Q: Name a person in 2011 world news in eight letters. Remove the third, fourth and fifth letters. The remaining letters, in order, will name a person in 2021 world news. What names are these?Really? We've only had about 10 days of news in 2021 and you can easily Google newsworthy names of 2011. I guess Will is starting the year with a "gimme".
Q: Think of a seven-letter hyphenated word for a kind of cooking. Change the middle letter to get a new word describing a kind of music. What words are these?There are many variations of this type of cooking.
A: BAR-B-QUE --> BAROQUE
Please maintain a 2m distance.Q: Think of a familiar two-word phrase (5, 2). Replace the last letter with the next letter of the alphabet. The result will be a palindrome (the seven letters will read backward and forward the same). What phrase is it?
A: QUEUE UP
I'm not up to saying anything more.Q: Take the name BUENOS AIRES, remove one letter. The remaining letters can be rearranged to name two things many people wish for around this time of year. What are they?
A: Drop the E --> BONUS + RAISE
This may start a debate on spelling. Anyone going to argue for the original Dutch?Q: Using only the letters in the phrase RIDE ON — repeating them as often as necessary — you can spell 1) the one-word proper name of a famous fictional animal, and 2) a word for what kind of animal it is. What's the name of the animal, and what's the word?
A: REINDEER, DONDER (or DONNER).
Oh goody! Mirror writing!Q: Think of a common word in six letters. Write it in lowercase. If you hold up a mirror at its side, the reflection will show the same word. What is it?
A: tidbit ↔ tidbit (assuming you write the t without a tail)
Smile? I had a different reaction to the answer that I found.Q: When you get the answer it will make you smile. Name an animal and spell it backward. Now name a variety of meat and insert it inside the animal's name that you've spelled backward. A common word will be revealed. What is it?
A: DEER + VEAL --> REVEALED
You are not getting a hint from me this week.Q: Name a marine animal in two words. Remove two consecutive letters in the name and read the resulting string of letters in order from left to right. You'll name a major American city. What is it?
A: SEA TURTLE - UR = SEATTLE
Are you expecting me to give you a hint for free?Q: Name a title character from books and TV (5, 5). You can rearrange the letters to get two words describing what you can hear and do in church. What character is it?
A: PERRY MASON --> SERMON, PRAY
