PUZZLERIA! SLICES: OVER (1098 + 76) SERVED
Welcome to our February 2nd edition of Joseph Young’s Puzzleria!
Our puzzles this week include a SEXTET of Riffing-Off-Shortz-Slices ⇩⇩⇩⇩⇩⇩;
ONE “Gronk-smooching” Appetizer ⇩;
ONE “yen-for-seconds” Appetizer ⇩;
ONE “you-can-dance-to-it” Slice ⇩; and
ONE “holidays-on-ice” Dessert ⇩.
So, TGIF: Think Good, It’s Friday. And, have a lot of fun nibbling and noshing on these puzzle slices in between watching the Big Game’s commercials.
Super Bowl Blues And Booze Appetizer:
Shinny up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes
February 4, 2018. U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Tailgaters pose for national cameras. Security personnel scan crowds for trespassers and troublemakers. One guard maces a miscreant shinnying up a flagpole; the message is clear: “If you attempt to pole-sit, tear gas will be administered.” The security personnel’s prayer is that agitators sleep though the game!
All about the shadowy peripheries of the stadium, drug dealers push their largest opiates. One customer who bit the bait and got the munchies admits, “I don’t give a whit about sports. I ate a leg, however, at the KFC concession on the mezzanine level.”
As another security guard patroling the tailgating area escorts a Morganna-The-Kissing-Bandit wannabe into his paddy wagon, she cries out, “I, a topless gater, have rights too!” Alas, her striptease goal of storming the field and smooching Rob Gronkowski on the kisser has been thwarted!
The Super Bowl LII pregame synopsis above contains seven separate strings of words, each which has letters that can be rearranged to form the same two words – words that are pertinent to this year’s Big Game. The seven word-strings range from two to five words long. All seven strings contain the same letters to be rearranged... but, of course, in different order.
What are these two pertinent words?
You Yen Appetizer:
Second helping hands of the clock
Name a food you eat that, proverbially, you yen to have seconds of just hours later. Spell the singular form of this food backward and slice it in two to form two words that might mean “later.” What is this food?
Dance Hall Daze Slice:
Crazy quilt quartet
A four-man dance band consists of:
🎵a guy with a washboard;
🎺 a guy with a trumpet;
🎼 a guy who embraces a hybrid of a double-reed woodwind and a seven-stringed pear-shaped lute-like instrument as he plays it;
🎶 a guy who plays a high-pitched glass harp consisting of not 25 but 50 wineglasses into which he meticulously pours copious quantities of water;
☄☄ and sometimes sitting in with the guys are two rather mixed-up Spike Jones aficionados (a guy and his granddad) who both “play” airhorns.
Given the instruments played by these band members, what genre of dance music does this “crazy-quilt-quartet-plus-two” perform? Explain your answer.
Riffing Off Shortz And Portnoy Slices:
Henry Honda? Joe Pepsi? Channing Tatum Tot?
Will Shortz’s January 28th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by Stuart Portnoy, reads:
Name a famous actor — first and last names. The last name is a well-known brand. Drop the last letter of the first name and you’ll get the kind of product it’s a brand of. Who is it?
Puzzleria!’s Riffing Off Shortz And Portnoy Slices read:
ONE:
Name a famous actor — first and last names. The last name, minus one letter, is a well-known brand. Drop the last two letters of the first name and you’ll get an article of apparel that might be improved by the brand product. Who is the actor? What are the brand product and article of apparel?
TWO:
Name a mid-1990s movie character — first and last names. The last name is a somewhat well-known brand. Drop the last letter of the first name and you’ll get the kind of product it’s a brand of. Who is this character?
Hint: The actor who portrayed the character goes by his first, middle and last names.
THREE:
Name a somewhat famous actor — first and last names. He shares his last name with a well-known sportscaster. Drop the last two letters of the actor’s first name and you’ll get a word you might have heard yelled out during one of the sportscaster’s broadcasts. Who are the actor and sportscaster, and what is the yelled-out word?
FOUR:
Name a somewhat famous actor — first and last names. Insert a period after the first and second letters of the first name. Replace the last letter of the first name with a letter that rhymes with only two other letters in the alphabet. Add two vowels after this letter to form a synonym of “java” that rhymes with only one letter of the alphabet. This altered first name is the name of a 54-year-old toy for boys. The non-punctuated portion of this toy followed by the somewhat famous actor’s last name is the name of a cinematic ape.
