Diversity Quiz #3

Diversity Quiz #3

Questions

1. Hot Indian curry thought to refer originally to 'wine garlic sauce'?
2. Unexpected good fortune or prosperous success?
3. Small four-stringed guitar?
4. Small one-person closed watertight canoe?
5. Racial segregation?
6. Vast Arctic mashlands with underlying permafrost?
7. Whirlpool or great turbulence?
8. Firm imposed instruction or resolution?
9. The Virgin Mary?
10. Popular animated movie and personal web pic?
11. Dust or camouflage colour or material?
12. Gambling house?
13. Business magnate, originally 'great prince'?
14. Returning hunting weapon?
15. Cross symbol with loop for top element?
16. Slaughterhouse?
17. View, and replacement windows?
18. Fondness for travel?
19. Specialized raiding party soldier?

1. Hot Indian curry thought to refer originally to 'wine garlic sauce'?

   Vindaloo - Portuguese (probably from 'vin d'alho', wine and garlic [sauce])
2. Unexpected good fortune or prosperous success?

   Bonanza - Spanish (technically US-Spanish - originally meaning fair weather or prosperity)
3. Small four-stringed guitar?

   Ukulele - Hawaiian (it means 'jumping flea')
4. Small one-person closed watertight canoe?

   Kayak - Inuit (or less politically correct, Eskimo)
5. Racial segregation?

   Apartheid - Afrikaans (or more loosely and slightly less correctly South African, it means literally 'apart-hood')
6. Vast Arctic mashlands with underlying permafrost?

   Tundra - Lappish (Lapps - now called Sami or Saami - are the indigenous people from the extreme north of Europe including parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia, a region referred to now as Sápmi)
7. Whirlpool or great turbulence?

   Maelstrom - Dutch (from maalen, grind or whirl around)
8. Firm imposed instruction or resolution?

   Diktat - German
9. The Virgin Mary?

   Madonna - Italian (meaning 'my lady')
10. Popular animated movie and personal web pic?

    Avatar - Sanskrit (less correctly 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 - Avatar meant originally away and pass over, and more recently means embodiment)
11. Dust or camouflage colour or material?

    Khaki - Urdu (official language of Pakistan - also ancient in India, influenced by Persian and Arabic - Khaki derives originally from kak, Persian for dust)
12. Gambling house?

    Casino - Italian (originally a public meeting room or summer house)
13. Business magnate, originally 'great prince'?

    Tycoon - Japanese (came into Japanese from Chinese 'da jun')
14. Returning hunting weapon?

    Boomerang - Aboriginal (native Australian)
15. Cross symbol with loop for top element?

    Ankh - Egyptian (meaning life or soul - the symbol resembles a person)
16. Slaughterhouse?

    Abattoir - French (from abbattre, meaning to fell or cut down)
17. View, and replacement windows?

    Vista - Italian (meaning view, from visto, seen - Vista was also a not especially successful replacement for Microsoft's Windows computer operating system)
18. Fondness for travel?

    Wanderlust - German
19. Specialized raiding party soldier?

    Commando - Portuguese (originally referred to Boers in S Africa)