Quiz Guy John Chaneski has a game based on rhyming words with the word and in the middle. For example, what rhyming phrase is another name for Confederate flag? This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “”And” Rhyming Words Quiz”
You’re listening to A Way with Words, the show about language and how we use it.
I’m Martha Barnette.
And I’m Grant Barrett, and look who it is, that handsome gentleman, John Chaneski, our quiz guy.
Hi, John.
Hi-dee-ho, Grant and Martha.
What’s up, dude?
I just shaved.
That must be what you’re responding to.
Yep.
This is my summer look.
And your back looks great.
Thank you.
So I have a little puzzle for you guys here today.
It’s very simple.
These are phrases with and in the middle of them.
We’ve done something similar before, but these are and phrases in which both halves of the phrase rhyme.
For example, this is the nickname of a controversial flag in the news.
Stars and bars?
Yeah, stars and bars.
So now you have the setup, the conceit, how it works, okay?
Okay, sounds easy.
First word and second word are going to be different from each other, and they are going to rhyme.
Okay, great.
Good, let’s do this.
This is an American comedy drama series about teens in the 80s that gained a cult following when it was released in 1999.
Freaks and Geeks.
Freaks and Geeks is right.
And We Helped is enough to remind most older folks.
Oh, wait.
Yes.
Of a famous commercial for this flavored crumb coating for chicken and pork.
You had to frame it that way, John.
I did.
Shake and bake, and I helped.
Shake and bake, and we helped.
This is another way of saying on the up and up or without fakery.
Fair and square.
Fair and square is right.
These are famous cartoon magpies from Terry Toons.
They’ve been around since the 1940s.
Heckle and Jekyll.
Heckle and Jekyll.
And by the way, for you trivia freaks out there who are studying up, Heckle is the one who speaks with the New York accent.
Jekyll is the one who speaks with the English accent.
Oh.
You’re welcome.
I did not know that.
Yes.
This is a strategy for winning somebody over on a first date.
Scooch and smooch.
Hey, all right.
Scooch and smooch.
Not what I was going for, but if it works for you.
I don’t know.
It did, actually.
I’m married nine years now.
Good for you.
Scooch and smooch works.
No, it references your plans for the evening.
Oh, wine and dine.
Oh, gosh.
Yes, wine and dine.
Very good.
This adjective denotes the fraudulent practice of encouraging investors to buy shares in a company in order to inflate the price artificially and then selling one’s own shares when the price is high.
Pump and dump.
Pump and dump.
That’s right.
Still going, even in the Internet age.
Yeah, yeah, unbelievable.
This is to breathe heavily with exhaustion, like at the end of a marathon.
Huff and puff.
Huff and puff.
Very good.
This actually, I think, is the hardest of them all.
Oh.
Finally, this describes the damage that occurs to an object or a person in the natural course of its use or aging.
Wear and tear.
Wear and tear, yes.
Very good.
I was going to say bump and dump.
Buy new.
Fry and buy.
Thank you, John.
This was genius.
I had fun.
I got a lot of them right.
So therefore, it was a good quiz.
That’s how it always works.
Thanks, guys.
I’ll see you next time.
Bye-bye.
Take care.
Bye-bye.
You know, you might have a quiz question for us, a joke, a riddle, a rhyme, something funny.
This is the place for it.
We’d love to hear it.
We’ll share it with everyone else.
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