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- 1Language › Idioms & PhrasesMedium"Stealing someone's thunder" comes from a playwright who invented what?Right3.3s+98
- 2Language › Word OriginsMediumWhy was SOS chosen as the international distress signal?Right2.3s+100
- 3Language › Languages of the WorldMediumThe German word "Kummerspeck" (weight gained by emotional overeating) literally means what?Wrong2.1s0
- 4Language › Word OriginsEasyCalling a spoilsport "a Grinch" comes from a book by whom?Right0.8s+100
- 5Language › LinguisticsHard'A nadder' became 'an adder'. Which animal gained an n the opposite way?Wrong3.9s0
- 6Language › Word OriginsHard'Crapulence', sickness from too much food or drink, traces back to a Greek word for what?Right2.7s+99
- 7Language › Word OriginsExpertThe first full edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was completed in which year?Wrong1.3s0
- 8Language › Idioms & PhrasesEasyThe phrase "Big Brother is watching you" comes from which novel?Right0.4s+100
- 9Language › TypographyHardIn old printing, why can 'Congress' seem to read 'Congrefs'?Right1.2s+100
- 10Language › Alphabets & ScriptsVery hardScottish names like Menzies, said 'Mingis', carry a z that stood in for which old letter?Wrong1.1s0