2 Conundrums + 1 Folly
28 June, 2013
Two head-scratchers for your solving pleasure this morning. (I’ve also posted the first puzzle on Twitter at the same time – to see who’s smarter: tweeps or dabblers.) And just to lighten your load, the day’s bulletin concludes on a fun idea, with some gag potential to lead into the weekend. Here we go:
Conundrum #1: I have in mind a four-syllable word. The first two syllables relate to music. The last two syllables spell something you eat. Yet the whole word has no connection to music or food. So what’s the word?
Conundrum #2: This time I’m musing a six-letter noun that is named after the object that created it. Perhaps such an oddity is not so rare, but I can’t think of another example. What am I pondering?
Folly: Many books and films have poor openers, but improve as the story develops. So let’s make a list of some infamous false starts like:
Zone with the Wind – nursing home
Girt Music – our national anthem
Fission Impossible – the story of aluminium
Can of Steel – see above
Can you add to our false-start folly? Just first word’s initial only.
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