Here you go --> NPR NPR (AEIOUY)*Q: There are several words that consist of the consonants N, P and R and an assortment of vowels — for example, APRON, PIONEER and EUROPEAN. But there is only one common phrase that contains exactly two N's, two P's and two R's with no other consonants. You can add vowels as needed. What phrase is this?
A: PROPER NOUN
Q: Name a well-known U.S. city in two words (5,3). Change the first letter of the second word to name a popular rock group. Who is it?They came together in 2017.
A: GREEN BAY --> GREEN DAY
The only question is are the notes going up or down?Q: What common seven-letter verb is made up of three consecutive musical notes in order?
A: D, E♭, E --> DEFLATE
Normally I'd go back to bed, but today I feel like getting the day started.Q: Name a world capital. Change one letter in it to D-Y. The result will be two words, one after the other. The first word names somebody you like to be around. The second word names somebody you don't like to be around. What city is it?
A: BUDAPEST --> BUDDY, PEST
Here's to solving. Cheers!Q: Name certain fruits — in the plural. Change the second letter to an L and read the result backward. You'll name two things to drink. What are they?
A: AVOCADOS --> SODA, COLA
Too soon?Q: Think of an 8-letter word with three syllables that contains the letter "I" in each syllable — but, strangely, doesn't contain a single "I" sound, either long or short. The answer is not a plural. What word is it?
A: DAIQUIRI ('da-kə-rē)
I'm going there without you.Q: This challenge is not too hard. Name a major world city with a population in the millions. Take one letter in its name and move it two spots earlier in the alphabet. Reading backward, you now have the name of a major restaurant chain. What is it?
A: SYDNEY --> WENDY'S
Note: an actor can be a woman too.Q: Take the name of a famous actor — 4 letters in the first name, 5 letters in the last. Spoonerize it. That is, interchange the initial consonant sounds of the first and last names. The result will be two new familiar first names — one male, one female — that start with the same letter... but that letter is pronounced differently in the two names. Who's the actor?
A: JOHN WAYNE --> JUAN, JANE
I'm not able to provide a clever clue this week.Q: Name a famous person with the initials M. C. The first initial and last name anagram to the person's field of renown. What is it?
A: MICHAEL CAINE --> MCAINE --> CINEMA
I don't, but others might. Anyone else get sidetracked trying to make Loki turn into lock and key?Edit: My main hint was that I don't put my phone in a purse, but others might. The comment about Loki/Lock/Key was to point out that the pronunciation of "purse" doesn't match the original syllables of the name, similar how the syllables of Loki don't sound like "lock" unless you isolate the letters.Q: Name a deity in ancient mythology. The first half of the name, phonetically, names a common object. The second half of the name, by spelling, names another object that is often put inside the first one. What is it?
A: PERSEPHONE --> PURSE, PHONE
