Schpuzzle of the Week:
“Doubleday? Nay! Smith!”
Two of these words, together, are a term for an unhindered basketball shot.
And two of them, together, are what an outfielder might do to a baserunner or what a dignitary might do with the first pitch.
What are these three words?
What are these two ways that the three words can be paired together?
Appetizer Menu
Names in the News, games that amuse... and confuse!
Shift the first letter of the first name 6 places
later in the alphabet and the result will be a palindrome – though one that doesn’t make any words.
3. A certain person – not new in the news – claimed in 2025 that they were a certain type of person.
Who is the person and what are the types of people?
Hint: An abbreviated Americanized version of the first name combined with a phonetic version of the last name will name a significant character on a classic television show.
Change the short vowel sound in the first name to a long vowel sound, and the result will be part of their last name.
Who is the actor?
6. Name 2 people who were once famous foes.
Combine their last names and the result will be the first and last name of someone who has won an Oscar and two Emmys, who also reached a certain milestone in 2025. Who are the foes and who is the award winner?
7. The first name of a former singer and actress who passed in 2025 consists of 3 first names in consecutive order.
Who is the singer/ actress and what are the names?
MENU
No ability? NoBility! Hors d’Oeuvre:
“Songwriting royalty reaping royalties?”
Take the surname of a member of “songwriting royalty” and a word for royal family members that appear in this tunesmith’s songs.
Who is this songwriter.
What is the word for royal family members?
What are the 6-letter noun and verb?
An “On The Ball” Slice:
Preservation, jarringly
Move the letters of that word four letters later in the alphabet to spell something you might then do to the contents of the jar.
What might you do to the jar and to its contents?
Riffing Off Shortz And Pegg Entrees:
“Nine-digit discount: $20.26!”
Will Shortz’s January 4th Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle (created by Ed Pegg Jr., who runs the website mathpuzzle.com.) reads:
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Pegg Entrees read:
Take the five digits that appear in the two prime factors of a four-digit number lately in the news. Place them in order, from lowest to highest, separated by commas.
The result is the first five numbers in a familiar mathematical sequence.
What is this four-digit number that has been lately in the news?
What are its prime factors?
What are the five numbers, in order from lowest to highest, separated by commas?
What is this familiar mathematical sequence?
What are the sixth, seventh and eighth numbers in that sequence?
ENTREE #2
What is the next number in this series: 1, 2, 0, 2, 0, 2, 0, 2, 0, ?
(Hint: think phonetically.)
What is the next number in this series: 7, 5, 5, 4, 7, 6, 6, ?
(Hint: look above.)
What is the next number in this series:
34, 58, 56, 60, 42, 52, ?
(Hint: check your spelling.)
What is the next number in this series? 10, 5,
9, 7, 6, 5, 7, 8, ?
(Hint: start with a U.S. state.)
What is the next number in this series?
4, 3, 3, 3, 5, 4, 5, ?
(Hint: a “matematica” puzzle, in a way.)
ENTREE #7
26, 26, 12, 5, 18, 9, ?
(Hint: Eat at Joe’s.)
(Note: Entree #8 was created and contributed by a very valued friend of Puzzleria! whose contributions are always welcomed with open arms and appreciated with open hearts.)
The first word in a type of drink followed by a brand name of personal care products spells out the name of a famous musician and recording industry executive. Who is it?
What is the next number in this series?
3, 5, 5,3, 5, 4, 3, 4, ?
(Hint: Qwerty)
What is the next number in the following series?
2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 4, 2, 3, ?
(Hint: Eat an omelet, but don't forget the ham!)
ENTREE #11
1, 3, 1, 4, 1, 5, ?
(Hint: an anagram of “This sum”)
Dessert Menu
The Well Underdressed Man Dessert:
French articles of speech & apparel
From a nine-letter article of apparel remove three letters that spell a French article (not an “article of apparel” but a “particle-of-speech”).
What is this article of apparel?
What is the word for places where such articles of apparel might be stored that is also a word for the articles of apparel themselves.
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Lego...
QUESTIONS?
ReplyDeleteHINTS!
ReplyDeleteFit a synonym of one of the Schpuzzle words inside a synonym of "haul" to get the middle name of the person in Appetizer #2.
