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1. 1Language › LinguisticsHardIn paired words like zig-zag, tick-tock and ping-pong, which vowel almost always comes first?Right0.7s+100
2. 2Language › Word OriginsExpertWhich future novelist worked on the OED in 1919-20, on words beginning with W?Right1.7s+100
3. 3Language › Word OriginsMediumThe "sir" in "sirloin" really comes from a French word meaning what?Wrong4.9s0
4. 4Language › Word OriginsMediumWho coined the word "scapegoat" in his English Bible translation?Right0.9s+100
5. 5Language › Idioms & PhrasesMediumIn "hoist with his own petard", what is a petard?Right0.8s+100
6. 6Language › TypographyVery hardIn Spanish the @ sign is 'arroba', also the name of an old unit of what?Wrong2.3s0
7. 7Language › TypographyHardMany old typewriters had no exclamation mark key. How did typists make one?Wrong4.1s0
8. 8Language › Word OriginsHard'Apricity', recorded in a 1623 dictionary, names what pleasant thing?Wrong3.6s0
9. 9Language › Idioms & PhrasesEasyThe phrase "sour grapes" comes from a fable by whom?Right0.7s+100
10. 10Language › Word OriginsEasy"Bus" is short for "omnibus", a Latin word meaning what?Right3.3s+98