Friday, September 21, 2018

An Oktemberfestive question? Spin-masters vs spine-tinglers; Honeymoon hideaways, boisterous idiots, talking flowers and madcap wit; Spooning stirs up some tea for two; A salad a day keeps the doctor away;

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Schpuzzle Of The Week:
An Oktemberfestive question?

Note: Oktoberfest begins September 22 and lasts until October 7. Please enjoy the following Schpuzzle in moderation:

An English-speaking, pitcher-toting German beer maid may ask an Oktoberfest reveler a four-word question beginning with, Is your...? 
Spoonerize the missing words. That is to say, switch the beginning sounds of the third and fourth words. 
When you say these two spoonerized words aloud it will sound like a compound word for a small creature that may flit into the third word in the original question asked by the beer maid. 
What creature is it?


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She Blinded Me With Computer Science Appetizer: 
A salad a day keeps the doctor away 

Note: The following puzzle was created by Mathew Huffman, a fine friend of Puzzleria!
Name two fictional doctors that are title characters in their own movies whose names differ by one word in four letters. 
This four-letter word appears in the last name of a pioneering female computer scientist; the other part of her last name is another word that has a similarity to the World Wide Web. 
She famously worked with another computer scientist; the first letter of his last name can be advanced one place in the alphabet to name an ingredient in some salads.
Who are these two doctors and two scientists?

Tutu-Long Political Terms Appetizer:
Spooning stirs up some tea for two

Name a 2-word term that has been recently in the political news, in 9 letters. 


Spoonerize the term (that is, switch its initial consonant sounds) to form a different two-word term that seems synonymous with the expression tea for two.
 What are these two 2-word terms?


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Riffing Off Shortz Slices:
Honeymoon hideaways, boisterous idiots, talking flowers and madcap wit

Will Shortz’s September 16th  NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle reads:
These five 2-word phrases have something very unusual in common. What is it? When you find it, think of another two-word phrase that has the same property.
Property rights
Land mine
Sales order
Color scheme
India ink
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz Slices read:
ENTREE #1:
The answer to Will Shortzs September 16th  NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle (above) is:
All five 2-word phrases consist of a first word that begins with at least three letters that appear at the beginning of a state capital, followed by a second word that begins with the postal abbreviation of that state:
Property rights (Providence, RI); Land mine (Lansing, MI); Sales order (Salem, OR);
Color scheme (Columbia, SC);India ink (Indianapolis, IN)
Other two-word phrases with the same property include: 
Hard palate (Harrisburg, PA); Salad utensils (Salt Lake City, UT); Bathroom lavatory (Baton Rouge, LA); Boss man (Boston, MA); and Dental coverage (Denver, CO).
Using two consecutive 2-word phrases based on state capitals and postal abbreviations, rewrite the following headline that might appear on the heath section of a web site or newspaper:
Injurious Leeches Transmit Diseases
Hint: The two U.S. states involved in the answer rank in the top ten by population.

ENTREE #2:
These five 2-word phrases have something reasonably unusual in common. What is it? 
When you find it, think of another two-word phrase that has the same property.
Tiny Lilliputians
Assail Hades!
Sales order
Parcheesi rival
Blurry snapshot

Extra credit points: Why is Sales order especially special?

ENTREE #3:
Hidden like fossils within the uppercase text of the first two sentences below are words that every well-educated American school child ought to know. 
Hidden within the uppercase text of the third sentence is the place that not-so-well-educated American school children think those words can be found.
Find the hidden words and the place where they are not found.  
1. In stratified rocks the archaeologists found FOSSILIFEROUS HALIBUT COUNTERTYPES.
2. UNDERHANDED FATHERS, SPURIOUS JESUITS, OFFERED CHAPLAINS TYPING LESSONS.
3. The deaf journalist taking notes at the presidential debate nearly fell asleep while LIPREADING MUMBLED SNAGGLETOOTHED INCONSISTENT PLATITUDES UNEMOTIONALLY.


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Spin Cycle Dessert:
Spin-masters vs spine-tinglers


Name something, in four syllables, that spins and that can be deadly, figuratively, to a baseball batter.
Change the second syllable, which is a house part, to a second house part that functions in a somewhat similar manner.
Add an L within the first syllable, remove an N from the second house part, and replace an L with a P in the original third syllable. 
The result is something that spins that can be deadly, literally, not only to baseball batters but to everyone else too.
What are these two spinning and deadly things?

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21 comments:

  1. You don't mean to tell me Sarah Sanders brought a whole slew of statistical graphics to a press briefing, do you?

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    1. Sarah Sanders spins the bull.
      O'er our eyes she tries to pull
      An insulate-from-truthy wool...
      Whirling Dervies, Istanbul.

