SUNDAY PUZZLE from NPR! Find the titles of Horror Flicks!

 Are you a big fan of horror films? Summer is the good time to enjoy horror flicks at night. 

Every answer today is the name of a classic horror film or thriller. I'll give you anagrams of the titles. You name the films.

 

Ex. WAS --> Saw

1. DUAL CAR

2. LONE WHALE

3. MR. CASE

4. RACIER

5. SALINE

6. GETS POLITER

7. TOE TUG (2 words)

 

Answer Keys

    1.  DRACULA

    2.  HALLOWEEN

    3.  SCREAM

    4.  CARRIE

    5.  ALIENS

    6.  POLTERGEIST

    7.  GET OUT

The latest NPR Sunday Puzzle aired today! Find the hidden capital cities in sentences!

Read out loud the following sentences. Each conceals the name of a world capital phonetically (NOT spelling-wise) somewhere within it.

 

Example: Have you heard the new eBay jingle? --> BEIJING

 

1. Is everyone at the mosque obeying he rules?

2. Show me the new saddlebag daddy bought.

3. We knew deli-made sandwiches would be better than home-made ones.

4. Three ninja cart away hundreds of swords.

5. A dog and a cat — man, do they fight!

6. Is the twist-tie paper or plastic?

7. Park rangers wonder — can bear attacks harm humans?

8. I remember Lyndon Johnson

9. You can't compare Islamic and Hindu traditions.

10. At clown school Clarabelle graded all the other students.

11. The racing enthusiast wanted a NASCAR tombstone.

 

Answer Keys

1.  Moskow (Mosque obeying)

2.  Bagdad (saddlebag daddy)

3.  New Delhi (knew deli-made)

4.  Jakarta (ninja cart away)

5.  Kathmandu (cat man, do)

6.  Taipei (twist-tie paper)

7.  Canberra (can bear attacks)

8.  Berlin (remember Lyndon)

9.  Paris (compare Islamic)

10.              Belgrade (Clarabelle graded)

11.              Khartum (NASCAR tombstone)

The latest NPR Sunday Puzzle! Using clues and adding the alphabet D to find words!

I'm going to give you clues for two words. Add the letter D at the end of the answer to the first clue to get the answer to the second one.

Example: Wild hog / Get on, as a train --> BOAR/D

 

1. Person who saves the day / Biblical king

 

2. German wife / Criminal activity

 

3. Smile / Use a whetstone

 

4. Prayer ending / Alter

 

5. Peruse / Total up again

 

6. Lumbering forest animal (2 words) / Famous pirate

 

Answer Keys

    1.  hero/ Herod

    2.  frau/ fraud

    3.  grin/grind

    4.  Amen/amend

    5.  read/re-add

    6.  black bear/ Black Beard

Let's make a new bunch of 8-letter-words by adding two letters!

Here is the latest Sunday Word Puzzle aired on NPR today. I'm going to give you some six-letter words. Insert two new letters between the first and second letters of my word to make a familiar eight-letter word.

Example: BEHEAD --> BONEHEAD

1. ATOMIC

2. SUNKEN

3. LAMENT

4. MAROON

5. ORATOR

6. DONATE

7. CINDER

8. INSIDE

9. HACKER

 

Answer Keys

    1.  anatomic

    2.  shrunken

    3.  ligament

    4.  macaroon

    5.  operator

    6.  detonate

    7.  cylinder

    8.  ironside

    9.  hijacker

The latest NPR Sunday Puzzle aired on May 1st

I'm going to give you some four-letter words. Name a capital city that conceals each word in consecutive letters.

 

(*picture source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7399879/European-capital-cities-dominate-list-worlds-FASTEST-public-transport-systems.html) 

Example: THEN --> ATHENS

1. OPEN

2. QUIT

3. SINK

4. PEST

5. LUMP

6. DISH

7. TO-DO

 

ANSWER KEYS

1.  Copenhagen

2.  Quito

3.  Helsinki

4.  Budapest

5.  Kuala Lumpur

6.  Mogadishu

7.  Santo Domingo

Ready to solve May quiz?

 Quiz about the Month of May

 April showers bring May flowers! Hope everyone has rosy days ahead in May.

     1.   What's the birthstone of May, which represents love and success?

 

    2.   Which tennis Open Championship normally begins in the last week of May? ________________ OPEN

 

    3.   What are the two zodiac signs for the month of May?  T____________ & G______________

 

    4.   Which sweetly scented, highly poisonous woodland flowering plant is the birth flower of May?     L____________ of the Valley

 

    5.   Historically, what sort of dancing has been linked to May Day celebrations?  M_____________  Dancing

 

    6.   How long is the lifespan for the adult female Mayfly, Dolania americana: 5 minutes, 5 hours, or 5 days?

 

    7.   What is the more common name for the Mayflower shrub?

 

    8.   Victory in Europe Day, generally known as V-E Day, was celebrated on which day in May, 1945?

 

    9.   In the nursery rhyme 'Nuts in May', on what sort of morning are the nuts gathered? On a cold and _________________ morning

10. Which American federal holiday, sometimes called Decoration Day, is currently observed every year on the last Monday of May?

 

*source of the quiz: freepubquiz.co.uk

 

 

 

<Answer Keys>

    1.  Emerald

    2.  French Open

    3.  Taurus (until May 20) and Gemini (May 21 onwards)

    4.  Lily of the Valley

    5.  Morris Dancing

    6.  5 minutes

    7.  Hawthorn

    8.  8th May

    9.  frosty morning

   10. Memorial Day

Let us play this last Sunday's Puzzle from NPR!

 You are given two things on each question. Name something they have in common. Hint: Every answer is a five-letter plural.

Ex. The hair / Actor in a play --> PARTS

1. Circus / Telephone

2. Blog / Fence

3. Photographer / Vaccination center

4. Tennis match / Cinderella

5. Atoms in a molecule / 007 movie

6. Judge / Beer distributor

7. Ship / Blackjack dealer

8. Safe / Wig store

9. Clock / Bridge game

10. Gas station / Women's shoe store

 

Answer Keys

    1.  rings  

    2.  posts

    3.  shots

    4.  balls

    5.  bonds

    6.  cases

    7.  decks

    8.  locks

    9.  hands

    10. pumps