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Schpuzzle of the Week:
Mashie, niblick, cleek and spoon(erism)
Name a two-word category for the following:
“belts, rings, shoes, caps, hoods, pumps and hose.”
Spoonerize the two words to get two words associated with golf.
What are these four words?
Appetizer Menu
Terrapin State Turnpikes Appetizer:
A quizzical quartet to “Onquer”
🏙 1. What is the link between the towns/small cities in the following list?
Exeter, Lancaster, New Castle, New Bern, Milledgeville, Windsor, Murfreesboro, Chillicothe, Cahaba, Corydon, Natchez, Vandalia, Saint Charles, Iowa City, Vallejo, Wheeling, Guthrie.
“I see Maryland, I see... ?”
🗺 2. In what way do most road maps of the state of Maryland, even official ones, differ from those of any other US state?
Basic training
🚙 3. Think of a military vehicle. Drop the middle letter. The remaining two sets of letters are two words that name a fitness product.
What are the vehicle and the fitness product?
William the “Onquerer”
⚖ 4. Think of a phrase from (Anglo-Norman) French used in the USA and other countries with legal systems based on English common law.
To honour William, keep the U in honour, but change two letters in the phrase to a single C. Rearrange the result to obtain a type of case processed in court.
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Lovey-Dovey Valentiny Slice:
Remove the first three letters from the name of one of the sweethearts in a fourth romantic couple.
Replace one of the remaining letters of the result to spell the name of the other sweetheart.
What couple is this?
Riffing Off Shortz And Pegg Slices:
Follow your initial instinct...
Think of someone who has been in the news this year in a positive way.
Say this person’s first initial and last name out loud.
It will sound like an important person in U.S. history. Who is it?
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Pegg Slices read:
ENTREE #1
Move the first name of a puzzle-maker to the end of his last name to form a word for what the center fielder did with the fly ball after he snagged it in order to nail the runner at home plate who had tagged up at third base.
What is the word for what the center fielder did with the baseball?
Hint: The word for what the center fielder did is a word in the theme song of a multiple-Emmy-winning sitcom. The word is an approximate rhyme of a breakfast food in the song.
ENTREE #2
Think of an actress who portrayed a gregarious storekeeper in what is considered one of the greatest films of all time.
Say this person’s first initial and last name out loud.
It will sound like like the name of an Emmy winning actress who was also nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar.
Who are these actresses?
Think of a 1960s British pop idol, first and last names.
Replace the first syllable of his name (which sounds like a letter) with two letters that spell a different letter in the alphabet.
The result sounds like a time of day.
Who is the pop star?
What is the time of day?
ENTREE #4
Name a Pulitzer Prize-winner who shares something in common with a Hall of Fame slugger. The first two letters of the Prize-winner’s first name sound like a letter of the alphabet.
undergarments that are better able to trap and retain body heat than other undergarments.
Who are this Prize-winner and slugger. What do they share in common?
What is the “adjective” that won’t be found in dictionaries?
ENTREE #5
Take the nickname of an dancer/singer who also acts.
Insert a consonant (spelled with two letters) between the second and third letters of the nickname.
The result sounds like the first and last names of a comedian.
Who are this dancer/singer and comedian?
ENTREE #6
Take the surname of a British novelist. Remove two consecutive letters from its interior that spell a letter of the alphabet, leaving a word for a casual or brief love affair.
The first name of the novelist, spoken aloud, sounds like two letters of the alphabet.
Take those two letters, plus the letter you spelled using the two interior letters from the surname. Rearrange them to spell the three-letter word that belongs in the blank in the following sentence:
“Since 1954, eight different ___ have portrayed the novelist’s featured character on the silver screen.”
Who is the novelist?
What is the word for the casual or brief love affair?
What is the word that belongs in the blank?
ENTREE #7
Think of a leader of one of the many rock bands from the 1960s-70s.
Who is it?
Dessert Menu
Muddlers And Shakers Dessert:
Not the Miller’s... the Mixologist’s Tale
What three-word question might the host
ask his guests after employing those paraphernalia?
When spoken aloud the three words sound like a well-known book title.
What are these options?
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Yippee, it's another SCHPUZZLE ROLL...solved it right away.
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Congrats, VT. You're gobbling up these Schpuzzles faster than I can bake 'em!
