Sunday Puzzle: Switching It Up
On-air challenge: Every answer today is a made up two-word phrase in which you switch the first and third letters of the first word to get the second word.
Example: Trick that is certain to work --> Sure Ruse
1. Final bit of table seasoning
2. Dangerous dog along Rome's river
3. Dish of mashed-up food that costs one unit of Indian currency
4. Combination of fruits — one that's yellow and sour, the other that's large and has seeds
5. Metalworker with a torch who is more lascivious
6. One who raises a device for removing impurities
7. Highway marker made of a hard sedimentary rock
Last week's challenge: This challenge came from listener Sandy Weisz, of Chicago. Think of a place on earth with a four-word name. Take the third word. Advance three of its letters to the next letter of the alphabet (so A would become B, B would be come C, etc.). You'll get the fourth word in the name. What place is this?
Challenge answer: Cape of Good Hope
Winner: Laurel Edgecomb of Walnut Creek, Calif.
This week's challenge: This week's challenge comes from listener Joe Young, of St. Cloud, Minn. Name a famous person in history (5,4). The letters of the last name can be rearranged to name a popular game. And the letters in the first name can be rearranged to name an action in this game. Who is this famous person?
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