Live and Learn English with Jean Lee

  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

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

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    OUTDATED 9.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

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

This week's on-air puzzle on NPR comes from listener Dan Pitt of Palo Alto, Calif. You will be given common five-letter words in Spanish. (meaning of each Spanish word inside parenthesis)   Just rearrange the letters to make common five-letter English words.   Example: ROBAR (to steal) --> ARBOR 1.    ECHAR (to throw) 2.    TOCAR (to touch) 3.    TOSER (to cough) 4.    TENER (to have) 5.    LAVAR (to wash) 6.    ABRIR (to open) 7.    SOLER (to usually do) 8.    HABER (to have) 9.    PONER (to put) 10.   DECIR (to say or tell) 11.  ODIAR (to hate)   Answer Keys 1.    Reach 2.    Actor 3.    Store 4.    Enter 5.    Larva 6.    Briar 7.    Loser 8.    Rehab 9.    Proud 10.          ...

The four rarest letters in English are J, Q, X, and Z — which together account for less than 1% of all use in the language. I'm going to give you some words. Change a single letter in each one to a J, Q, X, or Z to make a new word. Example: MANOR --> MAJOR 1.    SUITE 2.    ENACT 3.    INSECT 4.    EITHER 5.    CONVEY 6.    DUALITY   Answer Keys 1.    QUITE 2.    EXACT 3.    INJECT 4.    ZITHER 5.    CONVEX 6.    QUALITY    

  “Word Power” The following quiz was created by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, who were inspired by the book “You’re Saying It Wrong” by Ross and Kathryn Petras. Check them out to see how many of the words you, using the context of each sentence.   1.    People on our block are still picking up detritus from Billy’s birthday bash.    (      ) a.    subtracted amount b.    debris c.    falsified claim   2.    If Dad wants to regift his dinosaur tie, that’s his prerogative.    (         ) a.    educated guess b.    first choice c.    special right   3.    But enough about you; let’s segue to the topic of snakes.    (        ) a.    transition b.    completely surround c.    begin a court case   ...