Weekend Brain Teaser: Add one up
In a captivating turn of events, Sam McDowell from Boulder, Colorado has emerged victorious in this week's intriguing challenge set by NPR. The puzzle, copyrighted in 2025, was devised by none other than Mike Reiss, a renowned showrunner, writer, and producer for "The Simpsons."
The challenge, designed to test the intellectual prowess of its participants, involved naming a famous English author and rearranging the letters to form the name of a major American city. The author in question is Enid Blyton, a beloved children's writer whose last name, when the last letter is replaced with an "s" and the initials of the surname are attached to the first letter of the first name, yields the letter sequence "ENID."
This sequence, interestingly, is also the name of a well-known US city. Listeners who correctly answer the challenge stand a chance to play the on-air puzzle. The deadline for submitting the answer is swiftly approaching, with Thursday, September 4th at 3 p.m. ET marking the final hour.
This latest victory by Sam McDowell adds another layer of excitement to the ongoing challenge, as the race to solve the puzzle heats up. Stay tuned to NPR for more updates on this intellectual adventure!
