As Saucerer is slacking, a quiz

1) The Middle English ambiguity between "quaint" and which word persists in literature to the 17th century and beyond?

2) In English, the word "con" can refer either to a convict or a scheme to trick someone out of something. But what is the English translation of the French word "con"?

3) In Malone Dies, Samuel Beckett writes that the protagonist's young wife had abandoned all hope of bringing him to heel" by means of her what?

4) Felix Dennis was famously the first person to use which word on British Television?

5) Victoria Derbyshire, Andrew Marr and James Naughtie all addressed the then Secretary of State for Health by which malapropism, all denying any form of Freudian Slip, live on air?

6) On her 2010 hit "Roman's Revenge", Nicki Minaj refers to herself as a "bad b***h" and a what?

7) In 2011, Rihanna caused outrage by sporting a necklace spelling out which word?

8) What was the original name for the splice used to join two lines in the rigging of ships?

9) Which TV presenter originally had the surname O'Meara and was born in Newark in 1965 to a father from County Offaly in Ireland?

10) "See you next Tuesday" is a common euphemism for which word?

Posted By: LittleMouseWithClogs on April 26th 2020 at 12:54:50

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