The removed letters form a state abbreviation.Q: Think of something to drink whose name is a compound word. Delete the first letter of the first part and you'll get some athletes. Delete the first letter of the second part and you'll get where these athletes compete. What words are these?
A: SCREWDRIVER --> CREW, RIVER
The first letter of each word is a hint to the answer.Q: Think of a place in America. Two words, 10 letters altogether. The first five letters read the same forward and backward. The last five letters spell something found in the body. What place is this?
A: NEW ENGLAND (NEWEN/GLAND)
Change the fifth letter of the character's name to an 'O' and rearrange to get something Russian.Q: Name a certain breakfast cereal character. Remove the third, fifth, and sixth letters and read the result backward. You'll get a word that describes this breakfast cereal character. What is it?
A: TOUCAN SAM --> MASCOT
I saw an AD for this product just the other day.Q: Take the phrase NEW TOWELS. Rearrange these 9 letters to get the brand name of a product you might buy at the supermarket. What is it?
A: SWEET 'N LOW
Change the last letter of the dinner entree to the letter directly to its right on a standard typewriter keyboard. Rearrange to name something we might fear.Q: Name a U.S. state capital. Then name a world capital. Say these names one after the other and phonetically you'll get an expensive dinner entree. What is it?
A: DOVER (Delaware) + SEOUL (South Korea) --> DOVER SOLE
How close are you to the answer? Are you hot or cold?Q: Take the name of a watercraft that contains an odd number of letters. Remove the middle letter and rearrange the remaining ones to name a body of water. What words are these?
A: GONDOLA --> LAGOON
You can drop all instances of that letter and you still get the same answer.Q: Name a famous TV personality of the past. Drop the second letter of this person's last name. Phonetically the first and last names together will sound like a creature of the past. What celebrity is it?
A: DINAH SHORE --> DINOSAUR
I don't have a clue to help you identify the person... or do I?Q: The word NONUNION has four N's and no other consonant. What famous American of the past -- first and last names, 8 letters in all -- has four instances of the same consonant and no other consonant?
A: Eli Lilly (founder of the pharmaceutical company).
Q: Think of a famous movie star -- .first and last names, nine letters in all. The third, fourth, fifth, seventh, and eighth letters, in order, name a profession. The star's last name is something that this profession uses. Who is the movie star and what is the profession?In one role, this actor played a [redacted].
A: EMMA STONE --> MASON, STONE
Q: Think of a popular food item in six letters. Change the last two letters to a K to make a common five-letter word in which none of the letters are pronounced the same as in the six-letter food. What food is this?Add the letters in the word DOTES to the food item, rearrange to get a place that was popular in the last century.
A: QUICHE --> QUICK
