Q: Think of a famous American woman with a two-syllable last name. The first syllable is spelled like a body part, but isn't pronounced like one. The second syllable is pronounced like a body part, but isn't spelled like one. Who is this famous woman?Her middle name can be rearranged to mean "brigade".
Edit: Her middle name was MARY which anagrams to ARMY.
A: Amelia EARHART
My initial guess, apropos of this day of the week.
ReplyDeleteRearrange the first three letters and the last three letters of the name. You get a book’s admission.
ReplyDeleteEasy as Phoebe Palmer...
ReplyDeleteEven Blaine's clue is easy this week.
ReplyDeleteHow is summer, everyone? Any exciting trips in the books? Or yet to look forward to?
ReplyDeleteA cruise around Spain in a few weeks.
DeleteMy answer would be TMI.
DeleteA couple of days of sun and surf in Folly Beach, SC--very near Charleston--but we got out just in time to avoid Tropical Storm Debby.
DeleteI was careful to ask a question that would not be TMI.
DeleteHoping to make it 7,000 miles southwest.
DeleteAs often is the case, a connection can be drawn between this week's and another puzzle.
ReplyDeleteA rather easy one this week.
ReplyDeleteThe puzzle is also clever.
DeleteRearrange the letters in her last name to get two words that could be associated with the two body parts.
ReplyDeleteEarhart --> HEAR via ear and ART via heart as in "loves art"
DeleteI was surprised to learn she has a website.
ReplyDeleteNot Karen
ReplyDelete16
ReplyDeleteMusical clue: Hey Jude
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DeleteI'm curious about how "Hey Jude" fits in with this lady. I'll find out on Thursday, I suppose.
DeleteWhen I say "Amelia" I think of "ameliorate", which means "to make better". "Make it better" is repeated several times in "Hey Jude".
DeleteI have two things in common with her.
ReplyDeleteGood puzzle this week. This woman has a regional connection to a graduation event earlier this year.
ReplyDeleteGot it! Everyone enjoying the Olympic women's soccer?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the heads up, Dr. A. By the way, the puzzle is a chiasmus.
DeleteGood point Dr. K. Now I understand chiasmus.
DeleteVery true. Dr. K will understand why I think of chiasmus whenever I watch "Mamma Mia!"
DeleteThe Chiasmus of Panama is flowing East as it is flowing West and Darien the waters to always flow in either direction.
DeleteA little shoutout to Hope Amelia Solo, goalkeeper extraordinaire.
DeleteHer condition is succinctly described by the title of a successful TV series earlier this century.
ReplyDeleteGot it immediately, I was lucky enough that it was the first name I thought of. Struggling with figuring out a clue that is not TMI...
ReplyDeleteAfter working with what felt like 99 different tries, I think I can safely say that you can rearrange the last name into two animals.
DeleteHuh. Got to those two animals quickly.
DeleteTry not to take this puzzle too literally.
ReplyDeleteAnother easy puzzle. Literally the first name that floated to the top of my google search
ReplyDeleteThis is a rather easy puzzle.
ReplyDeleteWell, that's because you're a genius.
DeleteCrito gets the gold (05:51:00); Scarlett gets the silver (08:23:00). Stay tuned for bronze.
DeleteScarlett and I are going to team up for a relay. We're looking for two more though -- don't wanna stop half way!
DeleteUnintentional duplication can be a rather frustrating result of quickly skimming. Wonder who will get the bronze?
DeleteI'd already given the same clue! "A rather" anagrams to "Earhart".
DeleteGreat minds...
It pays to read other comments carefully before posting. Lesson learned! 🥴 I did attempt "a rather" clever comeback though.
DeleteClever comment!
ReplyDeleteThe woman's first name is also related to body parts.
ReplyDeleteAmelia is the condition of missing an arm or leg.
DeleteAt last! I finally understand Blaine's clue! It's a sunny Sunday!
ReplyDeleteYay, I raise my right body part in celebration! I finally got an answer with minimal work. She was on the first list I looked at.