DeleteLego(OnAnUphillSisypheanRollToStumpViolinTeddyWithOneOfHisSchpuzzles)
Lego, you have frequently stumped me on Schpuzzles....like last week, for instance (if I remember correctly, until the hint came along.)
DeleteI just solved the Slice, too. BUt only the first of Ken's puzzles...well, I have AN answer for his second one, but it could well be erroneous.
ALso the first two Entrees; am moving on to the third now.
Am confused by Entree #7 (solved all the others AND just now, with some difficulty, the DESSERT)....could you please re-read how #7 is stated, and see if it's correct? It doesn't make much sense to me. Thanks
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DeleteViolinTeddy,
DeleteFor Entree #7:
I'm not sure who the "leader" of "Paul Revere and the Raiders" is...
Lead singer Mark Lindsay seems to be the "frontman," but keyboardist Paul Revere's name is in the title of the group!
If we say Mark Lindsay is the leader, his first-name initial and last name, when spoken out loud, would be the unpronounceable "Mlindsay."
But if we say Paul Revere is the leader, his first-name initial and last name, when spoken out loud, would be the more pronounceable "Prevere."
In my puzzle, the first name of the "leader of one of the many rock bands from the 1960s-70s" also begins with a "P".
LegoWhoAddsThatThereIsAHintInTheLastThreeWordsOfMyPuzzleText
I had already noticed that hint at the end of #7, but when looking things up, had found nothing that worked. I'll try again, I guess. Thanks....
DeleteActually, I should have been more specific about my confusion. It's the way it starts out by asking for a leader of a 60s rock band, but then the concluding question doesn't say ANOTHER 60s rock band..it just says "one of those..." so it shoudl be a DIFFERENT rock band from the first one, right?
DeleteHappy Valentine's Day Eve Eve everyone!(three "eve"s?)
DeleteBefore I begin, I must agree with ViolinTeddy that there should be a little more clarification with #7. Going by the "last three words of the text" hint, while I know who might be one leader, saying the first-name initial and the last name out loud merely gets the same name I just came up with. Is this even fair?! Surely there's a totally different bandleader I can't seem to find, one who's obviously much more obscure than the other. But who?! And how do I find information on this obscure leader?! Otherwise, I've had no trouble with the other Entrees. I've actually gotten everything except the Worldplay puzzles(except #3, but I'm a little unsure about that one). And I was going to ask about the unclear wording of #7 anyway, but of course VT beat me to it. Thanks, VT. I know sometimes these puzzles can be tricky, but I never counted on one being a "dirty trick", as it were. Clarification please, Lego!!
On the homefront, "Ask Me Another" is a rerun this week, I almost missed the half-hour version of "Says You" at 6:30 on WBHM(in Birmingham), and I've just finished solving the latest Prize Puzzle from the Guardian, compiled this week by Philistine, who I think is female, if I'm not mistaken. Some of the answers included CORVID(the clue for which has nothing to do with COVID-19, thank goodness, but rather magpies, ravens, and crows), AIR PIRACY(a synonym for "hijacking"), and MA NON TROPPO, a musical direction meaning "but not too much". You learn something new almost every day with these crosswords! VT, I assume since you're into classical music, you've heard of MA NON TROPPO. I had to look it up, of course. Would you believe the phrase "but not too much" was actually used in both the clue AND the definition? I'm sure that must happen a lot, but I've never really given it much thought before now. Mom's gone grocery shopping right now(very necessary, like a few days overdue!), so she's going to surprise me with supper from a drive-thru. Never even asked me what I might like, she just said she'll pick up supper somewhere, and then she left. She was going to fix supper here a little earlier, but she fell asleep. I'm just glad she woke up and remembered to go get the groceries!
As always in closing, I wish y'all good luck and good solving, please stay safe, and above all, wear those masks if and when you must go out(and I certainly hope we all spend Valentine's Day with someone we love, and that someone tells us they love us, etc.)!
pjbOnMyKneesPrayingWeDon'tGetFooled(Again)ByLego!
ViolinTeddy and cranberry,
DeleteEntree #7 is, I'll admit, a bit "unfair."
So, VT, should it "be a DIFFERENT rock band from the first one?"
No.
When you say this rock band leader’s first-name initial and surname out loud, the result, as you both have suspected (and perhaps groaned over), sounds quite a bit like the same name. In the version where just his first-name initial is used, the surname's initial letter must do "double-duty" phonetically.
