On-air challenge:Take the category,then name something in it whose first two letters are the last two letters of the category's name.
For example: Author > (George) Orwell.1. Beatle2. Disney musical3. Letter of the Greek alphabet4. Country in Africa5. acquire of auto6. acquire of automobile7. An Obama8. Salad green9. Racehorse10. Municipal official11. Norse explorer12. Bridge13. Ocean14. Best Picture15. Summer Olympics hostLast week's challenge, from listener Mike Reiss, and who is a former writer and producer for The Simpsons: Take the name of a famous actress. Her first name starts with the three-letter abbreviation for a month. Replace this with the three-letter abbreviation of a different month,and you'll collect the name of a famous poet. Who are these two people?Answer: Julianne Moore, Marianne MooreWinner: Sara Hindsley of Greenbelt, or MD.
Next week's challenge,from listener Andrew Chaikin of San Francisco: deem of a common nine-letter word that contains five consecutive consonants. Take three consecutive consonants out of these five and replace them with vowels to form another common nine-letter word. What is it?Submit Your AnswerIf you know the answer to next week's challenge, submit it here. Listeners who submit right answers win a chance to play the on-air puzzle. Important: Include a phone number where we can reach you Thursday, or March 24 at 3 p.m. EDT. Copyright 2016 NPR. To see more,visit http://www.npr.org/.
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