ReplyDeleteThe famous woman has the same first name as a children’s fictional character whose last name is that of another famous American woman.
ReplyDeleteWill sounded terrific this morning. He sounds stronger each week.
ReplyDeleteI noticed that, too. It was heartening.
DeleteTypically the puzzles are either instant first guess or I have to stew on it for a few hours/days, this was decidedly the former
ReplyDeleteRemove the first letter of the first name, rearrange, and you get something you most likely use every day.
ReplyDeleteunfortunately
DeleteI might not be seeing the same thing as Howie, but using the same instructions, I will be using a whole bunch of somethings, when some friends come to visit next weekend!
DeleteThat's pretty good, Howie! Cheers.
DeleteWe are not there anymore I guess. Too EZ.
ReplyDeleteFor those who have already solved this week's NPR challenge puzzle, here is Puzzleria!s current Schpuzzle of the Week:
ReplyDeleteOur “National Pastels Pastime?”
“Many major league baseball clubs paid hearty sums of cash, each hoping to lure a free-agent star to perform on its ballpark’s diamond.”
Identify two things of one color and two things of another color within the sentence above when it is spoken aloud.
LegoWhoLovesBaseballHotDogsApplePie&DoublePlays
Easy
DeleteImagine what it costs to get a whole team to suit up?
DeleteGot it, once I saw the trick.
DeleteLike Blaine's clue last week, I had to dig a bit for the fourth.
DeleteMusical hint: Joni Mitchell refers to this American in a song of hers.
ReplyDeleteThe pronunciation of the first syllable might not be a body part, but it's relevant.
ReplyDeleteOr perhaps the opposite?
DeleteNice! Now the first syllable fits Will's description of the woman's last syllable. The circle game.
DeleteIsabelle palmier
ReplyDeleteI actually have an adopted niece who shares a first name with this woman. We usually abbreviate it, though.
ReplyDeletepjbKeepsItAllInTheFamily(ButHe'sNoMeathead!)
Would Carl Jung have diagnosed an Electra complex?
ReplyDeleteI think Erica Jong might have something to say, also.
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ReplyDeleteYou can't make this stuff up!
ReplyDeleteI can't bear to read that!
DeleteThe difference between France and the U.S.A. is:
ReplyDeleteFrance has the Paris Olympics and the U.S. has the Harris Olympics.
Also, France has Brittany and the U.S. has Britney.
DeleteYes, and they both seem to coast to success.
DeleteAnd Paris has the Tuileries and we have Peter Laurie and Peter Laurie. Of course the UK has far more lories than that. Speaking of the UK, they have the Chanel Islands, while Paris has Chanel #5.
I live on the West Coast and can hardly wait until Thursday noon and the answer to one of the hints here.
ReplyDeleteCute.
DeleteDo you suppose Tim Walz featured brats in his hot dish to endear him to Kamala?
ReplyDeleteKamala Harris will now Walz to victory as Trump add-Vances to defeat.
ReplyDeleteHe didn't want to beat round the Bush.
Delete...and he lost his AlGorerhythm.
DeleteI know Blainesville is our "free of politics" zone, but I have to ask:
DeleteJust when you think that maybe J.D. Vance isn't a fictional character created by the Democrats to get people to hate Donald Trump, even during the "quiet" month of August, video comes out of our future trivia question answer attacking America's Wheaties-Box-Sweetheart Simone Biles for leaving the 2021 Tokyo Games due to "mental weakness":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MAl3SyvvuU
Hey, good catch on that one. After Vance makes such a big deal about his own humble upbringings.
DeleteSpeaking of J. D. Vance.
DeleteIn Yiddish, a Vance (usually transliterated as VANTZ) is a bedbug. However, the word is commonly used as a mild pejorative for a small annoying person or a bratty child.
Seems oddly appropriate....
Which is why Yiddish speakers refer to the Republican Party as a rhyming couplet -- J.D. Vantz and D.J. Shvantz.
DeleteAs my Yiddish speaking father would have said, "Gut Gezagt."
