Time to play the puzzle from the NPR Sunday On-Air Challenge! Fine the words that have long 'a' sound & the long 'i' sound!

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The theme of today's puzzle is A.I. every answer is a familiar two-word phrase or name in which the first word has a long -A vowel sound /ey/, and the second word has a long-I vowel sound /ay/.

 

1. Numbers after six, seven

 

2. Shortest distance between two points

 

3. Fear of speaking before a large audience

 

4. Direct interaction with someone one on one

 

5. One of two things on the rear of a car

 

6. Two-wheeler you can pedal off-road

 

7. Injury that might come with venom

 

8. Have a short break

 

9. What cuts a porterhouse or T-bone

 

10. Increase in salary

 

11. Manicurist's implement

 

12. Astronaut's trip

 

13. Like cornstalks that reach halfway up the body

 

14. Fearsome shark

 

 






Answer Keys

1.     eight, nine

    2.     straight line

    3.     stage fright

    4.     face time

    5.     tail light

    6.     trail bike

    7.     snake bite

    8.     take five

    9.     steak knife

    10.  pay hike

    11.  nail file

    12.  space flight

    13.  waist high

    14.  Great White

 

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