Enough to Drive a Puzzler to Drink!

Here's this week's NPR Puzzle:

Name a brand of beer. Rearrange the letters to name an activity often associated with beer.

Ross got this literally a) today, and b) only after I nagged him because I hadn't a clue! He did. He'd guessed, correctly, that he'd solve it from the activity, not the name of the beer.

He was right. The activity is TOASTING and the beer is Chinese: TSINGTAO. (The link takes you to their Wiki page.)

That was close. I really did not want to write a blog in which I had to admit we hadn't been able to solve it.

According to "Squashimono," who took the first photo, "Qingdao is a happy city. Laid back, full of charm, nice architecture, great seafood and tasty tasty beer."

Time for

Here are this week's picks:

Fewer than 50  51 - 100 101 - 150 151 - 200 201 - 250 251 - 300 -- Ross 301 - 350 -- Joe Kupe 351 - 400 -- Marie 401 - 450 -- Magdalen 451 - 500   501 - 550 -- David 551 - 600 -- zeke creek 601 - 650 651 - 700 -- Word Woman 701 - 750 751 - 800 801 - 850 851 - 900 901 - 950 -- KDW 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  > 5,000  > 5,000 + new record

Our tie-break rule:   In the event that a single round number is announced with a qualifier such as "about" or "around" (e.g., "We received around 1,200 entries."), AND two separate people picked the ranges of numbers just before and just after 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").  As of July 2012, this rule is officially no longer obsolete (and also I still just like having fine print).