Quiz Guy John Chaneski presents his “Before and After” game, in which a pair of two-word phrases overlap on a shared word. For example, what do you get if you combine a fruity pastry with a part of a man’s throat? An Adam’s apple turnover, of course. In this particular puzzle, each in-between word in the answer begins with the letter A. So if John mentions a light, fluffy, baked dessert that watches over you and protects you, what exactly is he talking about? This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “A “Before and After” Word Puzzle”
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I’m grandparent, and dressed in gold lame and wearing rocket boots and a helmet about to do a stunt.
It’s our quiz guy, John Chaneski.
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Let’s get to this quiz.
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This is a quiz adapted from a question category on a popular television game show.
You might be familiar with the category.
It’s called before and after.
Does that ring any bells?
Is this a Jeopardy!
Category traditionally?
I’m unfamiliar with that show, but, it’s probably something like that.
Yeah.
I’ll give you a clue to two answers.
Both are two word phrases, and the second half of the first answer is the same as the first half of the second answer.
Okay.
So they can overlap.
For example, if I clued, it’s a fruity pastry, you might find just under a man’s chin, the answer would be, Adam’s apple turnover.
Gotcha.
Okay.
Adam’s apple, apple turnover.
I was thinking about beefcake whole, but that doesn’t work.
That’s something.
There’s something there.
I’ll work on that next time.
Now to simplify things this week, every overlap word like apple in Adam’s apple turnover will begin with A.
Okay.
Just for a thing to do.
Also, you’ll note that for language reasons, the second part will typically be clued first, like I did with this.
You’ll see what I mean.
Here we go.
It’s a light, fluffy, baked dessert that watches over and protects you in a heavenly fashion.
Angel food?
Yeah.
Angel?
Guardian angel food.
Guardian angel food I will take, or guardian angel cake.
That’s perfectly well, perfectly perfectly fine.
Very well done.
Very well done.
Guardian angel cake.
Guardian angel, angel cake.
It’s the record of friends’ names and phone numbers kept by Abraham Lincoln in Pennsylvania.
Gettysburg Address Book.
Gettysburg Address Book.
Gettysburg Address Book.
Either one.
It’s a little weird there, but it’s bad.
I was thinking about Rolodexing Midnight Runners or something, but that’s just another clue all the time.
I miss Rolodexes.
The way they used to spin around and flip Flap.
Flap.
Flap.
Yep.
It’s a famous highly classified US Air Force base that may or may not contain aliens, but does have a gas station and places to eat and just relax during a long trip.
Rest Area 51.
Rest Area 51.
That’s what the aliens call it.
It’s gotta be a thing.
We’re just a stopover on the way to better planets.
Sure.
It signals the beginning of Lent and involves the fine pulverized rock created during an eruption.
Volcanic Ash Wednesday?
That is it, exactly.
Volcanic Ash Wednesday, volcanic ash, Ash Wednesday, No.
Volcanic Ash Wednesday.
He’s just your regular working class guy who happens to know a lot about baseball players’ stats at home plate.
So Joe blow by blow?
No.
Remember the middle word, the middle of the overlap word will always begin with a.
Oh, I see.
Oh, right.
So average Joe Average Joe something?
Batting Average Joe.
Yes, batting average Joe.
There you go.
Batting average, average Joe.
Batting average Joe.
It’s a trippy music genre from the 1960s that focuses on oranges, grapefruits, lemons, and limes.
Citric acid rock.
Knocked it out of the park.
Very good.
Citric acid.
Good.
Acid rock.
At our age, it’s citric acid reflux.
Yes.
Guys, that was fantastic.
You did very well at before and after.
Good teamwork.
All right.
Give our best to the family.
We’ll talk to you next week, John.
You too, guys.
Talk to then.
Take care, John.
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