Who is this actor? What is the toy for boys? Who is the cinematic ape?
FIVE:
Name a famous thespian — first and last names. Drop the last letter of the last name, forming a brand. Drop the last letter of the first name and you’ll get the first name of a somewhat famous thespian associated with Danny and Phil. Who are these thespians?
SIX:
Name a somewhat well known actor — first and last names. The last name is a capitalized brand. The first name, like the half-life of “Carbonbon-14,” is like the brand of a box of (half-eaten) chocolates. Who is this actor?
Drab Molasses Dessert:
Happy dubious dun-colored holidays!
Name a man associated with a particular holiday; he was a precursor of sorts to Dick Clark. Change one letter in his last name to form the last name of a second man, one associated with a dubious “holiday” that follows in the wake of the more legitimate first holiday.
A third holiday, one associated with a dun-colored mole-like critter, sometimes falls on the same day as as the “holiday” associated with the second man.
One can imagine the critter, if he could talk, proclaiming, “I, drab mole,...” as he emerges on his special holiday (which has since been overshadowed by the more dubious “holiday”). Remove an “N” from the four letters that would logically follow “I, drab mole...” The number you create will be associated with the dubious “holiday” in the year 2070. The critter’s proclamation, in a backhanded way, is associated with the second man – the man associated with the dubious “holiday.”
Who are the two men associated with holidays. What are the three holidays? In what way is the second man associated with the critter’s proclamation?
Every Friday at Joseph Young’s Puzzleria! we publish a new menu of fresh word puzzles, number puzzles, logic puzzles, puzzles of all varieties and flavors. We cater to cravers of scrumptious puzzles!
Our master chef, Grecian gourmet puzzle-creator Lego Lambda, blends and bakes up mysterious (and sometimes questionable) toppings and spices (such as alphabet soup, Mobius bacon strips, diced snake eyes, cubed radishes, “hominym” grits, anagraham crackers, rhyme thyme and sage sprinklings.)
Please post your comments below. Feel free also to post clever and subtle hints that do not give the puzzle answers away. Please wait until after 3 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesdays to post your answers and explain your hints about the puzzles. We serve up at least one fresh puzzle every Friday.
We invite you to make it a habit to “Meet at Joe’s!” If you enjoy our weekly puzzle party, please tell your friends about Joseph Young’s Puzzleria! Thank you.
Welcome to our February 2nd edition of Joseph Young’s Puzzleria!
Our puzzles this week include a SEXTET of Riffing-Off-Shortz-Slices ⇩⇩⇩⇩⇩⇩;ONE “Gronk-smooching” Appetizer ⇩;
ONE “yen-for-seconds” Appetizer ⇩;
ONE “you-can-dance-to-it” Slice ⇩; and
ONE “holidays-on-ice” Dessert ⇩.
So, TGIF: Think Good, It’s Friday. And, have a lot of fun nibbling and noshing on these puzzle slices in between watching the Big Game’s commercials.
Appetizer Menu
Super Bowl Blues And Booze Appetizer:
Shinny up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes
February 4, 2018. U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Tailgaters pose for national cameras. Security personnel scan crowds for trespassers and troublemakers. One guard maces a miscreant shinnying up a flagpole; the message is clear: “If you attempt to pole-sit, tear gas will be administered.” The security personnel’s prayer is that agitators sleep though the game!
All about the shadowy peripheries of the stadium, drug dealers push their largest opiates. One customer who bit the bait and got the munchies admits, “I don’t give a whit about sports. I ate a leg, however, at the KFC concession on the mezzanine level.” 
As another security guard patroling the tailgating area escorts a Morganna-The-Kissing-Bandit wannabe into his paddy wagon, she cries out, “I, a topless gater, have rights too!” Alas, her striptease goal of storming the field and smooching Rob Gronkowski on the kisser has been thwarted!
The Super Bowl LII pregame synopsis above contains seven separate strings of words, each which has letters that can be rearranged to form the same two words – words that are pertinent to this year’s Big Game. The seven word-strings range from two to five words long. All seven strings contain the same letters to be rearranged... but, of course, in different order.
What are these two pertinent words?
You Yen Appetizer:
Second helping hands of the clock
Name a food you eat that, proverbially, you yen to have seconds of just hours later. Spell the singular form of this food backward and slice it in two to form two words that might mean “later.” What is this food?
