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Other quizzes “test” the knowledge of the reader's knowledge of gay, black, or carnival slang, of the origins of certain words ( topaz matches up with “Greek for `conjecture' because they could only guess where it came from”), some of tautological clichés (like beck and --), others of nautical jargon, euphemisms, numerical allusions, Yankee dialect, and so forth.
And such allusions they may well be, although you do wonder how those critics would then interpret the iconic Monogram (1955-59), with its stuffed angora goat wearing a car tire around its midriff.
Reviewers say the show is long on pop-culture allusions and short on psychological acumen.
Costumes have more scope, however; some tend toward approximations of current fashion, with many ponytails, little bandeaux under boleros, and several bare midriffs, along with S&M trappings in better or worse arrangements, and a range of recent and remote historical allusions.
Henry "Hotshot Historian" Hyde wrapped up the day with grandiose allusions to our forefathers.