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Any Questions #506: "CAMP Categories"

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WAMC's Ian Pickus and resident quizzer Mike Nothnagel head back to "camp."Last week's challenge
Start with the name NEW HAMPSHIRE. Add a letter and you can rearrange the result to spell a six-letter word for a type of song and a seven-letter word for what you probably don’t do when you’re singing that song. What are the words?
Answer: Add and T and you can spell WHISPER and ANTHEM.

THIS WEEK'S CATEGORY: SUMMER C-A-M-P  
On-air questions: It’s summer camp season for many young people across our region, now that school is out. This week, we’ll go to camp, too. I’ll give you a category, and you give me four possible answers for each using the letters C, A M, P.
1. Countries of Europe
2. Disney characters
3. U.S. vice presidents
4. Classic cocktails
5. Cities with a current NHL franchise

Extra credit
1. Shakespeare plays  
2. Monopoly properties

This week's challenge
Start with a word for a person common at summer camps. Rearrange the letters and you can spell proper names from mythology. What are the words?

ANSWERS
On-air questions

1. Czech Republic, Croatia, Cyprus, Austria, Andorra, Albania, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Portugal
2. Cinderella, Cheshire Cat, Cogsworth, Cruella de Vil, Abu, Aladdin, Alice, Magic Carpet, Mad Hatter, Maleficent, Mary Poppins, Mary Darling, Maurice, Mufasa, Mulan, Miss Piggy, Pumbaa, Princess Jasmine, Price Eric, Prince Charming, Pocahontas, Pinocchio, Peter Pan, Phineas Flynn, Piglet
3. Cheney, Clinton, Calhoun, Colfax, Coolidge, Curtis, Adams, Arthur, Agnew, Mondale, Marshall, Pence
4. Cosmo, Cuba Libre, Cape Cod, Champagne Cocktail, Alexander, Aviation, Aperol Spritz, Appletini, Martini, Manhattan, Mai Tai, Mojito, Margarita, Pimm’s Cup, Pisco Sour, Paloma, Pina Colada, Planter’s Punch, Pink Lady
5. Calgary, Chicago, Columbus, Anaheim, Montreal, Minnesota, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Paradise, Nevada (Las Vegas)

Extra credit
1. Coriolanus, Cymbeline, Antony and Cleopatra, All’s Well That Ends Well, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, Pericles
2. Connecticut Avenue, California Avenue, Atlantic Avenue, Arctic Avenue, Maryland Avenue, Massachusetts Avenue, Mediterranean Avenue, Michigan Avenue, Marvin Gardens

 

News Director, ipick@wamc.org
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