Vowel Vacancies

[Otis]

Each category below is followed by three words or names, but the vowels (including Ys) are missing and the words are strung together. For example:

Oceans: [imath]\;[/imath] n d n t l n t c p c f c
The answer is Indian, Atlantic, Pacific.

Can you get all the words?

1. Martial arts: [imath]\;[/imath] k r t k c k b x n g j j t s

2. Dustin Hoffman movies: [imath]\;[/imath] t b r k p p l l n t t s

3. Carbon _________: [imath]\;[/imath] d x d c p f t p r n t

4. Type of tea: [imath]\;[/imath] c h p k l n g

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[Harry_the_cat]

Spoiler

1. karate, kickboxing, jujitsu
2. Outbreak, Papillon, Tootsie
3. dioxide, copy, footprint
4. chai, pekoe, oolong

 

[Otis]

Spoiler

1. karate, kickboxing, jujitsu
2. Outbreak, Papillon, Tootsie
3. dioxide, copy, footprint
4. chai, pekoe, oolong

Good job. I had to cheat on 4 because the middle tea was unfamiliar (and I'd skipped 2 altogether).

This brainteaser came from a Mensa desk calendar.

 

[Harry_the_cat]

Thanks for sharing. I cheated on the Dustin Hoffman movies by googling a list of his movies. Haven't seen the first movie.

 

[Otis]

Haven't seen the first movie.

Me neither.

Sure seems like a lot of lousy movies have been released during the past 18 months.

Two recent movies that I enjoyed are both based on true events: American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally and The Courier.

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