Speaker 1: Hello puzzlers, and welcome to the Puzzler Podcast, the home
Speaker 1: of your daily puzzle fixed. I am your host, AJ Jacobs,
Speaker 1: and joining me today is our very own chief puzzle Officer,
Speaker 1: Greg Pliska, Greg, what have you cooked up for me
Speaker 1: and the puzzlers today?
Speaker 2: Aj? Today, I have a little puzzle inspired by Lady Gaga.
Speaker 1: Hmmm, Lady Gaga? All right. I wouldn't say I'm a
Speaker 1: full on little monster, but maybe a very little monster.
Speaker 2: A very teeny monster, a teeny monster, half monster webster. Yes,
Speaker 2: what is?
Speaker 1: What does she inspire you to do this time?
Speaker 2: Are you? You're probably familiar with the song poker Face.
Speaker 1: I am.
Speaker 2: Poker Face. That's a that's the song.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: So these are all two word phrases of the same
Speaker 2: form p something f something.
Speaker 1: Like poker gotcha.
Speaker 2: Okay, So I'll give you a clue to the phrase
Speaker 2: and you give me the answer. But you have to
Speaker 2: sing it like lady Lady Gaga. Oh poker face, right,
Speaker 2: you got to give us a little rendition of it.
Speaker 1: Oh that? Oh, so I have to actually sing it?
Speaker 1: Are you sure that that's what our listeners?
Speaker 2: I'm not so it be kind of rhythmic with it.
Speaker 1: You know, and how many when she does the how
Speaker 1: many PA pus does she do in poker face?
Speaker 2: I mean it's seven, but we're not seven. We're not
Speaker 2: gonna have all right, we'll get to it.
Speaker 1: Let's we'll do like four.
Speaker 2: We don't see what feels good. Okay, this is this
Speaker 2: is a cover. It's not the original. You can do
Speaker 2: your cover version.
Speaker 1: Yeah, this is my interpreting. All right, I will do
Speaker 1: my best. I will do it on both accounts.
Speaker 2: All right. One first one a financial institution that collects
Speaker 2: regular contributions from employers to provide retirement income for employees.
Speaker 1: Well, I think I know this one. Yeah, the retirement
Speaker 1: institution would be well, I guess I have to sing
Speaker 1: it right, So this could be another hit for her.
Speaker 1: Pa pa PA pension fund.
Speaker 2: Pension fund exactly, Pa pa PA pension fund. Yes, you
Speaker 2: are correct. All right. Here's another one. Pog juice is
Speaker 2: made from orange guava and this small round citrus.
Speaker 1: Oh, and that's a real thing. I've never heard of it.
Speaker 2: It is a real thing. It was more popular back
Speaker 2: in the day, but it's it is a real thing.
Speaker 1: That's a great That is a great crossword puzzle word.
Speaker 1: Pog I don't know why I haven't seen it.
Speaker 2: Actually, I think pog Juice inspired those little those round
Speaker 2: toys you played with the POGs. I remember the caps
Speaker 2: to the pog juicery.
Speaker 1: All right, well, I think I got the answer while
Speaker 1: you were talking. I figured it out as Papa passion fruit.
Speaker 2: Yes, very good, Lady Gaga is jealous right now, I've
Speaker 2: got passion fruit is the third ingredient. All right, here's
Speaker 2: another one.
Speaker 1: Apologies to the listeners again.
Speaker 2: This white boundary marker symbolizes the ideal American middle class home.
Speaker 1: Okay, I think I know that because it's like the phrase.
Speaker 1: It's like, you know, Mom's apple pie and a white
Speaker 1: Papa picket fence exactly. I have no idea how poker
Speaker 1: face goes aside from.
Speaker 2: You're doing great, You're doing great. Okay. In fact, this
Speaker 2: is like when Weird Al does his version of poker face,
Speaker 2: it's going to be picket fence now, gota, Yes, all right,
Speaker 2: a couple more for you. If a player gets six
Speaker 2: of these infractions in the w NBA or in the NBA,
Speaker 2: she is out for the remainder of the game.
Speaker 1: Hmmm, well, I'm thinking an infraction, uh in sports is
Speaker 1: usually penalty, but it's notice.
Speaker 2: No basketball, what do you Someone has got a if you,
Speaker 2: if you, if you hit another player while they're trying
Speaker 2: to shoot.
Speaker 1: You, punch in the face, punch face.
Speaker 2: This word, the F word is the infraction part here.
Speaker 1: Oh all right, okay, there you go, a personal foul.
Speaker 2: Exactly, personal foul. All right, let's do one more. This
Speaker 2: is the actor who played the grandfather in The Princess
Speaker 2: Bride and the title detective on Colombo.
Speaker 1: Oh, I do love, I love. And another one of
Speaker 1: my favorites, the in Laws.
Speaker 2: Yes, yes, brilliant serpentine.
Speaker 1: And his name would be Peter Fock.
Speaker 2: Well done. You got a perfect five on that, Adam,
Speaker 2: four and a half maybe, okay, very good?
Speaker 1: Well, thank you Greg. Those are awesome. And do you
Speaker 1: have an extra credit for our puzzlers at home?
Speaker 2: Indeed I do, Okay, puzzlers puzzle on this burial place
Speaker 2: for unknown people taken from a phrase in the Bible.
Speaker 1: Well, thank you again, Greg, And remember, puzzlers, please subscribe
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Speaker 1: tomorrow for more puzzling puzzles that will puzzle you puzzlingly.
Speaker 2: Hello puzzlers. Chief Puzzle Officer, Greg Pliska here released from
Speaker 2: the Puzzle Lab to give you the extra credit answer
Speaker 2: from our previous show. We played Name that Title with
Speaker 2: Monica Padman and Dak Shephard, which was all about title
Speaker 2: drops movie quotes where the title of the movie is spoken,
Speaker 2: and this was your extra credit clue.
Speaker 1: But what we found out is that each one of
Speaker 1: us is a brain and an athlete and a basket case,
Speaker 1: a princess and a criminal. Does that answer your question?
Speaker 1: Since you yours title job?
Speaker 2: And the answer, of course is the Great Brat Pack
Speaker 2: film The Breakfast Club. And you know, I like to
Speaker 2: think of you all as our breakfast club because I
Speaker 2: hope each of you gets up every morning, has a
Speaker 2: healthy breakfast and listens to the Puzzler podcast. Catch you
Speaker 2: next time. Thanks for playing along with the team here
Speaker 2: at the Puzzler. I'm Greg Pliska, your chief Puzzle Officer.
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