LegoSaysHeConsideredUsingThisGuyInsteadExceptThat"ThatGuy"IsLikelyNotQuiteAsWellKnownAs"YouKnowWho"
Never even heard of "that guy". If I'd had to try and find his name, I'd be way more PO'd than I am right now with the (supposedly intended)answer with which we appear to be stuck for now.
DeletepjbCanStandFor"PO'dJustBarely",ButDoesn'tReally
Of course, I'm always at a big disadvantage when ROCK BANDS are the subject of the puzzles....since I have to look up EVERYthing about them. I still haven't figured out who the second 'leader' is for #7, either. Am just as stumped as pjb.
DeleteSpeaking of which, MA NON TROPPO is one of many Italian phrases used in classical music. I have a small music dictionary that was given to me when I was 17, after playing in a cantata. (Usually, nobody ever gave me anything)....I have used most of the terms for naming my vast population of teddy bears! Needless to say, by now I become a mite confused. Anyway, it wouldn't have been hard for me to look up that term, since the little dictionary sits right here by my computer.
Hey, I just had an inspiration. Perhaps Lego intends for both leaders to be one and the same person?
DeleteI think we may have already arrived at that conclusion, VT. Or have we?
DeletepjbActuallyBelievesWe'veDefinitelyArrivedAtConfusion!
"I think we may have already arrived at that conclusion, VT. Or have we?..."
DeleteYes, you have.
LegoWhoApologizesForAllConsternationEntree#7HasCaused
I had NOT realized that 'we had already arrived at that conclusion", you guys. So much for my great and glorious "inspiration!!"
DeletePaul Schaeffer was for many years the musical director of the Dave Letterman show.
ReplyDeleteHe spells it SHAFFER, PS. BTW Pray for us down here in AL. We're getting some bad winter weather tomorrow. Freezing rain, sleet, maybe even snow, and there may even be POWER OUTAGES due to ice on power lines! Hope I can still reveal my answers on Wednesday! They say the roads may even be too slick for the Alabama Power crews to make it to the areas in need of repairs(good Lord willing it won't be ours, but you never know!). So any outages may last a few days!!!
DeletepjbFearingThisMayBeTheLastTimeWeCanCommunicateLikeThisForTheRestOfTheWeek!
Prayers are on the way, cranberry.
DeleteUp here in "Minneconsin," we are praying for above-zero high temps.
Here are some:
Sunday Hints:
Schpuzzle of the Week:
All images accompanying this Schpuzzle are red herrings!
Worldplay Appetizer:
(All hints courtesy of Ken Pratt aka geofan)
1. Some larger cities also qualify: New York, Charleston, New Orleans, Portland, Detroit.
Some analogous cities at the national level are Abidjan, Belize, Bonn, Lagos, Melbourne, Philadelphia, Rio de Janeiro, St. Petersburg, Yangon (Rangoon).
2. Many maps of Massachusetts have a similar characteristic. Look at the shape of the state.
Basic training
3. Not quite a jeep, not quite a tank.
4. I had never heard the term until I myself had jury duty.
Lovey-Dovey Slice:
The real name of the female half of the couple is "Katie."
Riffing Off Shortz And Pegg Slices:
ENTREE #1
In the hint, the name of the "family" dog in the multiple-Emmy-winning sitcom is a two-syllable version of the NPR puzzle creator's frst name.
ENTREE #2
One of the actresses portrayed "Miss Brooks."
ENTREE #3
The pop star, on vinyl, at least, claimed to be Henry VIII.
ENTREE #4
What the Pulitzer Prize-winner and Hall of Fame slugger shared the same wife (at different times).
Neither the Pulitzer Prize-winner nor the slugger was a "low man" on the totem pole, but many a character in a well-known drama written by the former was!
ENTREE #5
A period usually appears in the nickname of the singer/dancer.
The comedian does not hail from Moose Jaw in Saskatchewan, Canada... but it seems like he might.
ENTREE #6
"_ _ _ _ , jams _ _ _ _ ," is what the kindergarten teacher explained to her student during lunch hall after he had "glued" two of his Playskool Marvel Super Heroes together with strawberry preserves!
ENTREE #7
Who is the leader of the rock band?...
Who led who?!
Muddlers And Shakers Dessert:
Popeye "squeeze"? Checker dance craze?
