It is a role-play exercise, with a punster and a recipient of wit.
The highest-scoring punster wins each event, with ties being decided by audience applause.
Quiet and reserved, though an incurable punster, cracking up at her own jokes.
This change was enacted to prevent any one judge from having the ability to disqualify a punster by giving a much lower score than the other judges.
Shakespeare's quibbles have made him a noted punster.