Diversity Quiz 2
Questions
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Beer brewed for storing/keeping - from German?
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Military ruler, and Mitsubishi 4x4 - from Japanese?
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Soft leather heelless shoe whose sole is upturned to form sides - from Virginian Algonquian?
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Happiness or blissful death through elightenment (literally 'blowing out') - from Sanskrit?
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Hot steam bath - from Finnish?
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Group journey in specific continent - from Kiswahili?
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Courage - from a rude Spanish metaphor?
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Joy in the misfortune of others - from German?
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Massacre of an ethnic group - from Russian/Yiddish?
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Long story - from Old Norse?
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Forbidden, unmentionable - from Tongan?
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Isolation, quarantine, or secrecy - from Persian/Urdu?
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Ghost or spirit, typically unseen and moving things - from German?
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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?
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The same (not the same as the question above, simply, 'the same') - from Italian?
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Variety (of choices) - from Swedish?
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Clumsy awkward person, whose earlier root gave us also 'clot' in English - from Yiddish?
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Long wrap-around skirt meaning sheath or quiver - from Malay?
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Seasonal South Asia wind and accompanying rainfall - from Dutch?
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Mountain guide, and 1975 British Leyland van brand, later the Leyland Daf Pilot - from Tibetan?
Answers
- Lager
- Shogun
- Moccasin
- Nirvana
- Sauna
- Safari
- Cojones
- Schadenfreude
- Pogrom
- Saga
- Taboo
- Purdah
- Poltergeist
- Schwa -
- Ditto
- Smorgasbord
- Klutz
- Sarong
- Monsoon
- Sherpa