Time to play the puzzle from NPR Sunday On-Air Challenge! Find a familiar 2-word phrase or a compound word in which the 1st part begins with BR- & the 2nd part begins with B-!!!

 

In texting, "brb" means "be right back." Every answer today is a compound word or a familiar two-word phrase in which the first part starts BR- and the second part starts with B-.

 

Ex. One making a span across a river --> BRIDGE BUILDER

 

1. 2005 movie "___ Mountain"

 

2. Container of loaves from a bakery

 

3. Traditional container in which to take a lunch to work

 

4. Musical ensemble in a military parade

 

5. To intimidate or bully

 

6. Secondary financial institution

 

7. 1970s sitcom with parents Mike and Carol and their six kids

 

8. Nickname for the New York Yankees

 

9. AMC crime drama starring Bryan Cranston

 

10. Prickly shrub of the rose family

 

11. Very difficult puzzle

 

Answer Keys

    1.  Brokeback

    2.  Bread Box/or Basket

    3.  Brown Bag

    4.  Brass Band

    5.  Browbeat

    6.  Branch Bank

    7.  Brady Bunch

    8.  Bronx Bombers

    9.  Breaking Bad 

    10. Bramble Bush

    11.  Brain Buster/ Bender