      LegoThinksSarahNipsAwayAtWhatEverybodyAlreadyKnowsIsAsPlainAsThePinocchioNoseOnHerFace

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    2. I was thinking of Sarah getting all "pie-charty" with the press corps. Just a joke; "pie charty"/"chai party", get it? But just now I Googled "Sarah Sanders with pie charts" and came up with this. Joke's on me, I guess.

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    3. "Pie Charty/Chai Party" is spooneristic heaven, Paul.

      LegoSaysForgetTheBostonTeaParty!WhatAboutTheChi-townChaiParty?!

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  2. Happy Friday everyone! Tomorrow we're celebrating Maddy's 10th birthday at Bryan and Renae's house, and they'll be trying out their new theater room! They'll be showing a movie, serving pizza and popcorn, and everything! The only problem is Alabama is playing Texas A&M tomorrow as well, so there may not even be that many people showing up for the party. But Mom and I won't let her down! We'll definitely be there! Also, Mom got me my own phone, and I used it to check Puzzleria! late last night, and I used my Kindle for research! I now have everything except the "tea for two" puzzle and Entree #3. I look forward to whatever good hints you can provide, Lego. I'll talk to you again after the party, most likely after "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me" and "Says You". Hope everyone else has a great weekend too!

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  3. Please tell me the tea phrase isn't "PETTY YUBES"!

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    1. It is not!
      The answer contains a word that involves the production of tea. The answer also involves a word that has homograph that might complement crumpets and tea for two.

      LegoWhoLikesT42

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  4. Just got the tea puzzle! And now I've got Entree #3, though I'm not sure about the word that's supposed to be found within COUNTERTYPES. But I've got the third part, definitely! Are all the letters in the shorter words consecutive, or do we have to skip a few letters?

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    1. Congrats on the "T 4 2" solve, cranberry.
      As for ENTREE #3, the rules are pretty loosey-goosey.
      In Sentences 1 and 2, all UPPERCASE words contain only one syllable or one one-syllable word, except for COUNTERTYPES. Things get more discombobulated in Sentence #3, where one uppercase word actually contains two words!

      LegoMumblingInconsistentPlatitudesUnemotionally

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  5. Well, *I* am still completely stuck on the Tea for Two appetizer, as well as Entrees# 3 AND 2, no matter how much time I've "wasted" on them, I have achieved no progress. Generally, I have little talent for the "what do these have in common" type puzzles. : O (

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    1. TLPTA:
      The 2-word term that has been recently in the political news is a word Right-leaning types have used recently to allude to conspiratorial elements within the government.
      The two-word term that seems synonymous with the expression “tea for two” begins with a word for the tea-making process, and ends with a food that has a homograph that appears on a calendar.
      ROSS ENTREE #2:
      To solve Will's capital/postal code puzzle you had to concentrate on the beginnings of both words. To solve this puzzle you have to concentrate on the end of one word and the beginning of the other... but from "behind the screen/monitor/display," so to speak.
      ROSS ENTREE# 3:
      1. find 2 words
      2. find 5 words
      3. find 4 words

      LegoWouldLikeToOrderAHotFudgeSundayOopsSundaeWithTwoStrawsPlease

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    2. Joy of joys, I finally landed (with help from the hint) upon the proper two-word phrase, and then the answer fell right out for Tea for Two.

      Likewise, your hint for Entree 2 made total sense, and thus the "method/trick" became clear.

      Finally, Entree #3 was a bit thornier, but all of a sudden, and thanks to the original hint about "one syllable" and the second hint, indicating how many words per section, AND the fact that I'd had the correct first word all along, it came together nicely. Thank you! I can quit being frustrated.

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  6. FLAGON DRY / DRAGONFLY (*)

    DR. STRANGE(LOVE) / ADA LOVELACE / BABBAGE / CABBAGE (*)

    DEEP STATE / STEEP DATE

    HARMFUL PARASITES SPREAD ILLNESSES (*)

    LILY, DAHLIA, ROSE, IRIS, PANSY

    LIFE LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS / PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION (*)

    BACKDOOR SLIDER / BLACK WIDOW SPIDER (*)

    (*) Solved pre-hint


    Random links:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Loveless
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thrilling_Adventures_of_Lovelace_and_Babbage
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk

    Random observations:
    RED ROSE is a brand of TEA
    Wayne Newton, aka Mr. LAS Vegas had a hit with a song about red roses

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    1. Paul, that is one spiffy MODNAR observation:
      SALES ORDER = the RED ROSE LAS vegas luminary Wayne Newton sang about.

