Year: 2021

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 27, 2021): Japanese and Mexican Food Q: Take the name of a major American city. Hidden inside it in consecutive letters is the name of a Japanese food. Remove that. The remaining letters can be rearranged to spell some Mexican foods. Name the city and the […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 20, 2021): Take the Car out for a Spin Q: Name a make of car. Write it in all capital letters. Rotate one of the letters 90 degrees and another letter 180 degrees to make a woman’s name. What is it? I think this might be […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 13, 2021): Famous Woman with a Three Part Name Q: Name a famous woman in American history with a three-part name. Change one letter in her first name to a double letter. The resulting first and second parts of her name form the first and last […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 6, 2021): Best Picture Oscar Winners Q: Write down the name of a country plus its capital, one after the other. Hidden in consecutive letters inside this is the name of a film that won an Academy Award for Best Picture. Name the country, capital, and […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 30, 2021): A=1, B=2, C=3, … Q: Name a famous city in 10 letters that contains an “S.” Drop the “S.” Then assign the remaining nine letters their standard value in the alphabet — A = 1, B= 2, C = 3, etc. The total value […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 23, 2021): In a Quandary Q: Think of an eight-letter word in which the third and sixth letters are “A.” Remove the A’s. The remaining six letters start a common series. What is it? And what comes next in that series? Edit: I was in a […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 16, 2021): It’s not Cher, Sting or Prince Q: Name a popular singer — first and last names. Change one letter to a “P” and read the result backward. You’ll get what many people do around this singer. Who is it? Am I the only one […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 9, 2021): 11 Letter Word with 6 Syllables Q: Think of a word with six syllables that’s spelled with only 11 letters — and the four middle syllables have the same vowel. What word is it? I’m not sure if I’m allowed to post a hint. […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 2, 2021): Singing the Blues Q: Name a famous blues singer — first and last name as this person is generally known. Change the first letter to a “B,” and phonetically you’ll get a nationality. Who’s the singer, and what’s the nationality? Today I learned two […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Apr 25, 2021): Consonants and Vowels Q: Think of a person in the news (5,4). The first name and last name each have at least two consonants and two vowels. All the consonants in each name come at the start, and all the vowels come at the […]