Q:
Think of two well known Americans who share the same first name and began their careers the same way. Their last names are each two syllables long. The word way can be added to the first syllable of each to make two common compound words. The word hood can be added to the second syllable of each to make two more common compound words. Who are these people?
A:
The title contains the first clue. You can drive on a freeway or a fairway (don't use your driver).
The image is that of Oedipus explaining the riddle of the Sphinx - What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon and three legs in the evening? - a reference of moving from childhood to manhood.
Both stars started their acting careers on the daytime soaps, specifically Another World and Search for Tomorrow. Both soaps ran for thirty five years.
Morgan Freeman Morgan Fairchild
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ReplyDeleteNeed a little help with that one. Geez...
ReplyDelete12/27/10
ReplyDeleteLorenzo,
ReplyDeleteTo "e" or not to "e", is that the question?
Paul, you presume correctly. I'll fix it.
ReplyDeleteLorenzo, you had an unfair advantage.
ReplyDeleteDr. Livingstone, I presume.
ReplyDeleteTB, indeed, after I ruled out Lauren and Andrew Lloyd.
ReplyDeleteOK fellas, time to explain yourselves.
ReplyDeleteMy first comment was "I'm electing an oblique approach to this one," encrypted with the cipher published in Blaine's blog on 12/27/10. The keyword is "Morgan".
ReplyDelete"Free and fair" prompted me to think of elections, and a bit of research turned up a "Morgan" who didn't quite get to be Bishop of Durham because he refused to deny "his father the king." That phrase prompted an association to Oedipus.
Maybe more obtuse than oblique.
I thought the puzzle's title referred to "Driving Miss Daisy" featuring Morgan Freeman.
Lorenzo, I wasn't trying to correct you; I was really asking, because I found the good doctor's name spelled both ways, in various places. But presuming presumpton my part is certainly understandable.
Thank you, Paul. That will definitely helpful in a future puzzle!
ReplyDeleteUh, Tommy, is it possible you omitted a "be" somewhere? Was it perhaps intentional?
ReplyDeleteNah, it's just so beastly hot.
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