      LegoWhoThinksMrLasVegasMostFamousSongWasDahliaSchoen

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    2. I note that your link does not address the matter of a "torn dress",

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  7. Schpuzzle
    DRAGONFLY, "FLAGON DRY"
    Appetizer
    Part 1 DOCTOR STRANGE, DOCTOR STRANGELOVE; ADA LOVELACE(LACE), CHARLES BABBAGE(CABBAGE)
    Part 2 DEEP STATE, STEEP DATE
    Menu/Riff-Offs
    Entree 1. "HARMFUL PARASITES SPREAD ILLNESSES"(Harrisburg, PA and Springfield, IL)
    Entree 2. Each phrase contains the name of a flower spelled backwards.
    1. TinY LILliputians(LILY)
    2. AssAIL HADes!(DAHLIA)
    3. SalES ORder(ROSE)
    4. ParcheeSI RIval(IRIS)
    5. BlurrY SNAPshot(PANSY)
    Extra example: SecRET SAnta(ASTER)
    "Sales order" qualifies as having both "unusual properties": State capital/postal abbreviation, and hidden backward flower name. Legolambda is wise enough to have noticed this.
    Entree 3. 1. fossiLIFErous(LIFE)
    HaLIBut(LIB)
    countERTYpes(ERTY)
    2. underhANDed(AND)
    faTHErs(THE)
    sPURious(PUR)
    jeSUITs(SUIT)
    OFfered(OF)
    cHAPlains(HAP)
    tyPINg(PIN)
    lESSons(ESS)
    "LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS"
    3. liPREAding(PREA)
    muMBLEd(MBLE)
    snaggleTOoTHEd(TO, THE)
    inCONSistent(CONS)
    plaTITUdes(TITU)
    unemoTIONally(TION)
    "PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION"
    The phrase "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" is actually found in the Declaration of Independence, NOT the Preamble to the Constitution.
    Dessert
    BACKDOOR SLIDER, BLACK WIDOW SPIDER
    Pity I can't make my monogram look like John Hancock's signature here.-pjb


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  8. SCHPUZZLE: FLAGON DRY => DRAGONFLY

    APPETIZER #1: DR. STRANGE and DR. STRANGELOVE => ADA LOVELACE; CHARLES BABBAGE [CABBAGE]

    APPETIZER #2: DEEP STATE => STEEP DATE

    ENTREE #1: (HAR)MFUL (PA)RASITES (SPR)EAD (IL)LNESSES; HARRISBURG, PA and SPRINGFIELD, IL

    ENTREE #2: FLOWERS! LILY, DAHLIA, ROSE [AND RED ROSE], IRIS, PANSY. ANOTHER ONE: "MEDICAL ILLUSION" => LILAC!!!

    ENTREE #3: 1. LIFE, LIB / ERTY 2. AND, THE PUR / SUIT OF HAP / PIN / ESS 3. IN, U., S., CONS / TITU / TION.

    DESSERT: BACKDOOR SLIDER => BLACK WINDOW SPIDER => BLACK WIDOW SPIDER

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    1. I love "secRET SAnta," cranberry, and "mediCAL ILlusion," ViolinTeddy.

      LegoThinks"MyLittleChicaDEE"W.c.Fields'TaglineShouldHaveBeenPulledFromTheMovie

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  9. This week's answers for the record, Part 1:

    Schpuzzle Of The Week:
    An Oktemberfestive question?
    An English-speaking German beer maid may ask an Oktoberfest reveler a four-word question beginning with, "Is your...?"
    Spoonerize the missing words. That is to say, switch the beginning sounds of the third and fourth words. When you say the result aloud it will sound like a compound word for a small creature that may flit into the third word in the original question before spoonerization.
    What creature is it?
    Answer:
    dragonfly ("Is your flagon dry?")

    Appetizer Menu

    She Blinded Me With Computer Science Appetizer:
    A salad a day keeps the doctor away
    Note: The following puzzle was created by Mathew Huffman, friend of Puzzleria!
    Name two fictional doctors that are title characters in their own movies whose names differ by one word in four letters. This word appears in the last name of a pioneering female computer scientist; the other part of her last name is another word that has a similarity to the World Wide Web. She famously worked with another computer scientist; the first letter of his last name can be advanced one place in the alphabet to name an ingredient in some salads.
    Who are these two doctors and two scientists?
    Answer:
    DR. STRANGELOVE, DR. STRANGE, ADA LOVELACE, CHARLES BABBAGE, CABBAGE

    Tutu-Long Political Terms Appetizer:
    Spooning stirs up some tea for two
    Name a 2-word term that has been recently in the political news, in 9 letters. Spoonerize the phrase (that is, switch its initial consonant sounds) to form a two-word term that seems synonymous with the expression "tea for two." What are these two 2-word terms?
    Answer:
    Deep state; Steep date

    Lego...

