Etymology quiz 4

[ChrisHunt]

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[CajunCenturion]

That was fun, but only scored 6 out of 10.

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[tgreer]

9 out of 10, but I didn't keep track of which one I missed. I suspect "somniloquist" - I picked sleep-walker, but isn't that somnambulist? Looking at the word now, I suspect it means someone who TALKS in their sleep, rather than WALKS.

Thomas D. Greer

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[CajunCenturion]

If you had the word 'somniloquist', then we didn't have the same words. I agree that 'talks' is right for that word.

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[sleipnir214]

I got a 10 out of 10. But two of my answers were lucky guesses.

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[sleipnir214]

You can, by the way, take it multiple times. The 10 answers you're asked are drawn from a larger pool.

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[tsdragon]

Well when I take it I hope I don't get the word "somniloquist" or I'd feel like I was cheating.

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[strongm]

8 out of 10 - but two were definitely guesses

 

[AnotherHiggins]

8 out of ten. At least two guesses involved.

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[sleipnir214]

Sorry, when I posted earlier, "You can, by the way, take it multiple times." I meant post "You can, by the way, take it multiple times, getting different questions each time."

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[elanor]

8 out of 10 (I wasn't keeping track, but I hope that the two I guessed were the two I got wrong)! Thanks, ChrisHunt!
Elanor

 

[ChrisHunt]

It tells you at the top of each question page whether you got the previous question right, and what the right answer was if you didn't.

Is a ventsomniloquist someone who talks in somebody else's sleep? Oh, no, hang on that's a lecturer isn't it...

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[flapeyre]

Got 8 out of 10.

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[MakeItSo]

That's a nice one, Chris!
Tried three times, always 8/10...

Some tough words in there...


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[SilentAiche]

Y'all suck. I got 3 of 10. The other 7 were guests.

I Elway though my granular was prufrock. Dam, eye mite halve ben wrung.

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[SamBones]

I was getting 3/10, 7/10, 5/10, until I found out you could use the back button to go and correct the previous wrong answer! Now it's 10 out of 10 every time!

 

[Stella001]

Leave it to us programmers to find the back door.

 

[SamBones]

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