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English has names for things you didn't know needed one. Could you define them on the spot? @missusculpepper scored 487 in Weird & Wonderful Words on Outlier Trivia. Can you beat it?

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1Language › Word OriginsExpert'Clone' comes from the Greek word for what?Wrong3.0s0
2Language › TypographyMediumWhat is the dot over a lowercase i or j called?Right3.3s+98
3Language › Word OriginsEasyThe sport of rugby is named after what?Wrong6.4s0
4Language › Word OriginsVery hard'Syllabus' exists because a 1400s printed edition of Cicero's letters garbled which word?Wrong6.6s0
5Language › Languages of the WorldMediumThe village Llanfairpwllgwyngyll...gogogoch, with a 58-letter name, is in which country?Right3.6s+97
6Language › Alphabets & ScriptsMediumIn "Xmas", what does the X represent?Right3.6s+98
7Language › Idioms & PhrasesEasyThe term "Peeping Tom" comes from the legend of which rider?Wrong4.3s0
8Language › LinguisticsHardThe term 'eggcorn' was coined in 2003 after someone wrote 'egg corn' in place of which word?Right0.9s+100
9Language › Idioms & PhrasesHard'The bitter end' was originally the last part of what?Wrong3.5s0
10Language › LinguisticsHardThe word 'mondegreen' was coined in 1954 by a writer who had misheard a line from what?Right6.0s+94