Category: Puzzle

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 12, 2022): Twentieth Century American Q: Take the last name of a famous 20th-century American. The 5th, 6th, 7th, and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd letters, in that order, name a European capital. Who is the person, and what capital is it? Change one letter in the […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 5, 2022): Do You Smell Something? Q: The name of what country contains a deodorant and an air freshener in consecutive letters? I’m just going to keep quiet and say I agree.

NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 29, 2022): Be Right Back Q: Take an abbreviation found in text messages. Reverse the first two letters, and the result sounds like something else often found in text messages. What are these things? I might say something else used in text messages. And again, I […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 22, 2022): A Pair of Islands Puzzle Q: Take the name of an island. Move its first letter two spaces later in the alphabet (so A would become C, B would become D, etc.). Reverse the result and you’ll have the name of another island. What […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 15, 2022): Merci Beaucoup Q: Name a famous living movie star. Insert an R in the middle of the first name, and drop the last two letters of the last name. You’ll get a familiar French phrase. What is it? Déjà vu, for the third time

NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 8, 2022): Name that Sitcom Q: The initial letters in the title of a popular movie from this century spell the name of a popular sitcom from the last century. What titles are these? I’m not going to lie but I thought there might be a […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 1, 2022): Take 4 Steps Forward Q: This week’s challenge is more challenging than last week’s. Write down the name of a number. Move each letter four spots later in the alphabet — so A would become E, B would become F, etc. The result will […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Apr 24, 2022): The Cat’s Meow? Q: Name a sound made by a certain animal. Change one letter in it to the next letter in the alphabet and you’ll get a color associated with that animal. What’s the sound, and what’s the color? Don’t get stuck on […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Apr 17, 2022): Name That Vehicle Q: Name a vehicle in two words — 4 letters in the first, 5 letters in the last. Move the second letter of the last word into the second position of the first word. The result phonetically will name a popular […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Apr 10, 2022): Silent L Puzzle Q: Think of a 5-letter word with an “L” that is pronounced. Add a letter at the start to get a 6-letter word in which the “L” is silent. Then add a new letter in the fifth position to get a […]