As Homer said about Denmark, "Third time's a charm."Q: Name an activity in the form of "blank and blank." Move the first letter of the second word to the start of the first word. The result will be two modes of transporting things. What is the activity and what are the modes of transport?
Edit: The first time this puzzle was submitted was May 2006, by Mike Reiss who is a writer and producer of "The Simpsons" (hence the "Homer" hint). The second time this puzzle was submitted was in April 2019 by Joseph Young who we know as Lego (hence the "Denmark" reference).
A: ARTS and CRAFTS --> CARTS and RAFTS
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ReplyDeleteThey prefer alternatives.
DeleteFWIW, these comments led me to the answer, so it maybe TMI?
Delete*may be
DeleteI did not think my hint per se qualified for removal.
DeleteBy itself, I would agree, Dr. K.
DeleteIndeed. It's the piling on that makes the pylon.
DeleteOops?
DeleteA gorgeous puzzle.
ReplyDeletePlay it again, Sam.
ReplyDeleteCan I cut and paste my clue from a prior use?
ReplyDeleteRearrange the first three letters from each of the three words in blank-and-blank. You get a two-word phrase for an utter jerk.
ReplyDeleteA repeat puzzle. I won’t give the exact date because then anyone can look it up. But I have a special fondness for this one. This was the one I got right and from which I got selected to play on air.
ReplyDeleteInteresting: Both time the puzzle was used previously, the winner's first name started with P.
DeleteThere's something else interesting about the previous airings too. Well, especially the more recent of the two previous ones.
DeleteDo tell. Because that was me.
DeleteThe other interesting thing I had in mind is the one Bobby has now made explicit: that both previous iterations were in the Spring, and one of them was almost on the same date as this one.
DeleteOver 350 correct answers last week.
ReplyDeleteGood heavens, Dave from Rochester was fast. I didn't get one answer before he did.
ReplyDeleteI’m hard pressed to call this “an activity”. As an architect, something else comes to mind.
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ReplyDeleteRearrange the "blank and blank" phrase to get three words that are all related to a category of activity that is included in that description.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of rearranging, I've found pictures of each form of transportation on top of the other. I once went canoeing with a friend who showed up with two canoes on top of her VW Beetle. I checked the Coast Guard data plates on the boats and confirmed that the whole assembly would work if you flipped it over.
ReplyDeleteSame here, could employ last time's clue, but that's a giveaway.
ReplyDeleteI like the way the puzzle was worded the second time—better than the first or third time, IMO.
ReplyDeleteShouldn't a puzzle this clever deserve to be more memorable?
ReplyDeleteAglaia
ReplyDeleteI have an alternate answer. It is not as elegant as the intended answer, but it meets the requirements of the puzzle.
ReplyDeleteThere’s really no point in cluing this double re-run.
ReplyDeleteAs we learned from Goethe's Faust, sometimes power is its own undoing.
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ReplyDeleteSince we now have stopped patting ourselves on the back for having solved this for a third time, I have a suggestion. Take a trip over to Lego's Puzzleria and take a try at solving the 3 puzzles he is running that I think are some of my favorites. I came up with them recently. One is a geography puzzle that should be quick and easy to solve; another is simply a rather odd thing about 2 world languages I noticed. The last one is a fun, language mystery.
ReplyDeleteWonder why we haven't heard from Legolambda yet!? 😉
DeleteIf NPR had any sense or respect for their audience they would hire Joe to replace this confused fool. He's long past his retirement. It's like those professional athletes that hang on for too long and become an embarrassing caricature of themselves. It's a few weeks away from being a real life SNL skit.
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DeleteScarlett (above: Sun Apr 27, 12:47:00 PM PDT) &
rickster (below: Sun Apr 27, 01:23:00 PM PDT),
Since early in 2022, I have used Blaine's very helpful search engine (inserting key words from my puzzles) to ascertain whether the NPR candidates I was submitting to The Puzzlemaster had previously appeared on NPR. This reduced the volume of puzzles I submitted to Will by probably about 3-or-4%. (Some of those Seach Engine "hits" really hurt!)
