200. 200th episode celebratory quiz!
The Allusionist
Helen Zaltzman
4.7 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 13 September 2024
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
I can scarce believe that I've made 200 episodes of this show, but here we are! To celebrate, here is a quiz about language where all the questions were set by YOU, the beautiful brainy listeners. Play along with me - there's a score sheet you can use over at theallusionist.org/200, plus the episode's transcript and links to more information about some of the topics.
If you want to help me celebrate this podcast making it to 200 episodes, recommend it to someone! Word of mouth/virtual mouth is the best way for a podcast to find new listeners, especially a little independent podcast like this one with no budget for billboard advertising.
If you do want to chip in to my future billboard ad fund, go to theallusionist.org/donate and become a member of the Allusioverse. You get regular livestreams with me and my collection of reference books, inside scoops into the making of this show, watchalong parties eg the new season of Taskmaster which stars my brother Andy, and the company of your fellow Allusionauts in our delightful Discord community.
This episode was produced by me, Helen Zaltzman, with music and editorial assistance from Martin Austwick of palebirdmusic.com. Find @allusionistshow on Instagram, Facebook, Threads, Bluesky, TikTok, YouTube etc.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is the illusionist in which I, Helen Zoltzman, am trapped on a cruise ship with language |
| 0:09.9 | and only one of us did not commit some elaborate murders. |
| 0:15.6 | Here it is, the 200th episode of the illusionist. |
| 0:19.5 | To celebrate, it's a play-along quiz |
| 0:21.8 | where the questions have been set by you the smart listeners. |
| 0:25.0 | And if you want to play while you listen, you can keep track of your scores via the |
| 0:30.2 | score sheet at the illusionist.org slash 200. the you stole from my gear. That'll work too. Thanks very much to all of you who supplied questions. |
| 0:45.6 | I'm sorry I couldn't include all of them in the end because the quiz would have been very long. Very long, like an exam, but I am planning to include them in a bonus |
| 0:56.2 | quizlet for the members of the Dealuseverse soon enough because they were all good |
| 1:00.4 | questions. And thanks to all of you for listening to this show at some point in its 200 |
| 1:06.3 | episodes plus some trunclusionists and unnumbered extras lifespan. If you fancy giving me a little |
| 1:12.2 | treat for this landmark occasion, recommending the show to somebody |
| 1:16.1 | would be it. That is still the best way people find podcasts by word of mouth or virtual mouth |
| 1:21.6 | in the form of comments on podcast recommendation threads or request |
| 1:24.8 | posts or or leaving reviews or toilet cubicle graffiti might get a couple of new listeners. |
| 1:31.8 | Have any of you found the show through toilet graffiti? |
| 1:35.2 | Another wonderful thing you can do to help this show keep on keeping on because it's rough out here |
| 1:40.4 | for us independent podcasts is donate to the show via the |
| 1:44.0 | illusionist.org slash donate and become a member of the illusionist |
| 1:48.0 | verse in return for which you get extra perks at my live shows. You get behind the |
| 1:54.0 | behind the scenes information about the making of every episode |
| 1:56.7 | and you get the company of your fellows in the allusion |
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