DeleteVery nice observation, Paul.
DeleteThe middle name of that person in Appetizer #2 was his father's first name. ("Bunyea" was that father's middle name!)...
But, back to that "middle name of the person in Appetizer #2..." It contains 7 letters. Letters 1, 2, 4 6 and 7 spell a synonym of letters 2, 3, 4 and 5! (That's just "5" followed by and exclamation mark, not "5 factorial," or 5 X 4 X 3 x 2 x 1 = 120).
LegoWhoObservesThatTheDad'sMiddleName(Bunyea)IsAFamilyNameThatIsEvenMoreFunYeah!
The third, fourth and fifth letters of the last name spell a common opinion of the person and his associates.
DeleteSUNDAY HINTS FOR ENTREES 2-7:
Delete2. Won one for the Gipper.
3. Holsters should get this.
4. How is 4 > 5?
5. Currently 5.
6. A bit of a fib.
7. Catch a couple Z’s.
SUNDAY PM PUZZLE HINTS
DeleteSchpuzzle of the Week:
“Doubleday? Nay! Smith!”
"Charity stripe..."
"Whether its the right-fielder, left-fielder or prez who is pegging the "pill," the guy who has donned the "tools of ignorance" is often the recipient!
Appetizer Menu
Ecoarchitectural Appetizer:
Name Games in the News
I shall allow Ecoarchitect first crack at hinting... I shall remain on the sidelines unless the "clamoring" becomes unbeararablly deafening!
No ability? NoBility! Hors d’Oeuvre
“Songwriting royalty reaping royalties?”
A fellow Minnesotan is a member of (as has the same name as!) the “songwriting royalty” that appear in this tunesmith’s songs. Music critics have seldom dissed his songs by clobbering them with a humongous heavy skillet!.
An “On The Ball” Slice:
Preservation, jarringly
The thing you might do to a jar usually involves a counterclockwise manipulation.
What might you do to the jar's contents involves agitation, and perhaps blending.
Riffing Off Shortz And Pegg Entrees:
“Nine-digit discount: $20.26!”
ENTREE #1
The four-digit number lately in the news starts out with perfect vision... until a dog owner unleashes her rottweiler and yells a "Kill!" command!
(Note: See Nodd's hints to his Entrees #2 through #7 in his January 11, 2026 at 3:08 PM comment. Our thanks to him.)
ENTREE #8
I wonder if this musician has ever played a "treble harp..."
ENTREE #9
“A vulpine creature hurdles a canine creature.”
ENTREE #10
The tenth-and-last symbol in the series 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 4, 2, 3, ? represents a number that is at least twice as great as any of the previous nine numbers.
8 (The series consists of the numbers of letters in the words that open Hamlet's soliloquy: “To be or not to be, that is the QUESTION...”)
ENTREE #11
In the hint, substitute "This sum" (1,2,3,4,5,6,7) with (3,4,1,2,7,6,5).
Dessert Menu
The Well Underdressed Man Dessert:
French articles of speech & apparel
"Hey, empty those cartons of Lucky Strike smokes into my open backpack!"
"Hide my marijuana smokes in that flower pot!"
"Store these wine coolers into the cooler!"
LegoLateHinting
Thanks for the hints. Still missing App #3 and Entree #6. For App #3, based on the picture, I suspect I know who the person is (not Entree #8!), but can't remember or find that statement.
DeleteLego, I think you inadvertently published the answer to Entree 10 after your hint.
DeleteTortie, in Entree 6, the series is the same as in Entree 1, but in words, not numerals.
Well, someone is criminally late with hints. Withhold half their salary!
DeleteApp 1: changing the second letter of widow to the next vowel also yields a palindrome.
App 2: in the old timey days they'd try to do this to gain cattle, now they try to do this to win the election battle.
App 3: Members of a certain party celebrated losing someone last week; members of a certain team celebrated winning last night.
App 4: Unlike Charlie Brown, Ich liebe Lucy!
App 5: This actor sometimes fell for the Ottoman Empire.
App 6: The two foes were generally not civil, even though they were.
App 7: Helps if you've heard my Broken English.
The last four letters of the first noun in App 3 is something caused by the "someone else" in the puzzle five years ago.
