tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post1921949135406709517..comments2024-03-27T18:57:50.424-07:00Comments on Blaine's Puzzle Blog: NPR Sunday Puzzle (Feb 11, 2018): Put Your Back Into ItBlainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comBlogger179125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-42967012299320577542018-02-18T09:37:14.400-08:002018-02-18T09:37:14.400-08:00Thanks for corroborating my answer, Rob. I'm ...Thanks for corroborating my answer, Rob. I'm wondering if the puzzle is meant for *next* week, not this one? --Margaret G.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00300548354365201244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-37983009755620320412018-02-18T06:23:50.399-08:002018-02-18T06:23:50.399-08:00Playing off another recent puzzle, Lego?Playing off another recent puzzle, Lego?janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-66649445436656625512018-02-18T06:22:31.876-08:002018-02-18T06:22:31.876-08:00Thanks, jan and Lego. At least they got a mention ...Thanks, jan and Lego. At least they got a mention so that's a non-annoying way to start the day.<br /><br /> I still think asking for "part of the human body" works for femora and "a part of the human body" works for forearm. The different phrasing in the puzzle seems to provide that leeway. One can say "Legs are part of the human body" but "The forearm is a part of the human body." <br /><br /> Oh well. On to Lego's new puzzle. Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-24703403366517461142018-02-18T06:11:08.188-08:002018-02-18T06:11:08.188-08:00Word Woman,
Will did mention FEMORA and FOREARM, s...Word Woman,<br />Will <em>did</em> mention FEMORA and FOREARM, saying that it was a "close call" (or some such language) but not kosher because FEMORA is plural.<br /><br />LegoUsingStrongForearmAndFemoralTacticslegolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-76160221342722092212018-02-18T06:02:25.991-08:002018-02-18T06:02:25.991-08:00Yes, Will did mention FEMORA and FOREARM, but disa...Yes, Will did mention FEMORA and FOREARM, but disallowed them because FEMORA is plural, and the puzzle asked for a body <i>part</i>.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-29924834609952577682018-02-18T06:01:54.750-08:002018-02-18T06:01:54.750-08:00Here it is, gang:
This week's challenge comes ...Here it is, gang:<br />This week's challenge comes from listener Joseph Young, who conducts the weekly blog Puzzleria. Take the start of the name of a country and the end of that country's capital. Put the parts together, one after the other, and you'll get the last name of a character in a very popular movie. It's a character everyone knows. Who is it?<br /><br />LegoToTheRescue!legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-25938244458056214792018-02-18T06:00:26.337-08:002018-02-18T06:00:26.337-08:00Do we still need to tiptoe around the answer, sinc...Do we still need to tiptoe around the answer, since it seems this is no longer this week's puzzle? Maybe they'll reuse it?janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-55779968281814437532018-02-18T05:59:22.572-08:002018-02-18T05:59:22.572-08:00Yeah, Lego, for having your puzzle as the weekly c...Yeah, Lego, for having your puzzle as the weekly challenge!<br /><br />Did Will mention FEMORA and FOREARM? Or any alternate answers? Maybe there was a reason I slept through the first puzzle airing.Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-79832152845844242842018-02-18T05:55:34.383-08:002018-02-18T05:55:34.383-08:00I wonder if the puzzle was withdrawn because one o...I wonder if the puzzle was withdrawn because one of the cities might emphasize a current American problem?Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161465143677561592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-86494963804374040942018-02-18T05:53:50.286-08:002018-02-18T05:53:50.286-08:00It's a Joseph Young puzzle; maybe we should as...It's a Joseph Young puzzle; maybe we should ask him.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-7716837117817854912018-02-18T05:53:44.782-08:002018-02-18T05:53:44.782-08:00Huh!? I already submitted an answer to the puzzle...Huh!? I already submitted an answer to the puzzle that was on the website. I guess that means I'm not eligible to submit an answer to the real puzzle this week. Which, my wife tells me, was submitted by our own Legolambda!<br />janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-87609789919908817682018-02-18T05:53:08.406-08:002018-02-18T05:53:08.406-08:00I got my two that qualify with population quickly ...I got my two that qualify with population quickly after others that don't have the population.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-79545283361647864722018-02-18T05:52:48.829-08:002018-02-18T05:52:48.829-08:00I think somebody figured out that there is only on...I think somebody figured out that there is only one city over 250,000 that works. Mort Canardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17214097525627383592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-44937103793804634272018-02-18T05:51:04.025-08:002018-02-18T05:51:04.025-08:00For this quiz, I only find one answer that has mor...For this quiz, I only find one answer that has more than 250,000 population. The next city that satisfies the criteria has between 250K and 200K. Mort Canardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17214097525627383592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-10610318508180459772018-02-18T05:50:22.085-08:002018-02-18T05:50:22.085-08:00Wait! The puzzle read on air is not the one on th...Wait! The puzzle read on air is not the one on the website! Anyone got a transcription?Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161465143677561592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-32397987810773889712018-02-18T05:48:22.941-08:002018-02-18T05:48:22.941-08:00Will changed the weekly challenge on air from the ...Will changed the weekly challenge on air from the one published in the website. Mort Canardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17214097525627383592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-59183300198325745012018-02-18T05:47:57.185-08:002018-02-18T05:47:57.185-08:00900 correct answers last week.900 correct answers last week.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-21921921331541885622018-02-18T05:41:40.808-08:002018-02-18T05:41:40.808-08:00That's interesting... my answers are not that ...That's interesting... my answers are not that distance apart. Guess I'll have to look elsewhere. --Margaret G.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00300548354365201244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-44503746931258741982018-02-18T05:32:36.877-08:002018-02-18T05:32:36.877-08:00They're about 1200 miles apart. I'll bet ...They're about 1200 miles apart. I'll bet there are more than 1200 correct answers.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-16772665249211521242018-02-18T05:11:09.215-08:002018-02-18T05:11:09.215-08:00Next week's challenge: An easy-sounding challe...Next week's challenge: An easy-sounding challenge this week that turns out to be not so easy: Two major U.S. cities, each with two-word names, each have an unusual property: The last two letters of the first word in the name are the same as the last two letters of the second word in the name — like University City, in Missouri, in which both "university" and "city" end in "-ty." But both cities in my answer are much larger. According to the 2010 U.S. census, each city has more than a quarter-million people. What cities are they?janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-18218733141652161432018-02-17T21:22:13.208-08:002018-02-17T21:22:13.208-08:00eco, how were you able get the colonel's ear? ...eco, how were you able get the colonel's ear? And, assuming you got both, were they olfactory made? skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-38950445951088130082018-02-17T21:13:59.721-08:002018-02-17T21:13:59.721-08:00Let's not bungalow this, you're making me ...Let's not bungalow this, you're making me tents.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-18095008944343424082018-02-17T21:10:07.607-08:002018-02-17T21:10:07.607-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-61254361936405594742018-02-17T20:56:07.900-08:002018-02-17T20:56:07.900-08:00Real hutzpah there, folks.Real hutzpah there, folks.Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-36316655750242350312018-02-17T20:46:26.644-08:002018-02-17T20:46:26.644-08:00Are you stalking me? That's what I 'ear f...Are you stalking me? That's what I 'ear from the colonel.ecoarchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02824602705492756728noreply@blogger.com