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1. What zodiacal sign is associated with the goat? (A hint- the first 4 words of this quiz all share the same Latin root, so getting the first answer will help you with them!)
2. This word, meaning to playfully leap and hop, was inspired by the playfulness of goat kids.
3. A move in dressage, the art of 'dancing with horses', is also named after the leap of a goat. In this move, the horse jumps upward without moving forward, kicking its back legs out as it leaps. What is this move called?
4. This word means 'impulsive and unpredictable.' Obviously, the Romans thought of the goat as a flighty and playful beast!
5. Now we switch to some words with Greek roots. This word for a play with an unhappy ending or for a sad event comes from a Greek phrase meaning 'goat song.'
6. This is a tough one! The name of this gum, used in cooking, pharmaceutical preparations, and printing, comes from a Greek phrase meaning 'goat thorn.'
7. Here is another toughie (but remember, these all share the same Latin root, so if you got 5, you have a clue!) Do you have hairy ears? What is the scientific name for an ear hair? It means 'goat' in Greek.
8. OK, enough of Greek and Latin. Let's try a couple words of French derivation. The first means, quite simply, 'goat cheese.'
9. Another French-derived word means a V-shaped pattern, commonly found on military badges. It's also the name of a large US chain of gas stations.
10. Back to the Greeks. Who was the Greek god, known for his appetites for many things and his pipe-playing, who has the horns, ears and torso of a goat?
11. The same goat-footed god inspired a word meaning 'sudden, overpowering terror or alarm.' What is that word?
12. The next three words all describe materials made from goat hair. The first comes from a phrase of Arabic origin, 'mukhayyar', meaning 'a fabric made from the wool of a goat.'
13. The next type of fabric is a soft fabric made from the undercoat of a goat. This fabric is named after the area of India and Pakistan where the fabric was first made.
14. The last fabric is named after a region in Turkey. It is the softest and most luxurious of the goat hair fabrics.
15. The Greeks made much use of goat symbolism, so we are back to them. This word, meaning 'protection', 'sponsorship' or 'direction', was derived from the name of Athena's shield.
16. This term means 'someone who is punished for the wrongdoings of another,' and has Biblical origins.
17. 'Tragelaphus', meaning 'goat deer', is the name for a genus of what kind of animals?
18. What word is both a colloquialism for a female goat and a term for a child's caretaker?
19. What word means both a baby human and a baby goat?
20. Another toughie for the last one. A genus of pheasantlike birds with brilliant plumage and unusual courtship displays bears a name derived from both a Greek root meaning 'goat' and a Greek god. What is this genus?
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