Synopsis of
NPR Weekend Edition puzzle
with Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Will Shortz
2020-11-08
The listener challenge for this week was a spin-off of last week’s
on-air puzzle. Name a well-known U.S. city in two words (5,3).
Change the first letter of the second word to name a popular rock
group. Who is it? The city is Green Bay (Wisconsin), making
Green Day.
Lulu reported over 3,500 correct entries.
The on-air player is Ben Blackman from San Francisco,
California. He is a professor of biology at the University of
California in Berkeley. He studies the evolution of sunflowers. He
reports that wild sunflowers are bushy plants and North
Americans bred them to have a large single stalk with large
flowers and seeds for oil.
Today’s on-air puzzle is called, “The Q-U Quiz.” Each clue
consists of five letters, in one or two words. Add the letters Q and
U and then anagram to make a familiar word. For example, if the
clue is, “ITALY+QU,” then the answer would be QUALITY.
CLUES:
1. CRONE + QU
2. TREAT + QU
3. BEETS + QU
4. A ROBE + QU
5. BIBLE + QU
6. REBUS + QU
7. RECTO + QU
8. INNIE + QU
9. DIALS + QU
10. CLEAR + QU
11. I RULE + QU
Answers are near the end of this synopsis.
This week's challenge comes from listener Eric Berlin of Milford,
Connecticut. There are several words that consist of the
consonants N, P and R and an assortment of vowels — for
example, APRON, PIONEER and EUROPEAN. But there is only
one common phrase that contains exactly two N's, two P's and
two R's with no other consonants. You can add vowels as
needed. What phrase is this?
Answers must be received by 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on
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Hints:
1. CRONE + QU: starts with C, “William the ...”
6. REBUS + QU: not busquer (which is spelled busker)
7. RECTO + QU: a game
8. INNIE + QU: a medicine
10. CLEAR + QU: starts with L
11. I RULE + QU: starts with L, something to drink, after dinner
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Links of interest:
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Clues
|
Answers
|
1. CRONE + QU
|
CONQUER
|
2. TREAT + QU
|
QUARTET
|
3. BEETS + QU
|
BEQUEST
|
4. A ROBE + QU
|
BAROQUE
|
5. BIBLE + QU
|
QUIBBLE
|
6. REBUS + QU
|
BRUSQUE
|
7. RECTO + QU
|
CROQUET
|
8. INNIE + QU
|
QUININE
|
9. DIALS + QU
|
SQUALID
|
10. CLEAR + QU
|
LACQUER
|
11. I RULE + QU
|
LIQUEUR
|
9. DIALS + QU did not air.
End of NPR Puzzle Synopsis.