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Its All Greek To Me Trivia 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'.

A multiple-choice quiz by flem-ish. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
flem-ish

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
54,044

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
2256

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What part of the body has been infected when doctors speak of phrenitis? Hint

skin

bladder

brain

kidneys

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Question 2 of 10

2. What sort of people would you call latitudinarians? Hint

people with ballooning bellies

people who are broad and liberal in their standards of religious beliefs and conduct

people who consider that your physical posture during prayer is an essential

people living exactly on a specific latitude

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is typical of lucipetal plants? Hint

they move towards light

they have flowers

they have leaves

they move away from light

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Question 4 of 10

4. What do balneophiles collect? Hint

headscarves and bandannas

pics of beachgirls in swimsuits

beachballs

shells found on beaches

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is a chartographer? Hint

somebody who predicts the future by means of tarot cards

somebody who writes about the charts

somebody who draws maps

somebody who has an obsessive tendency to send picture postcards

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Question 6 of 10

6. What do bombcynophiles like to store and collect? Hint

bombs

silk

ships in bottles

dogs

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is pantagamy ? Hint

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

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is meant by agamy? Hint

marriage without sexual intercourse

hatred of marriage

inability to have children

not being married

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Question 9 of 10

9. What's a somnambulist? Hint

someone who talks while asleep

a rope-dancer

a sleepwalker

musician who plays the somnambula, a medieval type of flute

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which of these qualifications would Christian theologians not attribute to the supreme Creator? Hint

omnivore

omnipotent

omnipresent

omniscient

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What part of the body has been infected when doctors speak of phrenitis?

Answer: brain

Bladder infection might be called urocystitis; skin infection might be dermatitis and nephritis stands for kidney disease.

2. What sort of people would you call latitudinarians?

Answer: people who are broad and liberal in their standards of religious beliefs and conduct

3. What is typical of lucipetal plants?

Answer: they move towards light

The opposite would be lucifugous or lucifugal. Nocturnal animals might possibly be called lucifugal. - Sunflowers are of course heliopetal, as they follow the sun.

4. What do balneophiles collect?

Answer: pics of beachgirls in swimsuits

5. What is a chartographer?

Answer: somebody who draws maps

According to the O.E.D., chartographer is an alternative spelling for cartographer.

6. What do bombcynophiles like to store and collect?

Answer: silk

Collectors of ships in bottles are 'capsulophiles'. - Cynos refers to dogs indeed, but in bombcynophile the reference is to 'bombazine', a kind of silk.

7. What is pantagamy ?

Answer: community marriage in which every woman is married to every man, and vice versa

P-E-ntagamy would be 'marriage to five spouses at a time'.

8. What is meant by agamy?

Answer: not being married

9. What's a somnambulist?

Answer: a sleepwalker

A funambulist would be a rope-dancer. Somniloquence refers to people talking in their dreams.

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

Answer: omnivore

If you are herbivorous as well as carnivorous you might be called an omnivore.

Source: Author flem-ish

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