MENU
Dance Hall Daze Slice:
Crazy quilt quartet
A four-man dance band consists of:
🎵a guy with a washboard;
🎺 a guy with a trumpet;
🎼 a guy who embraces a hybrid of a double-reed woodwind and a seven-stringed pear-shaped lute-like instrument as he plays it;
🎶 a guy who plays a high-pitched glass harp consisting of not 25 but 50 wineglasses into which he meticulously pours copious quantities of water; ☄☄ and sometimes sitting in with the guys are two rather mixed-up Spike Jones aficionados (a guy and his granddad) who both “play” airhorns.
Given the instruments played by these band members, what genre of dance music does this “crazy-quilt-quartet-plus-two” perform? Explain your answer.
Riffing Off Shortz And Portnoy Slices:
Henry Honda? Joe Pepsi? Channing Tatum Tot?
Will Shortz’s January 28th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by Stuart Portnoy, reads:
Name a famous actor — first and last names. The last name is a well-known brand. Drop the last letter of the first name and you’ll get the kind of product it’s a brand of. Who is it?
Puzzleria!’s Riffing Off Shortz And Portnoy Slices read:
ONE:Name a famous actor — first and last names. The last name, minus one letter, is a well-known brand. Drop the last two letters of the first name and you’ll get an article of apparel that might be improved by the brand product. Who is the actor? What are the brand product and article of apparel?
TWO:
Name a mid-1990s movie character — first and last names. The last name is a somewhat well-known brand. Drop the last letter of the first name and you’ll get the kind of product it’s a brand of. Who is this character?Hint: The actor who portrayed the character goes by his first, middle and last names.
THREE:Name a somewhat famous actor — first and last names. He shares his last name with a well-known sportscaster. Drop the last two letters of the actor’s first name and you’ll get a word you might have heard yelled out during one of the sportscaster’s broadcasts. Who are the actor and sportscaster, and what is the yelled-out word?
FOUR:Name a somewhat famous actor — first and last names. Insert a period after the first and second letters of the first name. Replace the last letter of the first name with a letter that rhymes with only two other letters in the alphabet. Add two vowels after this letter to form a synonym of “java” that rhymes with only one letter of the alphabet. This altered first name is the name of a 54-year-old toy for boys. The non-punctuated portion of this toy followed by the somewhat famous actor’s last name is the name of a cinematic ape.
Who is this actor? What is the toy for boys? Who is the cinematic ape?
FIVE:Name a famous thespian — first and last names. Drop the last letter of the last name, forming a brand. Drop the last letter of the first name and you’ll get the first name of a somewhat famous thespian associated with Danny and Phil. Who are these thespians?
SIX:Name a somewhat well known actor — first and last names. The last name is a capitalized brand. The first name, like the half-life of “Carbonbon-14,” is like the brand of a box of (half-eaten) chocolates. Who is this actor?
Dessert Menu
Drab Molasses Dessert:
Happy dubious dun-colored holidays!
Name a man associated with a particular holiday; he was a precursor of sorts to Dick Clark. Change one letter in his last name to form the last name of a second man, one associated with a dubious “holiday” that follows in the wake of the more legitimate first holiday.
A third holiday, one associated with a dun-colored mole-like critter, sometimes falls on the same day as as the “holiday” associated with the second man.
One can imagine the critter, if he could talk, proclaiming, “I, drab mole,...” as he emerges on his special holiday (which has since been overshadowed by the more dubious “holiday”). Remove an “N” from the four letters that would logically follow “I, drab mole...” The number you create will be associated with the dubious “holiday” in the year 2070. The critter’s proclamation, in a backhanded way, is associated with the second man – the man associated with the dubious “holiday.”Who are the two men associated with holidays. What are the three holidays? In what way is the second man associated with the critter’s proclamation?
Every Friday at Joseph Young’s Puzzleria! we publish a new menu of fresh word puzzles, number puzzles, logic puzzles, puzzles of all varieties and flavors. We cater to cravers of scrumptious puzzles!
Our master chef, Grecian gourmet puzzle-creator Lego Lambda, blends and bakes up mysterious (and sometimes questionable) toppings and spices (such as alphabet soup, Mobius bacon strips, diced snake eyes, cubed radishes, “hominym” grits, anagraham crackers, rhyme thyme and sage sprinklings.)
