Grant shares an entomological—not etymological— riddle. This is part of a complete episode.
Here’s the kind of riddle they were telling more than a century ago: “The lazy schoolboy hates my name, yet eats me every day. But those who seek scholastic fame to hunt me never delay.” This is part of a complete episode.
Another riddle: Why is “O” the noisiest of all the vowels? This is part of a complete episode.
What did the boy volcano say to the girl volcano? This is part of a complete episode.
Riddle time! What English word can have four of its five letters removed and still retain its original pronunciation? This is part of a complete episode.
Another riddle: I’m taken from a mine and shut up in a wooden case from which I’m never released, yet I’m used by almost everybody. Who am I? This is part of a complete episode.