- Calvin's Quiz #467 - 4 Updates
- Rotating quiz #240 - 2 Updates
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Dec 09 07:58PM Calvin wrote: > 1 Which actor portrayed lawyer Tom Hagen in the Godfather films? > 2 Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker comprised which rock > group? Cream > 3 Which word can refer to either a fruit or calcium oxide (CaO)? Lime > 4 Which car manufacturer's logo features three diamonds? > 5 The Hittites were an ancient Anatolian people whose empire centred > on the city of Hattusa located in which modern-day country? Iraq > 6 What is the most widely spoken language in Switzerland? German > 7 Which hit song of 1973 includes the following line: "Clowns to the > left of me, Jokers to the right"? Stuck in the middle with you > 8 What was the title of American relationship counsellor John Gray's > 1992 best-seller? Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus > 9 Founded in 1876 in Baltimore and named after its benefactor, which > US university is often known by the acronym JHU? John Hopkins University > 10 Idi Amin died in 2003 in which Middle-East country? Saudi Arabia Peter Smyth |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Dec 10 12:52AM +0100 > 1 Which actor portrayed lawyer Tom Hagen in the Godfather films? I only remember Marlon Brando, but he played another character, didn't je? > 2 Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker comprised which rock group? Cream > 4 Which car manufacturer's logo features three diamonds? Mtisubishi > 5 The Hittites were an ancient Anatolian people whose empire centred > on the city of Hattusa located in which modern-day country? Turkey (So I did mention the Hittites in another post earlier today *before* seeing this question.) > 6 What is the most widely spoken language in Switzerland? Schwytzerdytch which is more lika bunch of quite different languages. But to make it easy, they all officially are called German. > 7 Which hit song of 1973 includes the following line: "Clowns to the > left of me, Jokers to the right"? Does ring a bell, but... > 10 Idi Amin died in 2003 in which Middle-East country? Syria |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Dec 10 01:17AM -0600 In article <a40f5313-7095-46ae-8880-cb4d24730f6d@googlegroups.com>, 334152@gmail.com says... > 1 Which actor portrayed lawyer Tom Hagen in the Godfather films? Robert Duvall > 2 Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker comprised which rock group? Cream > 3 Which word can refer to either a fruit or calcium oxide (CaO)? lime > 4 Which car manufacturer's logo features three diamonds? Mitsubishi > 5 The Hittites were an ancient Anatolian people whose empire centred on the city of Hattusa located in which modern-day country? Turkey > 6 What is the most widely spoken language in Switzerland? German; French > 7 Which hit song of 1973 includes the following line: "Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right"? Stuck In The Middles With You > 8 What was the title of American relationship counsellor John Gray's 1992 best-seller? Men Are From Mars, Women from Venus > 9 Founded in 1876 in Baltimore and named after its benefactor, which US university is often known by the acronym JHU? Johns Hopkins University > 10 Idi Amin died in 2003 in which Middle-East country? Saudi Arabia -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 10 04:13AM -0600 "Calvin": > > 6 What is the most widely spoken language in Switzerland? Marc Dashevsky: > German; French What language is that? -- Mark Brader, Toronto "The language should match the users, msb@vex.net not vice versa" -- Brian W. Kernighan |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Dec 09 06:31PM +0100 > Other answers given include Ell, Ex, and again, Key, which does not > sound like a letter of the alphabet. It was a collossal nagging about this! In the case of Ellen Key it certainly sounds like a letter. OK, so she has nothing to with any of the questions in the quiz, but I assumed there could be other names spelt Key that could be pronounced that way. Nevermind that Ellen Key was Swedish, that I was not really aware of that at the time. And given the irregularities of English that pronunciation of Key seems perfectly plausible. > Dan Blum, Peter, Pete, and Dan Tilque said "-ess". This is clearly > a correct answers, as in "hostess", and I'm guessing it was the > intended answer. Agreed. > Marc said "-enne". This is mostly a French suffix, but the question > was not explicitly limited to English, and it notably occurs in the > English word "comedienne". The suffix is really only -e, as the male word is "Comedian" (nevermind the vowel change in the English spelling.) > I and Calvin said "-elle". This is also mostly French, and it's > clearly a feminine suffix in French; it also occurs in a few English > words such as "organelle", but is not feminine in those words. I suspect that this falls under the same catetory as -elle. > Finally, Erland said "-a", which is certainly a feminine ending in > Latin and some languages derived from it, and shows up in English > in Latin-based words like "alumna". Not only Latin, but but this suffix appears in most Indo-European languages, although it has been weakened to -e in German and become mute in French. And in English it is difficult to find at all(*). But since Chris only said "feminie suffix", but did not specify the language, I think -a still qualifies from that perspectiv. However, reasonably, there has to be a pronunciation which coincides with an English letter, and this is where it gets difficult. (*) As also in Hittite! Hittite is a very old Indo-European language, but some words are still understandable. You can all figure out what "watr" means. But what happened to the -a? Maybe the lost it. Or maybe the Hittites left the Indo-European home before the feminie suffix had developed? |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 09 02:10PM -0600 Mark Brader: > > Marc said "-enne". This is mostly a French suffix, but the question > > was not explicitly limited to English, and it notably occurs in the > > English word "comedienne". Erland Sommarskog: > The suffix is really only -e, as the male word is "Comedian" (nevermind the > vowel change in the English spelling.) I disagree; I see the suffix is -an (masculine) or -enne (feminine). This sort of reasoning could also save the answer of -ee. > > I and Calvin said "-elle".... > I suspect that this falls under the same catetory as -elle. (Chuckle) > > in Latin-based words like "alumna". > Not only Latin, but but this suffix appears in most Indo-European > languages... Yeah, yeah. > However, reasonably, there has to be a pronunciation which coincides > with an English letter, and this is where it gets difficult. Good point. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "X-ray of girl shows bureaucratic mentality" msb@vex.net | --Globe & Mail, Toronto, January 18, 1988 My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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