Showing posts with label Borrowed Words. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Borrowed Words. Show all posts
2/13/12
A Testy Fellow
Labels:
2010s,
African American,
athelete,
Basketball,
Borrowed Words,
Foreign Words,
Professional Sports,
Ridiculous,
Sports,
Trivia,
Word Meanings
10/6/11
Cryptozoology
Labels:
Animals,
Borrowed Words,
Cryptozoology,
Danger,
Foreign Words,
Mexico,
Mutant,
Ridiculous,
Sounds Dirty,
Trivia
What legendary creature, known for attacking farm animals, gets its name from the spanish word for "Goat-Sucker"?
5/3/11
Mess Of What, Now?
Labels:
Ancient,
Big Words,
Borrowed Words,
Greek,
History,
Toponyms,
Trivia,
Word Meanings
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"Mesopotamia" is a Greek toponym meaning "[the land] between the rivers." What 2 rivers form the borders for this region?
9/2/10
A Hack-neyed Question
Labels:
Borrowed Words,
England,
Eponyms,
Foreign Words,
History,
New York,
Titles,
Trivia
What type of NYC professional needs a Hack license?
8/10/10
A Who's Who Kind of Question
Labels:
Borrowed Words,
Foreign Words,
French,
Language,
Titles,
Translation,
Trivia,
Word Meanings
Name an example of someone who uses (or used) a nom de plume?
(hint: your answer will have 2 parts)
7/6/10
Money Problem
Labels:
1500s,
Borrowed Words,
Currency,
Europe,
Germany,
History,
Money,
Word Meanings
The name of what currency comes from the German word "Thaler" meaning valley?
6/8/10
A Toothsome Question
Labels:
Borrowed Words,
Flowers,
French,
Language,
Lion,
Taxonomy,
Translation,
Trivia
What flower got is name because the French thought its leaves look like lion's teeth?
5/5/10
Do we have Clearance, Clarence? Roger, Roger!
Labels:
7700,
Aeronautics,
Borrowed Words,
French,
Help,
Holiday,
Pilot,
SOS,
Trivia
What English-language term that pilots use, and shares its name with a spring holiday, comes from the French "M'Aider"?
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