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I Can't Find What I Need! Trivia Quiz


This challenge is by WesleyCrusher. I'm borrowing from the smaller group of languages that contribute to English because I can't find what I need in the major groups. Please choose the language that represents the BOLD words.

A multiple-choice quiz by alexis722. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
alexis722
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
352,986
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
9 / 10
Plays
1410
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. I'm sitting on the SOFA partaking of ORANGES, TANGERINES, a cold drink with LEMON and LIME in it, and, on the side, as always, a cup of COFFEE. From which language did I borrow the bold words? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. 'Tis the Saturday night poker game, and I've had a bit of BOOZE, BRANDY, and a COOKIE. As I TICKLE my pet MEERKAT, I contemplate BLUFFING, because I have no LUCK at this game. From whence did I borrow the bold words? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Uh oh, there's a LEVIATHAN blocking my way. Oh, it's only a BEHEMOTH, no problem.
I'm no CHERUB, but I prefer to choose my battles. I know I left my CAMEL parked under the SYCAMORE tree, so I can avoid this BROUHAHA. Where did the bold words come from?
Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. I have a menagerie of animals in my back yard: CARIBOU, MOOSE, CHIPMUNKS, MUSKRATS, OPOSSUMS and WOODCHUCKS. Their names come from Algonquin. True or False?


Question 5 of 10
5. The 'Big KAHUNA' sits on the LANAI strumming his UKULELE. His WAHINE, dressed in her MU'U MU'U, is preparing a small LUAU including MAHI MAHI, POI and pineapple. Where do these soothing words come from? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. EISTEDDFOD is a word borrowed from German. True or False?


Question 7 of 10
7. I let my BUDGERIGAR out of his cage in my MIA MIA, but he got scared when a DINGO popped in to visit. I could scare it away with my BOOMERANG, but I threw it two hours ago and it hasn't yet returned. From the indigenous languages of what country did the bold words come? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Our OMBUDSMAN came by today to invite us to a SMORGASBORD which will include LUTEFISK, SURSTROEMMING, GRAVLAX and AKVAVIT. "OOFDA! Where did all this come from?" Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. I'm eating a BANANA and some OKRA GUMBO, and drinking COLA. Some BOGUS BOZO, who is not HIP to my JIVE, is trying to put VOODOO on my MOJO! Watch me BOOGIE to some JAZZ and smash my FUNKY BANJO over his head! Where did I get the bolds? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. I'm really GUNG-HO after my PEKOE TEA and RAMEN with KETCHUP! I'm a regular TYCOON in a TYPHOON with a YEN for some KUMQUATS. From which language did the bold words originate? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. I'm sitting on the SOFA partaking of ORANGES, TANGERINES, a cold drink with LEMON and LIME in it, and, on the side, as always, a cup of COFFEE. From which language did I borrow the bold words?

Answer: Arabic

In spite of my cleverly planned coup on the chessboard, I'm hearing another word of Arabic origin - "CHECKMATE!" from 'shak mat' = the king dies. Perhaps I should give up before I develop a BEZOAR (an undigested mass of odds and ends) in my digestive tract. Better yet, I'll have a mint JULEP with a little SUGAR and SODA, and then lie down on my MATTRESS.

It seems that my ZENITH was an absolute ZERO!
2. 'Tis the Saturday night poker game, and I've had a bit of BOOZE, BRANDY, and a COOKIE. As I TICKLE my pet MEERKAT, I contemplate BLUFFING, because I have no LUCK at this game. From whence did I borrow the bold words?

Answer: Dutch

I must be a DOPE, I BLINK and my PICKLE is gone. I hear the guys from BROOKLYN SNICKERING, the SCUM! Well, I'm no GEEK. I'll go back to HOBOKEN and get my BAZOOKA. Then we'll see who's BOSS! O, mustn't forget my WALRUS; he's CRUISING around in the bathtub.
3. Uh oh, there's a LEVIATHAN blocking my way. Oh, it's only a BEHEMOTH, no problem. I'm no CHERUB, but I prefer to choose my battles. I know I left my CAMEL parked under the SYCAMORE tree, so I can avoid this BROUHAHA. Where did the bold words come from?

Answer: Hebrew

My CAMEL, "Wheels", is a regular MAUDLIN MOMSER (overly dramatic moping illegitimate offspring) at times. But it's his JUBILEE today so we'll celebrate with some spicy dishes loaded with CUMIN and CINNAMON.
When we get home, I'll take off my JACKET and have a nice BATH, providing the GOLEM isn't in the tub!
LEVIATHAN is a monster, usually of the sea. BEHEMOTH is also a monster. CHERUB has come to mean a chubby child angel. BROUHAHA is a noisy fight, usually over something pointless.
4. I have a menagerie of animals in my back yard: CARIBOU, MOOSE, CHIPMUNKS, MUSKRATS, OPOSSUMS and WOODCHUCKS. Their names come from Algonquin. True or False?

