This time we have an 'Etymology' quiz for you. Hope you have fun solving it!!
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1. During the late 1800s there existed a gang in London controlled by a person called X. The records of this gang in the London police reports were corrupted, and that is how we know them today. What word am I talking about?
2. In Cicero's letters to Atticus, he refers to X, which means a label identifying the contents of a manuscript. In a 1470 edition, this was misprinted, and the incorrect form has come down to us and is used till date. What is X?
3. Which modern word gets its name from what you see in the picture?
4. Noble ladies and gentlemen of the 1700s used a lot of makeup to impress each other. Since they rarely bathed, the makeup would get thicker and thicker. If they sat too close to the fireplace, the makeup would melt. If this happened, a servant was to move a screen in front of the fireplace to prevent this. What phrase originates from this scenario?
5. This word originally meant 'placed on the knees'. A father legally claimed his newborn child by sitting in front of his family and placing his child on his knee. What word?
6. The first few of these bounced so much that they made people think of goats romping along a hillside. Hence the name. What am I talking about?
7. Which chemical element is named after this gentleman?
8. It literally means 'tied up wood'. It consists of two 'vakas' joined by some structure. Though it has been used since time immemorial in South India and Oceania, it has only recently been introduced to the mainstream, and is now popular among users of such structures. What am I talking about?
9. X is described as a mild condition, which includes headache, possibly with neck and wrist pains, caused by excessively long sessions of doing ________________. The symptoms vanish once the activity is completed. Patients who were advised to take breaks in their sessions refused this advice. What is the term X?
10. Which country was named after this gentleman?
