. Tennessee was the last state needed to make the amendment official. They said "yes" on August 18, 1920 and the measure officially became part of the Constitution on August 26, 1920, making that day the official anniversary. See how quickly government actually worked back then?

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF THE COUNTRY?

Connecticut adopted the measure on September 14, 1920.

Vermont did the same on February 8, 1921.

Delaware did too on March 5, 1923!

Virginia finally recognized the measure on February 21, 1952.

Alabama on September 8, 1953.

But Maryland remained silent on the matter until February 25, 1958!

Alaska and Hawaii accepted the Constitution as is when they both officially became states in 1959.

Yet Florida didn't formally acknowledge the 19th amendment until May 13, 1969, with South Carolina finally doing so July1.

Georgia eventually followed suit on February 20, 1970 with Louisiana joining the party on June 11 of that year.

North Carolina adopted the measure on May 6, 1971, and Mississippi finally accepted the 19th amendment on March 22, 1984!

Alaska, Hawaii and Connecticut I can understand. But the rest?

If any historians in the audience care to shed some light upon this subject, feel free to contact this e-zine with the information.

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.

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THE PUZZLE CORNER: JUNE 22, 2019

😎FUN FACT
-40 degrees Celsius is the same as -40 degrees Fahrenheit!
But either way you say it, that’s COLD!

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

Explore Italy’s capital.

TRIVIA TIME⌚
What do you own that other people use more than you do?

We’ll reveal all next weekend, but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the June 15, 2019 Puzzle Corner.

NUMBER PLEASE
Get ready! We ask the question, but the answer is just a number.
How many states were needed to ratify the amendment for women to gain the right to vote in America?

36 of the then 48 states, because Alaska and Hawaii had yet to join.
Illinois was the first to say "yes" on June 10, 1919. Tennessee was the last state needed to make the amendment official. They said "yes" on August 18, 1920 and the measure officially became part of the Constitution on August 26, 1920, making that day the official anniversary.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF THE COUNTRY?
Connecticut adopted the measure on September 14, 1920. Vermont did the same on February 8, 1921.
Delaware did too on March 5, 1923!
Virginia finally recognized the measure on February 21, 1952. Alabama on September 8, 1953.
But Maryland remained silent on the matter until February 25, 1958!
Alaska and Hawaii accepted the United States Constitution as is when they both officially became states in 1959.
Yet Florida didn't formally acknowledge the 19th amendment until May 13, 1969, with South Carolina following on July 1.
Georgia finally followed suit on February 20, 1970 with Louisiana joining the party on June 11 of that year.
North Carolina adopted the measure on May 6, 1971, and Mississippi finally accepted the 19th amendment on March 22, 1984!
Alaska and Hawaii I can understand. But the rest?
If any historians in the audience care to shed some light upon this subject, feel free to contact this e-zine with the information.

TRIVIA TIME⌚
What unique distinction did America give women that the rest of the world did later?
A woman’s right to run for office too!
New Zealand was the first to give women the right to vote in 1853, but no country declared a woman eligible for elected office as well before the United States did.