It's not the first time someone's made this observation.Q: Name a famous contemporary singer (6,4). The second, fourth, sixth, eighth, and ninth letters, in order, spell a repeated part of a song that everyone knows. What is it?
A: CELINE DION, "Old MacDonald had a farm. E-I-E-I-O!"
Don't forget to submit your answer by Thursday, Aug 10 at 3pm ET. Hopefully you'll get the call.Q: Name something found on a map of England. Two words. The last two letters of the first word are the same as the first two letters of the last. If you go to England, you can't see this place. You can see it only on a map. What is it?
A: PRIME MERIDIAN
Remove the fourth letter of the city, rearrange and... not again!Q: Name a well-known U.S. city in nine letters. Change the third and fifth letters to get the name of a beverage. What is it?
A: PENSACOLA --> PEPSI-COLA
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
The answer is a little contrived, but at least I don't need to use my "Phone a Friend" lifeline.Q: Name a famous singer (first and last names, 12 letters in all). Add a Y at the end, and the result, with respacing but not rearranging any letters, will spell a possible contribution to a picnic and how it might be served. What singer is it?
A: Frank Sinatra --> Franks in a tray
Take the full name of the director. Remove the third from the last and the last letter of each name. You can rearrange the letters to get an apt anagram. Or rearrange them again to get a different apt anagram.Q: Take the first name of a famous movie director. Write it in upper- and lowercase letters. Rotate the third letter of this name 180° and you'll get the name of the main character in one of this director's most popular movies. Who is it?
A: Ridley (Scott) --> (Ellen) Ripley
Take the last letter of the sports facility. Change it to the letter that appears 3 earlier in the alphabet. Rearrange to get a word or phrase used in a recent puzzle.Q: Name a sports facility in two words. (This is a general term, not a specific place.) Three consecutive letters in the first word also appear consecutively in the second word. If you reverse these three letters, you'll name something seen in this sports facility. What is it?
A: RACE TRACK --> CAR
The name of the TV show can be rearranged to two related words -- ones you might hear today.Q: Name a well-known TV character (5,6). Change the first letter of the first name to a Y and read it (the modified first name) backward. You'll get a synonym of the character's last name. Who is it?
A: DELLA STREET --> ALLEY, STREET
Q: Take the name of a fish. Add the name of a mammal. Rearrange all the letters to get the name of a reptile. What is it?The first letter of the fish and the first letter of the mammal end up together in the name of the reptile.
A: SALMON + TIGER --> GILA MONSTER
I've looked nearly all around my globe for bodies of waters that could be the last name of a singer.Q: Name a famous singer (6,6) whose last name is a body of water. And if you remove a letter from the first name you'll get a landform. What singer is this?
A: GEORGE STRAIT --> GORGE, STRAIT
