Turkic Loanwords in English - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
A blood sucking creature from folklore. Via Slavic.*	vampire	73%
A sour and thick fermented dairy product.	yogurt	73%
A troop of plundering nomads, or a large number of something. The successor state of the Mongols in today's Russia is called the Golden ___.	horde	62%
Conifer forests just south of the tundra.	taiga	50%
An aromatic citrus fruit, used in perfume and in Earl Grey tea. The word was probably influenced by an Italian city.*	bergamot	35%
A card game for four players, popular with old people.*	bridge	31%
A sleeveless vest or coat. Or 'the best a man can get'.	gilet	31%
A piece of cloth worn over the head and neck, covering everything except the eyes.	balaclava	27%
Sodomite. From 'Bulgar', originally a Turkish tribe.*	bugger	27%
A brown cat, similar to the lynx, native to Africa and Asia. Literally 'black ear' in Turkish.	c{aracal}	27%
A secret network of government and military officials pursuing its own interests in defiance of elected politicians. A popular term for conspiracy theorists. This is a literal word for word translation of a Turkish idiom (calque) adopted in 1997.	{deep state}	27%
A cold cut of beef from Romania. Can be served with mustard on rye bread.	pastrami	23%
A type of Indian curry. Often braised chicken served with almonds.	korma	15%
A spineless subordinate, a sycophant.*	l{ackey}	12%

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