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1. The words: gigantic, giant, giantism, etc, come from the Greek, referring to an enormous creature named Gigas. Who was his father in Greek myth?
2. Where did the phrase 'Having a hunch' come from?
3. True or false: The word gonorrhea was derived from the name of the city of Gomorrah?
4. True or false: The term Juggernaut comes from the alias of the Hindu god Krishna.
5. True or false: The word 'zodiac' comes from the Greek 'Zodion', which means 'starry heavens'?
6. The words 'pissoir' and 'pissir' relate to an interesting origin for our word 'piss'. Another interesting but excretory word was the Roman urinal. These urinals collected urine, which were then sold to laundry-houses for sole use as bleach. Strangely, the urinals were named after a Roman Emperor....who was he?
7. The origin of the Eunuch was first recorded in the 9th century B.C. by King Ninus. He was the castrated guard who protected Queen Semiramis....the root 'eune' comes from which particular object?
8. A sceptic is a 'skheptomai' by reverse mathesis. What did the original Greek root generally connote?
9. 'Vanija', 'banian', and 'venatum' share interesting roots, which go back to hunting and sex; they also share similar desires represented by Veneris, a goddess of beauty. Can you think of the city which also shares a similar root...having a name which means 'City of the Beloved'?
10. Which interesting drink-name comes from the Sanskrit derogation of the five-faced Shiva?
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