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  10. This week's answers for the record, Part 2:

    MENU

    Riffing Off Shortz Slices:
    Honeymoon hideaways, boistrous idiots, talking flowers and madcap wit

    Will Shortz’s September 16th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle reads:
    These five 2-word phrases have something very unusual in common. What is it? When you find it, think of another two-word phrase that has the same property.
    Property rights
    Land mine
    Sales order
    Color scheme
    India ink
    Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz Slices read:
    ENTREE #1:
    The answer to Will Shortz’s September 16th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle (above) is:
    All five 2-word phrases consist of a first word that begins with at least three letters that appear at the beginning of a state capital, followed by a second word that starts with the postal abbreviation of that state.
    PRO(vidence)PERTY, RIghts (Rhode Island)
    LAN(sing)d, MIne (MIchigan)
    SALE(m)s, ORder (ORegon)
    COL(umbia)or SCheme (South Carolina)
    INDIA(napolis), INk (INdiana)
    Other two-word phrases that have the same property include:
    Hard Palate (Harrisburg, PennsylvaniA), Salad Utensils (Salt Lake City, UTah), Bathroom lavatory (Baton Rouge, LouisianA), Boss man (Boston, MAssachusetts); and Dental coverage (Denver, COlorado).
    Using two consecutive 2-word phrases based on state capitals and postal abbreviations, rewrite the following headline that might appear on the heath section of a web site or newspaper:
    "Inimical Leeches Transmit Disease"
    Hint: The two states involved in the answer rank in the top ten by population.
    Answer:
    "Harmful Parasites Spread Illness"
    (HARissburg, PennsylvaniA; SPRingfield, ILlinois)
    ENTREE #2:
    These five 2-word phrases have something reasonably unusual in common. What is it? When you find it, think of another two-word phrase that has the same property.
    Tiny Lilliputians
    Assail Hades!
    Sales order
    Parcheesi rival
    Blurry Snapshot
    Answer:
    The name of a flower appears spelled backward in the midst of each phrase. (In the case of "Sales order," the flower is preceded by an adjective.)
    tinY LILiputians (LILY)
    assAIL HADes (DAHLIA)
    salES ORDER (RED ROSE)
    parcheeSI RIval (IRIS)
    blurrY SNAPshot (PANSY)
    Other possible 2-word phrases with the same property include:
    hoPI LUTist
    philipPI LUTheran
    scamPI LUTefisk
    puPIL UTility,
    all yielding TULIP, but I am sure Puzzlerians! have come up with more elegant examples than those.
    ENTREE #3:
    Hidden like fossils in the uppercase text of the first two sentences below are words that every well-educated American school child ought to know. Hidden in the uppercase text of the third sentence is the place that not-so-well-educated American school children think those words can be found.
    Find the hidden words, and the place they are not found.
    1. In stratified rocks the archaeologists found FOSSILIFEROUS HALIBUT COUNTERTYPES.
    2. UNDERHANDED FATHERS, SPURIOUS JESUITS, OFFERED CHAPLAINS TYPING LESSONS.
    3. The deaf journalist taking notes at the presidential debate nearly fell asleep while LIPREADING MUMBLED SNAGGLETOOTHED INCONSISTENT PLATITUDES UNEMOTIONALLY.
    Answer:
    Hidden within the first two sentences' uppercase text are the words:
    Life, libery and ther pursuit of happiness
    1. In stratified rocks the archaeologists found fossiLIFErous haLIBut countERTYpes.
    2. underhANDed faTHErs, sPURious jeSUITs, OFffered cHAPlains tyPINg lESSons.
    Hidden within the third sentence's uppercase text are the words:
    Preamble to the Constitution
    The deaf journalist taking notes at the presidential debate nearly fell asleep while liPREAding muMBLEd snaggleTOoTHEd inCONSistent plaTITUdes unemoTIONally.
    ("Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" appear in the Declaration of Independence.)

    Lego...

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  11. This week's answers for the record, Part 3:

    Dessert Menu
    Spin Cycle Dessert:
    Spin-masters vs spine-tinglers
    Name something that spins that can be deadly, figuratively, to a baseball batter, in four syllables.
    Change the second syllable, which is a house part, to a similar house part that functions in a somewhat similar manner
    Add an L within the first syllable, remove an N from the similar house part, and replace an L with a P in the third syllable. The result is something that spins that can be deadly, literally, to everyone.
    What are these two deadly things?
    Answer:
    backdoor slider; black widow spider

    Lego...

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