Last week's challenge: It's a riddle from Greg Van Mechelen, of Berkeley, Calif. How old was Reverend Spooner when he found happiness?
Challenge answer: Fifty-nine (which, when spoonerized, is nifty + fine)
This week's winner: Harriet Bicksler of Mechanicsburg, Pa.
On-air challenge: Every answer today is a two-word rhyming phrase that starts with the name of a U.S. city.
Ex. Alternatives to paper clips in Florida --> NAPLES STAPLES
1. Strip of breakfast meat in Georgia
2. Home for a king or queen in Texas
3. Overhead part of a room in West Virginia
4. Doing the rumba or waltz in Michigan
5. A lucky one has four leaves in Delaware
6. Shaggy family dog in North Carolina
7. Marriage ceremony in Pennsylvania
8. Goods carried on a ship in North Dakota
9. Side of a road in Colorado
10. Coverings for holes in clothing in Mississippi
11. A metric unit in Hawaii
12. Place where planes land in Connecticut
This week's challenge: This week's challenge comes from Joseph Young, of St. Cloud, Minn., who is a frequent contributor here. Name a well-known fictional character in two words. Remove two letters from the first word in the name. The result is the plural form of the second word. What character is this?
If you know the answer to next week's challenge, submit it here by Thursday, July 7 at 3 p.m. ET. Listeners who submit correct answers win a chance to play the on-air puzzle. Important: Include a phone number where we can reach you.
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