LegoWhoThanks"GentlemanBlaine"ForStartingHisSearchEngine!
Spanky McFarland,
DeleteI do appreciated your kind sentiments. (Being compared in any way at all to Will Shortz is a compliment.)
But I respectfully disagree that he is in decline. He is making a remarkable recovery from his February 2024 stroke. Indeed, I believe the Puzzlemaster's mastery has not declined one iota. As for the occasional "repetition-of-puzzles snafus," that most likely falls on the shoulders of NPR staffers or volunteers. (Incidentally, Puzzleria! has often repeated puzzles over its 11-year-run.)
Will is a brilliant puzzle-creator, puzzle-editor and puzzle-evaluator... why require him to spend any time at all assuming the mundane duties of a puzzle-record-keeper?!
LegoWhoIsNotWickedSmartYetIsSmartEnoughToKnowThatHeFallsWaaayShortOfWill'sBrilliantMastery
Well said, Lego. I believe most of our gang in Blainesville would respectfully disagree with Spanky.
DeleteNPR rerunning puzzles is a joke. Do the listeners who submit a formerly used puzzle know it's been used before? Is it too much to ask the puzzle editor of the New York Times to offer a unique puzzle? Doesn't he get multiple puzzle suggestions each week? We need an explanation.
ReplyDeleteTwo of my puzzles lego is now running over @ his blog are WS rejects. See if you can figure out why.
DeleteHonestly I believe Shortz is so addled that it's become a game to try to get a repeat selected and used. As the old saying goes, "You had one job...."
DeleteIf you anagram the first word of the activity and the second mode of transport, you get some things most people don't like being around (if you get my drift on the latter). I thought it was worth repeating.
ReplyDeleteBlaine: Duh! Which "Homer" (Simpson or Greek poet) does your clue refer to? Or perhaps TMI?
ReplyDeleteSome years ago Aristotle Onassis was house hunting in the Beverly Hills area, when he saw the mansion that had once belonged to Buster Keaton at the peak of his fame. Paparazzi trailing Onassis recorded just how impressed he was by the estate; when the LA Times ran the picture the next day the caption read:
Delete"Aristotle contemplating the home of Buster."
(For those not reading the papers in 1961, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle_with_a_Bust_of_Homer)
That last post was neither a response to JSP nor a clue. If I had to guess--and apparently I do--I'd say it was an allusion to Pope's line "even Homer nods," i.e. even the greatest among us make mistakes. Which would also be a comment, not a clue.
DeleteThat is amusing. It reminds me of probably at least 35 years ago when I was listening to our long time classical music station, KING-FM, one morning while still in the sack. Now this station has gone public and plays nothing at all but locally produced classical stuff and "Live From The Met" saturday mornings. No commercials; no news. But back then they read the news headlines as close to the hour as possible. That time after our host finished reading the last news item: "The Steinway piano factory in New York has been invaded by feral kittens who have been urinating and otherwise damaging their product." (Or something like that.) Right after he finished reading that line he added: "That's a switch. Cat playing in a piano house."
DeleteSimilarly, when two lionesses at the zoo gave birth at the same time, each to multiple cubs, the zookeepers dyed the cubs to better tell which was which.
DeleteIt became known as The Tints of Prides.
On a sadder note, when Alexander Woollcott's health was declining in his later years, he was still a literary lion but was increasingly being taken advantage of by a crowd of hangers-on, who ate him out of house and home when he was in his cups--an upside-down version of "The Man Who Came To Dinner." His friends could only shake their heads in sorrow to see these parasites dining on the sotted lion.
