Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Sibling Rivalry

Q:


Take the phrase Boggle Winner.  Rearrange the letters to name the sister of a certain 2011 NPR Sunday Puzzle solution.




A:

In 1910, two sister schools were chartered in Ohio.  Kent State as mentioned in last Sunday's NPR puzzle and a school located about 20 miles south of Toledo.   Rearranging Boggle Winner gives you

Bowling Green
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7 comments:

  1. janSeptember 21, 2011 at 4:50 PM

    Do you mean "sister" in a metaphorical, rather than biological sense?

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  2. janSeptember 21, 2011 at 6:37 PM

    ... as in, both being children of Lowry?

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  3. LorenzoSeptember 21, 2011 at 10:02 PM

    Jan - perfect 300.

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  4. Tommy BoySeptember 22, 2011 at 8:51 AM

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  5. janSeptember 24, 2011 at 1:32 PM

    It was the Lowry Bill (named for sponsor John Hamilton Lowry) that called for the establishment of both schools.

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  6. PaulSeptember 26, 2011 at 1:58 PM

    Please explain the relevence of the image. Thanks.

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  7. Tommy BoySeptember 26, 2011 at 2:07 PM

    Paul, the title and image are often but not always clues. In this case, I just wanted a cool image. I googled "mind boggling" and scrolled until I found the castle.

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