Sunday Puzzle: Hidden Sentences of the Human Body – Public Radio Boise State

Challenge on air: I will read some sentences to you. Each of them conceals the name of a part of the human body in consecutive letters. Each answer has five or more letters.

Eg Jethro ate a pear. -> throat

1. Take the fastest highway at home.
2. You can see a wolf in Germany.
3. My office will force visitors to show an ID card.
4. Iowa is the first country to vote.
5. Can a mustache model make a living?
6. Fix your shirt before you leave.
7. Last night I watched the Soprano trillion.
8. You need to delete your work if you are confused.
9. Laboratory scientists do mental work
10. You can get a skin test in Estonia

Last week’s challenge: Last week’s challenge comes from the listener Greg Smith of Roscoe, Ill. Consider a popular singer whose first and last names have two syllables. Play the second syllable in each name and you will be left with the piece of a toy. What kind of singer is this?

Challenge the answer: Dolly Parton -> Part for a doll

Winner: Lauren Kustoal from San Digo, California.

The challenge for this week: The challenge for this week comes from the listener Lindsay Terrien of Chicago. Name part of the human body in seven letters. Add B and rearrange the result to get another part of the human body.

Send your answer

If you know the answer to the challenge, send it here until Thursday, February 6 at 3:00 pm. The listeners whose answers are selected earn a chance to play the puzzle on the air. Important: Include a phone number where we can contact you.

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