Double-Dog-Dare Word Puzzle

You’re listening to A Way with Words. I’m Martha Barnette.

And I’m Grant Barrett, and we’re joined by our quiz guy, John Chaneski. Hello, John.

Hi, Martha. Hi, Grant. How are you guys?

The John Chaneski. Hello.

The. The. The official, the one and only, the John Chaneski.

Definite article John Chaneski.

Or just the Chaneski. The Chinesk.

Actually, it sounds like a sophisticated drink I should order the next time I go out.

It does, doesn’t it?

I’ll take a Chaneski, two olives, please.

Mr. Chaneski, what do you have for us today?

Sexy quiz.

I have a puzzle, a little quiz. You know, I wanted to ask you guys.

You know, when I was a kid, there were two kinds of dogs.

You guys have pets?

Sure.

Yeah, yeah, absolutely.

A couple of dogs.

Okay.

When I was a kid, there were two kinds of dogs.

You had purebreds and you just had mutts.

Mm—

None of this mixed breed.

It was just mutts.

The purebreds had names and the mutts were mutts or mongrels or whatever.

And then I guess someone, to show the pride they have in their mutt, gave their mixed breed some sort of combo name.

And I bet you know what you call a dog that is half Cocker Spaniel and half Poodle.

Oh, yeah.

Mm—

Cockapoo.

A Cockapoo.

That’s right.

And how about a Labrador and a Poodle?

Labradoodle.

Labradoodle.

Labradoodle.

Yeah, I have a multi-poop.

My favorite is a puggle.

A puggle, very sweet.

A pug and a beagle.

Very nice.

Well, I’m going to give you two breeds, and you tell me what kind of dog you would get if they mated.

All right?

Okay.

Now, the ones I’ve come up with make sort of combinations that are just like other things you may have heard before.

I’ll give you an example.

If you were a fan of the TV show Lost, and you owned a Jack Russell Terrier-German Shepherd mix, what would you call it?

Jack German?

Jack Shepherd.

Jack Shepard. You called it Jack Shepard.

I’ve never seen the show.

Oh, okay.

But let’s see what else we have in the kennel.

I don’t know if you know this, but Otis Redding owned a dachshund and a Chesapeake Bay Retriever mix.

Dachshund Bay?

It was a dock of the bay.

A dock of the bay, okay.

Very good.

I see where this is going.

Now you’re right up to speed.

Roger Ailes owns a Fox Terrier Newfoundland combo.

Do you know what it’s called?

How about Fox News?

Fox News, yeah.

This is a little Fox News running around there.

What would be the surprising product of a Great Dane and a Scottish Terrier?

I’ll say.

Claire Danes.

Great Scott.

Great Scott.

Claire Danes.

I don’t know.

Claire Danes, but that would be very surprising, yes.

Some of these, of course, are physically completely impossible, but some of them may want to go out there and try to find one.

Okay.

How about this one?

In the 70s, NASA had a mascot that was part Sky Terrier and part Labrador Retriever.

Sky Lab.

Oh, Sky Lab.

Awesome.

All right.

Let’s try to go to the next one.

Did you guys know that Santa Claus’s dog is a pointer and a setter mix?

A poinsettia?

A poinsettia.

Why not?

Oh, that’s good.

Arthur Murray owned a Fox Terrier Rottweiler mix.

Foxtrot.

Foxtrot.

Do you guys remember Tom Carvel?

Sure, yeah.

No.

Carvel Ice Cream.

Carvel Ice Cream.

Oh.

Stores all across.

I remember the ice cream.

At least across the Northeast.

Okay.

He had, his dog was part Chocolate Lab and part Maltese.

Chocolate malted.

Chocolate malted.

I don’t know how much you know about history, but Pliny the Elder owned a dog that was part Pomeranian and part Sharpay.

Pompey.

Pompey.

And it’s ash-colored.

Very good. Ash-colored Pompey.

Here’s our last one.

Joseph Smith, the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

His dog was part Great Dane, part Saluki, and part Lakeland Terrier.

Great Salt Lake.

I’ve never heard of a Saluki.

What’s a Saluki?

Oh, it’s a skinny little whippet kind of dog.

Oh, I like those.

They have the winsome faces.

I do want you to know that one of the reasons I came up with this quiz was we just got a dog.

She is half dachshund, half border collie.

So I’ve been trying to work something that’s like docks with borders or something like that.

But it’s just not working out.

But here’s a shout out to Goldie, our new dog.

Goldie.

Thanks, John.

That was a wonderful quiz.

And I think this is a game that we could keep playing online.

Just come up with these mixed breeds over and over, right?

Yeah, send them to us.

If you’ve got some, send them along.

Words@waywordradio.org.

Try them on our Facebook page or group, or send them in Twitter, or call us, 877-929-9673.

Thanks, John.

You’re my superhero.

Thanks, Grant.

Mine too.

Thank you.

Bye, John.

Bye.