Here’s something to spend some idle time with, alone or with friends and family. Works over videocall, too. (My experience: Interesting how many sounded familiar, but I couldn’t pin down where they are from.)

From Weekly Filet #338, in March 2021.

How Many of the 100 Most Famous Passages in Literature Can You Identify?

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💔 Some older links might be broken — that's the state of the web, sadly. If you find one, ping me.

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