An afterwit is a lack of forethought in a given situation, or wisdom which follows an event.
The Final Jeopardy category, answer and question for Tuesday, June 10, 2008 is: Category: Colonial Pen Names Answer: For gossip columns, he wrote under the name Busy Body; to discuss marriage, he became Anthony Afterwit. Question: Who is Benjamin Franklin?
Silence Dogood, Caelia Shortface & Martha Careful, Busy Body, Anthony Afterwit, Alice Addertongue, Robert Saunders, Polly Baker, and Benevolus were all pseudonyms used by Franklin in his writings for various papers as well as his almanack.