Sir Lee U. Jest, Quiz Master

You’re listening to A Way with Words, the show about language and how we use it.

I’m Martha Barnette.

And here he is, that handsome man, our quiz guide, John Chaneski.

Hi, John.

Hi, Grant. Hi, Martha. You guys look great today.

Thank you very much.

I’m so happy to be here to share a puzzle with you guys.

This one is sort of near to my heart because my family and I are big into Renaissance fairs.

You know, we attend the one in New York just about every year.

And, yes, we do so in costume.

Shout out to my cosplayers.

We were at the fair once, and I saw a cosplayer in armor, but he was also sporting pretend cuts of meat.

Now, I was abashed not to be the one who figured out that he was supposed to be Sir Loin of Beef.

Oh, dear.

This knight is Sir Loin, but what other knights could there be?

A lot. A Camelot.

I’ll grant a knighthood. You tell me the name.

The surname of the night.

For example, for being the last contestant left on a popular reality competition show that has taken place in Borneo, the Amazon, and the Australian outback, I hereby dub thee…

Survivor.

Survivor, yes, Survivor.

I will warn you I will be using this regal voice for the entire quiz.

For your excellent craftsmanship, providing porcelain chamber parts to the castle, I hereby dub thee…

Ceramic.

Ceramic, yes. Well done.

For exemplary service, keeping a sharp lookout on our enemies without their knowledge, I hereby dub thee…

Surveillance.

Surveillance, yes.

And his brother, Sir Reptitious.

Yes, both of them.

A double knighting.

Very nice.

For discovering that our swords would cut more accurately with the addition of a row of sharp, tooth-like projections, I hid by dub thee…

Sir rated.

Sir rated, yes.

Finally, for being an example of how to keep calm and collected, even in the midst of danger, your peaceful nature has earned you this knighthood. Arise.

Serene?

Very good, yes. Serenity.

Serenity.

Serenity.

Both of them. Again, brothers, again. Serene and serenity, the two of them.

Congratulations to them both.

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