Anagram Word Quiz

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And I’m Martha Barnette. And we’re joined now by our quiz guy, John Chaneski. Yo, John.

Hey, Martha. Hey, Grant. Hi, guys.

Hi, buddy.

Today, I hope you guys are ready for some anagramming.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, because I’m going to give you a few groups of letters, and you have to anagram them into a word, okay?

Okay, great.

Also, the answer will be part of a common two-word phrase.

For example, if I give you the letters G-S-G-E, you can make what word?

Eggs.

Eggs, right.

And what two-word phrase could describe G-S-G-E?

Scrambled.

Scrambled, right.

Scrambled eggs.

Good.

They’re sort of like wacky wordies, those little graphic representations of words you see in the magazines.

I’ll give you a clue to the phrase, and let’s try a few more.

Okay.

Here’s the first one.

Something found in a bowl at a party.

T-S-U-N.

T-S-U-N.

Nuts.

Some mixed nuts.

Mixed nuts.

Very good.

Great.

How about this?

Part of a hackneyed phrase, L-I-K-M.

M as in Michael?

Yes, M as in Michael.

Or milk, scrambled milk.

Spoiled milk.

Clothes.

Spilled milk.

Spilled milk.

Very good.

L-I-K-M is spilled milk.

How about this one?

A medical problem, S-K-I-D.

Kids?

Kids are not a medical problem.

S-K-I-D.

Disc?

Slip disc?

Slip disc is good.

I think ruptured disc is also good.

Very good.

Here’s the next one.

This is a famous hair metal band.

E-S-S-T-R-I.

E-S-S-T-R-I.

Okay, Grant, this is your department.

E-S-S-T-R-I.

Yeah.

Sister. Twisted Sister.

Twisted Sister.

Oh, good one.

Yes.

Here’s a shout out to D. Snyder, wherever he is.

This is a classic practical joke.

G-C-R-I-A.

G-C-R-I-A.

It’s not a particularly nice practical joke either.

G-C-R-I-A?

That’s right.

It’s not a Murphy.

It starts with a C.

Cigar?

Right.

Exploding cigar.

Exploding cigar.

Or exploded cigar.

Very good.

Oh, man.

Okay.

These are tough.

Now, this next one is three words, okay?

This describes something bad that turns out to be good.

So it’s pretty long.

S-G-L-I-N-E-B-S.

Okay.

Mixed blessing.

Mixed blessing is good.

Very good.

I was also going for blessing in disguise.

Oh.

But I’ll take Miss Blessing.

Scramble Blessing, a faulty blessing, anything like that is good.

Here’s something kids learn about in English class.

R-V-S-B-E.

R-V-S-B-E.

Verbs.

Compound verbs.

Helping, auxiliary, kind of.

Irregular verbs.

Irregular verbs.

Very good.

And here’s the last one.

This is a common sitcom plot device.

It’s kind of long.

Deus Ex Machina?

No.

Okay.

D-Y-N-T-I-E-N-T.

D-Y-N-T-I-E-N-T.

E-N-T.

It begins with an I.

Identity, but hidden, what do you call it?

Something identity.

Mistaken identity.

That’s it. Mistaken identity. Very, very good.

John, that was fun. Thank you.

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