Guest appearance on the WAMC Northeast Public Radio quiz show, “Any Questions?” with Ian Pickus and resident quizzer Mike Nothnagel. (Nov. 15, 2013)
It’s guest answerer time again. Ben Zimmer is a linguist, lexicographer, and word nut. He is the executive producer of vocabulary.com and visualthesaurus.com, two websites for language lovers.
For the Wall Street Journal, he writes a weekly language column, “Word on the Street.” Let’s see how much he knows about something that shares his name. This week our questions are about an iconic London landmark: Big Ben.