Am I Clumsy, Unlucky or What? Quiz | English

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1. This morning when I woke up, I got out of bed and then I noticed a peppermint on the floor. I bent over to pick it up and on the way down I clobbered my proboscis on the open dresser drawer. What in the world is a proboscis?

Answer: Nose

Proboscis is another word for the human nose, especially if it is large, but mine is cute! The patella is the knee and the cranium is the head. The elbow is comprised of three bones, actually! They are the humerus of the upper arm, and the bones of the forearm which are the ulna and the radius. The elbow joint is actually called the ginglymus. Makes me want to giggle!

2. I decided to have a shower. As I started to climb into the shower stall I stepped on the pumice stone, scraping my big toe. What is a pumice stone?

Answer: An abrasive rock from volcanoes

Pumice stone is a piece of rock that comes from a volcano. It is abrasive and useful in removing dry skin. It is best to use in the shower or bath. Wet the stone and then rub the dry skin in one direction only. This will help remove the dry skin and make the skin smoother. Luffa or louffa is a type of sponge, grout is the filling in between the floor and/or wall tiles, and saunas generally use igneous rocks, like granite, because they hold the heat and pose no danger of bursting, or exploding as other rocks may do in a sauna.

3. I was enjoying my breakfast until I poured some calcium carbonate onto my cereal. What in the world did I put on my cereal?

Answer: Chalk

Chalk is in fact known as calcium carbonate. Of course, the chemical name for common table salt is sodium chloride. Did you know that baking soda is called sodium bicarbonate and sugar is called sucrose? Well, they are!

4. Now that breakfast is over, it is time to head to the bus stop and go to work. On my way there, I caught my foot in a rain gutter and twisted my talocrural joint, dropping to my knees in agony, tearing holes in my new pantyhose and scuffing my knees, dropping my briefcase, which opened, and the wind blew my files all over the street. What in the world is a talocrural joint?

Answer: Ankle

The talocrural joint is actually the ankle. It is a hinged joint that joins the ends of the tibia and the fibula bones to the foot. The knee is the patella, the big toe is called a hallux and the hip joint is known as the acetabulofemoral joint.

5. Once I managed to gather all of my files, I had to phone a taxi, so that I could get to work on time. Well, the cab came and off we went. The clouds opened up and rain started to pour into the window. I frantically tried to roll the window up and I got the handle jammed in my flounce. I got soaked. What is a flounce?

Answer: Skirt ruffles

A flounce is actually a strip of gathered or pleated material used as decoration on the edge of clothing or curtains. It has a ruffled look. A bomber jacket is called a bomber jacket, a file folder is usually a folder made of cardboard that you keep files protected inside of and hats have many names like fedora, bowler, bonnet, but flounce is not one of them.

6. Completely frustrated, I paid the cab driver and walked toward my office building. Stepping up the curb I slipped in a puddle and broke a shank. It was painless, but what did I break this time?

Answer: Part of the arch supporting structure of a shoe

The part of the insides of the shoe that runs between the heel and the sole toward the toe end of the shoe is called the shank. It is the part of the shoe that sits under the arch of the foot giving support to the foot. It also helps to give a shoe the firm support that it needs.

There is no special word for the heel of a shoe, toe of a shoe or the tongue of a shoe. I wonder why a shoe was given body part names.

7. Finally I made it into my building. I work on the 57th floor. When I got to the elevators all three of them were full and going up to the 136th floor. I thought, "Give me a break!" Who was the inventor of the elevator brake?

Answer: Elisha Graves Otis

Elisha Graves Otis invented the very first safety brake for elevators. He did this in 1852. With the use of his braking system, he was the first to install the first safe elevator in 1853. Because of his safety feature on the elevator, architects were able to design things so buildings could be taller, like the building that I work in. Mr. Otis was responsible for the beginning of the elevator industry. Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. Alexander Graham Bell invented many things including the telephone. Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin.

8. The elevator did not brake and come back down to get me so I had to take the stairs. Climbing 57 flights of stairs is not easy. By the time I reached the top I could hardly breathe and I had cramps in my gastrocnemius muscles. What was giving me such a surge of burning pain?

Answer: Calf muscles

The gastrocnemius is the large back muscle of the calf of the leg. This muscle actually pulls the heel up and the foot down. When you jump and run, this muscle is what makes that action possible. Stomach muscles are called abdominals. The muscles of the buttocks are called gluteal muscles. The muscles of the chest are called pectoralis major and pectoralis minor.

9. I flung open the door from the stairway and before I could stop it, the door crashed into the wall and flung back hitting me on my zygomatic bone. That really hurt! What did I injure?

Answer: Cheek bone

The zygomatic bone forms the more pronounced part of the cheek structure, being the cheek bone. The jaw bone is called the mandible. The inner ear has three little bones in it called the malleus, incus and stapes; the shoulder bone is called the scapula.

10. Bruised face, soaking wet, a broken shoe, sprained ankle, swollen nose, scraped toe, sick stomach, huffing and puffing, I hurried to try to tidy up because I was told to go to the board room immediately. When I went inside, everyone stopped, stared at me, smiled, laughed and shouted, "Felicitations!" What were they saying?

Answer: Congratulations

Felicitations means congratulations.

Why Felicitations you ask? Well, I was voted most professional looking employee of the month. Ouch! They had to pick today to do that! One consolation is that we did all laugh out loud and my boss gave me the rest of the day off, plus, he paid my cab fare home too. Yes, I am clumsy and unlucky. You ask about the "what" part? It seems that the only correct answer to "what" is that today I am a little spoiled too.

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