Grand Numbers Quiz

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

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

Hello, John.

Hi, Grant Barrett. Hi, Martha Barnette. How are you guys doing?

Hi, John Chaneski.

What’s cooking in New York City?

Things are good here. Things are great here. It’s been a nice summer.

And I’m working at the museum, the Museum of Mathematics, MoMath.

The reason I mention it is a co-worker of mine sort of inspired today’s quiz.

This quiz is about the nth degree.

It’s about taking things beyond limits.

It’s about just one more, which is the title of the quiz.

Now, my friend at the museum likes to say five ever.

What is five ever?

Oh, that’s great.

Forever plus one.

Five ever is even longer than forever.

It’s just one more than forever.

Because I’ve been waiting here.

Five ever.

So let’s take things a bit further and add just one more to numbers within words.

Okay.

All right.

Sounds good.

I’ll describe a word with a number or the sound of a number in it.

It’s not necessarily spelled out correctly.

It could be anywhere in the word.

You add one to the number and tell me the neologism.

Okay?

The new word.

Fill in the blanks.

Here we go.

My cousin got some new ink this weekend in a marathon session.

It covers his entire back, his shoulders, and his legs.

It’s not just a blank.

It’s a blank.

It’s not just a tattoo.

It’s a tat three.

It’s a tat three.

Very good.

Okay, this one.

Here we go.

So then the giant squid smashed into the boat and wrapped a huge arm around the sailors.

It was massive.

I mean, it wasn’t just a blank.

It was a blank.

It was an octopus?

It was an, what’s the after octo?

No, it’s an eleventicle.

Eleventicle is right.

It wasn’t just a tentacle.

I was trying to think of the word for a nine-armed octopus.

Pretty cool.

All right.

Now, you know, Popeye the Sailor Man is quite interesting physically.

First there’s, you know, the pop eye.

Then there are his limbs.

Yikes.

He doesn’t have blank.

He’s got blank.

He doesn’t have triceps.

He has quad steps?

No.

No.

Biceps, triceps.

That was already a quad steps.

Think about Popeye, how he looks.

Muscles.

What is he?

Muscles.

Me muscles.

I said limbs because I was avoiding certain.

Limbs, I know.

He doesn’t have forearms.

He has five arms.

He has five arms, yes.

Oh, golly.

Oh, golly.

Of course.

Forearms.

Now, according to the coroner, the poison was a particular strain that was so powerful,

It not only killed the victim, but the killer as well just from touching it.

This was not just blank.

This was more like blank.

Oh, it’s not just strict nine.

It’s strict ten.

It’s strict ten, yes.

Good one.

You have to give him credit.

He never gives up.

He never gives in.

He’s like a dog with a bone.

He’s not merely blank.

He’s blank.

Dogged?

No.

He’s 11-acious.

Elevanacious.

Martha likes to go right for the up word.

He’s not tenacious.

He’s elevanacious.

He is so entrenched at that college that they could never fire him,

Even if he were to poison the dean or set fire to the quad.

Blank?

He’s got blank.

Ten-year?

He’s got elevan-year.

That’s good.

Good.

When I was a toddler, this is a true story, by the way,

When I was a toddler, I was kind of a big kid, really.

In fact, when my first molar came out, my dad said, that’s not just a blank.

That’s a blank.

That’s a three-th.

That’s a three-th.

That’s not a tooth.

That’s a three-th.

That’s not a knife.

That’s a knife.

Okay, now here’s the last one.

Kids, don’t forget the rules while your mother and I are on vacation.

No staying up late, only one hour of television a night, and absolutely, positively no wild parties.

I’m serious here.

Parties are not just blank, they’re blank.

Not just forbidden, they’re five-bidden.

They’re five-bidden.

All right.

You guys went above and beyond for just one more, so good work.

Thanks, John. Really appreciate it.

Your quizzes are always a delight.

Thank you so much. Bye, guys.

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