DK Quiz Word Origins

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1. A "bribe" originally referred to…
2. A piece of bread broken off a loaf
3. What is the study of word origins called?
4. Etymology
5. The word "sidekick" was originally a English pickpocketing term for a type of…
6. Pocket
7. "Weird" originally meant what in Old English?
8. Destiny
9. A "shindig" originated as a result of square-dancers in the US accidentally kicking each other in the shins.
10. True
11. "Hurrah" was originally another name for an attack. With which band of military men did the word originate?
12. The Russian Cossacks
13. The term "bigwig" originated from which figure of authority?
14. A judge
15. A "nag" was originally a Scandinavian word for which animal that gnawed incessantly at things?
16. A rat
17. "Robot" comes from a word meaning "drudgery" in which language?
18. Czech
19. "Gibberish" is an English word that originally referred to people from Gibraltar.
20. True
21. "Rigramole" comes from a mispronunciation of the Edwardian term "ragman’s roll".
22. True
23. The term "fishy" was coined by Benjamin Disraeli for politicians he deemed to be…
24. Slippery
25. The word "malaria" originally meant "bad air". From which language did the word originate?
26. Italian
27. This skimpy French swimsuit caused such an explosion that it was named after the islands where the A-bomb was being tested. What was it?
28. The bikini
29. "Rodeo" has its origin in the word "round-up". From which language does it derive?
30. Spanish
31. A beauty pageant was often held on a "pageant wagon", which is where the word comes from today.
32. True
33. The substance "nicotine" was named after which French tobacco grower?
34. Jean Nicot
35. The Greek word "hemicrania" today refers to…
36. A migraine
37. The term "jaywalker" comes from which animal that became disorientated if it strayed onto a road?
38. The jaybird
39. "Ballot" comes from a word for small pebble or ball in which language?
40. Italian

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