Please post your comments below. Feel free also to post clever and subtle hints that do not give the puzzle answers away. Please wait until after 3 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesdays to post your answers and explain your hints about the puzzles. We serve up at least one fresh puzzle every Friday.
We invite you to make it a habit to “Meet at Joe’s!” If you enjoy our weekly puzzle party, please tell your friends about Joseph Young’s Puzzleria! Thank you.
VTedditor checking in here.....in your Appetizer "epic", just to appease our fellow Spelling Bee aficionados, you might want to remove the extra 's' in the first syllable of 'trespassers' and the 'e' from 'tailgating'. I realize they are, undoubtedly, unintended typos.
ReplyDeleteThanks, VTedditor. "Tresspassers" are those who pass on their hirsute bounty to others in the Locks of Love program. "Tailegators" are rice paddy entrepreneurs who make out a will.
DeleteLegoWhoMisspelled"Tailegators"As"Tailegaters"
Pretty funny excuses, Lego!!
DeleteHere's another Riff:
ReplyDeleteThere are many brands of a certain kind of product. Write the descriptive word for this kind of product twice and then write the middle letter of the descriptive word. You'll have the first name of a fairly well known actress whose last name is the same as one of the brand names associated with the product (arguably, it's the brand name most often associated with the product). Who's the actress and what's the word?
Clever, Paul...I never know HOW you guys think of these things. I did manage to solve it....the pattern for the first name that I was hunting around for..well, the answer suddenly hit me. Then came a bit more thinking to come up with the relevant last name. Wasn't an actress on the tip of my tongue, I must say, however.
DeleteHappy February everyone! First of all, good one, Paul! Since there are so few women's names made up of the same word used twice in a row followed by the middle letter of that same word, I wasted no time in looking up actresses with that name, and the actress popped up instantly! Also, it's one of my favorite products, though I don't use it as often as I'd like(in fact, it's sort of a no-no if you're a diabetic like me). Oddly enough, this Riff calls to mind another brand name of the same sort of product, which does not really come in the form of the descriptive word in question, but it is still good. Its name is a possessive term that might suggest something belonging to another more well-known actress. In fact, casually referring to the best-known form of that product, one might be describing part of a certain undergarment perhaps worn by the actress to which I refer(LOL!)As for this week's puzzles, I have everything except Riff-Offs #3 and #6. Seems a lot of the most famous sportscasters have rather uncommon surnames which, if I'd have heard of the actor, I certainly would have remembered it. Then of course, there aren't that many that were known for yelling out a particular one-word catchphrase during games(or I don't know of any, maybe Marv Albert or Stuart Scott, but I can't think of any actor's name, no matter how famous they are, that begins with "Yes!" or "Boo-yah!")And don't even get me started on the brand of a box of(half-eaten?)chocolates! I'm really confused by that one(half-life?)! Lego, be ready with some good hints for those stumpers! And see you again next year, Punxsutawney Phil, wherever you are!(Gobbler's Knob? Hmm...there's a dirty joke in there somewhere!)
DeleteI note that someone over at Blainesville had the same idea as me, and presented it (with less detail) earlier in the week, but I didn't plagiarize (honest!) - I just missed it / forgot about it. The catalyst for my version came from one of lego's puzzles on this page.
DeleteHere's another one:
Lots of brand names are in the possessive form. Take one such brand name and eliminate its possessiveness to get the first name of a somewhat well known actor. The actor's last name is a shortened name of a product not associated with the brand, but in the same general category. Name the actor, brand, and product.
Riff Five: The famous thespian did a screen test for a role played triumphantly by another thespian. In a very roundabout way, this pertains to the somewhat famous thespian.
ReplyDeleteRiff Four: I won't speculate on who might have tested for this part.
On second thought, I'm not entirely certain about that screen test, but there's at least a grain of truth in it. I'll keep researching and get back to you.
DeletePaul, do you mean who tested for the part of the APE? Ha ha
DeletePaul,
DeleteI would like to hire you to do all future Puzzleria! Riff-Off puzzles!
LegoWhoseRiffsAreRippableWhereasPaul'sRiffsAreTeRIFFic!
How about those hints, Lego? It's crunch time!
ReplyDeleteOh, and I can't figure out the Menu puzzle either. Hint please!