DeleteThanks for the additional hints. I was able to solve App #3 and Entree #6. Also found an alt person for App #3.
DeleteYes, thanks, Eco. The hints allowed me to finish the Apps.
DeleteOnly thing I know for sure that I didn't know before is that Lego was going to show the answer to Entree #10 accidentally. Other than that, anything I already solved was just confirmed. Got nothing for what I have yet to solve, however.
DeletepjbWillSoonBePresentingSomethingNewToThisWebsiteThisThursday!
PUZZLE RIFFS!
ReplyDeleteMY PROGRESS SO FAR...
ReplyDeleteHave answers for everything but App #3 (is the answer the last name only?) and Entrees #2, 4, and 6. I'm probably on the right track for Entree #4.
DeleteFor App #3 the puzzle only involves the descriptions used about that person. Both words are nouns, but some low-intelligence people use them as adjectives. The actual person was just tossed in for fun.
DeleteOh, OK! For some reason, I thought the name was involved.
DeleteIF YOU HAVE COMMENTS THAT DO NOT PERTAIN TO ANY OF THE FOUR CATEGORIES ABOVE, YOU MAY WRITE THEM BELOW THIS POST. THANK YOU.
ReplyDeleteHappy Friday to all, hopefully in places that are having better weather than we are here in AL. They've been talking about flash flooding on the local news last night and today in our area, and it has been raining off and on today. Nothing too serious, just flooding. Anyway, we didn't eat out this evening, also because Mia Kate did something wrong and is now(as far as I know)still grounded. They did let her come over here to clean house, but not for very long. Mom and I are fine, but she says she was feeling a little dizzy earlier today. She's asleep in the recliner right now. We watched "Celebrity Wheel of Fortune" an hour ago, and I fixed a chicken Alfredo(capitalized in this case?)pizza and Mom had a Healthy Choice dinner(pineapple chicken). We were almost going to watch a rerun of "The Masked Singer" tonight, like the TV listings in the Weekend paper said, but then they had a special on about Rob Reiner's murder. Thank God for Ryan and Vanna and co.
ReplyDeleteSolved the Schpuzzle already, and Appetizers #4, #5, and #6, and the Slice, and Entrees #7, #8, #9, and #10, but that's it for now. Looking forward to any and all hints to come soon from all participants contributing to this week's blog.
Good luck in solving to all, and please stay safe, and I hope we'll all have better weather by Wednesday. Cranberry out!
pjbWillNextTryToSolveThisWeek'sGuardianPrizeCrossword---------WishHimLuck!
Schpuzzle: TWO, THREE, FOUR; THROW, FREE, OUT; FREE THROW, THROW OUT
ReplyDeleteApp:
1. ERIKA KIRK
2. RUSSELL VOUGHT, RUSTLE VOTE
3. (Post hint: ) TRUMP?, PATRIOT, TRAITOR (could also be Rob Gronkowski)
4. FRIED RICE, FRIEDRICH MERZ
5. DICK VAN DYKE
6. ROBERT E. LEE, ULYSSES S. GRANT, LEE GRANT
7. MARIANNE FAITHFULL, MARIA, RIAN, ANNE
Hors d’Oeuvre: DYLAN; PRINCES; LYRICS, PANNED
Slice: OPEN, STIR
Entrees:
1. 2026; 2, 1013; 0, 1, 1, 2, 3; FIBONACCI SEQUENCE; 5, 8, 13
2. (Post hint: ) 0 (perhaps debatable; Google search said “tenne” is a homophone for “ten”, but when I searched for the pronunciation, it had two syllables; number of homophones for numbers; one has won, two has to, too; etc.)
3. 7 (Neptune; number of letters in planet names from nearest to sun)
4. (Post hint: ) 65 (s (19) +e (5) +v (22) +e (5) +n (14) ; add up number positions of digits) (pre hint: knew it was alphanumeric; tried things like NATO alphabet and ASCII)
5. 8 (Harrison, number of letters in presidential last names)
6. (Post hint: ) 8 (number of letters in thirteen)
7. 1 (A; letter positions of each letter in Puzzleria!)