LegoWhoGotMarriedToTheWidowNextDoorWhoHadBeenMarriedSevenTimeBef..."HeyHoneyWhereAreYouGoingWithThatGunInYourHanBANG!...
Geo, if your #4 starts with the phrase I think it is (which I'd considered prior to the hint), then like you, I had never heard of it either, until I, too, got summoned for duty in Dec. HOWEVER, I don't really understand why the word 'honour' appeared, or why it even had to appear. We're NOT supposed to use it, are we?
DeleteYes sending good thoughts and prayers to AL=- also my younger son in NYC-still snowing there. And a million minus power in Texas. We have -they say -thunderstorms today. It's fixin to rain a bit here.
DeleteAny slice clues left out there?
ReplyDeleteSlice Hint:
DeleteThe lovebirds in question were featured in an Oscar-winning movie based on a book by an author with the same initials as Mr. Miller's and Joltin' Joe's beloved.
LegoWhoFranklyMyPuzzleria!SolversDoesIndeedGiveAHooverStructure
This is Major Tom to ground control. I am floating in a most peculiar way. I don't have a clue and i don't know what to do.
ReplyDeleteHello all,
ReplyDeleteGood puzzles this week. I am currently in the midst of some genealogical puzzles, which are much tougher nuts to crack than this week's puzzles on Puzzleria!
As to this week's puzzles, I solved all except Entrées #4, #5, and the Dessert pre-hints. Post-Tuesday hints, now have all except Entrée #5.
Hope all enjoy my Worldplay puzzles.
geofan
Geofan,
DeleteI've only been able to solve #3(I think). Might you have any good hints for the other three? Rather tough ones, IMHO. BTW We're doing all right here in Jasper. The power never went off yesterday(thank God!), but they say there'll be some more winter storms coming tomorrow afternoon, possibly with thunder! They also said Winston County would be impacted, but they said nothing about Walker County, where we live. They're close together, though. Also, I think we have underground power lines(or I was led to believe that when we first moved in a few years ago), so ice on downed power lines doesn't seem to affect us here in our area(for now, anyway). We did have snow on the ground this morning, but it's all melted away by this afternoon.
pjbCurrentlyOutsideOurStudiosIt'sTheSameAsInsideExceptThereAreNoWalls
#1: Go to Wikipedia to see the two communities in AL and GA. The one in GA you likely have heard of; the one in AL maybe not (even though you live there).
Delete#2: Look at pictures of maps of the states. What else is there?
#4: Go to Wikipedia and look at "Jury selection in the United States". I only learned of the term when I myself was summoned to jury duty (and was not on a case).
geofan
Thanks for your Worldplay hints, geofan. Your puzzles are always good 'n' chewy 'n' tasty!
DeleteMy Entree #5 is pretty pop-culturey, perhaps not everybody's spot o' tea...
The final three letters of the surname of the dancer/singer (which are not a part of her nickname) spell a kind of candy dispenser.
The final three letters of the surname of the comedian spell the surname of an artist known for his "ambience."
LegoWhoAdmitsThatManyNuts(RangingFromRoughAndToughToNiceEnough)HaveFallenFromHisFamilyTree!
A "pop-culturey" hint for all three of those Worldplay puzzles each would've been more helpful. I got nothin'.
DeletepjbAnnouncingTheDefenseRestsAndWePleadInsanity,YourHonour!
pjb: Remember that I do not "do" pop culture. You will have to live with my hints, just as I have to live with your "pop-culturey" Cryptic clues.
DeleteJust go to the Wikipedia sites I noted, read them, and you should find the answers. It is far less work than the often hours- or even days-long Internet searches that I (also likely ViolinTeddy) must make to answer the pop-culture-related Puzzleria! puzzles.
geofan
Do you ever watch football?? Did you see the Weeknd?
DeleteIndeed, geo, those internet searches for rock music (ugh) and sports-y stuff that I know nothing about DO seem to take hours!
DeleteLast-minute Dessert Hint:
ReplyDeleteThe book is a novel by a British author (who may have been Fenster's partner in the early days of TV.)
LegoCheckingInChubbily
All pre-hints except as noted. © geofan 2021
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle: CAR PARTS => PAR, CARTS
Worldplay Appetizers:
#1: All are former state capitals of the states they are located in.
