Q:No hint this week; you'll just have to earn it yourself.Take a familiar phrase in the form "[blank] and [blank]." Put the second word in front of the first, and you'll name a common part of a large company. What is it?
A: ROOM and BOARD --> BOARDROOM
I won't say what I really think of this puzzle.Q: Name a city whose name ends in a long-A sound in which that sound is not spelled with an "A." Change the sound to a long-O and phonetically you'll name a famous person whose name does not contain the letter "O." What city and famous person are these?
A: MARSEILLE (France) --> (Marcel) MARCEAU
Do you think her middle name was for her mother?Q: Actor Tom Arnold goes by two first names — Tom and Arnold, both male, of course. And actress Grace Kelly went by two first names — Grace and Kelly, both female. Name a famous living actress who goes by three first names, all of them traditionally considered male. The names are 5, 3 and 6 letters long, respectively.
A: JAMIE LEE CURTIS
Q: Name a major U.S. city in two syllables. Reverse the syllables phonetically to get the cost of attending a certain NBA game. What is it?Unless they get rid of that cost.
A: PHOENIX --> KNICKS' FEE
Who's there?Q: Name someone who's the subject of many jokes; two words. Remove the space between the words. Insert the letters O and N in that order — not necessarily consecutively — inside this string of letters. The result, reading from left to right, will be two words of opposite meaning that this someone might say. Who is it, and what are the words?
A: ST PETER --> STOP ENTER
This year I've bet on both teams in the Super Bowl, to increase my odds of winning!Q: Think of a well-known place name in the U.S. that's four letters long. Switch the second and third letters to get a well-known place name in Europe. What is it?
A: ERIE (Pennsylvania, or Lake, or Canal) --> EIRE (Ireland)
I initially thought of a Siren and a siren, but there's no U added. I'll let you take it from here.Q: Name someone who welcomes you in. Insert the letter U somewhere inside this, and you'll name something that warns you to stay away. Who is this person, and what is this thing?
A: BELL BOY --> BELL BUOY
Q: Name two animals, both mammals, one of them domestic, the other wild. Put their letters together, and rearrange the result to name another mammal, this one wild, and not seen naturally around North America. What mammal is it?
A: DOG + GNU = DUGONG
Q: Think of a U.S. city whose name has nine letters. Remove three letters from the start of the name and three letters from the end. Only two will remain. How is this possible, and what city is it?
A: Fort Worth (Texas)
Alternate answers also accepted by Will:
Flatwoods, Wentworth, Pontoosuc
Sorry about the delay. No time to post a clue, but I'll leave that to everyone else today.Q: Name a world capital. Change a letter in it and rearrange the result to name a country. Then change a letter in that and rearrange the result to name another world capital. What names are these?
A: BERLIN --> BRUNEI --> BERUIT
