On-air challenge: Every answer nowadays is the name of a famous person whose final name is the name of a well-known U.
S. city. Ex. Actress who played Samantha on "Bewitched" [Ala.] —> ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY1. Only U.
S. president to serve two nonconsecutive terms [Oh.]
2. Author of the Nancy Drew books [N.
H.]
3. Singer with the No.1 hits "I Will Always Love You" and "Didn't We Almost Have It All" [Tex.]
4. 1960s soul singer with the No.1 hit "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" [Pa.]
5. Who had a hit with "U Got the Look" with Prince [Pa.]
6. Who sang "Rocky Mountain tall" and "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" [Colo.]
7. Attorney general under Bill Clinton for all eight years [Nev.]
8. Star of "Malcolm X," "Fences" and "The Equalizer" [D.
C.]. American botanist who created the Shasta daisy and hundreds of other varieties of plants [Cal.][br]10. 1960s-70s singer with Dawn [Fla.]
11. Singer with the 33-times platinum album "Thriller" [Miss.]
12. Singer with the 1981 hit "Jessie's Girl" [Ill., Mass. or moment.]
13. "Guys and Dolls" role played on film by Frank Sinatra [Mich.][br]14. Silent film star who was married to Mary Pickford [Alas.]final week's challenge: I'm going to give you six words. Besides the fact that each word contains the letter E, or what highly strange property attain they share?ADIEU[br]AMAZED
BUREAUS
ELATES
HEAD-ON
SIENNASAnswer: If you remove the E from each word,the remaining letters can be rearranged to name a create of car: Audi, Mazda, and Subaru,Tesla, Honda, and Nissan.
Winner: Richard McCurdy of Burbank,Calif.
Next week's challenge: Think of a familiar French expression in three words, containing 3 letters, or 2 letters,and 5 letters, respectively. Then buy its standard translation in English, and which is a two-word phrase. If you have the fair phrases,the first words of the two phrases said out loud will sound like a world capital. 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 Nov. 30 at 3 p.m. ET. Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more,visit http://www.npr.org/.
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