DeleteAfter the episode with the apple, the famous Swiss archer took up bocce. He became quite good at the game, and there was much speculation as to whether he would join one of the local leagues. Eventually, he did, answering the question, “For Whom the Tell Bowls,”
DeleteI read good books on my own volition all through school, plus the ones that were required, so I no longer recall if it was in junior high or high school I was to read A Tale of Two Cities, but what I do recall is that when we were given the assignment I was very excited because I Spoonerised the title by mistake.
DeleteSpeaking of Paris…
DeleteWhen they were transporting the bells for Notre Dame Cathedral from the foundry to Île de la Cité, the river boat was caught in a storm. The waves were so high, there was a ringing in the Seine…
That must have been an earful for the Eiffel.
Deletebeware mischievous little birds!
ReplyDelete(Thinking of William Morris's Strawberry Thief.)
DeleteAnd so today marks Trump’s 100th day in this his second term.
ReplyDeleteDidn’t think anyone could commit so much havoc/destruction in less than 4 months.
Guess I was wrong.
And now he’s gone after Amazon, Bezos. Oops, there goes another billionaire supporter.
At least I finally got the answer to the puzzle, so life may be worth living after all😁!
I wonder why NPR and/or Will Shortz allow the same puzzle to air multiple times.
ReplyDeletePuzzle apathy
DeleteMaybe because they watch Groundhog Day over and over.
DeleteIt really is too bad, for several reasons, that the former Congressman from California who sings at 6:00 a.m. in Groundhog Day isn't with us any longer. He could have "crossed the aisle" and made this week's Capital steps sing-a-long entertaining if not for ageism.
DeleteDoes NPR still reply with an e-mail acknowledging a puzzle answer submission? I’ve tried a couple of times and no confirmation…
ReplyDeleteNo, I don't think they do. After I submitted this week, at the very bottom of the submission form there was an acknowledgement, something like "Submission successful." You'll need to scroll down.
DeleteAbout 15 seconds after I submit my puzzle answer, my iPhone dings and I get a message from NPR thanking me for my submission. I’ve never had any trouble receiving confirmation, so I don’t know what to suggest.
DeleteAbout 15 seconds after I submit my puzzle answer, my iPhone pings and I get a text from NPR (also get a notice in my Gmail) thanking me for my submission. So I’m not sure what to suggest.
DeleteDiz, are you using the new submission form embedded on the puzzle page, or the old link to "submit your answer"?
DeleteOops, sorry for the repeat.
ReplyDeleteARTS AND CRAFTS, CARTS AND RAFTS
ReplyDelete"Aglaia" >>>
"Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together."
John Ruskin, 'The Cestus of Aglaia, the Queen of the Air', 1870
The ARTS AND CRAFTS Movement reformed the design and manufacture of everything from buildings to jewelry.
ARTS AND CRAFTS —> CARTS AND RAFTS
ReplyDeleteHint (removed): “Rearrange the last two words of the original phrase, and get a two-word phrase denoting something the current administration has trouble with.”
AND CRAFTS —> DARN FACTS
Arts and Crafts>>>>Carts and Rafts
ReplyDeleteMy comment, about having solved in under a minute, was originally drafted as claiming to have solved in 59 seconds, hinting at the 59th street Bridge Song, (Feeling Groovy) by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel.
ARTS AND CRAFTS --> CARTS AND RAFTS
ReplyDelete> Actually, this is the third time this puzzle was used!
Previously, on May 7, 2006, and April 28, 2019.
> I was born in upstate New York and lived for 28 years in Morris County, NJ. A company associated with the phrase has connections to both places, and we have several of their products at home.
Gustav Stickley was important in the Arts and Crafts movement in the US. The Stickley factory is in Manlius, NY, and there's a museum in Morris County. I've got several pieces of their furniture.
> Interesting: Both times the puzzle was used previously, the winner's first name started with P.
First, Pris Neulander, then Philip Rosen.
> Rearrange the "blank and blank" phrase to get three words that are all related to a category of activity that is included in that description.
"Scarf", "darns", and "tat" all relate to needlework. (My wife's a knitter.)
