On-air challenge: I'm going to give you some words and a category. Name something in the category whose letters can be found in left-to-right order in the word — although not consecutively. Every answer has 5 letters.
Example: HUMANOID — World capital ---> HANOI
1. AVENUES — Planet
2. BIODIESEL — State capital
3. UNDERSHRUB — Prime minister of India
4. HOGSHEAD — Book of the Old Testament
5. COMING OUT — African river
6. OCCUPIED — One of Santa's reindeer
Last week's challenge: Name a profession in 13 letters that is associated with a particular 5-letter country. The letters of that country appear in left-to-right order, although not consecutively, in that profession's name. What is it?
Hint: The profession is a single word.
Challenge answer: Hieroglyphist --> Egypt
Winner: Jared Voss of Medford, Mass.
This week's challenge: This week's challenge is not so hard. It comes from Joseph Young of St. Cloud, Minn. Take a common English word in 3 letters. Translate it into French — also 3 letters. (The French word is one everyone knows.) And between them these two words consist of 6 different vowels and no consonants. What words are these?
If you know the answer to next week's challenge, submit it here. Listeners who submit correct answers win a chance to play the on-air puzzle. Important: Include a phone number where we can reach you by Thursday, May 30 at 3 p.m. ET.
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