Diversity Quiz #2

Diversity Quiz #2

Questions

1. Beer brewed for storing/keeping - from German?
2. Military ruler, and Mitsubishi 4x4 - from Japanese?
3. Soft leather heelless shoe whose sole is upturned to form sides - from Virginian Algonquian?
4. Happiness or blissful death through elightenment (literally 'blowing out') - from Sanskrit?
5. Hot steam bath - from Finnish?
6. Group journey in specific continent - from Kiswahili?
7. Courage - from a rude Spanish metaphor?
8. Joy in the misfortune of others - from German?
9. Massacre of an ethnic group - from Russian/Yiddish?
10. Long story - from Old Norse?
11. Forbidden, unmentionable - from Tongan?
12. Isolation, quarantine, or secrecy - from Persian/Urdu?
13. Ghost or spirit, typically unseen and moving things - from German?
14. The phonetic neutral vowel sound shown as ə - like the 'eh' at the end of 'sofa' and the start of 'along' (whose symbol is an inverted 'e') - from German - and bonus point - a different word for the same thing from Hebrew instead?
15. The same (not the same as the question above, simply, 'the same') - from Italian?
16. Variety (of choices) - from Swedish?
17. Clumsy awkward person, whose earlier root gave us also 'clot' in English - from Yiddish?
18. Long wrap-around skirt meaning sheath or quiver - from Malay?
19. Seasonal South Asia wind and accompanying rainfall - from Dutch?
20. Mountain guide, and 1975 British Leyland van brand, later the Leyland Daf Pilot - from Tibetan?

1. Beer brewed for storing/keeping - from German?

   Lager (originally lager-bier - lager = storehouse)
2. Military ruler, and Mitsubishi 4x4 - from Japanese?

   Shogun
3. Soft leather heelless shoe whose sole is upturned to form sides - from Virginian Algonquian?

   Moccasin (also from other Native American Indian languages)
4. Happiness or blissful death through elightenment (literally 'blowing out') - from Sanskrit?

   Nirvana (less correctly from Indian or Hindu - Sanskrit is the ancient Indo-European language, used in Indian Hindu and classical writings, which persists today in Indian religious and scholarly work - Nirvana meant in Sanskrit 'blowing out [destructive feelings such as greed and hatred]')
5. Hot steam bath - from Finnish?

   Sauna
6. Group journey in specific continent - from Kiswahili?

   Safari (Kiswahili is East African)
7. Courage - from a rude Spanish metaphor?

   Cojones (pronounced 'co-honez' - meaning testicles)
8. Joy in the misfortune of others - from German?

   Schadenfreude (from the root word meanings harm and joy)
9. Massacre of an ethnic group - from Russian/Yiddish?

   Pogrom (the word referred originally to Russian massacre of Jewish people)
10. Long story - from Old Norse?

    Saga
11. Forbidden, unmentionable - from Tongan?

    Taboo (originally tabu - referring to sacred custom)
12. Isolation, quarantine, or secrecy - from Persian/Urdu?

    Purdah (originally a veil or curtain to screen women from men/strangers)
13. Ghost or spirit, typically unseen and moving things - from German?

    Poltergeist (from root meanings make noise and ghost)
14. The phonetic neutral vowel sound shown as ə - like the 'eh' at the end of 'sofa' and the start of 'along' (whose symbol is an inverted 'e') - from German - and bonus point - a different word for the same thing from Hebrew instead?

    Schwa - (German) - Sheva(Hebrew)
15. The same (not the same as the question above, simply, 'the same') - from Italian?

    Ditto(earlier from Latin dictus, 'said')
16. Variety (of choices) - from Swedish?

    Smorgasbord (a buffet of Scandinavian delicacies - smorgas = slice of)
17. Clumsy awkward person, whose earlier root gave us also 'clot' in English - from Yiddish?

    Klutz (Yiddish loosely equates to European-German Jewish)
18. Long wrap-around skirt meaning sheath or quiver - from Malay?

    Sarong
19. Seasonal South Asia wind and accompanying rainfall - from Dutch?

    Monsoon (from early modern Dutch monssoen)
20. Mountain guide, and 1975 British Leyland van brand, later the Leyland Daf Pilot - from Tibetan?

    Sherpa