Hey! You! Be in the 200th episode

Too late! It’s done!
Hear the questions in 200th episode quiz.

The 200th episode of the Allusionist is coming up pretty soon, and I’d like us to have our annual quiz - listen to/play along with the previous ones here. But this time, I want to be able to play along too, so I would love for you to provide questions for the quiz.

They can be multiple choice, or a format of your own devising; they just have to be about language in some form. And you can deliver them in either voice form or written, if you’d prefer for me to read it. Whichever way you do it, remember to give a name and pronouns you want me to use to refer you; pseudonyms are fine, whatever you’d prefer. Deadline for submissions is 6 September 2024.

If you want to check that your question hasn’t already been covered on the show, the lexicon page lists words that have been featured on the show before.

Allusionist 91. Bonus 2018

Throughout the year, the people who appear on the Allusionist tell me a lot of interesting stuff. Not all of which is relevant to the episode they initially appeared in, so I stash it away in preparation for this moment: the annual bonus episode! Get ready for gory 19th century London slang, the rise and fall of superhero capes, the post-WW1 trend for nudism, and more.

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