Answer: True

The Algonquin language also gave us SUCCOTASH, PECAN, PERSIMMON, TOBOGGAN and TOTEM. Eight U.S. states derive their names from Algonquin: Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Michigan, Missouri, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Three Canadian provinces, Quebec, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, are also derivations.

There are thousands of cities, towns, rivers and mountains in North America that come from Algonquin, which has contributed more to the English language than all other Amerind tribes combined. Manhattan, Ottawa, Weehawken, Hackensack and Milwaukee are just a few.
5. The 'Big KAHUNA' sits on the LANAI strumming his UKULELE. His WAHINE, dressed in her MU'U MU'U, is preparing a small LUAU including MAHI MAHI, POI and pineapple. Where do these soothing words come from?

Answer: Hawaiian

We've adopted into many languages the beautiful words from Hawaii, like WIKI, meaning fast, HULA, a dance originally performed by men to show their masculinity, and TABOO - a forbidden item or activity. We are usually not inclined to take words such as Hawaiian for the reef triggerfish, which is HUMUHUMUNUKUNUKUAPUA'A. Try saying that WIKI WIKI!
The Hawaiian hula is a slower and less vigorous dance than the Tahitian version.
From the few words we know of Hawaiian you can easily figure out which letters are in their alphabet.
6. EISTEDDFOD is a word borrowed from German. True or False?

Answer: False

It is one of the words borrowed from Welsh, and its meaning is a session, usually of friendly competitive singing. Estonia, too, enjoys public singing as a pastime. Other Welsh words are CWM (the W is sounded as OO), valley; FLANNEL, a soft fabric; CRWTH, pregnant or swelling; and WRASSE, a brightly colored fish. The 'Official Word List' for Scrabble in the U.S. recognised CWM and CRWTH as acceptable plays many years ago. Welsh also gave us BALDERDASH, FRECKLE and PENGUIN.
Welsh is related to the Cornish and Breton languages.
7. I let my BUDGERIGAR out of his cage in my MIA MIA, but he got scared when a DINGO popped in to visit. I could scare it away with my BOOMERANG, but I threw it two hours ago and it hasn't yet returned. From the indigenous languages of what country did the bold words come?

Answer: Australia

We've also gotten to know BUNYIP (a water monster, now used to mean an imposter), QUOKKA (small cat sized marsupial), YABBER (talk), WILLY WILLY (dust devil) and MIN MIN (strange lights on the ground reported from remote areas). HUMPY, WURLIE and MIA MIA are all huts.
A BUDGERIGAR is a small bird, usually called a 'budgie'. The DINGO is a wild dog.
8. Our OMBUDSMAN came by today to invite us to a SMORGASBORD which will include LUTEFISK, SURSTROEMMING, GRAVLAX and AKVAVIT. "OOFDA! Where did all this come from?"

Answer: Swedish/Norwegian

Swedish and Norwegian tend to use the same words: the home of KRILL, LEMMINGS, SKI, TELEMARK, (a type of skiing named for a county in Norway) and the dreaded KRAKEN (a sea monster), SLALOM (skiing again), FJORD (water inlet shaped by a glacier), FLOE (a large chunk of ice floating in the sea) and QUISLING (a Norwegian traitor). Seagoing words, like MAELSTROM, abound in all Scandinavian languages. OOFDA is an exclamation that serves many purposes.
Sweden takes credit for TUNGSTEN (literally 'heavy stone' = tung sten), also called VOLFRAM, and for ANGSTROM (named for a Swedish physicist).
OMBUDSMAN is one who represents the people in a town or community. LUTEFISK is whiting soaked in lye, GRAVLAX is literally 'buried salmon', SURSTROEMMING is fermented herring. These fish delicacies are known for their pungent odor. AKVAVIT {fire of life}is the icy firewater enjoyed in the northern countries and elsewhere. It helps settle the stomach. SKAAL! is the traditional toast.
9. I'm eating a BANANA and some OKRA GUMBO, and drinking COLA. Some BOGUS BOZO, who is not HIP to my JIVE, is trying to put VOODOO on my MOJO! Watch me BOOGIE to some JAZZ and smash my FUNKY BANJO over his head! Where did I get the bolds?

Answer: West African languages

Oh, yes, MAMBO, SAMBA, TANGO and MERENGUE originate in West African countries.
We also have JUMBO and ZOMBIE. These words have all migrated to the Caribbean and other areas and enjoy plenty of usage.
10. I'm really GUNG-HO after my PEKOE TEA and RAMEN with KETCHUP! I'm a regular TYCOON in a TYPHOON with a YEN for some KUMQUATS. From which language did the bold words originate?

Answer: Chinese

Chinese, which helped form other far eastern languages, is the origin of many words in general use. The verb to SHANGHAI (impressment of sailors into service), BRAINWASH (how descriptive!), GO and TONG also come from the far east. The name KOWLOON comes from Chinese, and means 'nine dragons'.
Source: Author alexis722

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