Q: Think of a common one-word entrée and dessert. When you insert the name of the entrée into the dessert's name, it will read as a certain meal. Name the entrée, dessert, and meal.To everyone that appreciates this blog, I say, "Thank you, thank you very much!"
A: LAMB + CAKE --> C(LAMB)AKE
Q: Think of a ten-letter occupation ending in "er." The first four letters can be rearranged to spell something that person would study, and the next four letters can be rearranged to spell something else that person would study. What is the occupation?This week I'm going to put my feet up and let everyone else come up with the obvious clues.
A: ASTRONOMER --> STAR, MOON
Q: Take the name of a well-known university in two words. Switch two letters in the respective words; that is, take a letter from the first word, put it in place of a letter in the second word, and put that letter where the first letter was. The result will name something you might take on a camping trip. What are the names of the university and the camping item?To tell the truth, while the two-week challenge was interesting, I'm glad we are back to our regularly scheduled program with a weekly NPR puzzle.
A: KENT STATE --> TENT STAKE
Q: This is a special two-week creative challenge involving palindromes. A palindrome reads backwards and forward the same. Write a palindrome that contains the name of a famous person. For example: "No, Mel Gibson is a casino's big lemon." Or "Ed, I saw Harpo Marx ram Oprah W. aside." You can use the famous person's full name or just the last name, whatever you like. The object is to write the most interesting palindrome that contains a famous person's name, past or present. Any length is fine, short or long. Palindromes will be judged on their interest, elegance and naturalness of syntax.Given this challenge is open-ended, there are no hints in my post this time. So anyone going to tackle a Sarah Palin palindrome?
A: "Did I cite operas I'd revere? Verdi's are poetic. I did!"
Runners-up:
"Peewee let reborn Robert E. Lee weep."
"Yawn, Madonna may baby a man, no damn way!"
Q: Rearrange the twelve letters of the words "AIR CUSHIONED" to name a person in the media, first and last names.Previously, this puzzle would have had the ability to heal nannies!
A: The new host of Weekend Sunday Edition, Audie Cornish
Q: Take the name of an aquatic animal, in two words, six letters in the first word and four letters in the second. Remove the first letter of each word, the remaining eight letters in order, will spell a word that might describe an animal that is not aquatic.This seems to be a common problem for me. I should know this answer, but instead it is right on the tip of my...
A: HARBOR SEAL --> ARBOREALSo, would a tree frog be both arboreal and aquatic?
Q: Name a breed of dog that starts and ends with the same letter of the alphabet. Drop that letter at both ends, and if you have the right dog, the remaining letters phonetically will name some animals. What's the dog and what are the animals?It's a bit of a stretch to say that the remaining letters are pronounced exactly like the name of some animals.
A: Dachshund --> "achshun" --> Oxen
Q: Name a famous person from America's past who has four letters in his or her first name and five letters in the last. Take a homophone of the last name, move it to the front. The result would be something a woman might write. What is it?"Doh!
A: John Deere --> Dear John
Q: Name the female of a certain animal, add the name of a bird, say these two words out loud one after the other, and phonetically you'll name a country. What country is it?This reminds me of a puzzle from last year, and the weather forecast in Europe.
A: EWE + CRANE = UKRAINE