On-air problem
In the present day’s puzzle known as “Pet Principle.” Each reply is a well-known two-word phrase or identify during which the primary phrase begin begins PE- and the second phrase begins T-. (Ex. What walkways at intersections carry –> PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC)
1. Chart that lists all of the chemical components
2. Place for a partridge in “The 12 Days of Christmas”
3. Male voyeur
4. What a coach offers a group throughout halftime within the locker room
5. Set of questions designed to disclose your traits
6. One thing combatants signal to finish a struggle
7. Somebody who works with you one-on-one with bodily workouts
8. Member of the Who
9. Incisors, canines, and premolars that develop in after you are a child
10. Nadia Comaneci was the primary gymnast to attain this on the Olympics
11. What holds the gas in a British automobile
Final week’s problem
Final week’s problem was a numerical one from Ed Pegg Jr., who runs the web site mathpuzzle.com. Take the 9 digits — 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. You’ll be able to group a few of them and add arithmetic operations to get 2011 like this: 1 + 23 ÷ 4 x 5 x 67 – 8 + 9. When you do these operations so as from left to proper, you get 2011. Nicely, 2011 was 15 years in the past. Are you able to group a few of the digits and add arithmetic symbols another way to make 2026? The digits from 1 to 9 want to remain in that order. I do know of two totally different options, however it’s essential discover solely one in all them.
Problem reply
12 × 34 × 5 – 6 – 7 + 8 – 9 [or] 1 + 2 + 345 × 6 – 7 × 8 + 9
Winner
Daniel Abramson of Albuquerque, N.M.
This week’s problem
This week’s problem comes from listener Ward Hartenstein. Consider a widely known couple whose names are sometimes mentioned within the order of _____ & _____. Seven letters within the names in complete. Mix these two names, change an E to an S, and rearrange the consequence to call one other well-known duo who’re extensively referred to as _____ & _____.
If you understand the reply to the problem, submit it beneath by Thursday, January 15 at 3 p.m. ET. Listeners whose solutions are chosen win an opportunity to play the on-air puzzle.
