On-air Challenge: Today's puzzle is called "P B & J." I'm going to give you three words starting with the letters P, B and J. You give me a word that can follow each of mine to complete a compound word or a familiar two-word phrase.
Example: Parking, Back, Job --> LOT (parking lot, back lot, job lot)
3-letter answers:
1. Penalty, Boom, Juke
2. Power, Buzz, Jig
3. Present, Birth, Judgment
4. Pill, Bed, Jitter
4-letter answers:
5. Paddle, Basket, Jump
6. Plymouth, Bed, Jailhouse
5-letter answers:
7. Pogo, Broom, Joy
8. Pocket, Butter, Jack
9. Pinto, Baked, Jelly
6-letter answers:
10. Pickled, Bell, Jalapeño
11. Puzzle, Brew, Jedi
Last week's challenge: This challenge came from from Joseph Young of St. Cloud, Minn. I'm looking for the names of two companies. One of them has a two-part name (5,5). The other has a three-part name (5,7,5). The last five-letter part of the two names is the same. And the first five-letter part of the first company's name is something the second company wants. What is it?
Challenge answer: Oscar Mayer / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Winner: Chris House of Annandale, Va.
This week's challenge: This week's challenge comes from listener Mark Scott, of Seattle. Think of a country with a one-word name. You can rearrange its letters to identify a member of one of our country's armed forces. Who is that, and what's the country?
If you know the answer to next week's challenge, submit it here by Thursday, March 11, 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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