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Trivia
Sept 16, 2020 12:56:20 GMT -6
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Post by Alpo on Sept 16, 2020 12:56:20 GMT -6
Some friends of mine were playing trivial pursuit. And, astonishingly, Keith was about to win.
Now if you remember the game, there are cards, and each card has several categories of question. Each of the categories has a different color. The squares on the playing board are also different colors, and the color you land on decides which category of question you will be asked.
But when you get to the last square - the winner's circle, if you will - your opponent's can ask you a question from any category they choose, on the card they drew.
So Keith's sister, and his brother-in-law, and his best friend are pouring over the card. What question shall we ask.
His sister says to ask him the geography question, because he is terrible about geography. The two guys agree. That will be perfect. He will not get it, and therefore he will not win
WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF OUTER MONGOLIA
With no hesitation, Keith says ULAN BATOR.
How could he get that right? How in the world could he know that answer?
Keith is a massive professional wrestling fan. So when they asked him, he simply explained that that was where The Mongolian Stomper came from.
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Post by sparkle on Sept 16, 2020 13:09:46 GMT -6
YAAAAAAAY!!!! I love Trivia games!
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Post by Alpo on Sept 17, 2020 3:29:28 GMT -6
In ancient Rome, wherever three roads met, they put up a sign post, with notices of local information.
These bulletin boards became known as three roads - tri via.
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Post by sparkle on Sept 17, 2020 7:17:01 GMT -6
Well, my trivial knowledge skills tend toward word origins and other word-nerdy subjects, mostly. I really excelled in medical terminology because I studied Greek and Latin vocabulary in high school. The slaughter of medical language is my pet peeve.
Like the mispronunciation of that pesky ringing-in-the-ears condition. What most folks call "tin-eye-tis", is actually "tin-i-tus".
Did you know that a tendon becomes a tendin when it gets inflamed? Inflammation of a tendon is properly spelled "tendinitis". Never made any sense to me.
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Sept 17, 2020 7:20:59 GMT -6
Post by sparkle on Sept 17, 2020 7:20:59 GMT -6
In ancient Rome, wherever three roads met, they put up a sign post, with notices of local information. These bulletin boards became known as three roads - tri via. Cool! I'll remember this.
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Sept 17, 2020 7:22:04 GMT -6
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Post by Alpo on Sept 17, 2020 7:22:04 GMT -6
I thought it was tin-tin-eye-tus.
Never heard it used with just three syllables.
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Sept 17, 2020 8:28:33 GMT -6
Post by sparkle on Sept 17, 2020 8:28:33 GMT -6
I thought it was tin-tin-eye-tus. Never heard it used with just three syllables. Are you thinking of tintinabulation? Comes from the same root, if I'm not mistaken.
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Sept 17, 2020 10:45:55 GMT -6
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Post by Alpo on Sept 17, 2020 10:45:55 GMT -6
Tintinnabulation, I believe, is bells ringing.
Tintinitis is the buzzing/ringing in my ears from too much gunfire/rock and roll music/airplane engines without hearing protection.
Well, hell. I just looked it up, and you were right. Only one "tin" in the word.
Just another example, I suppose, of miss-hearing a word long time ago.
I was given Tarzan of the Apes for my 12th birthday. In that book I found the word NATIVES. For as long as I can remember I had pronounced that word with three syllables - NA TI EVES. I suppose I heard someone say it that way and thought that was how you said it. until I saw it written down and realize that I was saying it wrong. I had to correct my brother-in-law, when he was about 35, because he kept insisting that the gun was a Smith and Weston. I finally could not take it anymore, and convinced him that it was Wesson, like Wesson oil. I suppose he had heard it wrong as a child and just stayed with it.
So goodbye tintinitis, and hello tinnitus. Maybe I will remember this. Stranger things have happened.
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Post by sparkle on Sept 17, 2020 13:59:30 GMT -6
Oh, I love mispronunciations.
NOT!
My husband says "chloresterol" for cholesterol and "Philadelthia" for Philadelphia, and I could never get him to see his error.
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Sept 18, 2020 12:58:30 GMT -6
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Post by eddien on Sept 18, 2020 12:58:30 GMT -6
Only one tin in tinnitus. And mine seems to be getting worse.
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Post by red14 on Sept 18, 2020 20:29:44 GMT -6
Only one tin in tinnitus. And mine seems to be getting worse. I hear crickets. For years I actually thought they were Crickets, the sound is intermittent.
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Sept 19, 2020 6:27:26 GMT -6
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Post by eddien on Sept 19, 2020 6:27:26 GMT -6
Mine is constant, though, sometimes I can ignore it.
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Sept 19, 2020 6:39:05 GMT -6
Post by sparkle on Sept 19, 2020 6:39:05 GMT -6
Mine is constant, though, sometimes I can ignore it. Mine is also constant. I sleep with a TV on in my room, just loud enough that I can almost make out the conversation. It definitely keeps the ringing from driving me crazy.
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Sept 19, 2020 6:39:57 GMT -6
Post by sparkle on Sept 19, 2020 6:39:57 GMT -6
Only one tin in tinnitus. And mine seems to be getting worse. I hear crickets. For years I actually thought they were Crickets, the sound is intermittent. I wish mine sounded more like crickets. I love the sound of crickets.
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Sept 19, 2020 6:41:42 GMT -6
Post by sparkle on Sept 19, 2020 6:41:42 GMT -6
Only one tin in tinnitus. And mine seems to be getting worse. OMG! All along, I've been misspelling tinnitus with only one "N". I'm so embarrassed! Humble apologies from the so-called spelling bee nerd!
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