Change the first letter of one of the countries so it is four earlier in the alphabet and rearrange all the letters to name two other countries.Q: There are two neighboring countries whose names have anagrams that rhyme with each other. What are the countries and their anagrams?
A: CHINA, NEPAL --> CHAIN, PLANE
Check your globes; I think you could fly in a straight line over all 4 countries.Q: There are four countries whose names have one-syllable anagrams that rhyme with "Spain." What are they?
A: NIGER (reign), IRAN (rain), NEPAL (plane), CHINA (chain).
Q: Think of a famous film with a three-word title (six letters in the first word, three letters in the second, and four letters in the last), in which the first and last words are rhymes for consecutive numbers. What movie is it?The movie title also contains the letters of the next two consecutive numbers.
A: HEAVEN CAN WAIT
Q: Think of three common six-letter words that have vowels in the second and fifth positions. The last five letters of the words are the same. Only the first letters differ. And none of the words rhyme with either of the others. What words are they?I can think of multiple answers, but a similar puzzle was given more than a decade ago.
A: BALLET, MALLET/PALLET, WALLET
This is kind of a spinoff of the on-air puzzle.Q: Name a classic TV show in two words, in which the respective words rhyme with the first and last names of a famous writer - four letters in the first name, five letter in the last name. Who is it?
A: Get Smart, Bret Harte
If my answer is correct, both products also rhyme with a centenarian.Q: Name two brands of household products, each in three syllables. All of the syllables in the two brands rhyme with each other. That is, the first syllable in the first brand rhymes with the first syllable in the second brand, the second syllables in the two brands rhyme, and the third syllables rhyme. What brand names are these?
A: LISTERINE and MR. CLEAN
Q: Think of two well-known companies with two-syllable names starting with J and D, respectively and whose names rhyme. One of these companies was founded in the last 10 years. What companies are these?I calculate 44 years between the founding of the two companies. Anyone notice a connection to last week's puzzle?
A: JORDACHE and DOORDASH
After a false start (faux go?), I continued steadfast in the notion I could figure this out.Q: The words WON and SUN rhyme, even though their vowels are different. Can you name four common, uncapitalized 4-letter words, each of which has exactly one vowel, and all of which rhyme, even though all four vowels are different?
A: BIRD, CURD, HERD (or NERD) and WORD. There are other answers possible depending on your definition of "common" such as KIRK, JERK (or PERK), LURK (or MURK) and WORK
One half of a famous acting duo went to high school and college here.Q: Name a major U.S. city with a population of more than 100,000. It has a two-word name. The two words rhyme, respectively, with the first and last names of a famous singer. What city is it, and who's the singer?
A: SIOUX FALLS --> LOU RAWLS
It's a brainstorm...Q: Name a well-known U.S. city in two words. Replace each of these words with a word that rhymes with it, and you'll name a large sea creature in two words. What is it?
A: SANTA FE --> MANTA RAY
I've been waiting for Will to drop a real GEM of a puzzle.Q: Name a well-known city in the U.S. Two words. The second word rhymes with a word meaning "certain stories" — and the first word rhymes with something found in those stories. What city is it?"
A: CORAL GABLES --> MORAL, FABLES
I'd rather be reminiscing about my vacation.Edit:The song Reminiscing mentions Glenn Miller, and during American Idol's 2007 broadcast of Idol Gives Back, Ben Stiller jokingly threatened to sing the song nonstop until $200 billion in donations was achieved.Q: Name a famous person with the initials B.S. and another famous person with the initials G.M. — whose first and last names, respectively, rhyme with each other. One of the names has one syllable and one has two syllables. Who are these famous people?
Edit: In one of my comments, before I knew the answer, I said it wasn't BIRTHDATE-BIRTHMATE or WAISTCOAT-WASTEBOAT. I had to delete that for obvious reasons.Q: Take the words FORETOLD and FOURFOLD. They start with homophones, FORE and FOUR, and they end with rhymes, TOLD and FOLD. The challenge is to find two common nine-letter compound words that have the same property. Specifically, the two homophones are each five letters long, and the rhymes have four letters each. What words are these?
A: WAISTEBAND and WASTELAND
I guess we'll all be spending time with a rhyming dictionary and an anagrammer.Q: Take the word EASILY. You can rearrange its letters to spell SAY and LEI. These two words rhyme even though they have no letters in common.
What is the longest familiar word you can find that can be anagrammed into two shorter words that rhyme but have no letters in common? The two shorter words must have only one syllable.
A: CHICKPEAS = CHIC, SPEAKPHYSICKED = PSYCH, DIKEHEAPINGLY = NEIGH, HAYLIGHT-YEARS = SLEIGH, TRAY
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 25, 2013): Open for Business: Q: Think of a business that's found in most towns. Its name consists of two words, each starting with a consonant. Interchange the consonants and you'll get two new words — neither of which rhymes with the original words. What business is it?Checking with my dictionary, I can confirm the words don't rhyme. That goes double for last week's answer.
A: CAR WASH --> WAR and CASH
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Mar 10, 2013): As the Saying Goes: Q: Think of two familiar three-word sayings in which all three words are the same length. The middle word in both sayings is the same. In each saying, the first and last words rhyme with each other. What two sayings are these?Maybe these sequences will provide a clue: 0, 0, 8, 102... and 1, 9, 41, 129...
A: "Haste makes waste" and "Might makes right".
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jul 15, 2012): Is There a Doctor in the House?: Q: The name of something that you might see your doctor about is a two-word phrase. Three letters in each word. When these six letters are written without a space, a three-letter word can be removed from inside, and the remaining three letters in order also form a word. What's interesting is that the four three-letter words — the two in the original phrase, the one that was removed, and the one that remains — all rhyme. What is the original phrase?The picture this time is from Halloween 2005 when we all went as various doctors. Speaking of doctors, is there ever one in the house?
A: DRY EYE --> D(RYE)YE = DYE & RYE
Q: Think of a familiar two-word rhyming phrase that starts with the letter F, like "fat cat." Change the F to a G and you'll get another familiar two-word rhyming phrase. What are these phrases?My wife and I came up with the same answer and we need to get a hint up quickly, so I guess we'll go with that. I like the first as a familiar two-word rhyming phrase, but I'm not as excited about the second.
A: Fender Bender --> Gender Bender
Q: What are the two longest rhyming words that have no letters in common? For example, 'pie' and 'guy' rhyme and do not share any letters. The answer words cannot start with an unaccented syllable, such as 'today.' The source for acceptable words is Merriam-Webster's 11th Collegiate Dictionary.Hooray! This time the puzzle isn't one that can easily be solved via computer. In fact, depending on your definition of "rhyming" there may be several answers coming Will's way. Let's discuss, but don't give away an answer before the deadline.