8. HERB ALPERT (HERBAL, PERT)
9. 3 (dog; the quick brown fox…)
10. 8 (question, to be or not to be…)
11. 6 (Panama; a man, a plan,…)
Dessert: UNDERWEAR; DRAWERS
SCHPUZZLE – TWO, THREE, FOUR; FREE, OUT, THROW; FREE THROW, THROW OUT
ReplyDeleteAPPETIZERS
1. ERIKA KIRK
2. RUSSELL VOUGHT
3. MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE; PATRIOT, TRAITOR
4. FRIED RICE => FRIEDRICH MERZ
5. DICK VAN DYKE
6. LEE, GRANT; LEE GRANT
7. MARIANNE FAITHFULL; MARIA, RIAN, ANNE
HORS D’OEUVRE – DYLAN, PRINCES => LYRICS, PANNED
SLICE – OPEN, STIR
ENTREES
1. 2026; 2 and 1013; 0, 1, 1, 2, 3; Fibonacci sequence; 5, 8, 13
2. 0 (The series consists of the number of English homophones each integer has, starting with one (won, to/too, [none], for/fore, [none], sics/sicks, [none], ate/ait, [none].) The next number, 10, has no homophones.)
3. 7 (The series consists of the number of letters in each planet of the solar system, proceeding outward. The next planet, Neptune, has 7 letters.)
4. 65 (The series consists of the alphanumeric values of the spelled-out numbers from 1 to 7. The next number, 7, has a value of 65.)
5. 8 (The series consists of the number of letters in the last names of the first 9 presidents. The ninth president was William Henry Harrison.)
6. 8 (The series consists of the number of letters in each spelled-out number of the Fibonacci sequence – 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 … The next number, 13, has 8 letters.)
7. 1 (The series consists of the alphanumeric values of the letters in “Puzzleria”. The next letter is A.)
8. HERB ALPERT
9. 3 (The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy DOG)
10. 8 (“To be, or not to be, that is the QUESTION”)
11. 1 (the 1’s could be “isthmuses” between the ascending numbers 3, 4, 5 …. But I’m sure Tortie’s answer is the correct one. I identified the picture as Panama but didn’t think of the quote.)
DESSERT: UNDERWEAR, DRAWERS
Schpuzzle
ReplyDeleteTWO, THREE, FOUR=FREE, THROW, OUT
Appetizer Menu
1. ERIKA KIRK, widow of CHARLIE KIRK(KRIKA KIRK)
2.RUSSELL VOUGHT, "RUSTLE VOTE"
3. MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE, PATRIOT, TRAITOR(according to Trump)
4. FRIED RICE, FRIEDRICH MERZ, Chancellor of Germany, FRED MERTZ("I Love Lucy")
5. DICK VAN DYKE, who turned 100 this past year
6. Generals LEE and GRANT, who fought in the Civil War; LEE GRANT, an actress who turned 90 this year
7. MARIANNE FAITHFULL(Maria, Rian, and Anne); GEOFFREY FAITHFUL
Menu
No Ability? NoBility! Hors d'Oeuvre
(Bob)DYLAN, PRINCES, LYRICS, PANNED
An "On The Ball" Slice
OPEN, STIR
Entrees
1. Our current year, 2026; 2 and 1013(2, 0, 1, 1, 3, according to the Fibonacci Sequence)
2. 0(It has to do with the numbers whose names have homophones, such as one/won, two/to/too, four/for/fore, etc.)
3. 7(They are all number amounts of the planets' names, and Neptune is next in the list.)
4. 65(alphanumeric values)
5. 8(They are number of letters in the first few president's names, and William Henry Harrison is next in the list.)
6. 8(They are all number amounts of the numbers' names in the Fibonacci Sequence.)
7. 1(Alphanumeric values of letters in "Puzzleria!", and A is next.)
8. HERB ALPERT(Herbal, Pert)
9. 3(The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy DOG.)
10. 8(To be or not to be that is the QUESTION.)
11. 6(A man, a plan, a canal---PANAMA.)
The Well Underdressed Man Dessert
UNDERWEAR-UNE=DRAWERS
"Masked Singer" is currently on. Will reveal results of it later.-pjb
1-14-26” 57 degrees today
ReplyDeleteSCHPUZZLE – Two, three, four, free, out, free throw, throw out
APPETIZERS
1. Erika Kirk, kirkakrik
2.
