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Allusionist 112. QUIZ 2019

December 24, 2019 The Allusionist
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For your last Allusionist of 2019, here is a quiz all about words for you to play along with as you listen.

BONUS EPONYMS QUESTION:

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I couldn’t let 2019 go without one more
RANDOMLY SELECTED WORD FROM THE DICTIONARY:
zygodactyl

A112 wotd zygodactyl

CREDITS:

You heard from the following fellow Radiotopians, in order of appearance:

  • Vivian Le of 99% Invisible

  • Earlonne Woods and Nigel Poor of Ear Hustle (and the Allusionist episodes Ear Hustling and Open Me part 1)

  • Neil Katcher of Mortified (and the Allusionist ep Spill Your Guts)

  • Jonathan Mitchell of The Truth (and the Allusionist US Election Lexicon)

  • Ian Chillag of Everything Is Alive (and the Allusionist episode Typo Demon)

  • Nate DiMeo of The Memory Palace (and Allusionist episodes including Toki Pona and One To Another)

  • Roman Mars of 99% Invisible (and myriad Allusionist episodes)

This episode was written and produced by me, Helen Zaltzman. The music and sound effects are by Martin Austwick. Hear his work at palebirdmusic.com.

- HZ

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