Quiz Guy John Chaneski finds that whenever he loses an item, he often forgets to look inside something else. So it’d be a lot easier if the name of the thing he was looking for was inside the name of the thing it’s already in. For example, if there’s something you need to scratch, in what room of the house might you find it? This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “The Look Inside Word Puzzle”
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I’m Grant Barrett.
And I’m Martha Barnette.
And hark, who goes there?
It’s John Chaneski.
Behold.
Hark.
Quiz guy.
Behold.
Hark, it’s me.
Hi, Martha.
Hi, Grant.
I’m sorry to interrupt your harking, but it is time for a quiz.
So let’s get started with this.
Whenever I lose something, I often forget to look inside something else. You know, like I’ll find my keys in my pants or the book I’m reading in the bag of groceries for some reason. It’d be a lot easier if the name of the thing I was looking for was inside the name of the thing that it’s in.
For example, for example, if there’s something you need to scratch, in what room of the house would you find it?
Oh.
Oh.
Does it have an itch in it?
Yeah, that’s right. It’s got an itch in it. Which room in the house has an itch in it?
That would be the kitchen.
The kitchen, yes.
Kitchen contains itch.
Nice.
Still, you get the premise of this one.
Here we go.
Let’s look for a few other items.
So your high school has a baseball game coming up, and you say you’ve lost one of your officials. Well, why not look to the marching band? I’ll bet you’ll find him hiding in one of the instruments.
In the trumpet?
Yes, you’ll find the ump in the trumpet. Tiny little umptiny, tiny little ump hiding in the trumpet.
Now, in what planet would you find your lost collection of paintings and sculptures?
Oh, on Mars?
No, not on Mars.
R’s, A-R-S.
Yeah, what about that?
That’s a valid workaround, yes. But all of these are English, and all of them, by the way, are in the middle, not at the front or back of the word.
Oh, I see.
In the middle.
Let’s see.
Upit.
Jupiter.
I don’t know.
How about Earth?
How about Earth?
Yes.
What are we looking for?
Art.
We’re looking for our art, and art is in Earth, yes.
Now, if you’re looking for a large wooden ship used to transport animals, what item of clothing should you examine?
Let’s see, so it’s an ark and…
Something really warm, I guess.
Oh, yeah, I guess it would be a parka.
Yeah, seasonal item of clothing, of course, the parka. Yes, the ark is right in the middle there.
Suppose you’re thirsty for…
Yes, Martha?
Sorry, go ahead.
No, I was just thinking of jumper and ump, but never mind.
Oh, I could be hiding in a jumper. You never know.
Similarly, if you want to pave your driveway, what continent should you search?
Pave my driveway? What am I putting down? Am I putting tar?
Yes.
Yeah, so maybe Antarctica?
Antarctica, yes.
Now, Groucho said, outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read. However, inside a certain breed of dog, you can find a cooking implement. Now, if you finish reading and you’re ready to make dinner, that’s useful.
Wow.
There are so many breeds of dogs, dude.
Yeah, this is going to take a while.
But how many common cooking implements are there?
Well, there’s the oodle and poodle.
That’s an implement.
No, I’m kidding.
A beagle has an eagle.
A pan.
Spaniel?
Spaniel, yes.
A spaniel with a pan inside.
Oh, good, Martha.
Well done.
Please be careful when examining your spaniel for a pan.
All right.
I am finished for the day.
Goodbye, you guys.
Talk to you next week.
Bye, John.
Take care.
Be well.
Bye-bye.
You too.
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