Synopsis of
NPR Weekend Edition puzzle
with Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Will Shortz
2021-01-10
The listener challenge last week was from listener Robert Flood
of Allen, Texas: Think of a seven-letter hyphenated word for a
kind of cooking. Change the middle letter to get a new word
describing a kind of music. What words are these? The answers
are bar-b-que and baroque. This should make Kristy happy. She
revealed in our 2006-03-05 synopsis that, “My favorite word
containing a Q is baroque. Each week, I listen to
Sunday Baroque.”
Lulu reported over 1,500 correct entries.
The on-air player is Nick Lewis from Montclair, New Jersey. He is
from Texas, but tex-mex is only 6 letters. He has played the NPR
puzzle for a long time, back to postcard days. He was excited to
get the call, but his wife was screaming. He is a fan of Australian
baseball because when his wife was assigned to work there in the
late 80’s, he became general counsel for the nascent baseball
league there.
Today’s on-air puzzle is called, “Categories First.” For each
category, name members of that category that start with each of
the letters F, I, R. S and T. For example, if the category were,
“Girl's Names,” then the answers could be Flo, Iris, Rosa, Sarah
and Teresa..
Categories:
1. State capitals
2. Parts of the human body that are common to both genders
3. Terms in mathematics
4. Appliances you plug in
Answers are near the end of this synopsis.
This week's challenge comes from listener Michael Shteyman, of
Freeland, Maryland. Name a person in 2011 world news in eight
letters. Remove the third, fourth and fifth letters. The remaining
letters, in order, will name a person in 2021 world news. What
names are these?
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Puzzles, and contents of Weekend Edition/Sunday puzzle
segment are copyrighted 2020, by Will Shortz and NPR.
Reprinted here with permission.
Here's our regular monthly puzzle transcription schedule:
1st Sunday Joe
2nd Sunday Richard
3rd Sunday Joe
4th Sunday Richard
5th Sunday Kristy
Our e-mail addresses are:
Richard Renner <rrennerATigc.org>
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No mail this week.
Hints:
1. State capitals: the two R’s are in the east coast, Mid-Atlantic
and South
2. Parts of the human body: for R, think about inside the chest
4. Appliances you plug in: for R and S, think of appliances you
use in the kitchen; for R think of something large
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Twitter: @rennerr3
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Categories
|
F
|
I
|
R
|
S
|
T
|
1. State
capitals
|
Frankfurt
(KY), not
Fargo
(ND)
|
Indianapolis (IN)
|
Raleigh
(NC),
Richmond
(VA)
|
Salem
(OR),
Sacramento (CA),
Salt Lake
City (UT),
Santa Fe
(NM),
Springfield
(IL), St.
Paul (MN)
|
Tallahassee (FL),
Topeka
(KS),
Trenton
(NJ)
|
2. Parts of
the human
body
|
face, feet,
forearm
|
index
finger,
incisor,
iris,
intestines
|
ribs, retina
|
stomach
|
toe, teeth
|
3. Terms
in
mathematics
|
factor
|
integer,
integral
|
rhombus,
ratio
|
set,
square,
sum,
subtract,
sine
|
theorem,
triangle,
tetrahedron,
trapezoid
|
4.
Appliances you plug
in
|
fan, not
frying pan
|
iron,
intercom,
immersion
blender
|
refrigerator, range
|
stove
|
television,
toaster
|
Nowadays, non-binary and transgender people, with their allies
(like me), would note that thinking of only two genders is limiting.
We could, instead, refer to all genders.
End of NPR Puzzle Synopsis.