3. Marjorie Taylor Greene, pariot, traitor
4. Fried Rice, Freiderich Merz ( German Chancellor)
5. Dick Van Dyk
6. Lee, Grant, Lee Grant
7.
HORS D’OEUVRE –
SLICE
ENTREES
1. 2026; 2 and 1013; 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13– Fibonacci series
2.
3. 7 Planets, next in series is Neptune with seven letters.
4.
DESSERT: Underwear, drawers
"Masked Singer" Results:
ReplyDeleteLE WHO WHO=TIFFANY HADDISH
Rita Ora guessed correctly.
CROISSANTS=TODD & JULIE CHRISLEY
Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg guessed correctly.
The new host of "Fear Factor", Johnny Knoxville, was also on hand to present host Nick Cannon and the panelists special clues, which were inside boxes with snakes, tarantulas, sewer rats, millipedes, and hissing cockroaches.
Other contestants included High Voltage, Eggplant, Calla Lily, and Owl.-pjb
Yea- I thought it was the Chrisleys.
DeleteYikes, once again I completely forgot it was Wednesday...have a good excuse tho, as I just explained to PLantie in an email reply to him....our HOA had its big annual meeting, and this was my LAST night on the HOA board (after two years)...so I spent all afternoon doing "last minutes' duties, and not even thinking about P!
ReplyDeleteSCHPUZZLE: TWO, THREE, FOUR => FREE, THROW, OUT => FREE THROW, THROW OUT
APPETIZERS:
1. ERIKA KIRK => KRIKA KIRK
2. RUSSELL VOUGHT? STEALING VOTES?
3. DONALD TRUMP => FONALD TRUMP => FRONTAL DUMP (I simply couldn’t resist this anagram result, even tho I know this answer is wrong)
4. FRIED RICE => FRIEDRICH MERZ , new German chancellor. [Fred Mertz]
5. DICK VAN DYKE
6. GRANT & LEE => LEE GRANT
7. MARIANNE FAITHFULL? (MARIA, ARI, ANNE). [ARI FOLMAN]
HORS D’O: ???
SLICE: OPEN => STIR
ENTREES:
1. 2026 = 2 x 1013 => 0, 1, 1, 2, 3... => FIBONACCI SEQUENCE; 6th, 7th and 8th numbers are: 5, 8, 13
9. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog => 3
10. QUESTION => 8
11. 1, 3, 1, 4, 1, 5 ... => appears to me the next number should be another “1”, followed by a “6”. [NO idea what ‘ISTHMUS’ has to do with it]
DESSERT: UNDERWEAR minus “UNE” => DRAWERS [I don’t understand the hint in the slightest!]
This week's official answers for the record, part 1
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle of the Week:
“Doubleday? Nay! Smith!”
Anagram the combined letters in three consecutive integers to spell three words.
Two of these words, together, are a term for an unhindered basketball shot.
And two of them, together, are what an outfielder might do to a baserunner or what a dignitary might do with the first pitch. What are these consecutive integers and three words?
What are the two ways that they can be paired up?
Answer:
Two, Three, Four; Free, Throw, Out; Free throw, Throw out
(a FREE THROW is an unhindered basketball shot.
an outfielder might THROW OUT a baserunner at home plate (or a catcher might THROW OUT a baserunner at second or third base); a dignitary might THROW OUT the ceremonial first pitch)
Lego...
This week's official answers for the record, part 2
ReplyDeleteEcoarchitectural Appetizer:
Name Games in the News
1. Name someone whose name became well-known after a tragedy in 2025, 5 letters in the first name, 4 in the last. Shift the first letter of the first name 6 places later in the alphabet and the result will be a palindrome – though one that doesn’t make any words.
ANSWER: Erika Kirk → krikakirk. Erika Kirk is the widow of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated September 10, 2025.
2. The first and last name of someone who became better known in 2025 sounds like an old-timey Western term for what this person’s associates accused their opponents of trying to do. Who is the person and what did they accuse?
ANSWER: Russell Vought, rustle vote
3. A certain person – not new in the news – claimed in 2025 that they were a certain type of person. Shift the first letter 2 places later in the alphabet and rearrange to get the type of person someone else referred to them as. Who is the person and what are the types of people?
