Filed by KOSU News in Art & Life.
June 17, 2012

On-Air Challenge: Every answer is a word, phrase or name starting with the letter “B,” ending in “Y” and having “A” and “B” inside, in that order, although not necessarily consecutively. For example, if I said “assistant to a baseball team,” the answer would be either “batboy” or “ballboy.”

Last Week’s Challenge: Name something to sit on. Divide the letters of this exactly in half. Move the second half to the front, without changing the order of any letters. The result will name some things seen on computers. What are they?

Answer: “Bar stool” becomes “toolbars.”

Winner: Allen Cass of Columbia, Mo.

Next Week’s Challenge comes from listener Kate MacDonald of Murphys, Calif.: Think of a common French word that everyone knows. Add a “v” (as in “violin”) to the beginning and an “e” at the end. The result will be the English-language equivalent of the French word. What is it?

Submit Your Answer

If you know the answer to next week’s challenge, submit it here. Listeners who submit correct answers win a chance to play the on-air puzzle. Important: Include a phone number where we can reach you Thursday at 3 p.m. Eastern. [Copyright 2012 National Public Radio]