During a trip to a renaissance faire, Quiz Guy John Chaneski noticed a fellow festooned with cuts of meat. Who might yon noble knight be, if not Sir Loin of Beef? That experience inspired John’s latest puzzle about others dubbed Sir this or...
A British article about a newly discovered spongy mushroom in Borneo begins, “Boffins have discovered a strange new type of spongy mushroom.” In British English, boffin means an intellectual, academic, clever person, or specialist, especially one...