March 19, 2019

Think of a pro hockey team whose name is in the same category as a particular pro baseball team, and also in the same category as a particular pro basketball team. The two categories are different. What three teams are these?

February 12, 2019

Think of a celebrity that goes by a stage name. Their born last name describes something found on a phone. Remove the last letter from their stage first name to get something a phone does. Who is this?

January 30, 2019

Take a woman’s first name. If you follow it with a certain five-letter word, you get someone famous. On the other hand, if you precede it with the opposite word, also five letters, you get a famous song title. What name and song are these?

January 15, 2019

What state’s abbreviation, when spoken aloud, sounds like an example of the nickname of the state’s largest city?

January 07, 2019

Name a word you might use as a first word in a conversation. Change one letter and you’ll end up with a word that means, in some contexts, “first”. What words are these?

November 14, 2018

Take something frequently written in text messages. Swap two letters and say the result out loud, and phonetically you’ll describe something else frequently written in text messages. What are they?

October 19, 2018

Think of a place where you’re often asked to make a couple of choices, one right after another. For both choices, you’re asked to choose between two things, and in both cases you could use the same two words to describe your options. But, in each case, the

September 13, 2018

Name a very modern two-word phrase that’s used when describing a foolish decision. It is a homophone of another two-word phrase, itself popular for only about 30 years old, that describes a now-common object. What phrases are these?

July 31, 2018

Name a product found in a supermarket checkout line, in two words. Remove the space and 2 adjacent letters, and change the last letter, and you’ll end up with one word that describes an activity only possible to do at night. What are they?

July 17, 2018

Name a famous person from Chicago — first and last names. The last name ends in an E. Change the E to an I and rearrange the letters in just the last name to get a famous actor — whose first name is the same as the first person's. Who

July 02, 2018

Name any movie (there are lots of possibilities) that could fit in the missing blank of this ordered and complete set: North by Northwest Cedar Rapids ___________ The Ghost and Mr. Chicken Space Jam

June 05, 2018

What world capital sounds like two Greek letters?

May 21, 2018

Take the last name of a young movie director. Remove one letter, and what remains will be, phonetically, a synonym for a word in the title of his latest movie. Who is this?

March 29, 2018

Take the name of a mountain. Change one letter, anagram it, and the result will be what you call someone who plays for the nearby MLB franchise. What mountain and franchise are they?

February 06, 2018

Name two activities done at a gym, one word each. Remove a single letter from one of the words. The resulting two-word phrase will describe something one might see at a circus. What words are they?