Inspired by the success of Barbenheimer, Quiz Guy John Chaneski seeks portmanteautitles for new movies that combine two plotlines. For example, he’s looking for a one-word title for a movie summarized this way: Only the persistent efforts of a Minnesota chief of police could possibly track down the restless spirits of otherworldly demons like Gozer the Gozerian. This is part of a complete episode.
Quiz Guy John Chaneski is pondering books with titles that include an anagram. For example, what might you call Stephen Hawking’s heavy coffee-table book about people’s attempts over the centuries to get enough roughage in their diet...
Quiz Guy John Chaneski is pondering the degrees offered by various colleges and universities — or at least, the degrees those institutions should offer, considering their names. For example, at what Ivy League school might you expect a course...
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