#2: State maps of MD almost always include the entire state of Delaware (and the entire District of Columbia). Maps of Massachusetts also could include all of CT and RI, but the CT + RI “wide rectangle” is suited to listing an index of place names or the like. DE is “tall and thin” and not well suited to such use.
#3: HALFTRACK – T => HALF RACK
#4: VOIR DIRE (“see say”) – IR + C => DIVORCE
Lovey-Dovey Slice: SCARLETT(O'Hara) – SCA; change L to R => RHETT(Butler)
Entrées
#1: ED PEGG => PEGGED
#2: EVELYN VARDEN(The Night of the Hunter) => E VARDEN => EVE ARDEN
#3: PETER NOONE(Herman's Hermits) – PE + AF => AFTERNOON(E)
#4: JOHN STEINBECK, married to ELAINE STEINBECK/SCOTT, married to ZACHARY SCOTT who is in Hollywood Walk of Fame [post-Tues-hint]
#5: ???
#6: (Ian) FLEMING – EM => FLING; E N M => MEN
#7: PETE TOWNSHEND => P TOWNSHEND sounds like PETE TOWNSHEND
Dessert: OLIVE(Popeye's SO), TWIST(Chubby Checker) => “Olive or twist?” => OLIVER TWIST [post-Tues-hint]
I object! Worldplay Appetizer #4 was a trick question. 'Cause Chevy didn't make a 327 in '55, the 327 didn't come out till '62. And it wasn't offered in the Bel Air with a four-barrel carb till '64. However, in 1964, the correct ignition timing would be four degrees before top-dead-center.
DeleteOH HECK, geo, my very first thought had been VOIR DIRE (which everyone on TV always pronounces wrong...it drives me crazy), but I took it no further (ie trying to remove two letters and add "C")...nuts!
DeleteQUESTION: where is the "U"...that was why I eliminated VOIR DIRE....if U was not supposed to be in there, what was all that about William and 'honour'?
DeleteCAR PARTS > PAR, CARTS
ReplyDeletePrevious state capitals
HALFTRACK > HALF RACK
ED PEGG > PEGGED
EVELYN VARDEN > EVE ARDEN
PETER NOONE > AFTERNOON
ARTHUR MILLER / JOE DIMAGGIO / MARILYN MONROE > THERMAL-ER
IAN FL(EM)ING > EN+M > MEN
PETE TOWNSHEND > P. TOWNSHEND
OLIVE OR TWIST? > OLIVER TWIST
2/17/21 21 degrees AM
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle:
Car parts -Par- Cart
Unbeatable Geo Fan Wordplay
1. Cities are former state capitals-. Some Antebellum like Millidgeville home of M.Taylor Green.
2. ???? Looks like a boot?
3. Half track- half/rack
4,??? Ad hoc
Symbol Of Serenity Slice:
Scarlet- rlet--Rhet “Gone with the wind”
ENTREE #1 Ed Peg- Pegged
ENTREE #2 Evelyn Varden- Eve-Arden
ENTREE #3 Peter Noone- Pe-+Af- Afternoon
ENTREE #4 Arthur Miller-Marilyn Monroe- Thermiller.
ENTREE #5 Tried to make Babs work- for Barb Streisand- J-lo-- Jay Leno
ENTREE #6 Ian Fleming- Fling--men
ENTREE #7 Pete Townshend- P -townshend
Dessert Olive or twist? Oliver twist.
I always thought that WV looks a bit like an obese praying mantis, or maybe a couch-potato T Rex
DeleteSCHPUZZLE, pre-hint: CAR PARTS => PAR CARTS
ReplyDeleteWORLDPLAY:
1. Exeter, NH; Lancaster, PA; New Castle, DE; New Bern, NC; Milledgeville, GA; Windsor,VT; Murfreesboro, TN; Chillicothe, OH; Calahaba, AL; Corydon, IN; Natchez, MS; Vandalia, IL; Saint Charles, MO; Iowa City, IA; Wheeling, WV; Guthrie, OK. ALL WERE STATE CAPITOLS AT SOME POINT.
