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Sunday, January 27, 2013
Sunday Puzzle
Two Blanks For The Price Of One
January 27, 2013 You will be given some sentences with two blanks. Add the letters E and Y to the word that goes in the first blank to get a new word that goes in the second blank.
Saturday, January 26, 2013
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Tech Guru Guy Kawasaki Plays Not My Job
January 26, 2013 Thirty years ago, Kawasaki went to work for a computer company that was trying to change the business with a product named after a fruit. Since helping launch the Macintosh computer, Kawasaki has been a venture capitalist, author and business consultant. We ask him three questions about Scientology.
Friday, January 25, 2013
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The Man Who Knew Too Much. Way Too Much.
January 25, 2013 So you think you're a TV buff. But how well do you know shows by their episode titles? Contestants are put to some pop culture challenges, like deciphering breakfast cereal haikus and a remixed nursery rhyme. Plus, our Mystery Guest this week is a certain brainiac who shares a few of his favorite apocalyptic prophesies.
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John Hodgman: How Much Does The Know-It-All Know?
January 25, 2013 Our Very Important Puzzler is a renaissance man—he's been a cheesemonger, literary agent, traffic counter and more. A self-proclaimed expert in eschatology, the study of endings and destiny, he's a perfect candidate for our quiz on apocalyptic predictions.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Sunday Puzzle
The Names Of The Game
January 20, 2013 You will be given the first names of two famous people, past or present. The first person's last name, when you drop the initial letter, becomes the second person's last name. For example, given "Harold" and "Kingsley," the answer would be "Harold Ramis" and "Kingsley Amis."
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
Melinda Gates Plays Not My Job
January 19, 2013 The co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation plays a game called "But I meant well, your Majesty." Three questions about gifts given to Queen Elizabeth II.
Friday, January 18, 2013
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Send In The Clowns
January 18, 2013 This week's we'll give some military officers a word game salute, follow a famous clown around the world, and find out there's nothing original left in Hollywood. Plus, we talk masked comedy with Seth Bloom and Christina Gelsone, The Big Apple Circus' husband-and-wife team known as the Acrobuffos.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Sunday Puzzle
Two Is Company, Three Is A Crowd
January 13, 2013 Given three three-letter words, give a three-letter word that can follow each to complete a familiar six-letter word. None of the words in a set will be related in meaning. For example, given "dam," "man" and "sew," the answer would be "age," which results in "damage," "manage" and "sewage."
