Speaker 1: Hello, Puzzlers, Welcome to the Puzzler Podcast. They do not
Speaker 1: remove tag on your brand new puzzle mattress. I'm your host,
Speaker 1: AJ Jacobs, and here is a question. What do these
Speaker 1: words have in common? Wagon, wheel, bow, tie, elbow, corkscrew.
Speaker 1: As my son points out, they all contain vowels, which
Speaker 1: is true, but there's something else. Wagon wheel, bow, tie, elbow, corkscrew.
Speaker 1: I'll give you one more angel hair. You got it,
Speaker 1: even if you didn't. They are all types of pasta,
Speaker 1: and that is the idea behind today's game, find the
Speaker 1: missing Link. I'm going to give you and our guest
Speaker 1: six words and you will have to figure out what
Speaker 1: connects them. And that guest is the wonderful, talented and
Speaker 1: hilarious Jessica Shaw, host of pop Culture Spotlight on Sirius XM.
Speaker 1: Welcome Jessica, Hello, Aj. It is a delight to have you.
Speaker 1: What is your favorite type of pasta?
Speaker 2: My favorite type of pasta is yoki. Does that count
Speaker 2: because there's potato involved?
Speaker 1: I can't oh fully fully all right, I'm a double
Speaker 1: of carbs. Yes, I am a fan of Yochi or yoko.
Speaker 1: I like to say the singular and I put that
Speaker 1: into spelling bee and it does not give me credit.
Speaker 2: So that well, I never have a single yoko. I
Speaker 2: always have a that of yoki.
Speaker 1: It's like potato chips. It's hard to have a yoko. Yes,
Speaker 1: I I like few Silly with the corkscrew, just because
Speaker 1: of the name few Silly. It is silly. Uh And
Speaker 1: by the way, if anyone was wondering the Italian while
Speaker 1: we're on Italian name, the Italian name for bow tie
Speaker 1: is I had to look it up, but uh far
Speaker 1: follow follow you got it. You got it before I
Speaker 1: said it. And the wagon wheel is Rotelli, just so
Speaker 1: you have it. Okay, Jessica, are you ready for find
Speaker 1: the Missing Link? Yes, excellent. I'm going to give you
Speaker 1: a handful of words and you have to figure out
Speaker 1: the missing link. But since this is the puzzler, there's always.
Speaker 3: A twist, a fusili twist.
Speaker 1: Ah, it is a corkscrew like twist. I am not
Speaker 1: just going to give you the words. You are going
Speaker 1: to have to earn them. I'm going to give you
Speaker 1: a series of trivia questions and those answers, those those
Speaker 1: six answers are going to have something in common. So
Speaker 1: are you ready? Yes, this metals symbol is fe. This
Speaker 1: metals symbol is f e. Oh taking her head iron, iron,
Speaker 1: she's in. I really wanted to give my clue, which
Speaker 1: was bomb. So I'm glad you got it, But sad
Speaker 1: I didn't do that.
Speaker 3: What can I tell you? You know, it's like you
Speaker 3: know these things.
Speaker 1: We learned something. The vulnerability is lovely? Thank you?
Speaker 3: All right?
Speaker 1: This is what a trunk is called in England, the
Speaker 1: trunk of a car.
Speaker 3: Oh do I have to give a guess even if
Speaker 3: I know it's wrong?
Speaker 1: Sure that that makes I like that?
Speaker 3: Okay, I like.
Speaker 1: That's a better That is better than the actual answer. Well,
Speaker 1: I'll give you some hints. It can be kinky. This
Speaker 1: word can be kinky. You can pull yourself up by
Speaker 1: their straps. So Italy is in the shape of this boot.
Speaker 3: Boot.
Speaker 1: You got it exactly, all right? So boot and iron
Speaker 1: and he guesses so far and he guess if you
Speaker 1: get it right, I'm gonna have to bleep it out
Speaker 1: because we have like another four minutes to fill.
Speaker 2: Luckily I'm not that smart, so no, no guesses excellent?
Speaker 1: All right? Number three mister Peanut, Fred Astaire and Slash
Speaker 1: from Guns n' Roses all wear this huts. It is
Speaker 1: a hat, any particular.
Speaker 3: A top hat.
Speaker 1: It is a top hat. Also important information. Mister Peanut's
Speaker 1: full name is Bartholomew Richard Fitzgerald smythe in case. Really
Speaker 1: he's very, one percent very he's going to go down
Speaker 1: with the revolution, I.
Speaker 3: Feel and the EpiPens.
Speaker 1: That's true, all right. Number four William Carlos Williams wrote
Speaker 1: a poem about a red one of these. I can
Speaker 1: even give you the poem if you want. It's because
Speaker 1: it's very short. It is so much depends upon a
Speaker 1: red blank blazed with rain water beside the white chickens.