ReplyDeleteA Few hints:
ReplyDeleteDHDS:
The band might have "Hail to the Chief" in its repertoire, but it would have to be a lively Stan and Yosh-like version.
ROSAPS:
THREE:
The somewhat famous actor shares a first name (albeit with a slightly different spelling) with a three time Super Bowl winner who lost a Super Bowl as a head coach. The well-known sportscaster is still alive. The word you might have heard yelled out during one of the sportscaster’s broadcasts would have been shouted by a participant in the sports event, not the broadcaster. (The word might have been punctuated with an expletive.)
SIX:
Name a — first and last names. The last name of the somewhat well known actor is a capitalized Brand... literally! Some might say the brand of the box of (half-eaten) chocolates has a somewhat "Smokey" taste.
LegoRollingOutTheHintingBarrel...
Something tells me I shouldn't have asked for hints.
ReplyDeletecranberry,
DeleteIt's always okay to ask for hints. Perhaps I don't always give the best hints, however.
LegoWhoIsNoBlaineAlasWhenItComesToGivingHints
Guy Lumbardo used to host the New Year's Eve show. The Vince Lombardi Trophy goes to the Super Bowl winning team. I'm having trouble figuring out why Punxatawney Phil would "see ivy."
ReplyDeleteZydeco? Polka? ?????
WONTON >> NOT NOW
EAGLES / PATRIOTS
tailgaters pose
pole-sit tear gas
agitators sleep
largest opiates
sports I ate a leg
I a topless gater
striptease goal
Marlo Thomas serves as National Outreach Director for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, which was founded by her father Danny Thomas. According to the story I read, Danny started St. Jude's Hospital because he had prayed to St. Jude when he was struggling in his comedy career. St. Jude is the patron saint of lost causes. Marlon Brando didn't "lose" the role in Rebel Without a Cause he tested for; it's a bit more complicated than that.
I don't really think legolambda auditioned for the role of Mighty Joe Young; I was just kidding around.
Oren Helbok got a mention on the air from Will for seeing the same Hershey bar / Barbara Hershey connection that lancek (over at Blaine's) and I saw. In other chocolate news, Whitman's does NOT make mayonnaise, but Whitman Mayo played the role of Grady on Sanford and Son. I wish I could have worked Lillian Hellman in there somehow.
APPETIZER #1: EAGLES PATRIOTS [TAILGATERS POSE; POLE-SIT, TEAR GAS; AGITATORS SLEEP; LARGEST OPIATES; SPORTS I ATE A LEG; I, AT TOPLESS GATER; STRIPTEASE GOAL.
ReplyDeleteAPPETIZER #2: WON TON => NOT NOW
MENU SLICE: ????
RIFF OFFS:
1. ROBERT DOWN (E) Y
2. CARL BENTLEY => CAR [Actor: David Alan Grier]
3. ???
4. GIG YOUNG => G. I. JOE and JOE YOUNG (Mighty) [Haven't we had a puzzle with this ape before?]
5. BILLY DE WOLF? => BILL MURRAY
6. ???
DESSERT: NEW YEAR'S EVE => GUY LOMBARDO => Vince LOMBARDI (Super Bowl trophy named after football coach) ; GROUNDHOG DAY: " SEE No shadow" => SEE => CIV [Super Bowl 104] ???
Oh, yeah, I forgot "BARBARA HERSHEY"
