BS Summary: This article contains 10 faulty reasoning types, including Recency Bias, Overconfidence Bias, and False Dilemma, with Indoctrination as the most egregious example at 10.2% saturation with 27 hits. Analysis detected 146 faulty-reasoning hits from 266 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 13.7% and a BS Rank of 3% (16,448 of 16,813 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 97.80% of the article peer group.
This week's challenge
Today's puzzle is a tribute to Mimi.
Every answer is a familiar two word phrase or name in which each word starts with the letters MI-.
Ex.
Assignment for soldiers --> MILITARY MISSION
1.
Pageant title for a contestant from Detroit
2.
One of the Twin Cities
3.
Nickname for the river through New Orleans
4.
Super short skirt
5.
Neighborhood in Los Angeles that contains Museum Row
6.
Just over four times the distance from the earth to the moon
7.
Goateed sing-along conductor of old TV
8.
American financier who pioneered so-called "junk bonds"
9.
Little accident
10.
Land-based weapon in America's nuclear arsenal
11.
In "Snow White," the evil queen's words before "on the wall"
Last week's challenge
Last week's challenge comes from Benita Rice, of Salem, Ore.
Name a famous foreign landmark (5,4).
Change the eighth letter to a V and rearrange the result to make an adjective that describes this landmark.
What landmark is it?
Answer
Notre Dame --> Renovated
Winner
Chee Sing Lee of Bangor, Maine
This week's challenge comes from James Ellison, of Jefferson City, Mo.
Think of a popular movie of the past decade.
Change the last letter in its title.
The result will suggest a lawsuit between two politicians of the late 20th century — one Republican and one Democrat.
What's the movie and who are the people?
If you know the answer to the challenge, submit it below by Thursday, April 23 at 3 p.m.
ET.
Listeners whose answers are selected win a chance to play the on-air puzzle.
Analysis
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