DeleteFor those who don't speak the Mame Lshun (Mother Tongue), Gut Gezagt, means "Well said."
This is just to say
ReplyDeleteI have dumped
the dead bear
that was in
my trunk
and which
I was hoping
to eat
later
Forgive me
I had dinner at Peter Luger's
and then remembered
I had a plane to catch
I don't mean to take credit for that; it's by Dan Perkins, a.k.a. Tom Tomorrow. The man is clearly a genius.
DeleteIt's catchy, but I wouldn't quite call it an "ear worm"
DeleteActually, Kennedy, who posed for a picture with his fingers inside the bear's bloody mouth, said, “Maybe that’s where I got my brain worm.”
DeleteI can't fathom why he would run as an INDEPENDENT when he could instead be working to establish the MAYBE THAT'S WHERE I GOT MY BRAIN WORM Party. I mean -- we all want to leave a legacy amirite people?
DeleteI cannot locate amirite on the periodic table. Is it too new? Am I right?
DeleteHas anyone even seen President Biden these past couple of weeks?
DeleteQuiet, please. Uncle Joe is napping.
DeleteAnd Amirite isn't on the Periodic Table because it's a mineral, not an Element. It's a crystalline compound consisting of equal parts male ego, extroversion, and Sulfur.
Take the last name of her spouse, change the first letter, switch the first and third letters, and switch the first and third letters from the end; you get the last name of another famous woman in US history.
ReplyDeleteTake the first name, remove the second letter from the end, change the third letter and add one letter at the beginning; you get the first name of another famous woman in US history.
Maybe I'm just tired, but all I got was a big bowl of alphabet soup. ☺️
DeleteGot first name of another famous woman. Cute.
DeleteGot the last name of famous woman too!
DeleteI solved the 1st part! Yaaahh! But for the 2nd part, I'm not clear who's first name?
DeleteTim Walz was an REI hire.
ReplyDeleteWalz may have waltzed his way through 24 years of military service without seeing any action. Can anyone say "stolen valor?"
ReplyDeleteHe never claimed to have been in combat. You dishonor everyone who's served in the military without seeing combat. Are you sure you want to take that position?
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DeleteAmelia Earhart
ReplyDeleteMy Hint:
"I live on the West Coast and can hardly wait until Thursday noon and the answer to one of the hints here."
Look carefully, as jan did, and you might see Noonan who was her navigator on her final flight.
AMELIA EARHART
ReplyDeleteHint: “My initial guess, apropos of this day of the week.”
—> “initial…this day of the week” (Sunday) —> Amelia Mary Earhart’s initials, A. M. E., are also the initials of the African Methodist Episcopal—the A. M. E.—Church.
In one of life’s stranger coincidences, I know someone—a surgeon but also a pilot, aviation buff, and memorabilia collector—who has a briefcase once owned by Amelia Earhart.
AMELIA EARHART; EAR (AIR) HART (HEART)
ReplyDelete"16" >>> On May 16, 1923, Earhart became the 16th woman in the United States to be issued a pilot's license by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.
"Huh. Got to those two animals quickly." Quickly as in The Tortoise and the HARE.
Amelia EARHART → “AIR” + “HEART”
ReplyDeleteAMELIA EARHART
ReplyDelete>> How is summer, everyone? Any exciting trips in the books? Or yet to look forward to?
> My answer would be TMI.
After a 40-year hiatus, this summer I'm getting back into flying.
> I have two things in common with her.
My birthday, and a pilot's license.
> Clever comment!
A clever comment here is a wiley post. Wiley Post first did what AMELIA EARHART was attempting when she disappeared.
> Would Carl Jung have diagnosed an Electra complex?
On her final flight, she flew a Lockheed Electra.
And Erica Jong wrote Fear of Flying.
DeleteAnswer: "Amelia EARHART"
ReplyDelete(Famous American woman with 2 syllable last name.. First syllable spelt. ,but not pronounced like body part'ear.' Second syllable not spelt but pronounced like a body part, 'hart.')