ReplyDeleteAppetizer Part 1
ReplyDeletePATRIOTS, EAGLES
Anagrams
TAILGATERS POSE
POLE-SIT TEAR GAS
AGITATORS SLEEP
LARGEST OPIATES
SPORTS I ATE A LEG
I A TOPLESS GATER
STRIPTEASE GOAL
Appetizer Part 2
WONTON, NOT NOW
Riff-Offs
1. ROBERT DOWNEY(JR.), ROBE, DOWNY(fabric softener)
2. CARL BENTLEY(Jumanji), played by David Alan Grier; BENTLEY is a brand of CAR.
4. GIG YOUNG, G. I. JOE, (Mighty)JOE YOUNG(Hmm...that name sounds familiar!)
5. MARLON BRANDO, BRAND(literally), MARLO(Thomas, daughter of Danny, wife of Phil Donahue)
Dessert
GUY LOMBARDO(composer of Auld Lang Syne), (Coach)VINCE LOMBARDI(I DRAB MOLE backwards), SUPER BOWL CIV(104)
BTW Lego, regarding those hints, it's not you, it's me. At the very least I sorta figured out a Presidential connection to most of the instruments in the Menu puzzle: Washboard(WASHINGTON), trumpet(TRUMP or TRUMAN), harp(HARDING or HARRISON), putting water in the glasses(FILLMORE), and airhorns(HARRISON anagram). The musical format would be polka(POLK). And I was never really sure #6 was WHITMAN MAYO. Your explanation of "Brand" had me trying to figure out how KURT RUSSELL would work!-pjb
I also got BARBARA HERSHEY. My additional offering had to do with Reese Witherspoon. Her bra would have what can only be described as REESE'S CUPS! Feel free to groan on that one!
ReplyDeleteGreat responses and interesting comments this week!
ReplyDeleteBarbara Hershey is a better answer than Alec Guinness, IMUO.
Mighty Joe Young has indeed reared his ugly head in Puzzleria! previously.
Official answers anon.
LegoWorkingOnFarFetchedRiffOffsForFriday'sP!(Paul'sAreMuchSuperior)
This week's answers for the record, Part 1:
ReplyDeleteAppetizer Menu
Super Bowl Blues And Booze Appetizer:
Shinny up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes
February 4, 2018. U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Tailgaters pose for national cameras. Security personnel scan crowds for tresspassers and troublemakers. One guard maces a miscreant shinnying up a flagpole; the message is clear: “If you attempt to pole-sit, tear gas will be administered.” The security personnel’s prayer is that agitators sleep though the game!
But, in the meantime, drug dealers push their largest opiates. One customer who bit the bait and got the munchies admits, “I don’t give a whit about sports. I ate a leg, however, at the KFC concession on the mezzanine level.”
As another security guard patroling the tailegating area escorts a Morganna-The-Kissing-Bandit wannabe into his paddy wagon, she cries out, “I, a topless gater, have rights too!” Alas, her striptease goal of storming the field and smooching Rob Gronkowski on the lips has been thwarted!
The Super Bowl LII synopsis above contains seven separate strings of words, each which has letters that can be rearranged to form the same two words that are pertinent to this year’s Big Game. The seven word-strings range from two to five words long. All seven contain the same letters to be rearranged.
What are these two pertinent words?
Answer:
Eagles, Patriots
The 14 letters in each of the following word-strings can be rearranged to form "Eagles Patriots."
Tailgaters pose
pole-sit, tear gas
agitators sleep
largest opiates
sports. I ate a leg
I, a topless gater
striptease goal
Yiu Yen Appetizer:
Second helping hands of the clock
Name an food you eat that, proverbially, you yen to have seconds of just hours later. Spell the singular form of this food backward and slice it in two to form two words that might mean “later.” What is this food?
Answer:
Wonton ("not now" can mean "later")
MENU
Dance Hall Daze Slice:
Crazy quilt quartet
A four-man dance band consists of:
a guy with a washboard;
a guy with a trumpet;
a guy who embraces a hybrid of a double-reed woodwind and a seven-stringed pear-shaped lute-like instrument as he plays it;
a guy who plays a high-pitched glass harp consisting of not 25 but 50 wineglasses into which he meticulously pours copious quantities of water;
and sometimes sitting in with the guys are two rather mixed-up Spike Jones aficionados (a guy and his granddad) who both “play” airhorns.
Given the instruments played by these band memberes, what genre of dance music does this “”crazy-quilt-quartet-plus-two” perform? Explain your answer.
Answer:
Polka dance music. The key to the puzzle is the surnames of Presidents, past and present:
POLKas (President James) WASHintonBOARD (President George); TRUMPet (President Donald); OBoe/baglAMA (President Barack); FILLMORE = fill more glass-harp wineglasses (President Millard); AIRHORNS can be rearranged to spell HARRISON (President William Henry and President Benjamin)
Lego...
This week's answers for the record, Part 2:
ReplyDeleteRiffing Off Shortz And Portnoy Slices:
ONE:
Name a famous actor — first and last names. The last name, minus one letter, is a well-known brand. Drop the last two letters of the first name and you’ll get an article of apparel that might be improved by the brand product. Who is the actor? What are the brand product and article of apparel?
Answer:
Robert Downey (Jr.)
Downy; robe
TWO:
Name a mid-1990s movie character — first and last names. The last name is a somewhat well-known brand. Drop the last letter of the first name and you’ll get the kind of product it’s a brand of. Who is this character?
