WEBVTT - The Wordplay Edition

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<v Speaker 1>The English language so rich, vibrant and complex, and sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>it's a little bit silly too, but it's constantly evolving.

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<v Speaker 1>In today's capture Trivia wordplay quiz, it's a bit of

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<v Speaker 1>a mixed bag. I've got to tell you every question

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<v Speaker 1>and here relates to words, their spellings, their meanings, and

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<v Speaker 1>their oddities. So there's some tough ones you may wish

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<v Speaker 1>to make liberal use of the pause button on your podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Contraption birthday shout outs. Luke from Fremont in California turned

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<v Speaker 1>ten yesterday. Max from Avalon Beach just had his seventeenth Tomorrow,

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<v Speaker 1>we have Elizabeth from Washington, d C. Should be twenty five.

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<v Speaker 1>Rudy's mate Vincent is celebrating his once in a lifetime

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<v Speaker 1>golden birthday. He'll be nine on the ninth. We also

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<v Speaker 1>have Jason from Port mcquarie he'll be thirty one, and

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<v Speaker 1>today Jared from Lenexa, Kansas is thirty one as well.

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<v Speaker 1>Aj from Mount Gambia is a milestone forty. Inez from

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<v Speaker 1>Miami on the Goldie is ten years old, and twins

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<v Speaker 1>Charlotte and Lucas from Sydney they're also having their golden birthdays.

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<v Speaker 1>They are eight on the eighth of July. Today, Happy birthday.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Stephen Craye, and today we won't stray from the wordplay. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>here's the first of twenty five questions containing the same

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<v Speaker 1>three letters. What is the past tense of the word eat?

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<v Speaker 1>Eight at Question two? What four letter word is a

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<v Speaker 1>man's name? A part of a duck and a proposed

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<v Speaker 1>law bill? Question three? What type of gram is a

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<v Speaker 1>sentence that uses all twenty six letters of the alphabet?

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<v Speaker 1>For example, the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog?

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<v Speaker 1>What type of graham is that sentence? It's a pangram?

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<v Speaker 1>Question four? Which US state might you associate with the

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<v Speaker 1>latest sports shirt new Jersey? Question five? Which of the

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<v Speaker 1>following words does not contain a doubles accessible, sustainable, dismissive,

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<v Speaker 1>or impressionable sustainable? Okay? Question six, but tricky? What is

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<v Speaker 1>both a person with a strict schedule and a beast

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<v Speaker 1>formed from a nuns vestment? A person with a strict

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<v Speaker 1>schedule and a beast formed from a nun's vestment a

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<v Speaker 1>creature of habit? Question seven? Which letter is silent in

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<v Speaker 1>the word debt? The B D E B T. Question

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<v Speaker 1>eight A Somemordinal lap is the term for a word

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<v Speaker 1>that becomes a different word when read backwards. For example,

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<v Speaker 1>straw s t r a w becomes wartz w r

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<v Speaker 1>t s. Where did the word some mordinal lap get

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<v Speaker 1>its name? Some mordinal lap is palindromes spelt backwards? How's that?

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<v Speaker 1>Question nine? What ghostly figure is an anagram of the

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<v Speaker 1>word respect? Specter s p E C t r E.

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<v Speaker 1>Question ten, beginning with R, what is the longest word

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<v Speaker 1>in the English language without any vowels? Remember that pause

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<v Speaker 1>button if you need more time, take as long as

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<v Speaker 1>you need. It's rhythms r h y t hms Question eleven.

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<v Speaker 1>Among hundreds of other common words, the words submerge, outbreak, eyeball, torture,

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<v Speaker 1>and gossip were invented by whom William Shakespeare. Question twelve.

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<v Speaker 1>What five letter word becomes shorter when two letters are

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<v Speaker 1>added to it? Short? S HRT add two letters er shorter?

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<v Speaker 1>Question thirteen. What two words that mean the same thing

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<v Speaker 1>do you get by changing just one letter in each

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<v Speaker 1>of Harrison Ford's names? I'll explain. So if you change

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<v Speaker 1>the first letter in Harrison and you change the last

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<v Speaker 1>letter in Ford, what two words do you get that

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<v Speaker 1>roughly mean the same thing. Swap out the H in

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<v Speaker 1>harrison with a G, you get garrison, and swap out

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<v Speaker 1>the D in ford for a T, and you get

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<v Speaker 1>fort Garrison fort. Question fourteen, which lung disease with six

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<v Speaker 1>letters starts with a vowel, ends with a vowel, but

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<v Speaker 1>has no vowels in between asthma as t h m A.

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<v Speaker 1>Question fifteen, What gets wet when drying? Is that a

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<v Speaker 1>trivia question or a riddle? I don't know, but it's

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<v Speaker 1>a towel. Question sixteen, Removing which letter from the word

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<v Speaker 1>window leaves a grieving wife? If you take away the N,

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<v Speaker 1>you're left with a widow. Question seventeen. By rearranging the

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<v Speaker 1>letters of RS Magna that's Latin for great art, what

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<v Speaker 1>word can we create? That means rearranging the letters of

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<v Speaker 1>a word or phrase to create another word or phrase.

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<v Speaker 1>You rearrange the letters in RS Magna and you get anagram.

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<v Speaker 1>Question eighteen, which homophone is both a grain used for

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<v Speaker 1>food and something that happens on a regular basis? Cerial

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<v Speaker 1>c R E A L and cerial s E R

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<v Speaker 1>I A L. Question nineteen The American spelling of the

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<v Speaker 1>words color, humor, and vapor all drop which vowel the you?

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<v Speaker 1>Question twenty Caking a bake, or dats and cogs are

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<v Speaker 1>examples of which s word seemingly related to cutlery. They're

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<v Speaker 1>called spoonerisms, where the initial two sounds of two or

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<v Speaker 1>more words are swapped around. Can be accidental or deliberate

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<v Speaker 1>for comedic effect. We've got another five questions coming up

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<v Speaker 1>for you in this Trivia Wordplay edition Here we Go.

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<v Speaker 1>Question twenty one. A phrase that describes a person, place,

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<v Speaker 1>or thing in a subtle or metaphorical way. Is an idiom,

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<v Speaker 1>a euphemism, or an alliteration a euphemism? Question twenty two.

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<v Speaker 1>Which word beginning with Q retains the same pronunciation when

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<v Speaker 1>you take away four of its five letters? Take your time,

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<v Speaker 1>have a think about it. Which word beginning with Q

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<v Speaker 1>retains the same pronunciation when you take away four of

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<v Speaker 1>its five letters? Well, the word is Q, Q U

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<v Speaker 1>E UI. Take away the ui ui and you're left

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<v Speaker 1>with a Q. Question twenty three. What two rhyming words

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<v Speaker 1>might describe a terrifying pixie a scary fairy? Question twenty

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<v Speaker 1>four Which tropical American fruit do you get by replacing

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<v Speaker 1>the consonants in the word banana. Leave the a's where

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<v Speaker 1>they are, replace the consonants and you can get a

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<v Speaker 1>tropical American fruit. What is it papaya p a p

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<v Speaker 1>a y A question twenty five which James Bond movie

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<v Speaker 1>is an anagram of red golfing gold Finger. He's the man,

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<v Speaker 1>the man with the Midas touch. And this is the

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<v Speaker 1>quiz show that comes back every Monday, Wednesday and Friday,

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<v Speaker 1>and during the school holidays we do the school holiday specials.

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<v Speaker 1>Today was one of those. Wednesday. We're doing the Australia

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<v Speaker 1>Versus USA edition. Hope you can join us for that.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for coming along for the ride. Catch you next

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