First Contact – SPELLS

"Let's play a game!"

1. "The last letter is H."
   • "Clue: last name of composer with the initials J.S." "Contact!" "Challenge!"
     "One, two, three, BACH"! "Okay, the next letter back is T."
   • "Clue: BLANK camp!" "Contact!" "Challenge!"
     "One, two, three, MATH." "Okay, the next letter back is I."
   • "Clue: Accompanying." "Contact!" "Challenge!"
     "One, two, three, WITH."
     "You win! My word is SITH, which is an old order.
     This means that the first letter is S."
2. "The last letter is S."
   • "Clue: Bughouse is a variant of this game." "Contact!" "I give up."
     "One, two, three, CHESS." "Okay, the next letter back is R."
   • "Clue: A planet." "Contact!" "Challenge!"
     "One, two, three, MARS." "Okay, the next letter back is E."
   • "Clue: To what we already have, add the last name of a Week 4 visitor to get customs." "Contact!" "Challenge!"
     "One, two, three, MANNERS." "Okay, the next letter back is W."
   • "Clue: Milwaukee sports team." "Contact!" "Challenge!"
     "One, two, three, BREWERS." "Okay, the next letter back is O."
   • "Clue: Certain things from Paris or Pisa." "Contact!" "Challenge!"
     "One, two, three, TOWERS."
     "You win! My word is POWERS, which are certain abilities.
     This means that the first letter is P."
3. "The last letter is E."
   • "Clue: It's not you, it's." "Contact!" "I give up."
     "One, two, three, ME." "Okay, the next letter back is R."
   • "Clue: Homophone of something that might eat campers." "Contact!" "Challenge!"
     "One, two, three, BARE." "Okay, the next letter back is I."
   • "Clue: One of the original thirteen." "Contact!" "Challenge!"
     "One, two, three, NEW HAMPSHIRE." "Okay, the next letter back is P."
   • "Clue: Breathe." "Contact!" "Challenge!"
     "One, two, three, RESPIRE." "Okay, the next letter back is M."
   • "Clue: Judge at the plate." "Contact!" "Challenge!"
     "One, two, three, UMPIRE."
     "You win! My word is EMPIRE, which might be ruled over by one person or family.
     This means that the first letter is E."
4. "The last letter is R."
   • "Clue: One revolution about the sun." "Contact!" "Challenge!"
     "One, two, three, YEAR." "Okay, the next letter back is E."
   • "Clue: An elemental metal." "Contact!" "Challenge!"
     "One, two, three, SILVER/COPPER." "Okay, the next letter back is S."
   • "Clue: The enemy of a certain plumber." "Contact!" "Challenge!"
     "One, two, three, BOWSER." "Okay, the next letter back is A."
   • "Clue: You can use one on chalkboard or paper, to make more space." "Contact!" "Challenge!"
     "One, two, three, ERASER."
     "You win! My word is LASER, which might be a kind of pointer.
     This means that the first letter is L."
5. "The last letter is T."
   • "Clue: One of five in any Shakespeare play." "Contact!" "Challenge!"
     "One, two, three, ACT." "Okay, the next letter back is H."
   • "Clue: A fancy ship." "Contact!" "Challenge!"
     "One, two, three, YACHT." "Okay, the next letter back is G."
   • "Clue: A process of the mind." "Contact!" "Challenge!"
     "One, two, three, THOUGHT." "Okay, the next letter back is I."
   • "Clue: A direction." "Contact!" "Challenge!"
     "One, two, three, RIGHT."
     "You win! My word is LIGHT, which could be dim.
     This means that the first letter is L."
6. "The last letter is R."
   • "Clue: The highest number degree of polynomial for which there is a general solution by radicals." "Contact!" "Challenge!"
     "One, two, three, FOUR." "Okay, the next letter back is E."
   • "Clue: A movie starring Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson." "Contact!" "Challenge!"
     "One, two, three, HER." "Okay, the next letter back is B."
   • "Clue: Could be complex or ordinal." "Contact!" "Challenge!"
     "One, two, three, NUMBER." "Okay, the next letter back is A."
   • "Clue: A wooden beam, to some from the north." "Contact!" "Challenge!"
     "One, two, three, CABER."
     "You win! My word is SABER, which is a weapon.
     This means that the first letter is S."