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Things with Geographic Names #2

Guess the "geographic" answer that goes with each group of words.
For example: Yogurt, Gods, Salad = Greek
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First submittedMarch 12, 2012
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Clue
Answer
Muffin, Channel, Mastiff
English
Horn, Kiss, Toast
French
Tape, Whisky, Bonnet
Scotch
Army Knife, Miss, Chard
Swiss
Beach, Vice, Bass
Miami
Alphabet, Orthodox, Tragedy
Greek
Corgi, Rarebit, Onion
Welsh
Cigar, Missile Crisis, Sandwich
Cuban
Elm Disease, Oven, Auction
Dutch
Toast, Hold 'Em, Drawl
Texas
Clue
Answer
Punch, Barbecue, Shirt
Hawaiian
Soda Bread, Wake, Twins
Irish
Alps, Lira, Stallion
Italian
Keys, Everglades, Panhandle
Florida
Fire Drill, Characters, Opera
Chinese
Ocean, Subcontinent, Elephant
Indian
Walk of Fame, Hills, Squares
Hollywood
Comma, Shoe, English Dictionary
Oxford
Man o' War, Water Dog, Guitar
Portuguese
Meatballs, Chef, Fish
Swedish
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63 Comments
TheWombat
+1
Level 72
May 13, 2014
What, no one of Irish descent has complained about Irish Twins yet? They're getting slow...
ozzdome
+3
Level 73
Jun 4, 2014
They're always slow.
DocEckleburg
+2
Level 68
Sep 19, 2024
Right, I'm here now. What in begorra is an Irish twin?
rawe
+1
Level 70
Jun 4, 2014
Missed English. What an idiot.
oweifdhskxn
+4
Level 33
Jun 26, 2018
...i'm from the british isles and i've never heard of an english mastiff or irish twins...bizarre, so what are irish twins, anyway?...
RobNobody
+4
Level 80
Jan 12, 2019
It refers to siblings that are born less than a year apart.
DocEckleburg
+2
Level 68
Sep 19, 2024
I had to google it. It's as RobNobody says, but seems to be an American phrase dating back to the 1800's, being a mildly offensive reference to Irish immigrants having too many kids.

I'm English but with Irish parents and have lived in both UK and Ireland and have never heard this term before.

Zefyrinus
+7
Level 74
Jun 4, 2014
Irish twins? Is that supposed to refer to Jedward or what?
kalbahamut
+1
Level 79
Jun 4, 2014
I missed that one.
tom88
+1
Level 77
Apr 22, 2016
I guessed it based on wake. had no idea what the other two were.
JonOfKent
+1
Level 61
May 12, 2025
What is an Irish wake, while we're at it? A wake in Ireland presumably..?
IsleAuHaulte
+3
Level 92
Jan 11, 2020
A lot of people haven't heard the term Irish twins, but apparently everyone has a good working Dutch oven.
AlexThirkell
+1
Level 74
Nov 23, 2020
I noticed all the other countries of the British Isles so got it without even looking at the clue.
defmite
+2
Level 80
Jun 4, 2014
Scotch Whisky has no E.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Jun 4, 2014
Fixed
cranbeckh
+3
Level 69
Jun 4, 2014
Great quiz. Hardest part was spelling Hawaiian
SundarIsaacs
+3
Level 58
Oct 27, 2016
+1
Froststar101
+2
Level 73
Mar 11, 2017
yep
nycbarb
+3
Level 43
Jun 4, 2014
Portuguese guitar? That's new to me!
tom88
+1
Level 77
Apr 22, 2016
ya I went with Spanish first, then kicked myself and got portugese
babansonia
+1
Level 24
Jun 4, 2014
Italian Alps WTF?
kogatora
+12
Level 96
Feb 12, 2019
literally the alps in italy. What the problem?
SDBolts619
+1
Level 49
Jun 6, 2014
3:11 to spare...
Malbaby
+3
Level 70
Nov 17, 2015
Would 3 children in 2 years be Irish Triplets?
brandybuck96
+1
Level 82
Dec 11, 2015
I love the inclusion of all four countries of the UK. :)

Now, please, Jetpunk, don't do that whole country debate thing...

JackintheBox
+1
Level 82
Jan 20, 2023
Just noticed that myself!
RondoNo2
+1
Level 49
Mar 21, 2026
Ireland is most definitely not in the UK.
xyzzy
+1
Level 72
Jan 8, 2016
Italian has some great clues.
gabrielle1106
+1
Level 15
Mar 21, 2016
Can someone explain the Chinese one too me? I have never heard those terms.
plattitude
+4
Level 94
Apr 1, 2016
Chinese characters are their system of writing (中國文字).

Chinese opera is musical theatre native to China, often using medieval Chinese costumes, copious amounts of red and white face paint, and can sound discordant and shrill to western audiences.

Chinese fire drill is when passengers in a car (typically teenagers), while stopped at a red light, will all get out, run around the car, and try to get back in in different seats before the light turns green.

