What's in a Name?
Dig deep into the etymology of common words with this trivia game featuring well known terms and their interesting origins.
15 questions · Published November 20, 2023
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. Which of these education terms stems from the Latin question "Who are you?"?
The Latin question "qui es," meaning "Who are you?," is shortened to the name for a common school test—or pub trivia game—quiz.
- Multiple Choice
2. Dating back to ancient Rome, "plumber" originally referred to someone who worked specifically with ___________ pipes.
Derived from the Latin word "plumbum," meaning lead, a plumber worked with lead pipes.
- Multiple Choice
3. Also known as an underplate, what is the more common name for the piece of tableware on which a dinner plate rests?
The common term for a large service plate, charger, comes from the 13th century Middle English word "chargeour," which referred to any means for carrying a large item.
- Multiple Choice
4. Which of these inspired the name of the racquet sport badminton?
The English country estate Badminton House first lent its name to the racquet sport in the 1800s.
- Fill In The Blank
5. Pitcher Denton "Cy" ___________ earned his nickname because the fences where he practiced his fastball looked like a cyclone had hit them.
Denton Young was nicknamed "Cy," shortened from cyclone, because the fences where he practiced looked like a cyclone had hit them.
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