Fellow and Female Blainesvillians: I think we can all agree that we could use, and be amused by, an Apt & Applicable To Our Times Appetizer titled: "Views and Satire from the Other Side of the Hill, Pond, Globe, and Cosmos." 'Tis a masterpiece of puzzle-making that graces the pages of this week's Puzzleria! This particular "six-pack" is served up by a very valued and inventive friend of Puzzleria! whose puzzles never fail to be both thought-provoking and challenging. This sextet is titled:
ReplyDelete“laDy maCbeth,”
~2. “Not to boast, but...” and
~3. “Make-up Games”
~4. “Creatures crash cruiser!”
~5. “Out-of-this-world, Found-on-this-world” and and
~6. “Dredged from the sod & name of a god!”
We shall upload this lodestone of gems very soon, this very afternoon, on Puzzleria!
Also on our menus this week are:
* a Schpuzzle of the Week titled “Conakry, Guinea... Pig?”
* an Orchestral Hors d’Oeuvre titled “Suitely” circling movement,
* a Keep On Keeping On Slice titled beGINners’ sCRABble,
* a “Huddled-up Play-caller Dessert” titled “Playwrights who call plays right,” and
* 10 riff-offs of this week's NPR puzzle challenge titled “Arts & carts, crafts & rafts,” (including six created by riffmeister-extraordinaire Nodd).
So, please join us. All are welcome.
LegoLambda“NotToBoastButAllOurPuzzlesAre“OutOfThisWorldYetFoundOnThisWorld!”
Arts and crafts, carts and rafts.
ReplyDeleteThe last arts and crafts puzzle was almost exactly 6 years before this puzzle, on April 28, 2019. The time before that was very close to 19 years ago, on May 14, 2006.
ReplyDeletearts and crafts, carts and rafts
ReplyDeleteArts and Crafts, Carts and Rafts. My hint: A gorgeous puzzle (Gorgeous George; George Raft).
ReplyDeleteLast Sunday I said, "There’s really no point in cluing this double re-run." I haven't changed my mind.
ReplyDeleteArts and Crafts, Carts and Rafts
ReplyDeleteArts and Crafts, Carts and Rafts
Arts and Crafts, Carts and Rafts
Am I repeating myself?
Am I repeating myself?
Am I repeating myself?
Do I repeat myself? Very well then, I repeat myself. I am large; I contain multitudes.
DeleteRepetitive, repetitious, and redundant.
DeleteI wrote: "As we learned from Goethe's Faust, sometimes power is its own undoing." A bilingual German-English allusion (not clever enough to be a pun) to Faust, also known as Doktor Faustus ("doctor" can be translated as either "Doktor," as in Ph.D.s and Doctors of the Church, or "Arzt," which is limited to physicians), and "Kraft," which means "strength" or "power" in German.
ReplyDeleteArts and Crafts, Carts and Rafts, again and again.
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ReplyDeleteMy clue - If you anagram the first word of the activity and the second mode of transport, you get some things most people don't like being around (if you get my drift on the latter) - was referring to "rats" and "farts" - and was a repeat post from last time this puzzle was used.
I had commented that I had an alternate answer. I've decided I'm not going to post it here. Instead, I'm going to change the phrasing of the clue, and submit it as a puzzle, for possible future use.
ReplyDeleteA new puzzle! Bring it on!
DeleteWhen I said I liked the way the puzzle was worded the second time, what I meant was that the instructions then clearly specified the first and third words (rather than conflating "second" and "third," not counting "and"). I tried to allude to that when I said I liked the wording the second time "better than the first or third time."
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ReplyDeleteLorenzo, I just tried 3 times to post you a reply @ last week's blog, but it will not post. Either look at Puzzleria where I posted the answers to my 3 because Lego has not posted the answers, nor replied to my email this am, asking why. Or better phone me 206-364-6383.
ReplyDeleteTrump has just signed an EO to end federal funding for PBS and NPR.