HectorVortac
+1
Level 47
Oct 27, 2016
I would not have known it from characters or opera, but I remember the fire drills very well.
DonTheLamplighter
+2
Level 87
Sep 18, 2016
Scotch is a geographic reference?
tom88
+1
Level 77
Feb 24, 2020
yes, to Scotland
Soph1
+1
Level 51
Oct 27, 2016
Got most of them other than the American ones.
mrrick
+2
Level 17
Oct 28, 2016
Totally agree with 'MacZidane', I have a mate from Scotland and I can almost see the hairs on the back of his neck go up when anyone refers to him as 'Scotch' ! He usually uses some expletive and then explains that 'Scotch' is a whisky and he's 'Scottish'.
jamesd
+2
Level 67
Oct 28, 2016
The question is about the three words, not the proper demonym for a person from Scotland. Would you say "Scottish Tape" for the clear tape (aka Sellotape)? Same for "Scottish bonnet" or "Scottish whisky."
mal
+1
Level 64
Oct 29, 2016
I thought the tape in the Scotch clue was a brand of video tape. Never head of sellotape being called Scotch, but maybe that's to do with where I live. Things definitely have different meanings depending on where you come from.
ander217
+4
Level 74
Oct 25, 2017
So now I understand why it's called Spellotape in the Harry Potter books.
oweifdhskxn
+2
Level 33
Jun 26, 2018
...to 'scotch' a rumour is not related to scotland or the scottish as far as i know...
RondoNo2
+1
Level 49
Mar 21, 2026
Let's not mention welshing on a bet...
Algernon
+2
Level 74
Oct 29, 2016
I live in Northern Ireland and have never heard Soda Bread called "Irish Soda Bread." It's JUST Soda Bread. Even in the rest of Britain it's just called Soda Bread. I'd never heard of Irish Twins, but the missus had. Irish Wake was new on me too. How, exactly, does it differ from an ordinary wake?
divantilya
+1
Level 36
Oct 31, 2016
I didn't know that they are called Irish Twins, but I have two third-cousins, one born January 1, 1938, the other September 27, 1938.
mrrick
+2
Level 17
Oct 30, 2016
Sorry to comment for a second time, the heading of the quiz is 'Things with Geographic Names', there is no place called 'Scotchland' ! not everything coming from Scotland is tagged 'Scotch', 'Scotch Tape' is a brand name used by the '3M' company for a range of some their tape products.
Quizmaster
+9
Level ∞
Oct 30, 2016
There's also no place called "Englishland" or "Chineseland". I'm not sure what your point is.
OfficerDibble
+4
Level 86
Mar 13, 2018
Yeah, the difference is that Scotch isn't used normally as the adjective the way English and Chinese are. It once was, but is now archaic and can even sound derogatory. But of course it continues to be used (without any unfortunate connotations) in phrases like Scotch egg, Scotch whisky, etc - and it's clearly a word based on geography, so I don't see the problem here.
bergie18706
+2
Level 60
Jan 2, 2017
100% with 4:08 to go... I need to get a life :)
fitheach
+1
Level 58
Oct 25, 2017
Had never heard of a Welsh onion before - called a spring onion in the UK (and therefore in Wales!).
Pharley
+1
Level 75
May 1, 2018
Damn, can't spell Hawaiian :-(
Shirmal
+1
Level 61
Jun 11, 2018
I have no problem with scotch eggs, scotch tape, scotch bonnets, etc but people from Scotland are Scottish
tom88
+2
Level 77
Feb 24, 2020
That doesn't mean scotch isn't a geographic term. it still refers to Scotland
FlickerP
+1
Level 78
May 21, 2021
'People from Scotland' wasn't one of the clues. Scotch whisky and Scotch bonnet are so called because of their link to Scotland and is therefore an acceptable answer
oweifdhskxn
+3
Level 33
Jun 26, 2018
...i keep forgetting that most of the quizzes on here are set by yanks, or should i say people from the so-called united states of america?...we know them as yanks in the uk but obvs they are not all from the north of the us of a...just like muffins to us are muffins not english muffins and scots are scots not scotch...welsh onions?...wtf?...
GrammarBeane1
+1
Level 83
Jun 9, 2022
well English muffins are different from muffins in America. English muffins are more akin to a crumpet and a muffin is more like a less-sweet cupcake without the icing. According to wikipedia, the Brits call both of them muffins without confusion
EcceHomo
+1
Level 85
Sep 15, 2024
The so-called English muffins, as far as I am aware, are an American thing.

I'm English, and the first time I ever saw one was in McDonalds.

JonOfKent
+2
Level 61
May 12, 2025
What??? Do you never look in the bread aisle in the supermarket? I've got three of them in the freezer, you should come over and I'll show you

(They are, of course, simply called "muffins")

JackintheBox
+1
Level 82
Mar 2, 2019
Whoops, spelt Hollywood as Holywood...
Algernon
+1
Level 74
Sep 14, 2024
That one is in Northern Ireland, and slightly less glamorous.
IsleAuHaulte
+4
Level 92
Jan 11, 2020
Has anyone whined about Scotch yet? Just checking.
Dimby
+2
Level 83
Mar 17, 2021
Shouldn't it be "whinged" in this context?
SCRiffOb12
+1
Level 58
Sep 14, 2024
Surprised Pizza wasn't a clue for hawaiian - i might have got it quicker if it was!
Sucker4aquiz
+1
Level 73
Sep 14, 2024
I marked this quiz down as there were a number of examples that stretched the bounds of reality and were fairly niche in their usage, if they have ever been used before.
Froststar101
+3
Level 73
Sep 14, 2024
God forbid we might learn something on a quiz site! I can assure you that all of the examples on this quiz have been used before and are well inside the bounds of reality.
RobNobody
+3
Level 80
Sep 14, 2024
Sometimes you just need to accept that it isn't other people's fault that they know things you don't.
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