S17 E5 - Any Portmanteau in a Storm - a podcast by Quiz and Hers

This week, we pull into Port Manteau, where the answer to every trivia question is a portmanteau! We also put together discussions of funny movies, African history, and some books you probably remember from when you were a kid!

2:57: Q1 (Movies & TV): What portmanteau word most readily describes the films of writer-director-actor Christopher Guest?

9:32: Q2 (Times & Places): What present day country’s name is a portmanteau of the two formerly independent nations – one an island chain off the other’s eastern coast – that combined to form it in 1964?

15:55: Q3 (Music): What music term is portmanteau of Japanese words meaning “empty” and “orchestra”?

23:46: Q4 (Sports & Games): What portmanteau refers to a large, international, multi-sport event for athletes with physical impairments?

30:43: Q5 (Everything Else): What seven-letter term for a specific type of vehicle is a portmanteau of a German word meaning “charge counter” and a French-derived word for a horse-drawn carriage?

36:53: Q6 (Arts & Literature): What series of young adult books by Katherine Applegate is named after an in-universe portmanteau created by Marco to refer to the titular group of teenage, shape-shifting alien-fighters?

Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0

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