The all new, revised and easier quiz! (mod note posts 1 and 2042)

Rubecula

something for something?

a bit like fair deal is no robbery?

no idea if this is what you want but if so can somebody set a science question for me please as I have to visit my family for a couple of days

New Home

Yes, sort of - ok, that's it's literal meaning, but I'll clarify - initially it meant replacing one ingredient in a pharmaceutical compound with another (so, replacing one thing for another), but it also meant UNDERSTANDING one thing for another, so a "qui(d) pro quo" is a misunderstanding. To give one thing in exchange for another is expressed with "do ut des" (which I think it roughly translates with "I give that you might give")

As Wikipedia says,

In the Romance languages, such as Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and French, the phrase quid pro quo is used with the original Latin meaning, referring to a misunderstanding or a mistake ("to take one thing for another"). In those languages, the Latin phrase corresponding to the English usage of quid pro quo is do ut des ("I give so that you will give").

This is also interesting (again, Wikipedia):

The Vocabolario Treccani (an authoritative dictionary published by the Encyclopaedia Treccani), under the entry "qui pro quo", states that the latter expression probably derives from the Latin used in late medieval pharmaceutical compilations. This can be clearly seen from the work appearing precisely under this title, "Tractatus quid pro quo," (Treatise on what substitutes for what) in the medical collection headed up by Mesue cum expositione Mondini super Canones universales... (Venice: per Joannem & Gregorium de gregorijs fratres, 1497), folios 334r-335r. Some examples of what could be used in place of what in this list are: "Pro vua passa dactili" (in place of raisins, [use] dates); "Pro mirto sumac" (in place of myrtle, [use] sumac); "Pro fenugreco semen lini" (in place of fenugreek, [use] flaxseed), etc. This list was an essential resource in the medieval apothecary, especially for occasions when certain essential medicinal substances were not available.

Rubecula

Alchemy you mean?

:eek: I can hear the cries of the folk in the village as we speak...... "Burn the witch."

New Home

That's weird.... I thought the "witch" had already died, as per the song "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead"... :eek:

New Home

Right, another question (I know, I'm skipping the queue, but it's my prerogative as a witch. Anyone who disagrees will be transformed into a toad), and it's an easy one (I think/I hope): how did the species of glass frog 'Cochranella amelie' get its name?

New Home

Also, I think Srameen owes us a question (for the bonus Ronald Reagan one), and IrishZeus, if you want to go ahead with yours, please do, I was only keeping your seat warm.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

New Home wrote: »

Also, I think Srameen owes us a question (for the bonus Ronald Reagan one), and IrishZeus, if you want to go ahead with yours, please do, I was only keeping your seat warm.

Ok, a quick one.

What connects Bertrand Russell, Winston Churchill & Bob Dylan?

Corkgirl18

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

Ok, a quick one.

What connects Bertrand Russell, Winston Churchill & Bob Dylan?

Nobel Prize for Literature?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Corkgirl18 wrote: »

Nobel Prize for Literature?

That's it. All Nobel Prize for Literature.

Corkgirl18

What did Christopher Cockerell invent in the 1950's?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Corkgirl18 wrote: »

What did Christopher Cockerell invent in the 1950's?

He was the hovercraft.

feargale

Corkgirl18 wrote: »

What did Christopher Cockerell invent in the 1950's?

Hovercraft?

Corkgirl18

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

He was the hovercraft.

Correct!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

What did Gideon Sundback patent in 1917.

Rubecula

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

What did Gideon Sundback patent in 1917.

I know sir... sir I know. please sir.

ah but may not be here to aanswer my own question so I dare not answer again

IrishZeus

An easy one. What is the background to this:

"I am rabbit of holland"

IrishZeus

Rubecula wrote: »

I know sir... sir I know. please sir.

ah but may not be here to aanswer my own question so I dare not answer again

Oi, zip it, you're disrupting the class.

eisenberg1

IrishZeus wrote: »

An easy one. What is the background to this:

"I am rabbit of holland"

Anything to do with Coney Island?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

IrishZeus wrote: »

Oi, zip it, you're disrupting the class.

Oh yes, he invented the zipper.

feargale

IrishZeus wrote: »

An easy one. What is the background to this:

"I am rabbit of holland"

I'm stuck on that one. If you said "I am rabbit of Ballindine Co. Mayo" I'd be on the money.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

IrishZeus wrote: »

An easy one. What is the background to this:

"I am rabbit of holland"

It's one of those incorrect translations by someone I can't recall at the moment. Leave it with me......

IrishZeus

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

It's one of those incorrect translations by someone I can't recall at the moment. Leave it with me......

You're on the right track...!

feargale

Welsh rarebit?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

One of the Napoleons, not Bonaparte, I'll guess Louis.

IrishZeus

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

One of the Napoleons, not Bonaparte, I'll guess Louis.

Half marks... What was the context?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

IrishZeus wrote: »

Half marks... What was the context?

Sorry, that's the easy bit.

He meant to say he was king of Holland but mispronounced it to sound as rabbit of Holland.

IrishZeus

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

Sorry, that's the easy bit.

He meant to say he was king of Holland but mispronounced it to sound as rabbit of Holland.

Correct. You're up

New Home

Hare-brained, by the sound of it! :pac:

feargale

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

Sorry, that's the easy bit.

He meant to say he was king of Holland but mispronounced it to sound as rabbit of Holland.

Interesting.

King = Koning

Rabbit= Konijn.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

What book is set in the town of Maycomb?