1. What do these names have in common?

TOM

BILLY

CHARLIE

 

2. The following words share an unusual property. Can you determine what it is?

  

BANANA

DEMONIC

FICKLE

HUMBUG

LUCK

NUDISM

 

HINT:

2: It has to do with the first and last letters.

 

Answers:

 

1. Each name can be followed by the name of an animal to make a familiar phrase:

 

TOM CAT or TURKEY

BILLY GOAT

CHARLIE HORSE

 

2. The last letter of each word immediately precedes the first letter of the word in the alphabet:

 

BANANA - AB

DEMONIC - CD, etc.