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NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 25, 2013): Open for Business 25 Aug 2013 | 07:24 pm
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 25, 2013): Open for Business: Q: Think of a business that's found in most towns. Its name consists of two words, each starting with a consonant. Interchange the consonants and y...
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 18, 2013): Roman Numeral XXXVIII 18 Aug 2013 | 07:26 pm
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 18, 2013): Roman Numeral XXXVIII: Q: The Roman numeral for 38 is XXXVIII. What is special or unusual about this Roman numeral that sets it apart from every other Roman numeral t...
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 11, 2013): Twisted Family Tree 11 Aug 2013 | 07:59 pm
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 11, 2013): Twisted Family Tree: Q: It's a twist on an old puzzle: Nieces and nephews have I none, but that man's father is my father's son." What is the gender of the speaker? A...
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 4, 2013): Foreign Cars and Foreign Food 4 Aug 2013 | 07:34 pm
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 4, 2013): Foreign Cars and Foreign Food: Q: Name a foreign make of automobile. Cross out several letters in its name. The remaining letters, reading in order from left to right,...
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jul 28, 2013): What Does NPR Stand For? 28 Jul 2013 | 12:51 pm
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jul 28, 2013): What Does NPR Stand For?: Q: In three words, name a product sold mainly to women that has the initials N-P-R. The answer is a common phrase. My wife's first answer: N...
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jul 21, 2013): Fun with Syllables 21 Jul 2013 | 07:53 pm
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jul 21, 2013): Fun with Syllables: A: Think of a three-syllable word in four letters, add two letters and rearrange everything to become a two-syllable word in six letters. Then add...
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jul 14, 2013): Organizing the Clothes Closet 14 Jul 2013 | 08:17 pm
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jul 14, 2013): Organizing the Clothes Closet: Q: The phrase "clothes closet" describes a place to keep your clothes. What's interesting about the phrase is that all the letters of t...
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jul 7, 2013): Country Mix-up 7 Jul 2013 | 01:43 pm
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jul 7, 2013): Country Mix-up: Q: Rearrange the letters of INDIA + BELARUS to name two other countries. What are they? The capitals of the resulting countries are about 3,000 miles a...
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 30, 2013): Truck Part / FEMA Spoonerism Puzzle 1 Jul 2013 | 06:32 pm
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 30, 2013): Truck Part / FEMA Spoonerism Puzzle: Q: Next week's challenge involves a spoonerism, in which you reverse the initial consonant sounds in one phrase to make another p...
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 23, 2013): Words with Unusual Properties II 23 Jun 2013 | 10:00 pm
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 23, 2013): Words with Unusual Properties II: Q: Write down these five words: "aide," "heart," "tough," "gelatin" and "emanate." There is something very unusual they have in comm...
