NPR SUNDAY PUZZLE from this last weekend!

Every answer is a famous person whose first or last name is geographical -- city, state, country, or otherwise.

Ex. Novelist Jack  -->  Jack LONDON ("The Call of the Wild")

 

 

1.   Actor Joaquin

 

2. Actor Gooding Jr.

 

3. Artist O'Keeffe

 

4. Media personality Hilton

 

5. Composer Irving

 

6. Actress Fanning

 

7. Actress Ferrera

 

8. Adventurer in film Jones

 

9. Spy in film Powers

 

10. Video game traveler Carmen

 

11. Artist Pollock

 

12. [Phonetic:] Jazz pianist Chick

 

Answer Keys  

    1.  Joaquin PHOENIX

    2.  CUBA Gooding Jr.

    3.  GEORGIA O’keefe

    4.  PARIS Hilton

    5.  Irving BERLIN

    6.  DAKOTA Fanning

    7.  AMERICA Ferrera

    8.  INDIANA Jones

    9.  AUSTIN Powers

    10.   Carmen SANDIEGO

    11.   JACKSON Pollock

    12.   Chick COREA (the sound of the country KOREA in this answer)