ANSWER: Patriot and Traitor.
4. Name a popular food in two words, 5 and 4 letters. Change the last letter of the 4 letter word to “h”, and the combined 9 letters will be the first name of someone who came into the news in 2025. Hint: An abbreviated Americanized version of the first name combined with a phonetic version of the last name will name a significant character on a classic television show.
ANSWER: Fried rice – Friedrich Merz, elected German Chancellor on May 6, 2025. Fred Mertz was the downstairs neighbor in “I Love Lucy”.
5. A well-known actor, who has won numerous Emmys, reached a certain milestone in 2025. Change the short vowel sound in the first name to a long vowel sound, and the result will be part of their last name. Who is the actor?
ANSWER: Dick Van Dyke. He turned 100 on December 13th this year.
6. Name 2 people who were once famous foes. Combine their last names and the result will be the first and last name of someone who has won an Oscar and two Emmys, who also reached a certain milestone in 2025. Who are the foes and who is the award winner?
ANSWER: (Robert E.) Lee and (Ulysses S.) Grant → Lee Grant. In 1976 she won Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Shampoo; she turned 100 on October 31st.
7. The first name of a former singer and actress who passed in 2025 consists of 3 first names in consecutive order. The second name is a bit obscure, though there is a director/ producer/ writer with that name who has been nominated twice for an Academy Award, and won numerous other awards. Who is the singer/ actress and what are the names?
Marianne (Faithfull) → Mari, Rian (film director Johnson), Anne. Perhaps forgotten by many, she was one of the leading female artists of the British Invasion in the United States, and was romantically involved with Mick Jagger for 4 years. She died January 39, 2025.
ANSWERS:
1. Erika Kirk → krikakirk. Erika Kirk is the widow of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated September 10, 2025.
2. Russell Vought, rustle vote
3. Patriot and Traitor.
4. Fried rice – Friedrich Merz, elected German Chancellor on May 6, 2025. Fred Mertz was the downstairs neighbor in “I Love Lucy”.
5. ANSWER: Dick Van Dyke. He turned 100 on December 13th this year.
6. (Robert E.) Lee and (Ulysses S.) Grant → Lee Grant. In 1976 she won Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Shampoo; she turned 100 on October 31st.
7. Marianne (Faithfull) → Mari, Rian (film director Johnson), Anne.
Lego...
This week's official answers for the record, part 3
ReplyDeleteMENU
No ability? NoBility! Hors d’Oeuvre
“Songwriting royalty reaping royalties?”
Take the surname of a member of “songwriting royalty” and a word for royal family members that appear in this tunesmith’s songs.
Rearrange these combined letters to spell a 6-letter noun for verses composed by this writer and a 6-letter past-tense verb that music critics have seldom done to his songs.
Who is this songwriter.
What is the word for royal family members?
What are the 6-letter noun and verb?
Answer:
(Bob) Dylan, princes; lyrics, panned
("All Along the Watchtower" "Song to Woody," "Dignity")
An “On The Ball” Slice:
Preservation, jarringly
Name something you might do to a jar. Move the letters of that word four letters later in the alphabet to spell something you might then do to the contents of the jar.
What might you do to the jar and to its contents?
Answer:
Open; Stir
Lego...
This week's official answers for the record, part 4
ReplyDeleteRiffing Off Shortz And Pegg Entrees:
“Nine-digit discount: $20.26!”
Will Shortz’s January 4th Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle (created by Ed Pegg Jr., who runs the website mathpuzzle.com.) reads:
Take the nine digits: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. You can group some of them and add arithmetic operations to get 2011 like this: 1 + 23 ÷ 4 x 5 x 67 - 8 + 9. If you do these operations in order from left to right, you get 2011. Well, 2011 was 15 years ago. Can you group some of the digits and add arithmetic symbols in a different way to make 2026? The digits from 1 to 9 need to stay in that order. I know of two different solutions, but you need to find only one of them.
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Pegg Entrees read:
ENTREE #1
Take the five digits that appear in the two prime factors of a four-digit number lately in the news. Place them in order, from lowest to highest, separated by commas. The result is the first five numbers in a familiar mathematical sequence.
