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Friday, May 1 2026

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Good evening. Reminder: Our new weekly section packed with other games, brain teasers, and fun activities debuts on Monday.

In tonight’s edition:

  • 🌆 Big Apple, bigger buildings
  • 🧩 New puzzles
  • 🎮 GOAT competitive Wii games

…and much more.

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📜 May 1: On This Day in History

Empire State of mind

Image: History.com

Each of the following events happened on May 1. Your challenge is to put them in the order in which they occurred by year, earliest to latest. Answers at the bottom!

  • A) The Empire State Building, the tallest building in the world at 102 stories and 1,250 feet high, officially opens in New York City. It retains the title for just over four decades, before being eclipsed in height by NYC’s World Trade Center.
  • B) The body of British mountaineer George Mallory is discovered on Mount Everest, some 75 years after he and a partner disappeared while trying to become the first to summit the peak.
  • C) Amtrak, the federally supported corporation that operates nearly all intercity passenger trains in the US, begins service.
  • D) Citizen Kane, now revered as one of the greatest movies in history, debuts at the RKO Palace Theater. The film’s general US release was a failure at the box office, though reviews were favorable and it received nine Oscar nominations.

Hint: Mt. Everest is the last place you want to be when the weather gets bad

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🔗 Conjoiner: A DONUT Original Word Game

Touch ‘em all

Today’s Conjoiner is a grand slam, and we aren’t talking about Denny’s. Hit it out of the park to solve today’s sequence.

The first clue of today’s sequence is: “Baseball hit that allows the batter to circle all the bases”...

Play the sequence here

🧩 Puzzle Corner

Mini

You might have better chances at the casino than with today’s mini. Go on and roll the dice, see if you get lucky:

Sudoku

The week’s winding down and so are you. Coast on out with a grid to do.

🐐 GOATWars: A Data-Driven Process to Determine the Best

What’s the greatest fast-food dessert of all time?

You don’t need any of these sweet treats, but you order them anyway. Now they’re facing off on GOATWars, where you get to decide which fast-food dessert takes the cake.

Showdowns include:

…and much more.

Start your GOAT List

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🏆 Wednesday's GOATWars Results: The Data Is Now In

🎮 THE GREATEST COMPETITIVE Wii GAMES OF ALL TIME

  1. Wii Sports
  2. Super Smash Bros. Brawl
  3. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10
  4. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
  5. Punch-Out!!

Explore the full list.

Note: Results are as of the published time; these lists are dynamic and may change.

📜 Answers

A, D, C, B

  • A) 1931 – The Empire State Building officially opens in New York City.
  • D) 1941 – Citizen Kane debuts at the RKO Palace Theater.
  • C) 1971 – Amtrak, America’s national passenger railroad company, begins service.
  • B) 1999 – The body of British mountaineer George Mallory is discovered on Mount Everest.
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