A friend of mine was given a list of <i>fake</i> definitions for real words as part of a puzzle contest<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.mit.edu&#x2F;puzzle&#x2F;www&#x2F;2014&#x2F;puzzle&#x2F;eggsam&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.mit.edu&#x2F;puzzle&#x2F;www&#x2F;2014&#x2F;puzzle&#x2F;eggsam&#x2F;</a><p>and then had to answer a face-to-face oral quiz where she was supplied with a definition and had to give the word, from memory, that corresponded to the definition. (What&#x27;s worse, these definitions are definitions of <i>other</i> words: for example, &quot;A parliamentary tactic in which a lawmaker speaks for an extended period of time in order to delay a vote&quot; is really FILIBUSTER, but for purposes of the quiz she had to respond with NARWHAL!)<p>She learned them all in about 15 minutes and then got a nearly perfect score on the first try, which kind of astounded everybody. I think your feat was similarly impressive, though.