What is this four-digit number that has been lately in the news?
What are its prime factors?
What are the five numbers, in order from lowest to highest, separated by commas?
What is this familiar mathematical sequence?
What are the sixth, seventh and eighth numbers in that sequence?
Answer:
2026;
2 x 1013;
0, 1, 1, 2, 3...
Fibonacci Sequence
...5, 8, 13...
Lego...
This week's official answers for the record, part 5
ReplyDelete(Note: Entrees #2 through #7 were created and contributed by our friend Nodd, whose “Nodd ready for prime time” is featured regularly on Puzzleria!)
ENTREE #2
What is the next number in this series: 1, 2, 0, 2, 0, 2, 0, 2, 0, ? (Hint: think phonetically.)
ANSWER:
0 (The series consists of the number of English homophones each integer has, starting with one (won, to/too, [none], for/fore, [none], sics/sicks, [none], ate/ait, [none].) The next number, 10, has no homophones.)
ENTREE #3
What is the next number in this series: 7, 5, 5, 4, 7, 6, 6, ? (Hint: look above.)
ANSWER:
7 (The series consists of the number of letters in each planet of the solar system, proceeding outward. The next planet, Neptune, has 7 letters.)
ENTREE #4
What is the next number in this series: 34, 58, 56, 60, 42, 52, ? (Hint: check your spelling.)
ANSWER:
65 (The series consists of the alphanumeric values of the spelled-out numbers from 1 to 7. The next number, 7, has a value of 65.)
ENTREE #5
What is the next number in this series? 10, 5, 9, 7, 6, 5, 7, 8, ? (Hint: start with a U.S. state.)
ANSWER:
8 (The series consists of the number of letters in the last names of the first 9 presidents. The ninth president was William Henry Harrison.)
ENTREE #6
What is the next number in this series?
4, 3, 3, 3, 5, 4, 5, ?
(Hint: a “matematica” puzzle, in a way.)
ANSWER:
8 (The series consists of the number of letters in each spelled-out number of the Fibonacci sequence: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 … The next number, 13, has 8 letters.)
ENTREE #7
What is the next number in this series? 16, 21, 26, 26, 12, 5, 18, 9, ? (Hint: Eat at Joe’s.)
ANSWER:
1 (The series consists of the alphanumeric values of the letters in “Puzzleria”. The next letter is A.)
(Note: Entree #8 was created and contributed by a very valued friend of Puzzleria! whose contributions are always welcomed with open arms and appreciated with open hearts.)
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This week's official answers for the record, part 6
ReplyDeleteENTREE #8
The first word in a type of drink followed by a brand name of personal care products spells out the name of a famous musician and recording industry executive. Who is it?
Answer:
SOLUTION to the above: HERBAL (tea) + PERT = HERB ALPERT
ENTREE #9
What is the next number in this series? 3, 5, 5, 3, 5, 4, 3, 4, ? (Hint: Qwerty)
ANSWER:
3 (The series consists of the numbers of letters in the words of “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.” The next number is 3, the number of letters in "dog.")
ENTREE #10
What is the next number in this series? 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 4, 2, 3, ? (Hint: Eat an omelet, but don't forget the ham!)
ANSWER:
8 (The series consists of the numbers of letters in the words that open Hamlet's soliloquy: “To be or not to be, that is the QUESTION...”)
ENTREE #11
What is the next number in this series? 1, 3, 1, 4, 1, 5, ?
(Hint: an anagram of "This sum")
ANSWER: 6
(The series consists of the alphanumeric values of the letters in the palindrome: A man, a plan, a canal... Panama!”)
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The Well Underdressed Man Dessert:
French articles of speech & apparel
From a nine-letter article of apparel remove three letters that spell a French article (not an “article of apparel” but a “particle-of-speech”).
Rearrange the result and add an “s” to the end to spell a word for places where such articles of apparel might be stored. This plural word is also a word for the articles of apparel themselves.
What is this article of apparel?
What is the word for places where such articles of apparel might be stored that is also a word for the articles of apparel themselves.
Answer:
Underwear;
underwear drawers
Underwear – Une => drwear => drawer+s => drawers
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