Speaker 1: I only know it because I was made to read
Speaker 1: it in like eighth grade, and I.
Speaker 3: I mean, I'm sure I was too cardinal.
Speaker 1: No, it's more of something you find in gardens and
Speaker 1: farms and you push it. It's got one we open.
Speaker 3: A wagon, wheelbarrow.
Speaker 1: Wheelbarrow exactly all right, So wheel barrow. So now so
Speaker 1: we have top hat, wheel barrow, iron, and one more
Speaker 1: that I'm forgetting. Oh boot, So those are the flour
Speaker 1: so far.
Speaker 4: Anything that wheelbarrow, iron and boot hot garage.
Speaker 1: Mechanic you got? How did you know?
Speaker 3: That?
Speaker 1: Is a great guess but not it? All right? Two more?
Speaker 1: Are you ready? This item, which is used in sewing,
Speaker 1: holds about one cubic centimeter. That's the volume of this item.
Speaker 1: It holds about one and it's used in sewing. Thimble
Speaker 1: Thimble nailed it, all right. This breed of dog was
Speaker 1: owned by FDR and George W. Bush.
Speaker 3: Poodle.
Speaker 1: Well, I know I wouldn't get this this is, but
Speaker 1: here I'll give you a hint. It's just a wee dog.
Speaker 1: That's a terrible accent, but it enjoys eating Hoggis that
Speaker 1: forget the accent? Yes, Scottish terrier exactly? All right, yeah,
Speaker 1: thank you, thank you. By the way, timely fact, Vladimir
Speaker 1: Putin said George W. Bush's Scottish terrier was too small,
Speaker 1: and that Putin's was bigger, tougher and meaner. So another
Speaker 1: reason to hate Vladimir Putin. All right, that is six.
Speaker 1: But I can give you a seventh if you want,
Speaker 1: or we can keep going with the six.
Speaker 2: Scottish terrier is my next clue? In top hat, wheelbarrow,
Speaker 2: iron in boot exactly?
Speaker 1: Is there anything coming to mind? All right? Wait about
Speaker 1: one last one. Danica Patrick and Mario Andretti are known
Speaker 1: to use this type of vehicle, race car, race car. Okay,
Speaker 1: so now you've got all of those and these are all.
Speaker 2: Is this that racing thing that people do, that's.
Speaker 1: Like the racing thing. But it is a game. You
Speaker 1: got that. It is related to a game, and it
Speaker 1: is I would say this game.
Speaker 3: Formula forty nine.
Speaker 2: What Formula forty nine, formula formula racing, formula formula formula.
Speaker 1: It is a it is a it's not just a game.
Speaker 1: It's a board game. And and here's the beauty of it.
Speaker 1: The total amount.
Speaker 3: Oh I know what, I already know it.
Speaker 1: Duh.
Speaker 3: How could I not know? This monopoly piece is dumb? Dumb?
Speaker 3: Literally play this all the time.
Speaker 1: Oh you do? You're an what? Yes? What piece?
Speaker 4: You?
Speaker 1: Where do you go with?
Speaker 3: Scottish terrier? Are you kidding?
Speaker 4: First?
Speaker 3: So I didn't know it was a Scottish terrier. I
Speaker 3: just call him the dog or it's the dog.
Speaker 2: And and yes, absolutely, And I judge people who are
Speaker 2: the top hat because like I don't.
Speaker 3: I don't like the way it moves. The race car
Speaker 3: is a little big. I mean, I love them all.
Speaker 3: I love the thimble. I love the thimble.
Speaker 1: I like that the thimble is like, you know, when
Speaker 1: they were thinking of the game, it's like, what could
Speaker 1: be something that people love thimbles? So all right, well
Speaker 1: you did great, You did great. I loved it and you,
Speaker 1: as a result, are a missing link. Maven, thank you
Speaker 1: so much for coming. Jessica, We will see you very soon.
Speaker 3: Thank you. Aj I had a blast.
Speaker 1: Before we wrap up, as always, for all you puzzlers
Speaker 1: at home, we have an extra credit puzzle. It's a
Speaker 1: common link Trout, fox Man, Row and Bee. Trout, fox Man,
Speaker 1: Row and Bey. What do those have in common? Puzzlers,
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Speaker 1: will puzzle you puzzlingly. Hello puzzler. Here's Greg Pliska here
Speaker 1: from the Puzzle Lab with the extra credit answer from
Speaker 1: our previous show. On that show, we asked you to
Speaker 1: find the anagram for the phrase ensliced eats. That's ensliced
Speaker 1: e n s l i c ed eats and the
Speaker 1: answer is the apt word delicatessen, a place where you
Speaker 1: would find ensliced eats.
Speaker 3: Good luck, puzzling, See you next time.