2. ALL ITS COORDINATES ARE IN THE FIRST QUADRANT?, i.e. ITS ORIGIN WAS PINNED AT A POINT SOUTHWEST OF THE ENTIRE STATE.
3. MAXXPRO => MAX PRO
4. PETIT JURY minus “??“ & “C” => ???? [The closest I could think of was PERJURY, but there’s no “C” in it]
VALENTINE SLICE, pre-hint: SCARLETT & RHETT
ENTREES, all pre-hint:
1. ED PEGG => PEGGED. [FRASIER THEME SONG, “I’VE GOT YOU PEGGED.”]
2. EVELYN VARDEN => EVE ARDEN
3. PETER NOONE => (AF)TERNOON.
4. (AR)THUR MILLER => “THERMALER” [THERMAL WEAR]. In common with Joe DiMaggio: MARILYN MONROE
5. J.LO &. “EN” => JAY LENO
6. IAN FL(EM)ING => FLING; ‘EM’ & ‘EN' => MEN
7. PETE TOWNSHEND => P TOWNSHEND, i.e. sounds exactly the same.
DESSERT, pre-hint: "OLIVE OR TWIST" => OLIVER TWIST
ViolinTeddy - Interesting point, but not quite the case. The only state whose geographic center is outside the land area of the state is HI. See here.
DeleteI had thought that FL might be offshore, off the "crook" of FL, but not the case.
I did'nt make that up about the 'origin' of Maryland's coordinates being to the SW of the state itself...it was in some site I found via GOogle.
DeleteI'm repeating this post I'd put up above, for fear it wn't be seen up there:
DeleteQUESTION: where is the "U"...that was why I eliminated VOIR DIRE....if U was not supposed to be in there, what was all that about William and 'honour'?
Schpuzzle
ReplyDeleteCAR PARTS, PAR, CARTS
Appetizer Menu
Worldplay Conundrums
1. All were once state capitals.
2. State maps of Maryland almost always include the entire state of Delaware and the entire District of Columbia.
3. HALFTRACK, HALF RACK(my original answer: SPARTAN, SPA TAN)
4. VOIR DIRE, DIVORCE
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Lovey-Dovey Valentiny Slice
SCARLETT(O'Hara), RHETT(Butler)
Entrees
1. ED PEGG, PEGGED
2. EVELYN VARDEN, E. VARDEN(EVE ARDEN)
3. PETER NOONE, AFTERNOON
4. ARTHUR MILLER, "THERMALER"(Miller and Joe DiMaggio were both married to Marilyn Monroe.)
5. J. LO(JENNIFER LOPEZ), JAY LENO
6. IAN FLEMING, FLING, MEN
7. PETE TOWNSHEND, P. TOWNSHEND(Not your best, Lego, considering we were all expecting two DIFFERENT names.)
Dessert
"OLIVE OR TWIST?", OLIVER TWIST, by Charles Dickens
You've heard of "The Winter of Our Discontent"? So far I've been discontented with our winter.-pjb
This week's official answers for the record, part 1:
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle of the Week:
Mashie, niblick, cleek & spoon(erism)
Name a two-word category for “belts, rings, caps, hoods, shoes, pumps and hose.”
Spoonerize the two words to get two words associated with golf.
What are these four words?
Answer:
Car parts (fan BELTS, piston RINGS, gas CAPS, HOODS, brake SHOES, fuel PUMPS, radiator HOSE); Par, carts
(Note to Will: I did not include "mufflers" and "trunks" on the list because I thought that would make the puzzle too easy.)
Appetizer Menu
Terrapin State Turnpikes Appetizer:
A quzzical quartet to “Onquer”
Name this list
1. What is the link between the towns/small cities in the following list? Exeter, Lancaster, New Castle, New Bern, Milledgeville, Windsor, Murfreesboro, Chillicothe, Cahaba, Corydon, Natchez, Vandalia, Saint Charles, Iowa City, Vallejo, Wheeling, Guthrie.
Answer:
All are former state capitals of the states they are located in.
“I see Maryland, I see... ?”
2. In what way do most road maps of the state of Maryland, even official ones, differ from those of any other US state?
Answer:
State maps of MD almost always include the entire state of Delaware (and the entire District of Columbia). Maps of Massachusetts also could include all of CT and RI, but the CT + RI “wide rectangle” is suited to listing an index of place names or the like. DE is “tall and thin” and not well suited to such use.
Basic training
3. Think of a military vehicle. Drop the middle letter. The remaining two sets of letters are two words that name a fitness product. What are the vehicle and the fitness product?
Answer:
HALFTRACK – T => HALF RACK
William the Onquerer
4. Think of a phrase from (Anglo-Norman) French used in the USA and other countries with legal systems based on English common law. To honour William, keep the U in honour, but change two letters in the phrase to a single C. Rearrange the result to obtain a type of case processed in court.