ReplyDeleteGuess we’ll all have to step up with our yearly contributions.
Not quite so simple. Most listeners contribute to their local NPR station, rather than to NPR itself. The member stations partially fund NPR. In big urban markets, listener contributions already make up most of the stations' funding. But in smaller rural markets, the federal NPR funding is what keeps them going. It's those stations that will be in the most trouble with Trump's cuts.
Delete"On The Media" ran a background story about this in January.
In that Trump specifically cites CPB’s alleged liberal bias, it should be easy for the entities losing funding to challenge this on First Amendment grounds. The government can’t act for or against a news organization based on what it says.
DeleteWell, these days I’m not exactly sure what “the government” or “the courts” will allow or will not allow . They keep expanding the power of the Executive, while ignoring what used to be 3 co-equal branches of government.
ReplyDeleteWe already arrest or try to impeach any judge that disagrees with Trump. And if any of “the press” DARE to criticize him: no more federal funding, no more access to the WH, no more so-called freedom of the press/speech—- or even “freedom of thought.”
Hey, MAGA HATS: You’ll never make America great again by destroying everything it stands for. You’ve made Trump into the golden calf, and when you start worshipping THAT, then….well, read the Bible.
I’m not particularly religious myself, but I read, I’ve gone to churches, cathedrals, synagogues and I can’t find one religious leader who advocates worshipping ONE MAN, ONE HUMAN BEING who believes HE has all “the answers.”
What thinking person—religious or not—puts the fate of millions into the hands of a person no different than the rest of us: fallible, regretful, questioning, — into the hands of someone who has all the answers, who will take away all your doubt and pain, who will assure you every day that he will make life better—-PERHAPS FOR YOU (AND BILLIONAIRE CRONIES) BUT NOT FOR OTHERS.
But maybe I’m just in a bad mood today.
I suppose you have not been a fan of Jim Jones either?
DeleteIt shows?
DeleteNor of David Koresh.
DeleteAll humans SHOULD have doubts (even Jesus did), but then it’s unclear whether or not Trump & friends ARE human.
BTW: I’m Jewish, but I’ve read both the Old & New Testaments. And why not? We Jews certainly don’t have all the answers (well, perhaps the Hasidic think they do), but I distrust the extremes of any/all religions—as well as extremes in politics.
I believe in the tertian quid—-and a middle ground somewhere.
When I try looking up "tertian quid" on Wiktionary, I get "Showing results for terrain quid. No results found for tertian quid."
DeleteAnd when I try looking up "tertian quid" on <A /href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=tertian+quid&title=Special%3ASearch&ns0=1>Wikipedia, I get "Showing results for tertiary quad. No results found for tertian quid."
That's because it's tertium quid. (A third something.)
DeleteBack in my day, τρίτον τί.
Sorry for the above post. What I meant to post was this:
DeleteWhen I try looking up "tertian quid" on <A /href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:Search?go=Look+up&search=tertian+quid&ns0=1>Wiktionary, I get "Showing results for terrain quid. No results found for tertian quid."
And when I try looking up "tertian quid" on <A /href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=tertian+quid&title=Special%3ASearch&ns0=1>Wikipedia, I get "Showing results for tertiary quad. No results found for tertian quid."
And I will up my contribution to NPR stations in both MA & CT where I have residences.
ReplyDeleteI don’t intend to let Trump destroy MY access to honest reporting, to “real” news, to viewing/listening to radio/tv stations, newspapers (those few still left), magazines, like the the NYT, the WSJ, the Atlantic, et al.
If the truth matters at all, it should be available to all.
And if you can’t stand the heat in the kitchen,………..
Jan, I know what you’re saying, and I know supporting NPR/keeping it on the air won’t easy or simple. But I can do only what I can. And perhaps others will also.
ReplyDeleteI just can’t let Trump win every battle.
And the tariff pause on China ended at midnight, and people are already feeling the pinch. But just wait, folks, “We’ve only just begun….”
