Here's the NPR Weekend Puzzle from this last Sunday!

Each question has two words. Drop one letter in each of them to leave two words that are in the same category of things.

Example: DRILL STAGE --> dill & sage (both herbs)

(*picture source: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Related-Words-Categories-3255955)

1.   THEN THIRSTY

2.   BOOST SHORE

3. LINDEN SATING

4. BUNGLE SHORN

5. JUDGE PESTER

6. CANINES NIECE

7. COUNTY PEARL

8. BRASS TREMBLE

9. LOITER GALLEON

10. LAUNCH SCUPPER

<Answer Keys>

1.   ten & thirty (numbers)

2.   boot & shoe (footwear)

3.   linen & satin (cloth)

4.   bugle & horn (wind instruments)

5.   Jude & Peter (Saints)

6.   Cannes & Nice (famous resort areas in Southern Coast of France)

7.   Count & Earl (the nobility ranking)

8.   bass & treble  (the functions that change the lower and higher frequency of audio)

9.   liter & gallon (units for liquid measurement)

10. lunch & supper (meals)

Quotes to Live by in Times of Trouble

Times flies even when we’re NOT having fun. For every living things on the earth, the past two years have felt like blank pages full of a lot of muted pain, frustration, and dark despair. Even though there seems to be no clear finish line to this uneasy situation, let us keep hoping and praying for another sunrise when we all could breathe out a sigh of relief and say “Whew…it was a tough ride. Now it is history, ain’t it?” Here I am presenting some invaluable quotes of famous people, through which we are able to gain confidence get back on our own feet in times of trouble.

 

(*image source: https://steemit.com/life/@rydographer/life-full-of-pains) 

 

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”…. Winston Churchill

 

 

 

“If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.”…. Dolly Parton

 

 

 

“If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.” …. Martin Luther King Jr.

 

 

 

““The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” …. Michael Altshuler

 

 

 

“Never apologize for being sensitive or emotional. Let this be a sign that you’ve got a big heart and aren’t afraid to let others see it. Showing your emotions is a sign of strength.”…Brigette Nicole

 

 

 

“Throw me to the wolves and I will return leading the pack.” ….Seneca

 

 

 

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” …. Elenor Roosevelt

 

 

 

“I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.”…. Louisa May Alcott

 

 

 

“Accept the pain, but don't accept that you deserved it.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Oathbringer

 

 

 

“Life is a mosaic of pleasure and pain - grief is an interval between two moments of joy.”….Sathya Sai Baba

Time to play the latest Sunday Puzzle by Will Shortz from NPR! Pay 'A-T tention' to the following words!

I'm going to give you clues for two words. Insert the letters A-T consecutively inside the answer to the first clue to get the answer to the second.

Example: One who says "Semper fi" / Soak in herbs and spices --> MARIN(AT)E

1. Go through again, as an experience / Uncle or cousin

2. Hunter constellation / Grand speech

3. Name of a sea off the coast of Alaska / Chewing out

4. Buddhist place of worship / Shaped pattern used for making reproductions

5. Voltaire satire / One running for office

6. Pierce slightly, as with a needle / Saint celebrated on March 17

7. Longtime leader of Cuba / Male singer with a high voice

8. Like flypaper / Like radio reception during a storm

9. Act of changing from one form to another, as Fahrenheit to Celsius / Chat between two or more people

(*picture source: https://www.123rf.com/photo_63397116_stock-vector-a-t-vintage-initials-symbol-letters-a-t-ampersand-surrounded-floral-ornament-wedding-or-business-par.html)

Answer Keys

1. rel(at)tive: relive/relative 

2. or(at)ion: orion/oration

3. Ber(at)ing: Bering/ berating

4. templ(at)e: temple/ template

5. Candid(at)e: Candide/ Candidate

6. p(at)rick: prick/ Patrick

7. Castr(at)o: Castro/ Castrato

8. st(at)icky: sticky/ staticky

9. convers(at)ion: conversion/ conversation

Time to play the latest Sunday Puzzle created by Will Shortz on NPR!

 I'm going to give you some categories in two words. You name something in each category starting with each initial in the category. Any answer that works is fine.

Example: Zoo Animals --> Zebra, Aardvark

 

1. Family Members

2. European Volcanoes

3. Road Signs

4. Seven Dwarfs

5. Circus Acts

6. Bakery Products

7. College Majors

 

*Picture Source: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/word-game-categories-11298035

Answer Keys

1.   father, mother

2.   Etna, Vesuvius

3.   railroad crossing, stop

4.   Sleepy, Dopey

5.   clown, acrobat

6.   buns, pie

7.   Chemistry, mechanical engineering

Time to play the NPR Sunday Puzzle! Find the words that end in /loo/ sound in any spellings!

It was the last Sunday Word Puzzle with the host Lulu Garcia-Navaro. L She will be dearly missed. Every answer today is a word or name that ends in the syllable "loo" sound (in any spelling).

Ex. Big ruckus --> HULLABALOO

 

1. home for an Inuit

2. Poet Maya

3. Star Trek helmsman, originally played by George Takei

4. Member of a South African people

5. Studio that made I Love Lucy

6. Capital of Hawaii

7. Polynesian country about midway between Hawaii and Australia

8. Singer Harris in the Country Music Hall of Fame

9. Where Napoleon was defeated

10. NPR host who will be greatly missed

Lulu Garcia-Lavarro, the host of NPR Sunday Puzzle (Photo by Erin Schaff)

Answer Keys

1. Igloo

2. Angelou

3. Sulu

4. Zulu

5. Desilu

6. Honolulu

7. Tuvalu

8. Emmylou

9. Waterloo

10. Lulu

Time to play the latest NPR Sunday Puzzle!

Every answer today is a word or phrase in which the only consonants are D and T, repeated as often as necessary. All the other letters are vowels.

Example: "Same here" --> DITTO

1. Was on a weight-loss regimen

2. Surpassed in accomplishment

3. Cry of achievement

4. Behaved obsequiously

5. Checked the financial records of

6. Having an uneven number of appendages on the foot

7. Insolent manner

8. Obsolete

9. Removed from an article intended for publication

 

Answer Keys

1.   DIETED

2.   OUTDID

3.   I DID IT

4.   TOADIED

5.   AUDITED

6.   ODDTOED

7.   ATTITUDE

8.   OUTDATED

9.   EDITED OUT

Find the words from given categories! (NPR Sunday Word Puzzle)

I'll give you some categories and two things in each one. You name the only other thing in that category that fits between the given two alphabetically.

Example: A brother and a daughter are both members of a family. If I asked, "What member of a family fits between BROTHER and DAUGHTER alphabetically?," you'd say COUSIN

1. Positions in Baseball — CATCHER, FIRST BASE

2. Birthstones — DIAMOND, GARNET

3. Rooms in the Game 'Clue' — CONSERVATORY, HALL

4. Original Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream Flavors — ROCKY ROAD, VANILLA

5. Best Actor Oscar Winners — NEWMAN, NIVEN

6. Best Actress Oscar Winners — SPACEK, STREISAND

7. Vegetables in V8 Juice — PARSLEY, TOMATOES

8. Triple Crown Winners — AFFIRMED, ASSAULT

9. Forms of Precipitation — RAIN, SNOW

 

Answer Keys

1. centerfield

2. emerald

3. Dining room

4. strawberries

5. Nicolson

6. Streep

7. spinach

8. American Pharoah

9. showers