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

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Corkgirl18 wrote: »

Somewhere where people learn stuff?

Not learn, no.

Jellybaby1

Rubecula wrote: »

or a toilet apparently

In your school days mebbe! Not mine! I know miss, but I'm not telling 'cos I don't live here any more!:p

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ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Rubecula wrote: »

or a toilet apparently

We both know you are as close as most answers with that. It is true for many people.

looksee

In fairness Srameen, depending on which dictionary you consult there have been several correct answers already.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

By original definition and etymology it is a thinking place. Any place for thinking - as opposed to a school or place of learning. It refers to thinking as opposed to learning.

I know Rubes had it but didn't answer.

IrishZeus was the closest.

IrishZeus

Four empires collapsed after WW1. Name them all

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

I'll take a stab, although some collapsed during and not as part of the war itself. Austria-Hungary, Ottoman, Russian, and German empires.

IrishZeus

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

I'll take a stab, although some collapsed during and not as part of the war itself. Austria-Hungary, Ottoman, Russian, and German empires.

Correct. My bad on the phrasing of the question- some did indeed collapse during the war.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

IrishZeus wrote: »

Correct. My bad on the phrasing of the question- some did indeed collapse during the war.

Oh *+$#. I kind of hoped I was not correct.

I'll come back with a question.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

What part of the world did Easterlings come from? Forget Lord of the Rings!

IrishZeus

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

What part of the world did Easterlings come from? Forget Lord of the Rings!

Rhun, east of Mordor

New Home

Easter Island? Nah, too easy, I suppose...

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

IrishZeus wrote: »

Rhun, east of Mordor

Now, now. What did I say???

New Home wrote: »

Easter Island? Nah, too easy, I suppose...

Correct, it's not.

New Home

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

Correct, it's not.

You're enjoying this too much, Autumn Harsh Cloud.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

New Home wrote: »

You're enjoying this too much, Srameen.

Should there be any other motive? I could pretend it's to educate but that won't hold water around here.

looksee

Go on, I'll try the obvious...from the east?

Rubecula

Easterlings faught for Sauron, but the origin of the name was for anyone from a country to the east of the folk using the term. so as an example to many of you I am an Easterling/

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

looksee wrote: »

Go on, I'll try the obvious...from the east?

Getting there. Where to the east?

IrishZeus

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

Getting there. Where to the east?

I've never heard the term so this is a pure guess. Would it be a slang/derogatory name for people hailing from the Far East? E.g. China etc.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

IrishZeus wrote: »

I've never heard the term so this is a pure guess. Would it be a slang/derogatory name for people hailing from the Far East? E.g. China etc.

No. In fact it led to the word sterling meaning quality.

looksee

Checked it, several dictionaries say someone from east of where you are. I think you are using a different dictionary to the rest of us Srameen.

New Home

looksee wrote: »

Checked it, several dictionaries say someone from east of where you are. I think you are using a different dictionary to the rest of us Srameen.

According to Etymonline,

Easterling (n)

"resident of an eastern land," in England, especially Hanse merchants and others from the North Sea Coast of Germany and the southern and eastern coast of the Baltic, early 15c., from easter, obsolete variant of eastern + -ling.

but then again, I wouldn't be surprised if Srameen had written it. :P

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

looksee wrote: »

Checked it, several dictionaries say someone from east of where you are. I think you are using a different dictionary to the rest of us Srameen.

The dictionary definition of the usage does not alter who, as a distinct group, originally were referred to as Easterlings.

I'll put an end to it. It was Baltic traders - the Hanseatic League who were acclaimed for honourable trading in quality goods. Hence the word sterling to mean "assured value".

IrishZeus

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

The dictionary definition of the usage does not alter who, as a distinct group, originally were referred to as Easterlings.

I'll put an end to it. It was Baltic traders - the Hanseatic League who were acclaimed for honourable trading in quality goods. Hence the word sterling to mean "assured value".

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ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

What did James Naismith, born Ontario in the 1860s, invent?

looksee

Oh heavens, Naismith, I know that but it is not emerging from the bog that is my brain. Is it design related?

New Home

Same here, so I looked it up. I read up about him only a few months ago, and I had already forgotten. I feel very stupid.

tayto lover

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

What did James Naismith, born Ontario in the 1860s, invent?

A form of basketball?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

tayto lover wrote: »

A form of basketball?

Basketball it was.

You're up.

tayto lover

One from my Primary school days.

Who was the French General who fought alongside Sarsfield and Custume at the "Siege of Athlone"?

He was mentioned in Aubrey de Vere's poem about the battle.