Answer:
VOIR DIRE (“see say”) – IR + C => DIVORCE
MENU
Lovey-Dovey Slice:
“Just like Romeo and Juliet”
Romeo and Juliet, Lucy and Desi, Lois and Clark...
Remove the first three letters from the name of one of the sweethearts in a fourth romantic couple.
Replace one of the remaining letters of the result to spell the name of the other sweetheart.
What couple is this?
Answer:
Scarlett and Rhett; (Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler, of "Gone With the Wind")
Lego...
This week's official answers for the record, part 2:
ReplyDeleteRiffing Off Shortz And Pegg Slices:
Follow your initial instinct...
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Pegg Slices read:
ENTREE #1
Move the first name of a puzzle-maker to the end of his last name to form a word for what the center fielder did with the fly ball after he snagged it in order to nail the runner at home plate who had tagged up at third base.
Who is this puzzle-maker?
What is the word for what the center fielder did with the baseball?
Hint: The word for what the center fielder did is a word in the theme song of a multiple-Emmy-winning sitcom. The word is an approximate rhyme of a breakfast food in the song.
Answer:
Ed Pegg (Jr.) (The center fielder "pegged" the flyball homeward for the putout after he snagged it.
Hint
ENTREE #2
Think of an actress who portrayed a gregarious storekeeper in what is considered one of the greatest films of all time. Say this person’s first initial and last name out loud. It will sound like like the name of an Emmy winning actress who was also nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar.
Who are these actresses?
Answer:
Evelyn Varden; Eve Arden
ENTREE #3
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Think of a 1960s British pop idol, first and last names.
Replace the first syllable of his name, which sounds like a letter with letters that spell the letter ten places earlier in the alphabet.
The result sounds like a time of day.
Who is the pop star?
What is the time of day?
Answer:
Peter Noone; afternoon
ENTREE #4
Name a Pulitzer Prize-winner who shares something in common with a Hall of Fame slugger. The first two letters of the Prize-winner’s first name sound like a letter of the alphabet. Remove those two letters, leaving what sounds a lot like a a comparative adjective (not found in dictionaries) that sounds a lot like a three-syllable description of certain undergarments that are better able to trap and retain body heat than other undergarments.
Who are this Prize-winner and slugger. What do they share in common?
What is the adjective?
Answer:
Arthur Miller, Joe DiMaggio; (Both were married to Marilyn Monroe.)
ARTHUR MILLER=>THUR MILLER=>THERMALER
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ENTREE #5
Take the nickname of an dancer/singer who also acts. Insert a consonant (spelled with two letters) between the second and third letters of the nickname. The result sounds like the first and last names of a comedian,
Who are this dancer/singer and comedian?
Answer:
J. Lo (Jennifer Lopez); Jay Leno
ENTREE #6
Take the surname of a British novelist. Remove two consecutive letters from its interior that spell a letter of the alphabet, leaving a word for a casual or brief love affair. A featured character in the novels had several such affairs.
The first name of the novelist, spoken aloud, sound like two letters of the alphabet. Take those two letters and the interior letter you spelled from the surname and rearrange them to spell the word belonging in the blank in the following sentence:
“Since 1954, eight different ___ have portrayed the novelist’s featured character on the silver screen.”
Who is the novelist?
What is the word for the casual or brief love affair?
What is the word that belongs in the blank?
Answer:
Ian Fleming
Fling (Fleming-em=fling)
“Since 1954, eight different MEN have portrayed the novelist’s featured character on the silver screen.”
ENTREE #7
Think of a leader of one of the many rock bands from the 1960s-70s.
If you say this person’s first initial and last name out loud it will sound like a leader of one of those 1960s-70s rock bands.
WHO is it?
Answer:
Pete Townshend; ("P. Townshend" sounds like "Pete Townshend.")
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Muddlers And Shakers Dessert:
Not the Miller’s... the Mixologist’s Tale
Imagine a holiday party in which the host’s party-time paraphernalia includes a corkscrew, muddler, shaker, strainer, jigger and shot glass.
What three-word question might the host ask
his guests after employing those paraphernalia?
When spoken aloud the three words sound like a well-known book title.
What are these options?
Answer:
"Olive or twist?"
"Oliver Twist" by Charles Dickens
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