If you’re my age, you may remember the movie Network. If you’re young, find a way to see it. At one point hero Howard Beale (Peter Finch) says “I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore.”
Well, then, if we’re mad, we can’t just sit on our asses and do nothing. I for one am determined to stand up, fight for the democracy Trump is quickly eroding. At 78 I can’t do a lot of marching, but I can attend rallies, write letters, talk to friends, continue my harangues on Facebook.
And if you disagree, feel free to say so, because unlike Trump, I believe in free speech, in allowing others to disagree with me (without threatening to fire them or chop off their heads, or whatever). In MY USA, you are allowed to speak your mind w/o fear of reprisal.
If you are a MAGA hat, of course this will sound like blasphemy. Get over it.
I realize this is not a political forum. However as Nobel Prize winning journalist Paul Krugman said “In 21st century America, everything is political.”
ReplyDeleteI don’t want to be a compliant German in 1939 and simply say “I trust Hitler/Trump to do what’s best for me, for my country.” That way lies damnation.
Chatgpt answer: 💡 Eureka!
ReplyDeleteActivity: "art and craft"
Step:Take C from "craft", put it at the front of "art" → cart
"craft" becomes raft
✅ Result:
Cart and raft — both transport modes.
Natasha, which version of ChatGPT are you using? When I tried the free public one, this is what I got:
DeleteThe riddle is:
Name an activity in the form of "blank and blank."
Move the first letter of the second word to the start of the first word.
The result will be two modes of transporting things.
What is the activity and what are the modes of transport?
Step-by-step solution:
Let’s denote the activity as "A and B".
We're told to take the first letter of B and move it to the start of A.
Then the result becomes two modes of transporting things.
Let’s try an example:
Activity: Pick and Pack
Move the 'P' (first letter of "Pack") to the start of "Pick" → P + ick = Pick
But that gives us "Pick and ack" — no good.
Try another:
Activity: Rock and Roll
First letter of "Roll" is R
Move R to start of "Rock" → R + ock = Rock — no change
Still doesn’t give two transport modes.
Now try:
Activity: Hide and Seek
First letter of “Seek” is S
Move it to front of “Hide” → S + ide = Side
Not helpful.
Now let’s try the correct answer:
Try: Drag and Drop
First letter of Drop is D
Move D to the start of Drag → D + rag = Drag
That makes Drag and Drop into Drag and Drop — unchanged!
But now look again:
Try: Tag and Rail
First letter of Rail is R
R + tag = Rag
Doesn't help.
Let’s take the answer:
Trick and Treat
First letter of "Treat" is T
Add T to beginning of "Trick": T + rick = Trick
Not helpful again.
Let me try one that works:
Try: Tug and Row
First letter of “Row” is R
Add “R” to the front of “Tug” → “R + tug” = Rtug — doesn’t make sense
Finally, the correct one is:
Pack and Ship
First letter of Ship is S
Add it to front of Pack → S + pack = Spack
That’s not right.
Wait — here it is:
Pick and Roll → First letter of "Roll" is R
R + Pick = Rpick
No.
Let’s try:
Drag and Drop
Already done. Still no good.
Correct answer:
Rack and Pinion
Wait — maybe we need to consider transport modes like car, bus, van, train, bike, etc.
Let’s try this:
Truck and Rail
First letter of Rail is R
Move to front of Truck: R + truck = Rtruck — doesn't work.
Now the correct solution is:
Trim and Sail
First letter of Sail is S
Move S to front of Trim → Strim — no.
Let’s try:
Activity: "Hide and Seek" → S + Hide = Shide — not working.
Let me give you the correct answer:
✅ Activity: "Fork and Spoon"
Move the S (from "Spoon") to the start of "Fork":
S + Fork = Sfork — no.
Actually — here's the real one:
✅ Activity: "Lift and Carry"
Move the C from "Carry" to the start of "Lift":
C + lift = Clift
So we have Clift and arry — still not transport modes.
