Our Quiz Guy John Chaneski has a game called Word Scouts. In order to earn your badge, you’ll have to know the architectural term Bauhaus and the flower that’s also a past tense verb. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Word Scouts Game”
You’re listening to A Way with Words. I’m Martha Barnette.
And I’m Grant Barrett. And who is that handsome man on the horizon?
It’s John Chaneski, our quiz guy.
Hey, it’s me.
Can you stand to be in my handsome presence?
You know, I’d have to shield my eyes.
Poor thing.
And plug my ears and hold my nose.
Hi, John.
What’s up, buddy?
Hi, Martha.
Hey, you know, I wanted to tell you guys, my daughter wanted to join the Girl Scouts.
Yeah?
Now, I highly admire the Girl Scouts, so after weeks of trying to make this happen,
And I’m happy to state that tomorrow will be the first meeting of Daisy Troop 2055 at PS261 in Brooklyn.
Now, it’s inspired me to create a scouting organization of my own.
Aha.
Yes.
Do I say it’s a quiz?
I call it the Word Scouts.
Okay.
Yes, it is a quiz.
The object is simple.
We earn badges in different disciplines.
I’ll give you an area of study and a word question in that area.
If you give me some right answers, you’ll earn your badges.
What do you think?
Yeah, great.
Good, let’s do it.
The first area is artist, your artist badge.
To get your artist badge, tell me the source language and meaning of any of the following art movement names.
Faux-vism, de style, bow house, grouposette.
Well, faux-vism is French, right?
French.
Can you tell me the meaning?
Bow house is German.
The wild ones is savage.
Wild beast.
Very good.
Yeah.
Matisse and all those guys, right?
Very good.
Okay.
Next one was what?
De Stael.
I was going to say Cole Porter, but it must be…
It is Dutch.
And I think you’ve done enough to get your badge in this.
Bauhaus, you’re right, is German from School of Building.
Sure.
And I think you could probably get Gruppo Sette.
Seventh group?
What is it?
Group Seventh from the Italian.
Very good.
Nice artist badge getting.
Here’s the next one.
Let’s go for our cooking badge.
-oh.
The cooking badge requires that you tell me what I should add to the following word salad.
Celery, onion, garlic, kosher, table, sea, Epsom.
Salt.
Salt, yes.
Oh, very good.
Pretty simple.
Okay.
All right.
How about the naturalist badge?
Give me the name of a flower that is also a past tense verb.
Rose.
Rose, very good.
Nice.
Nice two quick ones in a row.
Good way to go.
Here’s a little trivia one for you.
Money.
The money badge.
A Lincoln penny has engraved on it the year it was issued and 14 words.
Can you tell me 12 of those words?
On both sides, right?
Yeah.
So, E pluribus unum.
That’s three.
And then United States of America.
Seven.
Does it not have In God We Trust?
It does.
In God We Trust.
That’s ten.
That’s eleven.
What?
I think that’s eleven.
Is it?
Yeah.
How many do we need?
12.
We need one more.
Lincoln.
Cent.
The year.
Yes, cent is good.
I already mentioned the year.
Oh, yeah.
Doesn’t it say one cent on it?
It says one cent, right.
And there’s one more word.
Any idea what it is?
Liberty.
Oh.
On the left, lower left, right?
That’s right.
Yeah.
Not a lot of people know that.
Okay, you’ve got your money badge.
Nice.
Congratulations.
You are officially Word Scouts.
Well, John, is that it then?
That the stumpers are over?
That’s it.
You did great.
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