Q: Name a food item you might order at a fast food restaurant. The first, second and last letters in order name another food item. Remove those letters and the remaining letters spelled backwards name yet another food item. What foods are these?Hint: 65003
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Sunday, February 05, 2023
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Feb 5, 2023): Would You Like Fries with That?
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Feb 5, 2023): Would You Like Fries with That?
Sunday, January 29, 2023
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jan 29, 2023): Fruit Salad
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jan 29, 2023): Fruit Salad
Edit: POMEGRANATE-OE --> PENTAGRAM
Q: Name a fruit in one word. Drop the last two letters. The remaining letters can be rearranged to name two other fruits. What are they?Or if you remove the 2nd and 4th letters, you can rearrange to get a symbol.
Edit: POMEGRANATE-OE --> PENTAGRAM
A: POMEGRANATE-TE --> PEAR, MANGO
Sunday, January 22, 2023
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jan 22, 2023): One Capital, Two Capitals
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jan 22, 2023): One Capital, Two Capitals
Edit: The cinnamon-breasted warbler belongs to the genus Euryptila.
Q: Take a word that's in the name of several tourist attractions in our nation's capital, Washington, D.C. Rearrange the letters in that word to spell the names of two other nations' capitals. What are they?If you anagram the two countries, you get a spicy warbler.
Edit: The cinnamon-breasted warbler belongs to the genus Euryptila.
A: MEMORIAL --> LIMA (Peru) and ROME (Italy)
Sunday, January 15, 2023
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jan 15, 2023): For Today's Special We Have...
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jan 15, 2023): For Today's Special We Have...
Edit: Searching through images of Italian food to find one I liked, but without fettuccine, made me very hungry. In addition, the country of HUNGARY forms somewhat of an equilateral triangle with ITALY and GREECE.
Q: Name a food dish in 10 letters. The last syllable consists of a consonant and a vowel. Change that syllable to a single consonant sound and you'll name another popular food item, in two words. What foods are these?This puzzle is making me really hungry.
Edit: Searching through images of Italian food to find one I liked, but without fettuccine, made me very hungry. In addition, the country of HUNGARY forms somewhat of an equilateral triangle with ITALY and GREECE.
A: FETTUCCINE (feh-tuh-CHEE-nee), FETA CHEESE (feh-tuh CHEEZ)
Sunday, January 08, 2023
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jan 8, 2023): Elementary!
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jan 8, 2023): Elementary!
My initial thought was Tiny Tim before switching to Tina Fey.
Note: S(aturday) Ni(ght) Li(ve) = S(ulfer) Ni(ckel) Li(thium)
Q: Name a famous living person — first and last names. If you drop the last letter of the first name, you get an element on the periodic table. And if you drop the last letter of the last name, you get the chemical symbol of another element. What celebrity is this?I found an answer for a non-living celebrity which led directly to the correct answer. Note: If you take the movie or series that the person is best known for, each word starts with a chemical symbol (one letter for the first word, two letters for the rest).
My initial thought was Tiny Tim before switching to Tina Fey.
Note: S(aturday) Ni(ght) Li(ve) = S(ulfer) Ni(ckel) Li(thium)
A: Tina Fey --> Tin, Fe (Iron)
Sunday, January 01, 2023
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jan 1, 2023): Opposites Attract
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jan 1, 2023): Opposites Attract
Edit: Mork and Mindy was set in Boulder, Colorado.
Q: Name a U.S. state capital for which the name of another well-known U.S. city is an antonym. The second city has a population of more than 100,000The second city was the setting of a sitcom from the '70s.
Edit: Mork and Mindy was set in Boulder, Colorado.
A: LITTLE ROCK and BOULDER
Thursday, December 29, 2022
Our Annual Puzzle and Video for 2022
Our Annual Family Video for 2022 is available now. The password can be found by solving our annual puzzle. Click this link or the image below to get a PDF of the full puzzle. Post a comment below about your favorite part of the video to show you've solved the puzzle, but don't give away the password directly.
Sunday, December 25, 2022
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 25, 2022): A Puzzle for Christmas
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 25, 2022): A Puzzle for Christmas
Edit: Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down) from Hamilton has the lyrics "Lafayette is there waiting in Chesapeake Bay!"
Q: Name a prominent geographical location in the United States. Change the fifth letter to an S. The resulting string of letters from left to right will name a game, a mountain, and a popular website. What place is it?plɹoM
Edit: Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down) from Hamilton has the lyrics "Lafayette is there waiting in Chesapeake Bay!"
A: CHESAPEAKE BAY --> CHESS, PEAK, EBAY
Sunday, December 18, 2022
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 18, 2022): What Does the Fox Say?
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 18, 2022): What Does the Fox Say?
Edit: Rabbits are pretty silent.
Q: If you change the third letter of WOLF to an O, you get the sound made by a dog — WOOF. Name a six-letter animal and change the second letter to get the sound made by a completely different animal. What is it?If you take the sound the first animal makes and you change one letter... well, I'm not saying anything more.
Edit: Rabbits are pretty silent.
A: RABBIT, RIBBIT
Sunday, December 11, 2022
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 11, 2022): Keep Calm and Carry On
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 11, 2022): Keep Calm and Carry On
Edit: Most men don't carry purses and cash is used less often these days for purchases compared to debit/credit/phone transactions.
Q: Many people carry _____ (4-letter word) in a _____ (5-letter word) to make _____ (9-letter word). You can rearrange the letters of the first two words (the 4- and 5-letter ones) to get the last word (the 9-letter one). What words are these?Actually NOT true for many people.
Edit: Most men don't carry purses and cash is used less often these days for purchases compared to debit/credit/phone transactions.
A: CASH in a PURSE to make PURCHASES
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