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#1 2008-05-25 00:30:11
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English language puzzles
#1. Find the word with the same vowel occuring five times in it.
#2. Name any four words which end in 'dous'.
#3. Find the 15 letter word which can be spelled without repeating a letter.
#4. Find a word starting with 'und' and ending in 'und'
#5. Can you think of a word that contains all the vowels?
The name of a country is hidden in each of the two sentences given below. Find the names of the countries.
#6. Each advertisement is thoroughly scrutinised before being telecast.
#7. A rough analysis showed that the sales target was attainable.
Rearrange the letters to get the names of two animals:
#8.THENLEAP
#9.REDOPAL
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#2 2008-05-25 00:43:46
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Re: English language puzzles
1. Bananarama ... ?
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#3 2008-05-25 01:17:40
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#4 2008-05-25 01:22:50
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#5 2008-05-26 00:25:40
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Re: English language puzzles
1. Bananarama ... ?
Isn't that a noun?
Answers #1 to #9:-
Well done, JaneFairfax and JohnnyReinB! All the answers are correct!
To JohnnyReinB:
10. What is 'gerrymandering'?
11. Who is a misanthrope?
12. What is regicide?
13. What is fear of the number 13 called?
14. What does i.e. (Latin) stand for?
15. What is 'deja vu'?
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#6 2008-05-26 00:40:05
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#7 2008-05-26 00:46:45
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Re: English language puzzles
Answers to #11, #12, #14, and #15:-
All correct, JaneFairfax! Very well done!!!
#16. Who is an 'iconoclast'?
#17. What does RSVP (French) stand for?
#18. What does the word 'rendezvous' mean?
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#8 2008-05-26 00:54:42
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#9 2008-05-26 01:07:35
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Answers to #16, #17, and #18:
All correct, JaneFairfax! Very good!
#19. What is a 'gerund'?
#20. What is a 'sonnet'?
#21. The word 'catamaran' has its origin in a word in which language?
#22. What is the origin of the word 'goodbye'?
#23. What does the word 'diurnal' mean?
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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#10 2008-05-26 13:42:52
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#11 2008-05-26 17:35:11
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Re: English language puzzles
Answers to #19, #20, #21, and #23:
Excellent, JaneFairfax! All the answers are correct!
#24. What is an 'oxymoron'?
#25. Which word in English language has two meanings, which are opposite to each other?
#26. What is the origin of the word 'juggernaut'?
#27. What does the word 'harakiri' mean?
#28. What is 'megalomania'?
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#12 2008-05-26 22:14:02
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"There is not a difference between an in-law and an outlaw, except maybe that an outlaw is wanted"
Nisi Quam Primum, Nequequam
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#13 2008-05-26 23:37:20
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Answers to #24, #25, and #28:
All correct, JohnnyReinB! Excellent!
#29. What is 'anthology'?
#30. What does the phrase 'inter alia' mean?
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#14 2008-05-27 01:22:05
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#15 2008-05-27 02:23:04
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Answers to #27, #29, and #30:
Very well done, JaneFairfax! You got it all right!
#31. What does Laissez faire (French) mean?
#32. What does ibidem (Latin) mean?
#33. What does Obiter dictum (Latin) mean?
#34. List all the parts of speech.
#35. Who was the first lexicographer in English language?
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#16 2008-05-27 02:59:52
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#17 2008-05-27 03:11:24
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Answers to #31. and #35:
Both correct, JaneFairfax! Very well done!
#36. What does the word 'pedagogy' mean?
#37. What is schizophrenia?
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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#18 2008-05-27 19:25:02
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#38. What does the word 'aplomb' mean?
#39. Who is an 'ambidextrous' person?
#40. What does the adjective 'adroit' mean?
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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#19 2008-05-27 20:01:11
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#41. What does the word 'macabre' mean?
#42. What is 'calisthenics'?
#43. What is bonsai? Which language does the word owe its origin to?
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#20 2008-05-27 21:50:12
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"There is not a difference between an in-law and an outlaw, except maybe that an outlaw is wanted"
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#21 2008-05-27 23:00:36
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Re: English language puzzles
Answers to #34, #39, and #43:
All correct, JohnnyReinB! Very well done!
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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#22 2008-05-28 22:11:17
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Re: English language puzzles
#44. What are onomatopoeic words?
#45. What is a sentence which contains all the alphabets called?
#46. The name of this language is a palindrome. Which language is being referred to?
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#23 2008-05-28 22:35:34
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Last edited by JohnnyReinB (2008-05-28 22:38:32)
"There is not a difference between an in-law and an outlaw, except maybe that an outlaw is wanted"
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#24 2008-05-28 22:45:01
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Re: English language puzzles
Tatar does not spell the same backwards as forwards. 
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#25 2008-05-28 22:46:36
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Answers to #44, #45, and #46:
#44 and #45 are correct, JohnnyReinB! Very good!
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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