AMELIA EARHART (ear, heart)
ReplyDeleteMy clue:
Any exciting trips in the books? Or yet to look forward to?
Trips—maybe…by airplane.
Amelia Earhart. My hint was Not Karen One of the characters that Karen Black played in Trilogy of Terror was Amelia. She was the one that bought the creepy Zuni doll in the most memorable segment.
ReplyDeleteI wrote, “Rearrange the first three letters and the last three letters of the name. You get a book’s admission.” That’s ERRATA.
ReplyDeleteAmelia Earhart (ear, heart)
ReplyDeleteShe is almost never associated with her married name Putnam. But her husband helped finance the purchase of her Electra.
ReplyDeleteWith some skillful switching between upper and lower case and some twisting and turning, you can change Putnam into Tubman. Perhaps ask Kaylia Nemour for help.
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ReplyDeleteOur friend Greg VanMechelen (Ecoarchitect) takes the stage this week with a cast of characters from the silver and LED screens entitled "Putting on an act, or...
DeleteWe shall download this week's Puzzleria! soon, later this afternoon.
Also on this week's menus:
* a Small Store Big City Schpuzzle Of The Week titled “It’s a beautiful store in this neighborhood...”
* an Hors d’Oeuvre En Français Et En Anglais titled (en Anglais) “Strength Goeth Before a Fall,”
* a Tarnish-Sully Slice titled “A Sextet of similar synonyms,”
* an Idiomatic Dessert titled Uninhibited Poetic “Perichoresis,” and
* a dozen riffs of this week's "Oticardio" NPR Puzzle Challenge, titled “American Woman, Guess Who?”, including two created by Eco and six created by Nodd (of "Nodd ready for prime time" fame).
We just cannot conceive why you wouldn't stop by for a bite and some blueprinted fun!
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Amelia Earhart (EAR/HEART
ReplyDeleteAmelia Earhart and Dorothy Gale (Wizard of Oz) were both from Kansas.
The regional connection to a graduation event was a reference to Harrison Butker's controversial commencement address at Benedictine College in Atchison, KS, where Amelia Earhart was born.
ReplyDeleteAmelia Earhart's childhood home is only a few hundred feet from the banks of the Missouri River. If anyone is interested, the is an HBO MAX biography on her mysterious disappearance called Finding Amelia that's brand new. Spoiler alert: They don't find her.
ReplyDeleteI submitted Amelia Earhart.
ReplyDeleteI clued At last! I finally understand Blaine's clue! It's a sunny Sunday! because At Last and Sunny Sunday are both Joni Mitchell Songs. And so is Amelia, an absolutely beautiful tribute to Amelia Earhart, from Joni's album Hejira.
AMELIA EARHART
ReplyDelete"After working with what felt like 99 different tries, I think I can safely say that you can rearrange the last name into two animals."
The two animals are RAT and HARE. Also, Earhart was the first president of The Ninety-Nines, a group for women pilots. When I first googled 99's, I hit a link to the group quickly, and determined that it would likely be deemed TMI. So, I pivoted to mentioning the number 99.
...makes me think of Barbara Feldon
DeleteAmelia Earhart
ReplyDeleteLast Sunday I said, “Her condition is succinctly described by the title of a successful TV series earlier this century.” Of course, I am thinking of the series, Lost, which aired from 2004 to 2010.
Blaine's clue was an anagram of Amelia Earhart's middle name, Mary, to form "army," with the word brigade as the hint. Well, a brigade is an army subdivision, but I guess it's okay. Tim Walz deserted his.
ReplyDeleteNo. After serving for 24 years, Walz was honorably discharged. Yet another MAGA lie.
DeleteOh, come now, Jan. Nobody has said anything about whether Timid Walz was honorably or dishonorably discharged. It was the timing of his retirement. Right before his unit was deployed, he retires? And then holding up a sign proclaiming himself an "Operation Enduring Freedom Veteran " He never saw combat! He claimed that he retired as a Command Sergeant Major, he was only a Master Sargeant. He didn't complete the coursework required. J D. Vance, by contrast, DID see combat as a war correspondent (as was lefty hero Dalton Trumbo) in the Marines.
