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Dutch-English Parallels Trivia Quiz

Often Dutch uses similar binary phrasings as English. You are given the Dutch phrasing and should try to find the English equivalent of which the first half is given. The notes point out other rhythmical and stylistic effects.

A multiple-choice quiz by flem-ish. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
flem-ish

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
65,891

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
1736

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Question 1 of 10

1. Dutch: iemand met raad en daad bijstaan English: to advise and ____ somebody. Hint

help

attend

assist

accompany

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Question 2 of 10

2. Dutch: bestand tegen weer en wind. English: wind and _______proof. Hint

snow

rain

weather

storm

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Question 3 of 10

3. Dutch: de pracht en praal. English: (the) pomp and ___________. Hint

ceremony

glamour

fireworks

circumstance

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Question 4 of 10

4. Dutch: van top tot teen (e.g. onder de modder). English:(e.g.covered with mud) from head to _____ Hint

footsole

big toe

foot

butt

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Question 5 of 10

5. Dutch: van de hand in de tand (leven). English: (to live) from hand to ____ Hint

stomach

hand

mouth

tooth

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Question 6 of 10

6. Dutch: het was buigen of barsten. English: it was bend or ________ Hint

burst

give way

bust

break

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Question 7 of 10

7. Dutch: iets achter slot en grendel houden. English: to keep something under lock and ________ Hint

bolt

closure

key

barrel

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Question 8 of 10

8. Dutch : over berg en dal. English: up hill and down ______ Hint

dale

combe

valley

glen

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Question 9 of 10

9. Dutch: lief en leed delen (in het huwelijk). English: (to marry ) for better or for _____

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Dutch : een land met man en macht binnenvallen. English: to invade a country with might and _________ Also to protest with might and _____ Hint

men

arms

right

main

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Dutch: iemand met raad en daad bijstaan English: to advise and ____ somebody.

Answer: assist

'Raad en daad' combines the effects of a binary pattern with rhyme. 'Advise and assist' is slightly alliterative.

2. Dutch: bestand tegen weer en wind. English: wind and _______proof.

Answer: weather

Alliteration in both cases. Binary patterns. In English the monosyllabic word precedes the bisyllabic one, which creates a perfect trocheic rhythm.

3. Dutch: de pracht en praal. English: (the) pomp and ___________.

Answer: circumstance

Both phrasings achieve a perfect iambic pattern but the English phrasing does not have the alliteration that is found in the Dutch one. The Dutch also has near assonance because of the short a followed by a long aa.

4. Dutch: van top tot teen (e.g. onder de modder). English:(e.g.covered with mud) from head to _____

Answer: foot

New Shorter Oxford gives: from head to foot, toe, heel. Both English and Dutch have a perfect sequence of monosyllabic words here. But Dutch also has alliteration.

5. Dutch: van de hand in de tand (leven). English: (to live) from hand to ____

Answer: mouth

Dutch has rhyme.

6. Dutch: het was buigen of barsten. English: it was bend or ________

Answer: break

Alliteration in both cases.

7. Dutch: iets achter slot en grendel houden. English: to keep something under lock and ________

Answer: key

English has a perfect sequence of monosyllabics. Compare with the ternary pattern : lock, stock and barrel (or for that matter: hook, line and sinker).

8. Dutch : over berg en dal. English: up hill and down ______

Answer: dale

English achieves an antithetic phrasing with perfectly balanced monosyllabics.

9. Dutch: lief en leed delen (in het huwelijk). English: (to marry ) for better or for _____

Answer: worse

Dutch combines the antithesis with a fluent alliterative pattern of monosyllabic words.

10. Dutch : een land met man en macht binnenvallen. English: to invade a country with might and _________ Also to protest with might and _____

Answer: main

The parallels between English and Dutch are by far not a 100 percent phenomenon. In Dutch a ship will go down with 'man and mouse', but English only has a poor 'with all hands'.There could certainly be made out a long list of Dutch sayings having that binary pattern for which English has only 'pale' counterparts. Examples in 'translation': before day and dawn, by high and by low, to complain stone and bone, with hair and hide, between jug and mug, in odours and colours, in fire and flame.

A list that works the other way round is of course perfectly possible too. With might and main = with all one's {might;to} the utmost of one's abilities. (New Shorter Oxford, sub: might.)

Source: Author flem-ish

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