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- 1Language › Word OriginsExpert'Clone' comes from the Greek word for what?Wrong4.8s0
- 2Language › TypographyMediumWhat is the dot over a lowercase i or j called?Wrong4.6s0
- 3Language › Word OriginsEasyThe sport of rugby is named after what?Right2.3s+100
- 4Language › Word OriginsVery hard'Syllabus' exists because a 1400s printed edition of Cicero's letters garbled which word?Time15.0s0
- 5Language › Languages of the WorldMediumThe village Llanfairpwllgwyngyll...gogogoch, with a 58-letter name, is in which country?Right5.1s+95
- 6Language › Alphabets & ScriptsMediumIn "Xmas", what does the X represent?Right6.3s+93
- 7Language › Idioms & PhrasesEasyThe term "Peeping Tom" comes from the legend of which rider?Right2.2s+100
- 8Language › LinguisticsHardThe term 'eggcorn' was coined in 2003 after someone wrote 'egg corn' in place of which word?Right3.2s+98
- 9Language › Idioms & PhrasesHard'The bitter end' was originally the last part of what?Wrong6.6s0
- 10Language › LinguisticsHardThe word 'mondegreen' was coined in 1954 by a writer who had misheard a line from what?Right2.9s+99