DeleteHey Musinglink, Blainesville is a terrific little community of puzzle geeks, one which we all value. I personally welcome the diversity we have here in experience, age, geography and cultural difference.
DeleteBut one commonality amongst us all is that, here, words matter. Perhaps too much. I've spent many hours marveling at the puns and associations made.
And on this board, you used the word deserted.
You said that Tim Walz deserted his army subdivision. Deserted is a very strong word and totally out of bounds in this instance. Your comment is political propaganda and patent BS.
I'm just another resident of Blainesville, not the Mayor. Yet I for one don't welcome the BS at all.
More MAGA lies. Walz was promoted to command sergeant major before retirement, but did not complete the coursework required to remain at that rank, so retired as a master sergeant. He retired in May, 2005, to run for Congress (so he wouldn't violate the Hatch Act); his unit wasn't notified of deployment until July.
ReplyDeleteHe said on his website that he retired as a Command Sargeant Major, when in fact he was only in that as an interim position, not permanently. He was deployed to Italy, not Afghanistan or Iraq as he misled us to believe when he said "The guns that I carried to war." He was not in Operation Enduring Freedom. He carried no guns because he was not on a battle front. He inflated his resume. If he had simply said I served 24 years and retired as a Master Sergeant, fine. He is guilty of Stolen Valor, which against the law, because a non-com officer is not allowed to use his military sank for personal gain or self promotion. This is reminiscent of "tailgunner Joe" McCarthy.
ReplyDeleteStolen Valor has nothing to do with rank; it pertains only to claims about a specific list of awards. And, it says nothing about 'self-promotion'; you just made that part up.
DeleteAnyone can find the law here. Or, you can just make up bullshit and keep throwing it against the wall; it's a matter of personal preference.
Today's Wall Street Journal serves up a cogent and clear debunking, in an editorial entitled "Is Tim Walz Guilty of ‘Stolen Valor’?". It's here, but it may be behind a paywall, I'm not sure.
So this is two against one, now?
DeleteOh, it's a lot worse than that. We could count, but you'd probably claim there were 2000 mules stuffing the ballot boxes.
DeleteI guess I have not been paying as close attention as I should. When did MAGA trolls decide they should concern themselves with integrity, morality, truth and lies? I suppose they have been lax in this regard due to the fact that a Repub would never deceive or stretch the truth. They would not want to disappoint their founder, Abraham Lincoln, a.k.a. "Honest Abe." I am so grateful someone has turned me around so I can now vote for the party of the people and integrity. The new Fascist Republican Party.
DeleteProverbs 14:7 (KJV).
ReplyDeleteGood choice.
DeleteSo this is two against one, now?
ReplyDeleteMusinglink, I'm sorry. The Tribe has spoken. You can say your goodbyes, pack up your things.
But Ben, aren't you going to ask him not to let the door...?
DeleteThis week's challenge comes from listener Greg VanMechelen, of Berkeley, Calif. 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?
ReplyDeleteCongrats, ecoarchitect!
DeleteCongrats once again, eco!
DeleteI second that, eco—congrats once again! (Or, by now, I should say I "third" that, since my response wasn't as fast as jan's and WW's.)
DeleteCongrats, Eco.
DeleteWhy am I not seeing the puzzle posted on the NPR website?
DeleteSame here, Blaine. So far, it seems to be stuck on August 4. Jan, where did you find the new puzzle?
DeleteFor me, too, I see only last week's show and last week's puzzle at the website.
DeleteIf all else fails, click here.
DeleteCongratulations Eco
ReplyDeleteIt didn't take too long for you to create another puzzle.
Thinking of Peter Gabriel ...
ReplyDeleteGot it. Waiting for Blaine...
ReplyDelete(Yeah…what's taking him so long…?)
DeleteNever mind—just saw Blaine's comment above.
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