Q: Name a well-known comic actor (4,5) whose name is an anagram of two terms in golf (4 and 5 letters, respectively). Who is it?It's been a few years since we've had a puzzle involving this actor. Surprisingly it didn't involve elements.
A: SETH ROGEN --> SHOT, GREEN
Q: Name an animal whose first five letters in order spell a religious figure. And if you change the animal's next-to-last letter, its last five letters in order will spell another religious figure. What animal is this?Is this a joke? So easy!
A: RABBIT --> RABBI, ABBOT
Q: Think of a popular movie of the past decade. Change the last letter in its title. The result will suggest a lawsuit between two politicians of the late 20th century — one Republican and one Democrat. What's the movie and who are the people?Maybe we should focus on what the politicians had in common rather than their differences?
A: FORD V. FERRARI --> FORD V. FERRARO
There was no actual lawsuit between these two.
I need to finish up my taxes, so I'll have to put solving on hold until then.Q: Name a famous foreign landmark (5,4). Change the eighth letter to a V and rearrange the result to make an adjective that describes this landmark. What landmark is it?
A: NOTRE DAME, RENOVATED
It's not a Ford Tempo or Hyundai Sonata. Maybe I'm not smart enough to figure this out this week?Q: Think of a musical instrument. Add two letters at the end, and you'll get the names of two popular automobile models reading left to right. What musical instrument is this?
A: ACCORDION --> (Honda) ACCORD, (Hyundai) IONIQ
Take the resulting subject, remove the 6th, 8th and 10th letters and add an O. Rearrange to get something else pictured in that painting.Q: Name some tools used by shoemakers. After this word place part of a shoe. The result will be the subject of a famous painting. What is it?
A: LASTS + UPPER = LAST SUPPER
Remove two consecutive letters that are an element, rearrange the remaining letters to name part of another animal.Q: Name an animal. The first five letters of its name spell a place where you may find it. The last four letters of this animal will name another animal -- but one that would ordinarily not be found in this place. What animals are these?
A: STALLION --> STALL, LION
I started with Scream but replacing "cream" with a single letter didn't go anywhere. Then I came up with the intended film series.Q: Think of a popular movie franchise with many sequels. Hidden in consecutive letters inside its name is a food. Replace that food with a single letter and you'll get another popular film franchise. What films are these?
A: STAR TREK - TART + H = SHREK
I can think of another duo that ties the two duos together.Q: Name a famous musical duo. Remove four consecutive letters of the duo's name and phonetically you'll name a famous nonmusical duo. Who are they?
A: RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS --> WRIGHT BROTHERS