Hint: The actor who portrayed the character goes by his first, middle and last names.
Answer:
(Officer) Carl Bentley, a character in "Jumanji" (1995), portrayed by David Alan Grier
THREE:
Name a somewhat famous actor — first and last names. He shares his last name is a well-known sportscaster. Drop the last two letters of the actor’s first name and you’ll get a word you might have heard yelled out during one of the sportscaster’s broadcasts. Who are the actor and sportscaster, and what is the yelled-out word?
Answer:
Forest Whitaker; Jack Whitaker; "Fore!"
FOUR:
Name a somewhat famous actor — first and last names. Insert a period after the first and second letters of the first name. Replace the last letter of the first name with a letter that rhymes with only two other letters in the alphabet. Add two vowels after this letter to form a synonym of “java” that rhymes with only one letter of the alphabet. This altered first name is the name of a 54-year-old toy for boys. The non-punctuated portion of this toy followed by the somewhat famous actor’s last name is the name of a cinematic ape.
Who is this actor? What is the toy for boys? Who is the cinematic ape?
Gig Young; G.I. Joe; (Mighty) Joe Young
FIVE:
Name a famous thespian — first and last names. Drop the last letter of the last name, forming a brand. Drop the last letter of the first name and you’ll get the first name of a somewhat famous thespian associated with Danny and Phil. Who are these thespians?
Marlon Brando; Marlo Thomas
SIX:
Name a somewhat well known actor — first and last names. The last name is a capitalized brand. The first name, like the half-life of Carbonbon-14, is like the brand of a box of (half-eaten) chocolates. Who is this actor?
Answer:
Russell Brand (Russell Stover chocolates)
Lego...
This week's answers for the record, Part 3:
ReplyDeleteDessert Menu
Drab Molasses Dessert:
Happy dubious dun-colored holidays!
Name a man associated with a particular holiday; he was a precursor of sorts to Dick Clark. Change one letter in his last name to form the last name of a second man, one associated with a dubious “holiday” that follows in the wake of the first, more legitimate, holiday.
Another holiday, one associated with a dun-colored mole-like critter, sometimes falls on the same day as as the “holiday” associated with the second man. One can imagine the critter, if he could talk, proclaiming, “I, drab mole,...” as he emerges on his special holiday (which has since been overshadowed by the more dubious “holiday”). Remove an “N” from the four letters that would logically follow “I, drab mole...” The number you create will be associated with the dubious “holiday” in the year 2070. The critter’s proclamation, in a backhanded way, is associated with the second man – the man associated with the dubious “holiday.”
Who are the two men associated with holidays. What are the three holidays? How is the second man associated with the critter’s proclamation?
Answer:
Guy Lombardo; Vince Lombardi (winning coach of he first two Super Bowls);
I, drab mole
New Year's Eve/Day; Super Bowl Sunday; Groundhog Day
“Vince Lombardi” spelled backward is “I, drab mole, CNIV.”
CNIV - N = CIV; Super Bowl CIV is scheduled for 2070.
Lego...
Sigh, I was all hung up, in Riff #5 on the Groundhog Day connection, i.e. thinking the 'Phil" was the PA marmot, of course, and having researched, found that someone named Danny had written the movie that BIll Murray was in (Groundhog Day.) Also, "De Wolf" is some kind of refrigerator, hence my answer.
DeleteI almost put down "POLKA" for the menu slice, but never saw the presidential connections, so would have had NO reason for my answer, other than the hint's accordion and whatever other instrument the video showed, that I can't remember now.
Finally, on Dessert, I was right with Paul on the "don't understand "SEE IVY", since I also never saw the backwards "VinceLombardi" thing in I, drab mole....and "SEE NO SHADOW" seemed like the logical words he'd utter....oh well. Not my greatest week at ye olde P!!
And I have no HEAT at present! The "hot contact ignitor' cracked and thus let gas out into the garage, I smelled late this afternoon (I panicked); the nice Natural Gas emergency guy came out and diagnosed that, but they don't carry those parts on their trucks, so I have to wait for a repair guy tomorrow, and it's probably going to cost me close to $300. I could just scream. Seems these old igniters (the new ones are made of much stronger stuff) are VERY fragile and can crack just from hand oils getting on them! Who knew any of this? So my furnace is OFF for the night.