Q: This is a little tricky. What item containing a silent "u" is commonly found in kitchen drawers?If you change the "u" to a different letter of the alphabet, you get a name for a similar item.
A: A GUIDE is part of the construction of a kitchen drawer. But SILENT U anagrams to UTENSIL. I'll update this with the intended answer when it's revealed on Sunday.
Update: There were 64 people that submitted the intended answer of UTENSIL
Q: Think of a famous writer with a three-word name. The first two letters of the last name followed by the first two letters of the middle name followed by the first two letters of the first name, in order, spell an adjective that describes this author today. Who is it?Take the last two letters of each name, rearrange those six letters to get something you might do while solving this puzzle.
A: EDgar RIce BUrroughs --> BURIED
Q: Think of a well-known actor of the past whose last name is also a brand name. Remove the last letter of the actor's first name and you'll have a product produced by that brand. What is it?We could have had this puzzle about 3 weeks ago.
A: ALEC GUINNESS --> GUINNESS, ALE
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 a well-known seven-letter geographical name in a single word that has just two consonants and yet is pronounced in five syllables.I'm seeing a genus of aphids in the anagram.
A: OCEANIA
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
Q: Think of a famous male singer of the past with two A's in his name. Drop both A's and the remaining letters can be rearranged to name a popular make of automobile. What is it?Take a model of that automobile, drop all A's to name a sports figure.
A: RAY CHARLES --> CHRYSLER
Q: Think of a a major American corporation of the past (two words, 15 letters altogether). Change the last three letters in the second word and the resulting phrase will name something that will occur later this year. What is it?Mazda Motor is a Japanese corporation, so that's not it.
A: GENERAL ELECTRIC --> GENERAL ELECTION
Q: Think of a popular online service. Change the first letter to a Y and rearrange the result to get what this service provides. What is it?Yes! Will is back! If you add 4 letters to the service and rearrange, you get a color.
A: VENMO --> MONEY
If you change the fourth letter so it is two later in the alphabet (e.g. A becomes C) and rearrange, you get something rowdy.Q: Think of a nine-letter word naming a kind of tool that is mentioned in the Bible. Remove the second and sixth letters and the remaining letters can be rearranged to spell two new words that are included in a well known biblical passage and are related to the area in which the tool is used. What is the tool and what are the two new words?
A: PLOWSHARE - LH = REAP, SOW
