This is an oral exam.
1) Category: Impromptu Etymology
What is the origin of the term "to wit"? (Full marks to be granted only to responders that blather on for a minute too, no matter what their actual level of knowledge).
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2) Category: Impromptu Entomology
Give some examples of creatures that people less knowledgeable than yourself might be expected to say are spiders, but which in fact, are not. (As before, with full credit achieved only for a longwinded answer).
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