The Thursday Quiz!
The Thursday Quiz is an "Is It or Isn't It" game. From the list of twelve items, your job is to determine whether each IS or ISN'T a true example of the week's category.
Remember always, the rules are the same no matter where you're from:
No research, Googling, Wikiing, or use of reference books. The ThursdayThis Week's Category is very cosmopolitan!
Quiz is a POP quiz. Violators will have their language confounded.
Words in European Languages
Some of the following sets are equivalent common words in seven European languages: Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, German, Dutch, and Finnish. In the other sets, things have been twisted and warped in the traditional michael5000 fashion.
Clarification: if a set of words is bogus, it is predominantly bogus. There are no sets, for instance, where only the Finnish word is wrong. Shame on you for even thinking of such a thing.
For the accurate sets, provide the equivalent word in English. For the bogus sets, just mark 'em as "bogus"!
1. diece - ounze - unci - unze - elfte - eleevan - kallistoni
2. doce - douze - dodici - doze - zwölf - twaalf - kaksitoista
3. equido - echeul - equino - equito - Herz - hers - kissa
4. fisico - fisicien - doctoro - fésico - Medikman - medicin - hälläväri
5. golf - golf - golf - golf - Golf - golf - golf
6. hermana - soeur - sorella - irmã - Schwester - zus - sisko
7. luna - lune - luna - lua - Mond - maan - kuu
8. matematidor - matematieur - matematidor - mãtematidor -
Komputmachinen - additor - kaliskaanin
9. país - pays - paese - país - Land - land - maa
10. perro - chien - cane - cão - Hund - hond - koira
11. pueblo - ville - città - cidade - Stadt - stad - kaupunki
12. sol - soleil - sole - sol - Sonne - zon - aurinko
Using the English language, post your answers in the comments.
20 comments:
1 / bogus
2 / twelve
3 / bogus
4 / physician
5 / golf (wind?)
6 / her
7 / bogus
8 / bogus
9 / country
10 / dog
11 / city
12 / Sun
1. bogus
2. Twelve
3. bogus
4. bogus
5. I guess that's 'golf'
6. Sister
7. bogus
8. Land/country
9. Dog
10. Town
12. Sun
o mein gott... I'm going to suck this one up.
1. bogus
2 twelve
3 horse
4 wait... are these supposed to be in order? I think this one is bogus although medicin is French for Doctor. So, my favorite show would be Medicin Qui. J'ai besoin de medicin. Medicin qui? Dix!!!!
5. gotta be true... I mean, Golf although, that's like way too easy. I'm going to say BOGUS. Dang you M5K with your tricksy questions!!!!
6. Sister
7. Moon
8. bogus
9. country
10 dog
11 city
12 sun.
Ok... so I clearly have gotten a bunch of them wrong... but I've been drinking and whenever I drink I think I can speak more languages than I actually can.
1. bogus
2. twelve
3. horse
4. physician
5. bogus
6. sister
7. Monday
8. computer
9. bogus
10. dog
11. house
12. sun
1. bogus
2. twelve
3. bogus
4. doctor
5. bogus
6. sister
7. moon
8. bogus
9. land
10. dog
11. city
12. sun
1. bogus
2. twelve
3. bogus
4. bogus
5. golf
6. sister
7. moon
8. bogus
9. country
10. dog
11. town/city
12. sun
1 is bad
2 is good
3 is bad
4 is good
5 is bad
6 is good
7 is good
8 is good
9 is good
10 is good
11 is good
12 id good
1. bogus
2. twelve
3. bogus
4. bogus
5. golf
6. sister
7. moon
8. mathematician
9. bogus
10. dog
11. i want to say city, but ciudad is city in spanish, so this one has be scratching my head. i'll leave it i guess.
12. sun
1. bogus
2. twelve
3. bogus
4. doctor
5. golf
6. sister
7. bogus
8. plausible but bogus
9. country/nation
10. dog
11. bogus - too many different sizes
12. sun
High school Spanish, don't fail me now. . .
1 no
2 yes
3 no
4 no
5 no
6 yes
7 yes
8 no
9 yes
10 yes
11 yes
12 yes
Oh! you want the equivalents! I was wondering why you were so fussy about requesting English! I promise I didn't cheat.
1 bogus eleven
2 twelve
3 bogus horse
4 bogus doctor
5 bogus golf
6 sister
7 moon
8 bogus calculator or computer
9 country
10 dog
11 town
12 sun
1. bogus
2. 12
3. bogus
4. doctor
5. um, golf?
6. sister
7. bogus
8. bogus
9. peace
10. dog
11. city
12. sun
i typed this one handed w screamin baby in other
I know all the answers, but I was intent on posting them in Klingon. You and your rules!
1. bogus
2. Twelve
3. Bogus
4. Physician?
5. Golf
6. Sister
7. Bogus
8. Mathematician?
9. Country
10. Dog
11. Village
12. Sun
1. bogus
2. twelve
3. bogus
4. bogus, I think. I've always only heard Doktor in German.
5. golf--just strange enough to be true.
6. sister
7. bogus--I thought it was "moon" at first, but that last entry (kuu) sounds too much like cow, as in ...jumped over the...
8. calculator--only if counting plurals is OK (Komputmachinen would be plural).
9. country (political)
10. dog
11. city
12. sun
I only sort of know two of the languages represented here, so this was hard.
1. eleven
2. twelve
3. bogus
4. bogus
5. golf
6. sister
7. moon
8. bogus
9. country
10. dog
11. town/city
12. sun
Good Evening.
1. Fake words that I made up that seemed like they might mean "eleven."
2. Real words that mean "twelve."
3. Fake words I made up that seemed like they might mean "horse."
4. Fake words I made up that seemed like they might mean "doctor."
5. Real words that mean "golf."
6. Real words that mean "sister."
7. Real words that mean "moon."
8. Fake words I made up that seemed like they might mean "computer" or something.
9. Real words that mean "country."
10. Real words that mean "dog."
11. Real words that mean "city," or "town."
12. Real words that mean "sun."
Argh! I am too late! And this type is a fun one. Linguistic. Love that.
#5 you crack me up.
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Yay! My name in lights! I'm so vain.
And, planned or not, I love that 6 and 7 combined form Sister Moon (is nothing like the sun), a lyric in a moody Sting song which probably refers to something in literature or mythology, but to me just makes me think of Sting. All I ever need, really. So thanks. :)
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