Exactly the amount of tricky I'd expect from Lego.Q: This week's challenge is a little tricky. Change one letter of a place on earth to get a familiar phrase much heard around this time of year. What is it? The answer consists of three words (5,2,5).
A: PLACE ON EARTH --> PEACE ON EARTH
I was fortunate to figure this out quickly.Q: Name a common tree of North America in two words (three letters, five letters). Rearrange its letters to name a well-known plant of Central America, also in two words (four letters, four letters). What tree and plant are these?
A: RED MAPLE, REED PALM
Take another item that might be worn while sleeping, increment the last letter so it is one later in the alphabet and move it to the 4th position. Change the first vowel sound and you have the last name of the person's most famous character role.Q: Think of a classic television actor — first and last names. Add a long-E sound at the end of each name and you'll get two things that are worn while sleeping. What are they?
A: TED KNIGHT --> TEDDY, NIGHTIE
The last names make me think of a former School of Journalism.Q: Name a state capital. Inside it in consecutive letters is the first name of a popular TV character of the past. Remove that name, and the remaining letters in order will spell the first name of a popular TV game show host of the past. What is the capital and what are the names?
A: MONTGOMERY --> GOMER (Pyle), MONTY (Hall)
I had to nix my previous hints.Q: Think of a classic American author, whose first and last name's are each one syllable. The last name, when said aloud, sounds like part of the body. Insert the letters "A-S" into the first name and you have the location of this body part. Who is the author?
A: BRET HARTE --> BREAST, HEART
I got the first two words and the last two words. I didn't think there was a dish that put them together. Update: I had the incorrect first two words... no wonder it didn't make sense. As a hyphenated word it makes more sense.Q: Using only the letters of PANDERS, and repeating them as often as desired, spell a certain entrée at a seafood restaurant (3-6 3 7).
A: PAN-SEARED RED SNAPPER
Rearrange the letters in the person's full name and you get a quiet animal.Q: Name a place where experiments are done (two words). Drop the last letter of each word. The remaining letters, reading from left to right, will name someone famously associated with experiments. Who is it?
A: TEST LAB --> TESLA
I've heard of REED PARK, but I'm not letting any DEER have the keys to my car, red jacket or not.Q: Name a place somewhere on the globe -- in two words. Rearrange the letters of the first word to name some animals. The second word in the place name is something those animals sometimes do. What is it?
A: HUDSON BAY --> HOUNDS, BAY
A typo was introduced when the city name was registered; if that hadn't occured, it wouldn't be composed of 13 unique letters.Q: The city of UTICA, NEW YORK, when spelled out, contains 12 letters, all of them different. Think of a well-known U.S. city, that when its name is spelled out (including the state), contains 13 letters, all of them different. Your answer doesn't have to match Will's.
A: CASPER, WYOMING
