He said two challenges in playing the game show, in addition to recalling information and reacting before his competitors, are adjusting to a taping schedule that starts at 7 a.m. and ends about 7 p.m., and thinking of a clever anecdote that contestants say during their on-air introduction.

He always tells the same anecdotes.

Her anecdotes amuse us all.

I hope you're not going to tell another anecdote about Masha.

I love my grandfather's anecdotes.

What an interesting anecdote you just told me!

According to an anecdote, a Hungarian ornithologist was invited to give a lecture on his field in East Germany, and a Hungarian student who studied there was asked to interpret. The lecture started, the first picture was shown, with the following words: "This is a hoopoe with perching legs and a double-feathered crest that can be made erect or decumbent.” The explanation was followed by an awkward silence and after long, painful minutes, the interpreter started to speak: “Vogel!” (bird).

We listened to with pleasure his sparkling anecdotes.

Do you remember the anecdote the captain told yesterday afternoon?

She is more influenced by personal anecdote than I.