Name an animal. Add the letters "A" and "T," and rearrange the result to name another animal. These are both animals that might be found in a zoo, and the last letter of the first animal is the first letter of the last one.Ross solved this while I was otherwise occupied, leaving me to ponder the real question of what photos to use. But we'll get to that in a moment.
If you solved it, congratulations! You don't have to pick photos, so you can go straight to the NPR site and log in your answer.
Photos. There's a connection to the answer(s) to the puzzle, but I'll give you a BIG hint. Any animals you see in the following photos ARE NOT the answer.
Time for...
This is where we ask you how many entries you think NPR will get for the challenge above. If you want to win, leave a comment with your guess for the range of entries NPR will receive. First come first served, so read existing comments before you guess. Ross and I guess last, just before we publish the Thursday post. After the Thursday post is up, the entries are closed. The winner gets a puzzle book of our unspecified choosing.
This week, there were 330 entries, which means in some abstract sense I won. (I don't actually send myself a puzzle book.) I'll send one to YOU if you successfully pick the range for this week's puzzle. So enter!
This week, there were 330 entries, which means in some abstract sense I won. (I don't actually send myself a puzzle book.) I'll send one to YOU if you successfully pick the range for this week's puzzle. So enter!
Here are the ranges:
Fewer than 50 51 - 100 101 - 150 151 - 200 201 - 250 251 - 300 301 - 350 351 - 400 401 - 450 451 - 500 501 - 550 551 - 600 601 - 650 651 - 700 701 - 750 751 - 800 801 - 850 851 - 900 901 - 950 951 - 1,000 | 1,001 - 1,050 1,051 - 1,100 1,101 - 1,150 1,151 - 1,200 1,201 - 1,250 1,251 - 1,300 1,301 - 1,350 1,351 - 1,400 1,401 - 1,450 1,451 - 1,500 1,501 - 1,550 1,551 - 1,600 1,601 - 1,650 1,651 - 1,700 1,701 - 1,750 1,751 - 1,800 1,801 - 1,850 1,851 - 1,900 1,901 - 1,950 1,951 - 2,000 | 2,001 - 2,050 2,051 - 2,100 2,101 - 2,150 2,151 - 2,200 2,201 - 2,250 2,251 - 2,300 2,301 - 2,350 2,351 - 2,400 2,401 - 2,450 2,451 - 2,500 2,501 - 2,750 2,751 - 3,000 3,001 - 3,250 3,251 - 3,500 3,501 - 4,000 4,001 - 4,500 4,501 - 5,000 More than 5,000 More than 5,000 and it sets a new record. |
Our tie-break rule: In the event that a single round number is announced, AND two separate people picked the ranges leading up to and leading up from that round number, the prize will be awarded to whichever entrant had not already won a prize, or in the event that both entrants had won a prize already or neither had, then to the earlier of the two entries on the famous judicial principle of "First Come First Serve," (or in technical legal jargon, "You Snooze, You Lose"). And yes, this rule is most-likely obsolete but I just like having fine print.
13 comments:
501- 550. Easy, cheesy, lemon squeezy. We solved it on the way to Sunday School!
I hope no one missed my post at the end of last week's blog where I chose 1251 for this week.
This week's was as easy as slipping on a banana peel. I'll take 1,351 - 1,400 this time.
I am surprised so many got last week's answer. It must have been Digitally Mastered.
Thanks for the clue Curtis - this is the first time my son and I have played and we're so excited we got the answer!!!
Thanks for the clue anonymous.
May I have 551-600, please.
Henry BW
Another one where it is easiest to solve backwards- start with an animal with an A and T in it, and remove those to get the anagram of a different animal.
I'll go back to my standard 1001 to 1050, please.
I'll snap up the 901-950 slot, please.
I will try 2001-2050.
Okay, I'll go big also. It's an easy one, but ya never know these days with the Sunday Puzzle crowd...1751-1800.
I'm pretty sure I've seen two TV commercials in the past 24 hours which each featured one of the two animals for this week's answer. Can I please have 951-1000?
401 - 450, please.
I sometimes wonder if Will and the puzzle staff (whatever that consists of) realize that a transcript of the show is provided right on their site.
I go there after doubting my ears during the show.
Last week's abridged clue was prefaced by "[the earlier version] provides an example that cannot be solved as described...."
Rachel Martin apparently thought that might be a little strong and said "...the original example that we gave last week may have been a bit misleading...."
Maybe Will was well advised in his decades long policy of avoiding corrections nearly altogether. In fact, he left it to Rachel this time.
Does everyone feel better that he followed that mess with a puff-puzzle?
I'd go with over 5000 this week if I were sure that many listeners are left.
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