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Its All Greek To Me

Created by flem-ish

Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Borrowed Words and Phrases
Its All Greek To Me game quiz
"When scholars and scientists need new terminology they often draw on Latin and Greek, which may give outsiders the feeling they dont dare to call a spade a spade .E.g. a simple ear infection = 'otitis'. This quiz deals with such 'creations'."

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1. What part of the body has been infected when doctors speak of 'phrenitis'?
    brain
    kidneys
    bladder
    skin


2. What sort of people would you call 'latitudinarians'?
    people with ballooning bellies
    people living exactly on a specific latitude
    people who consider that your physical posture during prayer is an essential
    those who are broad and liberal in their standards of religious beliefs and conduct


3. What is typical of lucipetal plants?
    they move towards light
    they move away from the sun
    they move with the sun
    they move away from light


4. What do balneophiles collect?
    pics of beachgirls in swimsuits
    beachballs
    headscarves and bandannas
    shells found on beaches


5. What is a chartographer?
    somebody who draws maps
    somebody who has an obsessive tendency to send picture postcards
    somebody who writes about the charts
    somebody who predicts the future by means of tarot cards


6. What do bombcynophiles like to store and collect?
    dogs
    bombs
    silk
    ships in bottles


7. What is pantagamy ?
    community marriage in which every woman is married to every man, and vice versa
    excessive passion to play games
    being married to five spouses at a time
    sick tendency to steal panties


8. What is meant by 'agamy' ?
    marriage without sexual intercourse
    not being married
    inability to have children
    hatred against marriage


9. What's a somnambulist?
    person suffering from sleeping-problems
    a rope-dancer
    a sleepwalker
    musician who plays the somnambula, a medieval type of flute


10. Which of these qualifications would Christian theologians not attribute to the supreme Creator?
    omnivore
    omnipotent
    omnipresent
    omniscient

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