Diversity Quiz #1
Diversity Quiz #1
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Questions: 19
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Revived soulless corpse or mindless unresponsive person?
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Old woman or grandmother, also obscurely a headscarf, and (slightly misspelled) hit song for artist whose name is actually in the word (bonus point for artist name)?
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Long course bathsponge?
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Inspirational aura or personality (of a person)?
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Distinguished and sometimes self-important female singer?
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Spiritual teacher or expert mentor?
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Sour bacterial fermentation of milk?
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(Take a) look (at something), typically "Let's have a .... at that", originally British army slang?
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Low bed or mattress?
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A moving marker, especially digital, orginally runner or messenger?
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Love it or hate it food brand originally an earthenware cooking-pot?
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Common sense or intellect, from a language ironically used jokingly to describe nonsense or the impossible to understand?
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Official person or body responsible for investigating complaints?
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Audacity or boldness, usually shameless, a word with Aramaic roots?
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High performance, notably of cars?
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Celebratory or entertainment gathering or event, typically a suffix for words like film, book, arts, etc?
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Enthusiastic or enthusiasm, from military use and original meaning 'work together'?
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Subject of Himalayan cryptozoology?
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Crazy, derived from a bovine/equine disease?
Questions & Answers
Interactive Quiz
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Revived soulless corpse or mindless unresponsive person?Zombie - Bantu (or acceptably also West African or Haitian)
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Old woman or grandmother, also obscurely a headscarf, and (slightly misspelled) hit song for artist whose name is actually in the word (bonus point for artist name)?Babushka - Russian (Kate Bush wrote and sang the 1980 hit song Babooshka)
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Long course bathsponge?Loofah - Arabic (name extending to lufa plant and luf species - a tropical gourd - a loofah is its dried vascular system, technically speaking)
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Inspirational aura or personality (of a person)?Charisma - Latin (technically ecclesiastical Latin.. more about the 'science' of charisma)
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Distinguished and sometimes self-important female singer?Diva - Italian (from Latin meaning goddess)
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Spiritual teacher or expert mentor?Guru - Sanskrit (less correctly Indian or Hindu - Sanskrit is the ancient Indo-European language, used in Indian Hindu and classical writings, which persists today in Indian religious and scholarly work)
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Sour bacterial fermentation of milk?Yoghurt - Turkish (or Yogurt/Yoghourt, from original yogurt in Turkish)
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(Take a) look (at something), typically "Let's have a .... at that", originally British army slang?Dekko - Hindustani
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Low bed or mattress?Futon - Japanese
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A moving marker, especially digital, orginally runner or messenger?Cursor - Latin
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Love it or hate it food brand originally an earthenware cooking-pot?Marmite - French(hence the cooking-pot logo)
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Common sense or intellect, from a language ironically used jokingly to describe nonsense or the impossible to understand?Nous - Greek
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Official person or body responsible for investigating complaints?Ombudsman - Swedish (Adopted initially into English by UK parliamentary language, it means legal representative in Swedish)
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Audacity or boldness, usually shameless, a word with Aramaic roots?Chutzpah - Yiddish (or and equating to European-German Jewish - incidentally Aramaic refers to the ancient and nowadays small minority Jewish language and people of the near east and Syria)
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High performance, notably of cars?GT/Gran Turismo - Italian
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Celebratory or entertainment gathering or event, typically a suffix for words like film, book, arts, etc?Fest - German
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Enthusiastic or enthusiasm, from military use and original meaning 'work together'?Gung-ho - Chinese
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Subject of Himalayan cryptozoology?Yeti - Tibetan (from original yeh-teh, meaning small manlike animal - cryptozoology is the study of hidden animals whose existence is not proven)
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Crazy, derived from a bovine/equine disease?Loco- Spanish (south west USA - the name for the plant Astragalas and illness due to eating it)
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