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Time to play the word puzzle from NPR! Find the two-word phrase/ name with the initital T and F!

Today's puzzle is sort of a true/false test. Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase or name with the initials T- F-.

 


Ex. Rest for a few minutes --> TAKE FIVE

 

1. The I.R.S.'s 1040, for example

 

2. Like an 800-number telephone call

 

3. Basketball infraction involving unsportsmanlike behavior

 

4. Variant of a sport in which tackling isn't allowed

 

5. African insect that causes sleeping sickness

 

6. Who's said to leave money under a pillow for a child

 

7. Legal entity in which assets are set aside for a loved one

 

8. Two-pronged device to help musicians determine pitch

 

9. Idaho city on the Snake River

 

10. Former "S.N.L." comedian who created "30 Rock"

 

11. Where the action is on a stock exchange

 

12. Amount that a cabbie charges

 

13. What "Tempus fugit" means in English

 

14. Our current year, Two thousand ___

 

 

Answer Keys

    1.  Tax Form    

    2.  Toll Free

    3.  Technical Foul

    4.  Touch Football

    5.  Tsetse Fly

    6.  Tooth Fairy

    7.  Trust Fund

    8.  Tuning Fork

    9.  Twin Falls

    10. Tina Fey

    11.  Trading Floor

    12.  Taxi Fare

    13.  Time Flies!

    14.  Twenty-Four

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