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This is the illusionist in which I, Helen Zoltzman, and putting your linguistic wit to the test

with a quiz. Play along at home, go on, get something to write your answers on and something

to write your answers with, paper and pen or pencil, classic, etch-a-sketch, impractical,

but I guess better than scribbling on the wall with your own bodily fluids. All turn

dhibli. Visit theillusionist.org-2018-quiz, where there's an answer sheet right there

ready with little tickable boxes for every answer. Now, are you ready for quiz? Here's a practice

question. Does bi-weekly mean A every two weeks or B twice a week answer both? Ugh, bi-weekly

can mean the same as bi-monthly, or it might be 16 times more frequent than that. You see

the problem, Americans, you need to get on board with the word fortnightly. Really spare

a lot of confusion. Okay, now for the questions proper. Most are multiple choice. All are about

words, and here to kick us off is my fellow radio-topian risicatier way of song exploder and

the West Wing weekly. The dot on a letter i is called A, a tiddle, B, a tattle, C, a dot

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