What’s an end-of-the-year episode without Quiz Guy John Chaneski’s limericks about words in the news? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Year-End Limerick Quiz” You’re listening to A Way with Words, the...
Quiz Guy John Chaneski has a quiz about four-letter anagrams. For example, what letters can anagram into words meaning either “cruel” or “designation”? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Four-Letter...
Quiz Guy John Chaneski offers a game that involves finding the synonym with the most syllables. For example, one synonym for the word dumb is vacuous. But can you think of another that has five syllables? This is part of a complete episode...
Quiz Guy John Chaneski’s puzzle requires misreading words that begin with the letters P-R-E. For example, the word preaching could be misread as having to do with “hurting beforehand” — that is, pre-aching. This is part of a...
Quiz Guy John Chaneski’s game involves clues about the names of countries. For example, a cylindrical container, plus an abbreviation on the back of a tube of toothpaste, combine to form the name of what neighbor to the north? This is part of...
Have you ever offered to foster a dog or cat, but wound up adopting instead? There’s an alliterative term for that. And when you’re on the job, do niceties like “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” make you sound too...