Here are a couple dozen quiz items. In our first part we have some true/false questions. Our next post will be a few multiple choice questions. Have fun!
True or false?
Ampersand is from Amper's and, because someone named Amper was the first one to write "Et" in that particular form.
Azure is related to lapis lazuli.
Buckaroo (cowboy) is related to vaccine by way of Latin vacca (cow).
Caliber (the diameter of a bullet) is from Arabic qalib (a shoemaker's last).
Chapel is from Latin cappa, cloak, because a chapel was built to house the cloak of St. Martin of Tours.
Chauvinism is from Nicholas Chauvin, a fictional patriotic French soldier.
Cloud-cuckoo-land is a direct translation from the Greek nephelokokkygia.
Copper (metal) is from Latin Cuprum, from Classical Greek Kupros (Cyprus), the island to which it is native.
Cypress (tree) is from Latin Cuprum, from Classical Greek Kupros (Cyprus), the island to which it is native.
Counsel is from the same root as council.
Denim originally came from Nimes, France, and was called serge de Nimes.
Don and doff are related to on and off, respectively.
Egregious is related to gregarious by way of Latin grex (herd).
Galvanize is named after Luigi Galvani, Italian physician and physicist.
Gargle is cognate with gargoyle.
Garlic is from gar (spear, because of its spear-shaped leaves, akin to the spear-shaped gar fish) + lic (leek, because it's like a leek).
Journal derives from the same root as diary.
Maudlin derives from Mary Magdalene, often depicted as crying.
Minimum is cognate with miniature.
Minister is from Latin minister (servant).
Minister is related to Latin minor; majesty and magister are related to Latin major.
Mustard is related to musty.
Slogan is from a Gaelic battle-cry, sluagh-ghairm.
Squash (to smash) means to cause to resemble the messy, pulpy insides of the squash plant.
Toll is from Latin tollis, to take away.
Truce is related to truculent.
Glans is Latin for acorn.
Vicar is related to vicarious.
ANSWERS
True or false?
Ampersand is from Amper's and, because someone named Amper was the first one to write "Et" in that particular form.
False; it's a shortening of and per se and.
Azure is related to lapis lazuli.
True.
Buckaroo (cowboy) is related to vaccine by way of Latin vacca (cow).
True; buckaroo comes from Spanish vaquero.
Caliber (the diameter of a bullet) is from Arabic qalib (a shoemaker's last).
True.
Chapel is from Latin cappa, cloak, because a chapel was built to house the cloak of St. Martin of Tours. (JEH)
True.
Chauvinism is from Nicholas Chauvin, a fictional patriotic French soldier.
True.
Cloud-cuckoo-land is a direct translation from the Greek nephelokokkygia.
True.
Copper (metal) is from Latin Cuprum, from Classical Greek Kupros (Cyprus), the island to which it is native.
True.
Cypress (tree) is from Latin Cuprum, from Classical Greek Kupros (Cyprus), the island to which it is native.
False, though a homomorph of that word, cypress (a kind of gauze), is derived from Cyprus.
Counsel is from the same root as council.
False. Counsel is from consulere (to consult); council is from com- + calare (to call).
Denim originally came from Nimes, France, and was called serge de Nimes.
True.
Don and doff are related to on and off, respectively.
True.
Egregious is related to gregarious by way of Latin grex (herd).
True.
Galvanize is named after Luigi Galvani, Italian physician and physicist.
True.
Gargle is cognate with gargoyle.
True.
Garlic is from gar (spear, because of its spear-shaped leaves, akin to the spear-shaped gar fish) + lic (leek, because it's like a leek).
True.
Journal derives from the same root as diary.
True.
Maudlin derives from Mary Magdalene, often depicted as crying. (from Jon Carroll)
True.
Minimum is cognate with miniature.
False: minimum is from Latin minimum (smallest); miniature is from Latin minius (red paint).
Minister is from Latin minister (servant).
True.
Minister is related to Latin minor; majesty and magister are related to Latin major. (JEH)
True.
Mustard is related to musty.
True: both derive from Latin mustus (must, as in a musty smell).
Slogan is from a Gaelic battle-cry, sluagh-ghairm.
True.
Squash (to smash) means to cause to resemble the messy, pulpy insides of the squash plant.
False: the verb is from Latin ex- + quassare (to shake); the noun is from Narraganset askútasquash.
Toll is from Latin tollis, to take away.
False: it's from Latin telos (tax).
Truce is related to truculent.
False. Truce is related to true; truculent to Latin trux (fierce).
Glans is Latin for acorn.