Let’s solve the riddle directly:
We are looking for:
An activity in form "X and Y"
Move the first letter of Y to the start of X
Get two modes of transporting things
Try:
Activity: "Drag and Drop"
→ move D from "Drop" to front of "Drag":
D + rag = Drag
Still same.
Now consider:
✅ Final Answer:
Activity: Tag and Rail
Move R (first letter of Rail) to front of Tag: R + tag = Rtag
Doesn’t work.
Now try:
✅ Activity: Pack and Ship
Move S from "Ship" to front of "Pack" → S + pack = Spack — not a mode.
Eventually, here’s the right one:
✅ Activity: "Rock and Roll"
First letter of "Roll" = R
R + "ock" = Rock
"oll" = oll — still not two transport modes
Finally, here's the correct answer:
🎯 Activity: Toss and Turn
First letter of Turn is T
Move T to front of Toss → T + oss = Toss
Still same.
—
Wait — this one works:
✅ Activity: "Cart and Haul"
Move H (from Haul) to start of Cart → H + cart = Hcart — not useful
—
🔑 Correct Answer:
Activity: Pick and Roll
Move R to "Pick" → R + pick = Rpick — nope.
—
💡 This is it:
✅ Activity: "Lift and Tote"
T (from Tote) + Lift = Tlift — doesn’t help
—
Final correct answer:
✅ Activity: "Drag and Drop"
When rearranged:
"Drag" and "Drop" are both modes of transporting things (in tech and general terms)
So Activity = Drag and Drop
Modes of transport: Drag (like dragging a load), Drop (as in air-drop or parcel drop)
✔️ Satisfies the condition.
Want to try another riddle like this?
Gemini very quickly hit on:
DeleteLet's see... the activity is "row and bike."
Moving the "b" from "bike" to the start of "row" gives us:
Brow - a less common, but still valid, way to transport things (think of carrying something on your brow or forehead).
Bike - a very common mode of transport.
I put DeepSeek out of its misery after it printed and rejected 567 possible answers, including "cart" 3 times and "raft" twice.
DeleteWhen Gemini came up with row and bike, did you hear "Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built For Two)" in the background?
DeleteI worked with some of the people at Bell Labs who gave the demo to Arthur C Clarke that inspired that scene in 2001.
Delete1. Anyone who thinks they have all the answers, hasn’t heard all the questions.
ReplyDelete2. My father taught me, many years ago, that there are three levels of intelligence:
Knowledge is what you know.
Intelligence is knowing what you don’t know.
Wisdom is knowing how and where to ask for help.
Your father had knowledge, intelligence and wisdom, SuperZee.
DeleteLegoLowerLevel
Chat later changed to the plural.
ReplyDeleteHow do I submit a puzzle for consideration by WS?
ReplyDeleteWhen environmental scientists are forced out of their jobs by Trump, are they most likely particle board?
ReplyDeleteJan,
ReplyDeleteChatgpt.com was the one I asked the puzzle to. It did not come up with the answer right away and worked backwards with cart and raft. I had to tell it that was working backwards.
I finally discovered why it is I cannot be around Trump supporters. I have a nut allergy.
ReplyDeleteThis week's challenge comes from Andrew Tuite, of Chicago. There are four countries whose names have one-syllable anagrams that rhyme with "Spain." What are they?
ReplyDeleteThis week's challenge comes from Andrew Tuite, of Chicago. There are four countries whose names have one-syllable anagrams that rhyme with "Spain." What are they?
ReplyDeletePretty easy
ReplyDeleteSolved, but coming up with an appropriate clue is causing by brain pain.
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ReplyDeleteGot it, but I hope there are no pronunciation problems associated with the puzzle.
ReplyDeleteHmmmm.
DeleteOh, I think I get it!
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DeleteFound an appropriate list
ReplyDeleteThe last two I found have a couple of things in common. I wonder why.
ReplyDelete