Jenny's Noodle

Here's the solution to last week's NPR Sunday Puzzle (April 22):

Answer: GLEN and TYRA.

NPR Sunday Puzzle for April 29:
Name the capital of a country that, when said out loud, sounds like a three-word phrase. This phrase might describe the reason why the police did not catch a barefoot thief. What is the capital, and what is the reason?

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Here's the solution to last week's NPR Sunday Puzzle (April 15):

Answer: "DAVID COPPERFIELD" is the novel, and CHARLES DICKENS is the author.

NPR Sunday Puzzle for April 22:
Think of a common man's name in four letters, one syllable. Move each letter exactly halfway around the alphabet. For example, A would become N, N would become A, and B would become O. The result will be a common woman's name in two syllables. What names are these?

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The next time you're bored out of your mind, try this:

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Henri, the existential French cat, suffers from ennui. Fin.

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All she wanted was a "cold pop." And now she's an internet star. "Ain't nobody got time for that!"

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Here's the solution to last week's NPR Sunday Puzzle (April 8):

Answer: HIJAB is the clothing article, and AFGHANISTAN is the country.

NPR Sunday Puzzle for April 15:
Name a famous novel in two words. The first word has five letters, and the second word has 11. If you have the right novel, the initial letters of the novel's title, reversed, are the initials of its author. What's the novel, and who is the author?

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Take a behind-the-scenes look inside the Just Born factory, makers of Peeps candies since 1953. Happy Easter!

(via The Chew)

Here's the solution to last week's NPR Sunday Puzzle (April 1):

Answer: The baseball term is either FOUL TIPS or FOUL POPS, and the music group is the FOUR TOPS.

NPR Sunday Puzzle for April 8:
Name an article of clothing that contains three consecutive letters of the alphabet consecutively in the word. For example, "canopy" contains the consecutive letters N-O-P. This article of clothing is often worn in a country that's name also contains three consecutive letters of the alphabet together. What is the clothing article, and what is the country?

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For this mesmerizing exclusive video, Glen Milner visited Smith Settle bookbinders near Leeds, where the owners, Don Walters and Tracey Thorne, allowed him to film the making of the 17th Slightly Foxed book, Suzanne St Albans’s memoir "Mango and Mimosa," from start to finish.

If (like me) you've never seen a book being created by traditional printing methods, this video is lovely.

(via The Telegraph)

Credit: Pop Chart Lab

It's a pie chart, of pies. That is all. (Click image to view larger.)

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Here's the solution to last week's NPR Sunday Puzzle (March 25):

Answer: GREEN ENERGY

NPR Sunday Puzzle for April 1:
Name some things seen at a baseball game. This is a two-word phrase, four letters in each word. Change one letter in each word to a new letter to get a new two-word phrase that names a popular music group of the past. Name the group.

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