Our Family Video and Puzzle for 2020!

Our Family Video for 2020 is available now. The password can be found by solving the puzzle below:

Feel free to add comments about the video to show you solved the puzzle, but don't give away the password to others.

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 27, 2020): Never a Foot Too Far, Even

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 27, 2020): Never a Foot Too Far, Even

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?

Please maintain a 2m distance.

Edit: The term is more commonly heard in Britain.

A: QUEUE UP

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 20, 2020): Buenos Aires Mix-up

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 20, 2020): Buenos Aires Mix-up

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?

I'm not up to saying anything more.

Edit: Up = Raise, More = Bonus

A: Drop the E --> BONUS + RAISE

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 13, 2020): Ride On, Ride On!

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 13, 2020): Ride On, Ride On!

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?

This may start a debate on spelling. Anyone going to argue for the original Dutch?

Edit: In the earliest known printing of A Visit from St. Nicholas, the given names of Santa's seventh and eighth reindeer were, in fact, Dunder and Blixem from the original Dutch for thunder and lightning. Later printings had this as Donder and Blitzen. It was the song that made Donner the popular spelling.

A: REINDEER, DONDER (or DONNER).

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 6, 2020): A Time to Reflect

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 6, 2020): A Time to Reflect

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?

Oh goody! Mirror writing!

Edit: Goody is a synonym.

A: tidbit ↔ tidbit (assuming you write the t without a tail)