True.
Vicar is related to vicarious.
True.
True or false?
Ampersand is from Amper's and, because someone named Amper was the first one to write "Et" in that particular form.
Azure is related to lapis lazuli.
Buckaroo (cowboy) is related to vaccine by way of Latin vacca (cow).
Caliber (the diameter of a bullet) is from Arabic qalib (a shoemaker's last).
Chapel is from Latin cappa, cloak, because a chapel was built to house the cloak of St. Martin of Tours.
Chauvinism is from Nicholas Chauvin, a fictional patriotic French soldier.
Cloud-cuckoo-land is a direct translation from the Greek nephelokokkygia.
Copper (metal) is from Latin Cuprum, from Classical Greek Kupros (Cyprus), the island to which it is native.
Cypress (tree) is from Latin Cuprum, from Classical Greek Kupros (Cyprus), the island to which it is native.
Counsel is from the same root as council.
Denim originally came from Nimes, France, and was called serge de Nimes.
Don and doff are related to on and off, respectively.
Egregious is related to gregarious by way of Latin grex (herd).
Galvanize is named after Luigi Galvani, Italian physician and physicist.
Gargle is cognate with gargoyle.
Garlic is from gar (spear, because of its spear-shaped leaves, akin to the spear-shaped gar fish) + lic (leek, because it's like a leek).
Journal derives from the same root as diary.
Maudlin derives from Mary Magdalene, often depicted as crying.
Minimum is cognate with miniature.
Minister is from Latin minister (servant).
Minister is related to Latin minor; majesty and magister are related to Latin major.
Mustard is related to musty.
Slogan is from a Gaelic battle-cry, sluagh-ghairm.
Squash (to smash) means to cause to resemble the messy, pulpy insides of the squash plant.
Toll is from Latin tollis, to take away.
Truce is related to truculent.
Glans is Latin for acorn.
Vicar is related to vicarious.
ANSWERS
True or false?
Ampersand is from Amper's and, because someone named Amper was the first one to write "Et" in that particular form.
False; it's a shortening of and per se and.
Azure is related to lapis lazuli.
True.
Buckaroo (cowboy) is related to vaccine by way of Latin vacca (cow).
True; buckaroo comes from Spanish vaquero.
Caliber (the diameter of a bullet) is from Arabic qalib (a shoemaker's last).
True.
Chapel is from Latin cappa, cloak, because a chapel was built to house the cloak of St. Martin of Tours. (JEH)
True.
Chauvinism is from Nicholas Chauvin, a fictional patriotic French soldier.
True.
Cloud-cuckoo-land is a direct translation from the Greek nephelokokkygia.
True.
Copper (metal) is from Latin Cuprum, from Classical Greek Kupros (Cyprus), the island to which it is native.
True.
Cypress (tree) is from Latin Cuprum, from Classical Greek Kupros (Cyprus), the island to which it is native.
False, though a homomorph of that word, cypress (a kind of gauze), is derived from Cyprus.
Counsel is from the same root as council.
False. Counsel is from consulere (to consult); council is from com- + calare (to call).
Denim originally came from Nimes, France, and was called serge de Nimes.
True.
Don and doff are related to on and off, respectively.
True.
Egregious is related to gregarious by way of Latin grex (herd).
True.
Galvanize is named after Luigi Galvani, Italian physician and physicist.
True.
Gargle is cognate with gargoyle.
True.
Garlic is from gar (spear, because of its spear-shaped leaves, akin to the spear-shaped gar fish) + lic (leek, because it's like a leek).
True.
Journal derives from the same root as diary.
True.
Maudlin derives from Mary Magdalene, often depicted as crying. (from Jon Carroll)
True.
Minimum is cognate with miniature.
False: minimum is from Latin minimum (smallest); miniature is from Latin minius (red paint).
Minister is from Latin minister (servant).
True.
Minister is related to Latin minor; majesty and magister are related to Latin major. (JEH)
True.
Mustard is related to musty.
True: both derive from Latin mustus (must, as in a musty smell).
Slogan is from a Gaelic battle-cry, sluagh-ghairm.
True.
Squash (to smash) means to cause to resemble the messy, pulpy insides of the squash plant.
False: the verb is from Latin ex- + quassare (to shake); the noun is from Narraganset askútasquash.
Toll is from Latin tollis, to take away.
False: it's from Latin telos (tax).
Truce is related to truculent.
False. Truce is related to true; truculent to Latin trux (fierce).
Glans is Latin for acorn.
True.
Vicar is related to vicarious.
True.
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