From Puzzle Guy John Chaneski comes a great game for the breakfast table in the tradition of such cereal names as Cheerios and Wheaties. What kind of cereal does a hedge fund manager eat? Portfolios! And what do Liberal Arts majors pour in their bowls? Humanities! This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Breakfast Cereal Word Game”
You’re listening to A Way with Words. I’m Grant Barrett.
And I’m Martha Barnette. And we’re joined once again by our quiz guy, John Chaneski. Yo, John.
Yo, Martha. Yo, Grant.
Yo, what’s up, baby pops?
Do you guys watch Glee?
I do watch Glee.
I’ve seen it before.
Glee!
Oh, good. Well, you know, I love it. I love the show. I am amused that the cheerleaders are called the Cheerios. That’s funny, right?
Yeah, a little bit. First time.
Then what else would a cheerleader eat for breakfast but Cheerios, right?
That started me thinking.
What kind of cereal do you think a hedge fund manager might have for breakfast?
Flakes.
A hedge fund manager.
But if an artist has something, if they want to carry things around.
Portfolio.
As you can tell, I don’t have one.
Apparently, neither do I.
It’s okay.
Hedge fund managers eat portfolios for breakfast.
Gotcha.
It’s a brilliant niche marketing scheme.
And I retain the rights to Portfolio is the breakfast cereal and all the rest that you are about to guess.
Okay.
Got it.
Got it.
How about this one?
What do you think an antique dealer would have for breakfast?
It also ends in I.O.
Yes, it does.
Okay.
I.O.S.
Just to help you out.
I.O.S.
Okay.
Like Cheerios.
Wow.
An antique dealer would have…
Think of little tchotchkes they keep in a cabinet.
Cheerios.
Oh, very good.
Very good.
My favorite antique dealer eats curios, a big heaping bowl of curios.
What does a geometry professor have for breakfast?
Ratios.
Ratios, yes.
Yum.
What do book collectors have for breakfast?
Folios.
Folios.
Yum.
That’s great.
Nice work, Rand.
What do cowboys have for breakfast?
Rodeos.
Rodeos.
Rodeos.
Yeehaw.
I wrote that one down a few minutes ago because I knew it would come up.
Very nice.
Way to think ahead.
How about audiophiles?
Audios, radios.
Radios.
I’ll take stereos.
Big bowl of stereos.
Stereos with berries, perhaps, with bananas.
Now, of course, some people like different cereals.
Let’s think about Wheaties.
Now, suppose you wanted something like Wheaties and you attended a liberal arts college.
What might you have for breakfast?
Oh, Wheaties.
Wheaties.
Granola, of course.
I know it doesn’t rhyme, but that’s what you eat at a liberal arts college.
That’s true.
I was looking for a big bowl of humanities.
Oh, very good.
The rest are going to be like that.
How about a priest?
What would a priest have for breakfast?
Say while they’re writing their sermon.
Hail Mary’s.
That’s not bad.
We’re getting a lot of alternate answers on this quiz, but that’s okay.
What about while they’re writing a sermon?
Kiri’s.
Homilies.
They’d have a big bowl of homilies.
Nice.
How about a ham radio enthusiast?
Frequencies.
Frequencies.
Nice.
What did Nostradamus have for breakfast?
Prophecies.
Prophecies.
Very good.
How about a trial lawyer?
Testimonies.
Testimonies.
Grants on fire.
All right.
Here’s the last one.
What does film director George Romero have for breakfast?
Zombies.
Zombies.
Big bowl of crunchy zombies for breakfast.
And what does a dentist have for breakfast?
Caries.
Cavities.
Well, that’s my sounds like a cereal quiz.
I hope you liked it.
Yeah, I’m hungry.
It was tasty.
Very good.
Thanks, John.
Thank you, John.
Thanks, Martha.
See you later.
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