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Word and name origins

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Etymology
Word and name origins game quiz
"Many words and names have pretty banal origins, hopefully here are some that will make you say 'Oh really?'. There is a slightly anatomical bias to many of the questions. British based."

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1. What is the meaning of the British place name 'Nottingham'?
    Estate of Nott's people
    Estate of Snot's people
    Knotting estate
    Gnarled wood estate


2. What is the original name of Bristol?
    Bristol
    Bristow
    West Bath
    South Gloucester


3. The slang word 'carsey' for toilet originated in the army and is common in Britain and Australia. But which language did it come from originally?

    Farsi
    Spanish
    Italian
    Arabic


4. Where in Britain would you find the town meaning 'Camp on breast-shaped hill'?
    Chesterfield
    Winchester
    Bristol
    Manchester


5. What is the meaning of the London suburb name 'Neasden'?
    Nose-shaped hill
    Neil's hill
    Nellie's den
    Cow enclosure


6. The obsolete airline 'Dan-Air' was short for what?
    Davis and Newman Airlines
    Daniel Airlines
    Danish Airlines
    Danmark Aero


7. What is the literal meaning of the bread 'Pumpernickel' when translated from German?
    Pumping metal
    Farting Nicholas
    Dark loaf
    Bouncing bread


8. We've all heard people talking poppycock, but do you know what it means literally?
    Nothing, just onomatopaeic
    Soft faeces
    Named after a bird
    Named after a bouquet of flowers


9. What is the meaning of the Lancashire town Ramsbottom?
    Just as it says, ram's bottom
    Wild garlic valley
    Valley of the sheep
    Ram shaped valley


10. Finally one for Americans. The top seats (as in height) in a stadium are called 'The bleachers', but why?
    The sun bleaches the seats
    Named after Horace Bleacher who built an early stadium
    It's the first place the cleaners start working
    The first stadium that high was in Bleacher, Tennessee

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