Puzzles, word games etc.

[DanOregon]

So I listen to NPR on the way home from work every Sunday and Will Shortz of the NY Times does a puzzle segment. The question this week (if you get it right you have a chance of being the guest player on the segment) is "Name a famous person (5 letter first name, 4 letter second name) whose first and last names begins with consonants and ends in vowels. Y isn't used. I got it fairly quickly after reading some news stories over recent days.

So here is the question I want to submit and see if it is challenging enough.

Name a three word international tourist destination that has one vowel and one consonant appearing in each part of its name.

 

[User 150927]

So it's just three, two-letter words that are the name of this place?

 

[DanOregon]

No - it's a name and each part of the name includes one common vowel and one common consonant. (One of the reasons I posted this was I wanted to perfect the wording of the question - there have been some puzzles on there where they used a bad word choice that muddled what was being asked - like conflating CIVIC as a car "brand" with GMC. Civic is a make. (but I digress) .

 

[Slacker]

Name a three word international tourist destination that has one vowel and one consonant appearing in each part of its name.

Ho Lee Fuk?

 

[da man]

No - it's a name and each part of the name includes one common vowel and one common consonant. (One of the reasons I posted this was I wanted to perfect the wording of the question - there have been some puzzles on there where they used a bad word choice that muddled what was being asked - like conflating CIVIC as a car "brand" with GMC. Civic is a make. (but I digress) .

GMC is a make. Civic is a model.

 

[User 150927]

No - it's a name and each part of the name includes one common vowel and one common consonant. (One of the reasons I posted this was I wanted to perfect the wording of the question - there have been some puzzles on there where they used a bad word choice that muddled what was being asked - like conflating CIVIC as a car "brand" with GMC. Civic is a make. (but I digress) .

Ah. Your second explanation made it more clear to me than the first one.

 

[Slacker]

Bang Ding Ow?

 

[Webster]

Golden Gate Bridge?

 

[DanOregon]

Ding, ding, ding on the Golden Gate Bridge - thanks for the feedback. And you're right about me mixing up "make" and "model."

 

[Slacker]

Who was the famous person in the first post?

 

[Webster]

A little cheat because the first word is often abbreviated, but Saint Patrick’s Cathedral also words.

 

[Webster]

Slightly off topic, but the NYT Spelling Bee and Crossword have been essential to my quarantine well being.

 

[maumann]

Ding, ding, ding on the Golden Gate Bridge - thanks for the feedback. And you're right about me mixing up "make" and "model."

Also, see "SAN FrANciSco GiANtS" as a possible three repeated letters in each word, but not in the same order each time.

 

[DanOregon]

Chloe Zhou - recent Best Director winner (at least that was what I'm guessing they are looking for) like I said - the wording of some questions is sometimes not precise which allows for multiple answers and/or frustrating puzzle experiences.