Social Media Book Quiz

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I’m Martha Barnette.

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

Hi, John.

Hi, Grant. Hi, Martha.

Hello.

Hello.

Facebook is good for faces, but sometimes I like to look for other things.

Like, for instance, the following post, and this is a quote, Manfred von Richthofen posts,

I’m the number one fighter pilot. You can’t catch the Red Baron, yo.

On what book did he post that?

Acebook.

That would be Acebook, yes.

Very good.

So now you get the concept.

Okay.

I don’t.

So we’re going to take all the names of different social media or just Facebook?

No, just Facebook, but different things you would find on different social media that is not quite Facebook.

Okay.

Just change the…

So their own specialized version of Facebook that fits who they are.

Right.

Okay.

For example, here’s the first one.

Neil Armstrong posts, first, on the moon, that is, while John Glenn posts, first, in orbit.

And Yuri Gagarin posts, oh, spasiba, don’t even try, players.

Spacebook.

On Spacebook, that’s right.

Oh.

Do they all rhyme with Facebook?

They do.

Okay, they do.

That helps.

Someone posted a link to a listicle, top 10 more poetic alternatives to,

God is great.

God is good.

Let us thank him for this food.

Grace book.

Yes, grace book.

Nice.

All you have to do is a simple search for doilies, and the next thing you know, you get directed

Ads for Antimacassar’s lingerie and bridal veil.

On lace book.

On lace book, yes.

Here are some folks arguing over the relative merits of the roles of Figaro in The Marriage

Of Figaro versus Mistoffelees in Faust versus Don Alfonso in Cosi Fantuti.

Oh, nice.

But I can’t find a word that rhymes with ace.

Those are specific roles.

Oh, I can see.

Tenor, base book.

Yes.

How about base book?

Base book is right.

Very good.

Very good.

Okay, you guys, crowdsourcing this question.

What should I use for displaying a tulip bouquet?

Wide colored glass or tall, narrow delft?

How about roses?

Base book.

Yes, vase book.

Or vase book.

Yeah, the pronunciation could change, yeah.

Gronk the Destroyer writes,

I don’t like morning stars.

The chains confuse me.

Give me a good old-fashioned two-meter length of oak

Clad with tempered iron from the end to the middle.

As long as the grip is good leather,

I can really crack me some Visigoth heads.

Macebook.

Macebook, that’s right.

This version of social media only allows for sharing photos

Of different locations.

Cities, countries, rooms in your house, public parks,

Even the moon.

Anything that’s not a…

What’s that?

Sorry, placebook.

Placebook is right.

Anything that’s not a person or a thing.

Placebook.

Nice.

You could just say it’s an atlas, right?

This version is exclusive to track and field competitors.

After the Olympics, all you could read was, here’s me in the 800 meters.

Here’s me in the 110 meter hurdles.

Racebook.

Racebook is right.

Over and over.

Now, people always share their food pictures, but all we see on this social media is photos

Of and recipes for a highly seasoned stew of fish and shellfish.

Booyah Basebook.

Booyah Basebook, yes.

Delicious.

Anyway, those are the different social media that I happen to frequent.

I don’t know about you guys, but you guys did very, very well.

Thank you very much.

Thank you, John.

Thanks, Buck.

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